# Medusa vs Saleor

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Medusa

| Attribute | Medusa | Saleor |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65 (76% (high)) | 51.7 (59% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 35 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 397 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 36,728 | 23,442 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 188,278 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A modular, extensible commerce platform that enables developers to create custom storefronts, marketplaces, and commerce systems while reusing foundational commerce functionality. Provides comprehensive modules for product management, pricing, inventory, and fulfillment with extensive customization through APIs and workflows. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.","source":"https://medusajs.com/pricing-module/","question":"What is Medusa?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Medusa offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $29 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://medusajs.com/pricing-module/","question":"Is Medusa free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Medusa supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://medusajs.com/pricing-module/","question":"What platforms does Medusa support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Medusa can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://medusajs.com/pricing-module/","question":"Can Medusa be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Medusa. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Medusa not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://medusajs.com/privacy-policy/","question":"What security certifications does Medusa have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Medusa is published under the SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@medusajs/medusa","question":"Is Medusa open source?","confidence":0.85},{"answer":"Medusa is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://medusajs.com/pricing-module/","question":"Where is Medusa available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"A GraphQL-based ecommerce platform enabling teams to build, deploy, and scale customizable commerce experiences through headless architecture with both cloud-hosted and self-hosted options. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"What is Saleor?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Saleor is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $1599 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Is Saleor free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Saleor. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Saleor support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Saleor can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Can Saleor be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Saleor. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Saleor not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://saleor.io","question":"What security certifications does Saleor have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Saleor is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor","question":"Is Saleor open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Saleor is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Poland.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Where is Saleor available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | An open-source commerce platform that enables developers to create fully customized e-commerce applications with built-in commerce primitives and agent-driven automation. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"headless":true,"free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"b2b_features":true,"platform_type":"headless","self_hostable":true,"payments_model":"both","pos_omnichannel":true,"transaction_fees":false,"extension_ecosystem":"Modular architecture with Workflows, custom modules, API routes, and UI extensio","multi_currency_language":true}` | `{"headless":true,"free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"b2b_features":true,"platform_type":"headless","self_hostable":true,"payments_model":"both","pci_compliance":true,"pos_omnichannel":true,"transaction_fees":true,"extension_ecosystem":"Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market","multi_currency_language":true}` |
| integrations.count | 28 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Stripe"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"PayPal","category":"payments"},{"name":"Braintree","category":"payments"},{"name":"Authorize.net","category":"payments"},{"name":"Mercadopago","category":"payments"},{"name":"Mollie","category":"payments"},{"name":"MakePay","category":"payments"},{"name":"Slack","category":"notifications"},{"name":"Resend","category":"email"},{"name":"Klaviyo","category":"marketing"},{"name":"Postal","category":"email"},{"name":"ShipStation","category":"fulfillment"},{"name":"Apiship","category":"fulfillment"},{"name":"InPost","category":"fulfillment"},{"name":"Packeta","category":"fulfillment"},{"name":"Algolia","category":"search"},{"name":"Contentful","category":"cms"},{"name":"Strapi","category":"cms"},{"name":"Tolgee","category":"localization"},{"name":"Storyblok","category":"cms"},{"name":"PostHog","category":"analytics"},{"name":"Odoo","category":"erp"},{"name":"1C","category":"erp"},{"name":"PunchCommerce","category":"erp"},{"name":"Avalara","category":"tax"},{"name":"AWS S3","category":"storage"},{"name":"Cloudflare R2","category":"storage"},{"name":"GCP Cloud Storage","category":"storage"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"deployment","direction":"inbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Stripe Connect"}]` |
| language.primary | TypeScript | Python |
| license.spdx | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE | BSD-3-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"PL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Develop","summary":"$29/month","features":["Storefront and backend hosting","Medusa MCP and Cloud CLI","Search and email services","Pre-configured cache"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Launch","summary":"$99/month","features":["All Develop features","Autoscaling infrastructure","Custom storefront domains","Automatic backups","Webhook events","Redis-backed KV store","Concurrent previews"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$299/month","features":["All Launch features","Background workers","Priority Cloud support","Semantic search","Extended backup retention"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Custom licensing","24/7 support","SLA-backed response times","RBAC, SSO, audit logs","Dedicated support engineer","Bring-your-own-cloud option","99.99% uptime SLA","Data sovereignty and SOC2 compliance"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Preview Environments","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":50,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Storefront Previews","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Additional Cloud Seats","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":30,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Free-text Search","components":[{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"queries"},"kind":"metered","amount":20,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Semantic Search","components":[{"per":{"qty":100000,"unit":"queries"},"kind":"metered","amount":40,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Transactional Emails","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"emails"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.7,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $29/month. Free trial included. Zero platform fees on commerce transactions.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://medusajs.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T15:10:22.720Z","startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Sandboxes","summary":"Free forever","features":["Isolated development environments","Data branching","Automated backups and snapshots","Data obfuscation for privacy","No API rate limiting"],"description":"Development and staging environments for prototyping and testing new features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"environments":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$1,599/month + 0.8% on orders exceeding $200k GMV","features":["Up to $200k GMV monthly included","0.8% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit","Fair API usage policy","Discovery and onboarding","Solution architect pairing","Dedicated Slack support channel","Direct support access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.8}],"description":"Starter plan for new projects and smaller companies","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"gmv_monthly":"$200,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Volume","summary":"$3,999/month + 0.4% on orders exceeding $1M GMV","features":["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","Regular check-ins and tactical sessions","Quarterly business reviews"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3999,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.4}],"description":"High-volume plan for established businesses with large transaction throughput","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"gmv_monthly":"$1,000,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing from 0.2% on transactions","features":["Best unit economics for scale","Custom pricing negotiated per needs","Fair API usage policy","Full support and delivery services","Quarterly business reviews","Strategic partnership approach"],"components":[{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.2}],"description":"Custom enterprise plan with negotiated pricing for large-scale operations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Accelerator Plan","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":6000,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Forward Deployed Engineering","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":12000,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $1,599/month. Free sandbox tier available for development.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://saleor.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:26:30.307Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 7 | - |
| release.history | 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| 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|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 5.7 | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://medusajs.com/privacy-policy/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40medusajs%2Fmedusa&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsaleor%2Fsaleor&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (E-commerce Platforms)

| Capability | Medusa | Saleor |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Platform type | Headless / composable | Headless / composable |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free / open tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transaction fees beyond plan | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Payments** |  |  |
| Payments model | Built-in + BYO 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 | Modular architecture with Workflows, custom modules, API routes, and UI extensio | Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:33.168Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*