Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Medusa
Medusa clearly comes out ahead of Swell on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier. Paid plans start at $29/mo for Swell and $29/mo for Medusa.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Swell Commerce Inc. | Medusa |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | E-CommerceMarketingDevelopmentMedia & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | E-CommerceMarketing |
| Categories | social-mediaai-voicestorefrontai-chatbote-commerce | storefronte-commerce |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | swell | medusa |
|---|---|---|
| Admin Users: Unlimited | ||
| 3 Cloud Seats | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 15 | ||
| 50 Bloom Credits | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 2 | ||
| Architectural Guidance | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 5 | ||
| Automatic Backups | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $1M | ||
| Autoscaling Infra | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $250K | ||
| Background Workers | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $50K | ||
| Concurrent Previews | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $5M | ||
| Core Team Access | ||
| Developer Support | ||
| Custom Features (E.G. Rbac) | ||
| For Merchants Doing Over $10M In Sales Annually | ||
| Custom Storefront Domains | ||
| International Price Lists | ||
| Deploy Storefront & Backend | ||
| Negotiated Pricing | ||
| Everything In Develop | ||
| Priority Support | ||
| Everything In Launch | ||
| Priority Technical Support | ||
| Everything In Scale | ||
| Reports: Advanced | ||
| Github Integration |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Medusa comes out ahead overall, though Swell can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Swell's paid plans start at $29/mo and Medusa's start at $29/mo, so Swell is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Medusa is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
