# Sylius review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source Symfony ecommerce framework for custom stores Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Sylius is an open-source, headless ecommerce framework built on Symfony and API Platform, aimed at mid-market and enterprise teams that want a custom build. The free Community Edition is self-hosted; Sylius Plus adds paid modules such as B2B and marketplace suites. - **Category:** Online Store Builders - **Made by:** Sylius - **Website:** https://sylius.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you have no developers, because there is no hosted store builder. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Sylius has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The open-source Community Edition is free to download and run on your own servers; hosting and development are your own cost. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Community Edition | $0 | The open-source framework with a REST API, which you host and build on yourself, for example on a VPS, Docker or Kubernetes. | | Sylius Plus | Custom | Subscription modules on top of the core, such as B2B Suite, Marketplace Suite and RBAC. No price is published; sold through sales. | Read from https://sylius.com/plus/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sylius before buying. ## Key features - **Headless REST API:** A REST API built with API Platform lets the framework sit behind the front end or microservices architecture of your choice. - **Symfony developer framework:** Built for Symfony developers, with automated testing practices and a Behavior Driven Development approach baked into projects. - **B2B Suite (Plus):** Plus adds tailored price lists for customer groups, ordering on behalf of customers, wish lists and a request-for-quotation flow. - **Marketplace Suite (Plus):** Plus adds vendor onboarding, communication, payment splitting, reports and document handling for multi-vendor stores. - **Advanced multi-store and multi-source stock:** Plus modules run several stores from one admin and ship from more than one warehouse, with ERP-friendly inventory handling. - **Returns, loyalty and subscriptions:** Plus modules cover a returns (RMA) process, loyalty rules, partial shipments, a product configurator and subscription sales. ## Good for - Symfony teams building a bespoke B2C or B2B storefront - Mid-market brands that want to own code and hosting - Merchants who may add only the paid modules they need ## Worth knowing - It is a developer framework, so launching a store takes engineering work; there is no hosted store builder. - The Community Edition lacks marketplace, RFQ, RBAC and returns features, which are paid Plus modules. - Sylius Plus prices are not published; the site points buyers to a live demo and sales contact. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Sylius is an open-source Symfony framework for headless commerce, free to run on your own servers. It takes engineering work to launch, the marketplace, RFQ and returns features are paid Plus modules, and Plus prices are not published. - **Value for money: C.** The Community Edition is free but self-hosted, which counts as a C. Sylius Plus has no published price. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The Community Edition is free to download and run on your own servers. Hosting and development are your cost. - **Features: C.** Headless REST API, multi-store and a developer framework. The B2B suite, marketplace, RBAC, returns and loyalty are Plus modules. - **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. Launching a store takes engineering work, as there is no hosted builder. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only. Integrations named are Symfony and API Platform. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sylius's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online store builders - Sylius's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 26 other online store builders we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 14 of 26) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Sylius you would be making checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 18 of the 26 other online store builders grade higher. Sylius is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Inventory and quotes and estimates: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Checkout, card payments and sales tax handled for you. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Symfony and API Platform among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Symfony, API Platform **Tags:** Online store, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, Inventory, Quotes and estimates ## Alternatives - [Spree Commerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/spree-commerce): Open-source headless commerce for B2B and marketplaces. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/spree-commerce-vs-sylius) - [Medusa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/medusa): Open-source commerce framework for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/medusa-vs-sylius) - [Saleor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/saleor): Open-source headless commerce with managed Cloud hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/saleor-vs-sylius) - [Vendure](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vendure): Open-source B2B commerce framework with paid plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sylius-vs-vendure) - [Shopware](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopware): Open-source commerce platform for B2B and B2C stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopware-vs-sylius) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://sylius.com/ - https://sylius.com/plus/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sylius Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).