Comparison

Magento Open Source vs Saleor

No clear leader: Magento Open Source (52.1) and Saleor (51.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Magento Open Source52

Saleor52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Magento Open Source	Saleor
vioscaleAI score	52 / 100low · 39%	52 / 100medium · 59%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	open_source	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	high
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	1
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.1	-
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 100 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=magento%2Fcommunity-edition&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsaleor%2Fsaleor&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	12	0
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,205	23,442
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	35
Release
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	OSL-3.0	BSD-3-Clause
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · HQ PL
Content
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Magento Open Source52 / 100low · 39%

Saleor52 / 100medium · 59%

Pricing

Free tier

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

Model

Magento Open Sourceopen_source

Saleorcommercial

Price level

Magento Open Sourcefree

Saleorhigh

Transparent

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

Integrations

Count

Magento Open Source–

Saleor1

Security

Gdpr

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

Pci

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

Scorecard

Magento Open Source6.1

Saleor–

Soc2

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

Vulnerabilities

Magento Open SourceCount: 100 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=magento%2Fcommunity-edition&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

SaleorCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsaleor%2Fsaleor&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Status page

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Magento Open Source12

Saleor0

Github stars

Magento Open Source12,205

Saleor23,442

Activity

Commits last 30d

Magento Open Source100

Saleor35

Release

History

Magento Open Source20 items

Saleor20 items

License

Spdx

Magento Open SourceOSL-3.0

SaleorBSD-3-Clause

Language

Primary

Magento Open SourcePHP

SaleorPython

Market

Availability

Magento Open Source–

SaleorAvailable worldwide · HQ PL

Content

Faq

Magento Open Source4 items

Saleor7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for e-commerce platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for E-commerce Platforms
Capability	Magento Open Source	Saleor
Core
Platform type	Self-host OSS	Headless / composable
Licensing
Open-source	✓	✓
Deployment
Self-hostable	✓	✓
Pricing
Free / open tier	✓	✓
Transaction fees beyond plan	✗	✓
Payments
Payments model	Bring-your-own gateway	Built-in + BYO gateway
Architecture
Headless / API-first storefront	-	✓
Compliance
PCI-DSS compliance provided	-	✓
Reach
Multi-currency / multi-language	-	✓
Selling
B2B / wholesale features	-	✓
POS / omnichannel	-	✓
Extensibility
App / extension ecosystem size	Community-maintained with extensive customization and extension capabilities	Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market

Core

Platform type

Magento Open SourceSelf-host OSS

SaleorHeadless / composable

Licensing

Open-source

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

Pricing

Free / open tier

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

Transaction fees beyond plan

Magento Open Source✗

Saleor✓

Payments

Payments model

Magento Open SourceBring-your-own gateway

SaleorBuilt-in + BYO gateway

Architecture

Headless / API-first storefront

Magento Open Source-

Saleor✓

Compliance

PCI-DSS compliance provided

Magento Open Source-

Saleor✓

Reach

Multi-currency / multi-language

Magento Open Source-

Saleor✓

Selling

B2B / wholesale features

Magento Open Source-

Saleor✓

POS / omnichannel

Magento Open Source-

Saleor✓

Extensibility

App / extension ecosystem size

Magento Open SourceCommunity-maintained with extensive customization and extension capabilities

SaleorOver 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Magento Open Source

An open-source e-commerce platform released under the Open Software License v3.0, maintained by Adobe and available for self-hosting with community contribution opportunities.

Independently observed

Saleor

A headless, composable ecommerce platform built on GraphQL APIs that allows merchants and developers to integrate with any technology stack. Available both as open-source code for self-hosting and as a managed cloud service.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Magento Open Source

Open source

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Saleor

from $1599/moHybridFree tier

From $1,599/month. Free sandbox tier available for development.

SandboxesFree
- Isolated development environments
- Data branching
- Automated backups and snapshots
- Data obfuscation for privacy
- No API rate limiting
Standard$1,599/month + 0.8% on orders exceeding $200k GMV
- Up to $200k GMV monthly included
- 0.8% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Fair API usage policy
- Discovery and onboarding
- Solution architect pairing
- +2 more
Volume$3,999/month + 0.4% on orders exceeding $1M GMV
- Up to $1M GMV monthly included
- 0.4% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Fair API usage policy
- All Standard plan support features
- Dedicated delivery lead
- +2 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Best unit economics for scale
- Custom pricing negotiated per needs
- Fair API usage policy
- Full support and delivery services
- Quarterly business reviews
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Magento Open Source	Saleor
WebPlatforms	-	✓
CLIPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✗	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

CLI

Magento Open Source–

Saleor✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Magento Open Source✗

Saleor✓

Self-hosted

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✓

On-premise

Magento Open Source✓

Saleor✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Magento Open Source

Not documented yet.

Saleor

1 total

Stripe Connect

Independently observed

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Magento Open Source or Saleor: which one depends on you

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