Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: MedusaJS
MedusaJS clearly comes out ahead of Crystallize on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Crystallize has a free tier; MedusaJS does not. Paid plans start at $949/mo for Crystallize and $29/mo for MedusaJS.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | hybrid |
| Company | Crystallize AS | Medusa |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | E-CommerceMarketing | E-CommerceMarketing |
| Categories | storefronte-commerce | storefronte-commerce |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | crystallize | medusajs |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Tenants Included | ||
| 3 Cloud Seats | ||
| Advisory Access | ||
| 50 Bloom Credits | ||
| Architecture & Api Best Practice | ||
| Architectural Guidance | ||
| Business Consulting Session | ||
| Automatic Backups | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Autoscaling Infra | ||
| Copy Tenant Native Utility | ||
| Background Workers | ||
| Data Modeling Session | ||
| Concurrent Previews | ||
| Dedicated Engineering Slack Channel | ||
| Core Team Access | ||
| Enterprise Sla | ||
| Core Team Support | ||
| Foundations Session | ||
| Custom Features (E.G. Rbac) | ||
| Full Feature Set | ||
| Custom Resource Pricing | ||
| One Tenant Per Project | ||
| Custom Storefront Domains | ||
| Online Docs | ||
| Deploy Storefront & Backend | ||
| Pay By Invoice | ||
| Higher Server Capacity | ||
| Per Tenant | ||
| Implementation Support |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, MedusaJS comes out ahead overall, though Crystallize can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Crystallize's paid plans start at $949/mo and MedusaJS's start at $29/mo, so MedusaJS is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Crystallize offers a free tier; MedusaJS does not currently list one.
MedusaJS scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
MedusaJS is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
