Saleor vs Shopizer (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Shopizer grades higher than Saleor: 1.8 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Saleor grades higher on features and platforms. Shopizer grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Saleor
Open-source headless commerce with managed Cloud hosting
Which one is for you
Pick Saleor if
- Fits if you're a high-volume merchant with engineers and want a custom headless build
- Works for teams that want the option to self-host and keep their data
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're small: Cloud starts at $1,599 a month, and Volume is $3,999
- Not for you if you want to try it on a real shop free, since Sandboxes are non-commercial
- Watch out: Accelerator is $6,000 and Forward Deployed Engineering $12,000, credited back over 12 months after go-live
- Skip it if you want a finished store, as Saleor Engine is beta and the storefront is yours to build
Pick Shopizer if
- Fits if you have Java developers and want to build your own commerce backend
- Makes sense if you want code you control and don't need a finished store
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a ready-made store, as there's no storefront builder
- Skip it if you need paid support, since only community support is listed
- Too light for non-technical owners: it's a set of backend services
- Watch out: the older headless release, 3.2.7, is kept available separately from the newer microservices
How we grade them
| 1.6GPASaleorWeak | 1.8GPAShopizerWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DSelect is $1,599 a month for up to $200,000 in monthly sales, with 0.8% on orders above that. The category's dearest tenth starts at $89. Migration help and 24/7 support are included. | C$0, but you run it yourself on a server or Kubernetes, so it sits in the middle. |
| Free plan and trial | DSandboxes are free forever but for non-commercial use only, so you can't run a real shop on them. No trial is listed. | BOpen source with no caps, though you provide the hosting and the front end. |
| Features | CGraphQL core, Saleor Apps, a dashboard and Cloud-only Essential Apps. Saleor Engine is labeled beta, and a storefront has to be built. | DCatalog, merchant, order, identity, inventory and rules services. It has no storefront, so it's a set of parts rather than a store. |
| Ease of use | DNo store rating on record. Customising means building apps over GraphQL, so it needs developers. | DNo rating on record. Running Spring Boot services on Docker or Kubernetes is developer work. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with GraphQL, webhooks and pub/sub, and a Cloud or self-hosted option. No phone or desktop app. | CWeb services only, deployable on AWS, GCP, Azure or Kubernetes. No apps and no integration list. |
| Best for | API-first stores for high-volume sellers | Java developers building their own commerce services |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Saleor and Shopizer. How we grade
Price against what you get
Saleor starts at $1,599 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Shopizer has no paid plan and scores 1.3.
Saleor scores higher, and starts $1,599 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other online store builders on the chart, 32 score higher than Saleor for less, and none scores higher than Shopizer for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Shopizer also covers inventory.
At a glance
| Saleor | Shopizer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $1599 per month (Cloud Select, up to $200,000 monthly GMV) | Free |
| Free plan | Sandboxes: free forever for non-commercial use such as prototyping and trying new features. | Open source at $0 with community support and basic features. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Saleor Commerce | Shopizer |
| Price read from | saleor.io | shopizer.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Saleor
- Cloud pricing is tied to monthly GMV, and orders above the plan's limit add a percentage fee (0.8% on Select, 0.4% on Volume).
- The free Sandboxes plan is for non-commercial use only.
- Optional add-ons: the Accelerator Plan costs $6,000 and Forward Deployed Engineering $12,000, credited back over 12 months after go-live.
- Saleor Engine is labeled beta, and the Essential Apps run only on Saleor Cloud.
Shopizer
- This is a set of backend services for developers, not a ready-made storefront builder.
- Only community support is listed, and the pricing section has a single free plan.
- The previous headless release, version 3.2.7, is kept available separately from the newer microservices.
Key features
Saleor
- Headless GraphQL core
- Customization is done by building Saleor Apps that connect through GraphQL, webhooks and pub/sub, which keeps the core files untouched.
- Saleor Engine
- A beta feature that runs your storefront, apps and ERP sync alongside Saleor, with deployment, variables and logs managed from the Dashboard.
- Essential Apps
- Cloud-only apps cover multilingual customer emails, Adyen payments, Google Merchant Center feeds, MCP, ACP/UCP and Ink AI Search.
- Pulse dashboard
- Dashboard home shows revenue, orders, returns and low stock, and flags anything that looks unusual.
- Migration and engineering support
- Each Cloud plan includes migration from platforms such as Shopify Plus or Magento, a delivery lead, a Slack channel and 24/7 support with SLAs.
- Cloud and self-hosted
- Moving between Saleor Cloud and self-hosted open source is supported, though a data migration or version update may be needed.
Shopizer
- Microservices architecture
- Spring Boot 3 services that can be deployed and scaled independently; the site says it can run locally with Docker and Kind.
- Commerce services
- Separate services for product catalog, merchants, order management, identity provider, inventory management and dynamic rules.
- Security framework
- Spring Security with role-based access control and support for multiple identity providers.
- Cloud-agnostic deployment
- Deployable on AWS, GCP, Azure or any Kubernetes-capable cloud.
- Data storage
- Supports PostgreSQL, JSONB and pgvector.
Plans
Saleor
Sandboxes$0
Free forever, for non-commercial use only: prototyping, side projects and trying new features.
Select$1599
per month, up to $200,000 monthly GMV
For new projects and smaller companies; 0.8% charged on orders above the GMV limit, with a fair API usage policy.
Volume$3999
per month, up to $1,000,000 monthly GMV
For high-volume businesses; 0.4% charged on orders above the GMV limit, with a fair API usage policy.
EnterpriseCustom
Negotiated pricing with a fair API usage policy. Sold through sales.
Shopizer
Open Source$0
Community support, basic features and the GitHub community. You host it yourself.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Saleor or Shopizer?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Shopizer is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $1,599 a month for Saleor. Saleor starts at $1599 per month (Cloud Select, up to $200,000 monthly GMV), and Shopizer is free.
Which has a free plan, Saleor or Shopizer?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Saleor and Shopizer have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.