Elastic Path vs storefront.js
Elastic Path
elasticpath.comstorefront.js
storefrontjs.comSide by side
| Figure | Elastic Path | storefront.js |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 20 | 2 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 9.2 (#9) | 7.8 (#147) |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Product | Elastic Path describes its offering as composable commerce software for commerce businesses. | storefront.js is an ecommerce platform for building custom storefronts with a composable API or a visual builder, with catalog, cart, checkout, and fulfillment included. |
| Self-hosting | Self-Managed Commerce can run on-premises, in a customer's cloud account or as single-tenant Elastic Path managed hosting on AWS. | The product is MIT-licensed, includes Docker Compose, and can be self-hosted using PostgreSQL, Redis, and the user's own keys, database, and infrastructure. |
| Transaction fee | none | none |
Plans
Elastic Path
- Entry — order basedPrice not published
- Professional — order basedPrice not published
- Enterprise — order basedPrice not published
- Entry — GMV basedPrice not published
- Professional — GMV basedPrice not published
- Enterprise — GMV basedPrice not published
- Subscriptions + EntitlementsPriced on request
- Subscriptions + Entitlements add-on$0.50, paid once
- Entry (GMV-based)$49,500 a year
- Entry — GMV Based Pricing$49,500 a year
In their own words
Elastic Path
Elastic Path is composable commerce software for businesses that sell across channels. Its modular capabilities are available through APIs and can be used separately or together. The platform lists B2B tools for account hierarchies, quoting, pricebooks, rule-based catalogs, buyer tools, and dynamic bundles, alongside Intelligent Commerce features such as MCP servers, an AI storefront builder, semantic search, and agents. Composer supports managed no-code integrations, low-code integration building, workflow orchestration, monitoring, and alerts. It names Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, and Worldpay as payment providers and states there is no processor surcharge. Self-Managed Commerce can run on-premise, in a customer’s cloud, or through Elastic Path Managed Hosting. Listed Entry pricing is $49,500 a year, either for up to $5M GMV per year or up to 15,000 orders per year. The platform also lists unlimited SKUs, catalogs, storefronts, brands, and business users, with no per-seat fees. Elastic Path was founded in 2000.
storefront.js
storefront.js has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.