# Vendure review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Open-source B2B commerce framework with paid plans

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Vendure is an open-source ecommerce framework, free under GPLv3, aimed at B2B sellers. Four paid plans add company accounts, quotes, contract pricing, approvals and a ready-made B2B storefront on top of it. Plans cost the same whether you self-host or later run on Vendure Cloud, which is in closed beta.

- **Category:** Online Store Builders
- **Made by:** Elevantiq GmbH
- **Website:** https://vendure.io/
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want paid plans, as Starter is EUR 199 a month on a 12-month term.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Vendure has a free plan, and paid plans start at €199 per month, 12-month term billed monthly, excl. VAT (Starter).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Vendure Framework: open source under GPLv3, free to self-host, with catalog, orders, customers, payments and a plugin model.
- **Free trial:** 30-day free trial of Starter and Growth, no card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |

Read from https://vendure.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vendure before buying.

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- Distributors and manufacturers selling to business customers
- Engineering teams that want an open-source framework with paid B2B modules
- Sellers who need customer-specific prices and order approvals

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Vendure is an open-source commerce framework with paid plans from EUR 199 a month for B2B features such as company accounts and approvals. The plans do not include hosting yet, and the price is many times what hosted store builders charge.

- **Value for money: D.** Starter is EUR 199 a month on a 12-month term, against $29 in the middle of the category. Growth is EUR 599 and Scale EUR 2,499.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** The framework is free under GPLv3 to self-host, and Starter and Growth have a 30-day trial with no card.
- **Features: C.** Company accounts, quotes, contract pricing, approvals and audit log are on the plans. Hosting is not included, and Vendure Cloud is a closed beta.
- **Ease of use: D.** No rating on record. It is a framework needing developers and self-hosting.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with a plugin model and one named integration, Typesense.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vendure'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

- Vendure's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 2 of the 26 other online store builders we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 14 of 26) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at about $222.32 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 16 of the 18 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.7 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-stores

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Vendure 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: 23 of the 26 other online store builders grade higher. It costs $2,667.87 a year. Vendure is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself.

- You could make: Quotes and estimates: 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, Typesense among them, and has an API.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: audit logs.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Typesense

**Tags:** Online store, Open source, Self-hostable, Public API, Quotes and estimates

## Alternatives

- [Medusa](https://toolgpa.com/tools/medusa): Open-source commerce framework for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/medusa-vs-vendure)
- [Saleor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/saleor): Open-source headless commerce with managed Cloud hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/saleor-vs-vendure)
- [commercetools](https://toolgpa.com/tools/commercetools): API-first headless commerce platform for large retailers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/commercetools-vs-vendure)
- [Shopware](https://toolgpa.com/tools/shopware): Open-source commerce platform for B2B and B2C stores. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/shopware-vs-vendure)
- [BigCommerce](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigcommerce): Hosted ecommerce platform with plans set by yearly sales. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bigcommerce-vs-vendure)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://vendure.io/pricing
- https://vendure.io/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/vendure
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