Saleor vs Vendure (2026): which should you pick?

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 Vendure if

• Fits if you have TypeScript developers building B2B commerce
• Makes sense if you start on the free framework and add B2B plans later

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want paid plans, as Starter is EUR 199 a month on a 12-month term
• Skip it if you want hosting included, because plans exclude it and Vendure Cloud is a closed beta
• Watch out: prices exclude VAT, and the no-commitment monthly rate is higher than the term price
• Not for you if you have no developers, as it is a code framework
• Watch out: self-serve signup is not available in some countries, including Switzerland and Ukraine

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.

Vendure

• Plans do not include hosting yet; Vendure Cloud is a closed beta and usage above included resources will be billed separately.
• Prices exclude VAT. A no-commitment monthly rate is higher than the 12-month-term price shown, and its amount was not readable.
• Self-serve signup is not available in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Ukraine or sanctioned countries.
• The prices were read in euros; the page offers a USD view that could not be read.

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.

Vendure

Company accounts

One account per customer business with tax ID validation, and on Growth and above an organization hierarchy of branches and departments.

Quotes and reordering

Buyers can request quotes, paste SKUs into quick order, reorder, and keep personal or shared shopping lists and shared carts.

Contract pricing

Scale adds prices set per customer, with volume breaks, so each company sees its own negotiated price instead of the list price.

Approvals and audit log

Orders over a buyer's limit go to an approver before they are placed, and an audit log records changes. Both are on the Scale plan.

No revenue-based fees

Each plan is a flat monthly price with no fee on revenue, orders or users, and a commercial licence is included.

Self-host or Vendure Cloud

You can run Vendure on any cloud or your own hardware. Vendure Cloud is in closed beta, with general availability planned for Q1 2027.

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.

Vendure

• Vendure Framework$0

  The open-source GPLv3 framework every plan builds on. You host it yourself and your engineers build the store.

• Starter€199

  per month, 12-month term billed monthly, excl. VAT

  Company accounts with tax ID validation, quotes, quick order and reorder, and catalog search. Community support.

• Growth€599

  per month, 12-month term billed monthly, excl. VAT

  Adds company branches and departments, selling by unit, box or pallet, and shared shopping lists. Direct support from Vendure.

• Scale€2,499

  per month, 12-month term billed monthly, excl. VAT

  Adds order approvals, an audit log, contract prices per customer and a ready-made B2B storefront. Priority support.

• Enterprise€60,000

  per year and up, on contract, excl. VAT

  All 32 capabilities, including PunchOut, quote negotiation and the product configurator, plus custom-built features. Sold through sales.