Saleor
Open-source, API-first ecommerce platform for flexible commerce on any technology stack
- Also known as
- saleor
Available worldwide
What is Saleor?
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.
Saleor pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $1,599/month. Free sandbox tier available for development.
Sandboxes
FreeDevelopment and staging environments for prototyping and testing new features
- environments
- unlimited
- Isolated development environments
- Data branching
- Automated backups and snapshots
- Data obfuscation for privacy
- No API rate limiting
Standard
Starter plan for new projects and smaller companies
- gmv_monthly
- $200,000
- 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
Volume
High-volume plan for established businesses with large transaction throughput
- gmv_monthly
- $1,000,000
- 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
Enterprise
Contact salesCustom enterprise plan with negotiated pricing for large-scale operations
- 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
Add-ons
- Accelerator Plan$6000 one-time
- Forward Deployed Engineering$12000 one-time
What Saleor does
The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Platform type
- Headless / composable
- Open-source
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Free / open tier
- ✓
- Transaction fees beyond plan
- ✓
- Payments model
- Built-in + BYO gateway
- Headless / API-first storefront
- ✓
- PCI-DSS compliance provided
- ✓
- Multi-currency / multi-language
- ✓
- B2B / wholesale features
- ✓
- POS / omnichannel
- ✓
- App / extension ecosystem size
- Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Stripe Connect
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Saleor FAQ
Common questions about Saleor, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Saleor?
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
Is Saleor free to use?
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
What platforms does Saleor support?
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
Can Saleor be self-hosted?
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
What security certifications does Saleor have?
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
Is Saleor open source?
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
Where is Saleor available?
Saleor is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Poland.
Source: https://saleor.io/pricing
Saleor alternatives
Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- ShopifyCloud-based e-commerce platform enabling merchants to create and operate online stores with integrated payment processing and international commerce capabilitiemedium · 74%
- BigCommerceA customizable checkout platform built for conversion with support for any business modelmedium · 70%
- SwellCloud-based commerce platform for building and scaling online storesmedium · 55%
- MedusaAn open-source, modular e-commerce platform for developers to build custom commerce experiencesmedium · 65%
- commercetoolsCloud-native commerce infrastructure with APIs for building modular, AI-powered shopping experiencesmedium · 58%
- WooCommerceOpen-source WordPress-based solution for building online stores with flexible customization optionsmedium · 66%
Compare Saleor
Side by side against other e-commerce platforms, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Saleor, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.08 | 8.1 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 51 | 0.09 | 4.8 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 60 | 0.07 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Stars | 82 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.09 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 42 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Headless: Yes · Free tier: Yes · Open source: Yes · B2b features: Yes · Platform type: headless · Self hostable: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | BSD-3-Clause | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: PL · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| History | 20 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 70% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-12 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
| Pci | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60% |
| Soc2 | Yes | lowsource · 2026-09-11 · 48% |
| 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 | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
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