Comparison

Saleor vs WooCommerce

On the evidence we track, WooCommerce leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Saleor52

★WooCommerce58

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Saleor	WooCommerceLeader
vioscaleAI score	52 / 100medium · 59%	58 / 100medium · 64%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	4
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.6
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://woocommerce.com/posts/gdpr-compliance-woocommerce/
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsaleor%2Fsaleor&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	Count: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=woocommerce%2Fwoocommerce&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	0	150
Github starsadoption.github_stars	23,442	10,548
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	35	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	3
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	BSD-3-Clause	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Python	PHP
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ PL	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Saleor52 / 100medium · 59%

WooCommerce58 / 100medium · 64%

Pricing

Free tier

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Model

Saleorcommercial

WooCommercecommercial

Price level

Saleorhigh

WooCommercefree

Transparent

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Integrations

Count

Saleor1

WooCommerce4

Security

Gdpr

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Pci

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Scorecard

Saleor–

WooCommerce4.6

Soc2

Saleor✓

WooCommerce–

Trust center

Saleor–

WooCommercehttps://woocommerce.com/posts/gdpr-compliance-woocommerce/

Vulnerabilities

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

WooCommerceCount: 5 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=woocommerce%2Fwoocommerce&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

Saleor✓

WooCommerce–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Saleor0

WooCommerce150

Github stars

Saleor23,442

WooCommerce10,548

Activity

Commits last 30d

Saleor35

WooCommerce100

Release

Cadence days

Saleor–

WooCommerce3

History

Saleor20 items

WooCommerce20 items

License

Spdx

SaleorBSD-3-Clause

WooCommerce–

Language

Primary

SaleorPython

WooCommercePHP

Market

Availability

SaleorAvailable worldwide · HQ PL

WooCommerceAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB

Content

Faq

Saleor7 items

WooCommerce7 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	Saleor	WooCommerce
Core
Platform type	Headless / composable	Self-host OSS
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	Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market	WordPress plugin and extension ecosystem

Core

Platform type

SaleorHeadless / composable

WooCommerceSelf-host OSS

Licensing

Open-source

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Deployment

Self-hostable

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Pricing

Free / open tier

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Transaction fees beyond plan

Saleor✓

WooCommerce-

Payments

Payments model

SaleorBuilt-in + BYO gateway

WooCommerceBuilt-in + BYO gateway

Architecture

Headless / API-first storefront

Saleor✓

WooCommerce-

Compliance

PCI-DSS compliance provided

Saleor✓

WooCommerce-

Reach

Multi-currency / multi-language

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Selling

B2B / wholesale features

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

POS / omnichannel

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Extensibility

App / extension ecosystem size

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

WooCommerceWordPress plugin and extension ecosystem

What each one is

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

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

WooCommerce

Leader

Commerce platform for WordPress that merchants self-host, with customizable checkout workflows, data management options, flexible hosting choices, and omnichannel selling capabilities including marketplace synchronization.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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 ↗

WooCommerce

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

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	Saleor	WooCommerce
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

CLI

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✗

Self-hosted

Saleor✓

WooCommerce✓

Integrations

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

Saleor

1 total

Stripe Connect

Independently observed

WooCommerce

Leader

6 total

PayPal
YouTube Shopping
Jetpack
Apple Pay
TikTok
Amazon

Independently observed

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