# Aimeos review (2026): is it any good? > Open-source PHP ecommerce framework for Laravel and TYPO3 Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Aimeos is an open-source PHP ecommerce framework that runs as a package inside Laravel or as an extension for TYPO3. It covers online shops, headless back ends with JSON:API and GraphQL, B2B portals and multi-vendor marketplaces. The core is free for commercial use; paid support is sold separately. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Aimeos GmbH - **Website:** https://aimeos.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a hosted store builder, as the core is a developer framework. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Aimeos is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** The core packages are open source and free for commercial use, with no recurring license fees, according to the vendor. You host and run it yourself. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Open source | $0 | Core Aimeos packages for Laravel, TYPO3 or headless use, installed with Composer and hosted by you. | Read from https://aimeos.org/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Aimeos before buying. ## Key features - **Laravel and TYPO3 packages:** Installs with Composer as a standalone Laravel shop, into an existing Laravel project, as a headless back end, or as a TYPO3 extension. - **Headless APIs:** JSON:API and GraphQL endpoints let a Next.js, Nuxt, Vue, React or PWA front end sit on top. - **B2B and wholesale:** Custom price lists, volume discounts, quote workflows, punchout and ERP integrations and company hierarchies. - **Marketplaces and multi-tenancy:** Multi-vendor portals, regional storefronts and multi-warehouse setups in one installation via a sites extension. - **Product types:** Configurable variants, bundles, digital downloads, event bookings, vouchers and subscriptions with recurring billing. - **Payments and shipping:** Over 100 payment gateways through the Omnipay library, including Stripe, PayPal, Mollie and Adyen, plus configurable shipping and tax rules. ## Good for - PHP and Laravel teams who want a store they can extend in code - B2B and marketplace projects that need complex pricing or multiple vendors - Agencies building shops for clients without per-store license fees ## Worth knowing - It is a developer framework installed with Composer; there is no hosted store builder in the core product. - You provide and maintain hosting, updates and security yourself. - Enterprise support and long-term support are sold through Aimeos, and the page names no price for them. - It runs only on PHP, as a Laravel package or TYPO3 extension. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Aimeos is an open-source commerce framework for Laravel and TYPO3 with headless APIs, B2B and marketplace support, free for commercial use. You host, maintain and secure it yourself, install it with Composer, and enterprise support is sold at a price the page does not name. - **Value for money: C.** The packages are free but you host and run them, and the ladder treats self-hosted software as ordinary value. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Open source and free for commercial use with no recurring license fee. You still pay for your own hosting. - **Features: B.** Laravel and TYPO3 packages, headless APIs, B2B and wholesale, marketplaces and multi-tenancy. Nothing in the listing is missing from a store's job, though there is no hosted builder. - **Ease of use: D.** Installed with Composer and run on your own hosting, with updates and security on you. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Laravel, TYPO3, Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Adyen and Elasticsearch. It runs only on PHP. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Aimeos GmbH's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - Aimeos's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade, and level with 13. - It stands best on features (B, above 60 of 80) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). - Aimeos has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Aimeos is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 60 of the 80 other online store builders we grade. - You could make: Digital downloads: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Laravel, TYPO3 and Stripe among them, and has an API. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Laravel, TYPO3, Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, Adyen, Elasticsearch **Tags:** Online store, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, Digital downloads ## Alternatives - [Bagisto](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bagisto): Open-source Laravel ecommerce for B2B, marketplaces and headless. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aimeos-vs-bagisto) - [Sylius](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sylius): Open-source Symfony ecommerce framework for custom stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aimeos-vs-sylius) - [Shopware](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopware): Open-source commerce platform for B2B and B2C stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aimeos-vs-shopware) - [OpenCart](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opencart): Free open-source shopping cart you host yourself. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aimeos-vs-opencart) - [Medusa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/medusa): Open-source commerce framework for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/aimeos-vs-medusa) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://aimeos.org/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/aimeos Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).