Medusa vs WooCommerce
Medusa
medusajs.com
WooCommerce
woocommerce.comSide by side
| Figure | Medusa | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | $2.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 4 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 8.3 (#72) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Spec score · B2C eCommerce Software | 8.2 (#16) | 8.6 (#10) |
| Spec score · Shopping Cart Software | 8.1 (#14) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Abandoned cart recovery | No | Yes |
| Digital products | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Sales channels | omnichannel | omnichannel |
| Self-hosting | Medusa can be deployed to a hosting provider using a standalone production build, and the maker also offers Medusa Cloud for managed deployment. | WooCommerce runs as a self-hosted WordPress plugin, with source code and development tools available in a public GitHub monorepo. |
| Transaction fee | none | payment_only |
Plans
Medusa
- Develop$29 a month
- Launch$99 a month
- Scale$299 a month
- Develop$29 a month
- Launch$99 a month
- Scale$299 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
WooCommerce
- WooCommerce coreFree
- WooCommerce mobile appFree
- Typical hosting$25 a month
- Extensions$29 a year
In their own words
Medusa
Medusa is an open-source commerce platform for teams building custom commerce features and store operations. Its framework supports custom API endpoints, business logic, data models, workflows, automations and third-party integrations. Commerce Modules cover inventory tracking, cart totals, payments and order management; the product also lists product management, multiple sales channels, multi-warehousing, regional settings and an advanced promotion engine. Merchants use a customizable admin dashboard to configure and operate a store. Listed integrations include Stripe and PayPal for payments, ShipStation for fulfillment, Sanity and Strapi for content management, and Algolia and Meilisearch for search. Medusa can be deployed to a hosting provider or run through the maker’s managed Medusa Cloud. Cloud pricing lists a 0.0% GMV platform fee and unlimited orders, products, sales channels, regions and currencies, with usage allowances for search, email and storefront edge requests before usage charges apply. There is no transaction fee, but abandoned cart recovery is not available. The free plan is available; paid plans start at $29 a month.
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is free, self-hosted software for running an online store with omnichannel sales channels. Its core plan costs nothing, billed free with no monthly subscription. The plan lists unlimited products, unlimited orders, and unlimited APIs, allowing catalog and order volume without those stated caps. WooCommerce supports digital products as well as general online-store sales, includes abandoned-cart recovery, and provides an app marketplace. The listed transaction fee is payment-only. Because the hosting model is self-hosted, the store runs on hosting managed by the user rather than a hosted WooCommerce environment. WooCommerce is made by WooCommerce, founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. The combination of omnichannel selling, digital-product support, recovery tools, and extensible apps gives store operators a broad core setup without a subscription charge. Hosting management remains part of choosing this model.