Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Vendure
Vendure clearly comes out ahead of MedusaJS on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Vendure has a free tier; MedusaJS does not. MedusaJS's paid plans start at $29/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Medusa | Vendure |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | E-CommerceMarketing | E-CommerceMarketing |
| Categories | storefronte-commerce | storefronte-commerce |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | medusajs | vendure |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Cloud Seats | ||
| Ai Tooling | ||
| 50 Bloom Credits | ||
| Commercial License Included | ||
| Architectural Guidance | ||
| Community Support Via Discord & Github | ||
| Automatic Backups | ||
| Comprehensive Documentation | ||
| Autoscaling Infra | ||
| Enterprise Plugins (Sso With Oidc And Saml, Audit Log, Advanced Pricing Engine & Cpq, Business Hierarchies) | ||
| Background Workers | ||
| Everything In Core | ||
| Concurrent Previews | ||
| Full Commerce Framework & Admin Dashboard | ||
| Core Team Access | ||
| Long-Term Support (Lts) | ||
| Core Team Support | ||
| Plugin Marketplace Access | ||
| Custom Features (E.G. Rbac) | ||
| Priority Support Via Dedicated Slack Channel | ||
| Custom Resource Pricing | ||
| Quarterly Calls With The Core Team | ||
| Custom Storefront Domains | ||
| Regular Releases (Monthly Patches, Quarterly Minors) | ||
| Deploy Storefront & Backend | ||
| Unlimited Environments | ||
| Higher Server Capacity | ||
| Implementation Support | ||
| Import From Github | ||
| Instant Previews On Prs |
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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, Vendure comes out ahead overall, though MedusaJS can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Vendure 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.
