Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Vendure
Vendure clearly comes out ahead of Swell on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Vendure has a free tier; Swell does not. Swell's paid plans start at $29/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Swell Commerce Inc. | Vendure |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| 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 | vendure |
|---|---|---|
| Admin Users: Unlimited | ||
| Ai Tooling | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 15 | ||
| Commercial License Included | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 2 | ||
| Community Support Via Discord & Github | ||
| Admin Users: Up To 5 | ||
| Comprehensive Documentation | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $1M | ||
| Enterprise Plugins (Sso With Oidc And Saml, Audit Log, Advanced Pricing Engine & Cpq, Business Hierarchies) | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $250K | ||
| Everything In Core | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $50K | ||
| Full Commerce Framework & Admin Dashboard | ||
| Annual Sales: Usd $5M | ||
| Long-Term Support (Lts) | ||
| Developer Support | ||
| Plugin Marketplace Access | ||
| For Merchants Doing Over $10M In Sales Annually | ||
| Priority Support Via Dedicated Slack Channel | ||
| International Price Lists | ||
| Quarterly Calls With The Core Team | ||
| Negotiated Pricing | ||
| Regular Releases (Monthly Patches, Quarterly Minors) | ||
| Priority Support | ||
| Unlimited Environments | ||
| Priority Technical Support | ||
| Reports: Advanced | ||
| Reports: Basic | ||
| Role-Based Permissions |
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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 Swell can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Vendure offers a free tier; Swell does not currently list one.
Swell scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Vendure is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
