Sylius vs Volo Commerce
Sylius
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| Figure | Sylius | Volo Commerce |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €66.67/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 | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 9.3 (#7) | 7.4 (#201) |
| API | Sylius provides a customizable REST API built with API Platform for headless frontends and microservice architectures. | Volo provides an API for access to platform data and third-party system integrations. |
| Company history | The official history says the open-source project began in 2011 after Paweł Jędrzejewski rewrote a family eCommerce platform on Symfony. | Volo Commerce launched as eSellerPro in 2006 and rebranded as Volo in 2015. |
| Founded | 2011 | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Opole, Poland | Volo lists its head office in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. |
| Inventory | Sylius Plus adds multi-source inventory management as a commercial module. | Origin can manage millions of SKUs and synchronize stock levels across channels. |
| Product | Sylius is an open-source headless eCommerce platform for mid-market and enterprise brands seeking custom solutions. | Volo Origin is an ecommerce ERP for managing sales and operations across marketplaces and web stores. |
| Support | Community support is available through Slack, Stack Overflow and GitHub, while Sylius Plus offers SLA-backed vendor support. | Volo says account management and support teams provide ongoing contact, marketplace insight and support to help customers scale. |
Plans
Sylius
- Sylius Plus€800 a year
- Sylius StandardFree
- Sylius StandardFree
- Sylius Plus€800 a year
In their own words
Sylius
Sylius is an open-source headless eCommerce platform for mid-market and enterprise brands building custom commerce solutions. Its framework supports B2C and B2B use cases and provides a customizable REST API built with API Platform for headless frontends and microservice architectures. Sylius Standard is a Symfony application with Sylius core as a dependency; it can be installed with Composer or Docker and run on a standard VPS. Docker and Kubernetes are also deployment options for cloud environments. The Addons marketplace lists plugins and third-party integrations. Sylius Plus adds commercial modules such as advanced multi-store, returns management, multi-source inventory, loyalty, partial shipment and request for quotation. Standard is offered under the MIT license with community support and no response-time guarantee; Plus lists SLA-backed support with a one-day response time. Standard has no native quotation process, so customers cannot start price inquiries online. No Standard price is listed. Sylius Plus starts from €800 per year.
Volo Commerce
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