What is Medusa?
Modules, admin and framework for custom B2B and DTC stores, marketplaces and PoS systems.
Who is Medusa best for?
Medusa is best for development teams that build custom stores, B2B portals or marketplaces on Node.js.
B2B and distributor portals
Its modules and framework let developers add custom order flows for distributors and B2B buyers.
Selling across stores and regions
Sales channels with their own rules, multi-warehouse inventory and multi-region setup are built in.
No fee on sales
Medusa Cloud charges no GMV fee on any plan, and orders and products are unlimited.
Building with coding agents
An MCP server, a Cloud CLI and agent skills help coding agents build and deploy customisations.
How much does Medusa cost?
Medusa is free to self-host under MIT, apart from its Enterprise RBAC and SSO code; Medusa Cloud hosting starts at $29 a month on the Develop plan.
- MIT core, unlimited products and orders
- Node.js and PostgreSQL
- RBAC and SSO need an Enterprise licence
- Storefront and backend hosting
- Deploys from GitHub, previews on PRs
- Medusa Search and emails
- Autoscaling and automatic backups
- Custom storefront domains
- Webhook events, Redis-backed store
- Background workers, semantic search
- 10M edge requests, priority support
- Up to 3 sender domains
Usage above a plan's allowance is billed the next month. Seats for the Cloud development platform are per developer, while Medusa Admin users are free and unlimited. Enterprise has custom pricing with RBAC, SSO, audit logs, a 99.99% uptime guarantee and bring-your-own-cloud. Full pricing on medusajs.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is Medusa open source?
Yes. Medusa's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
37,207stars
+481 (+1.3%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 12 Nov
- Repository age
- 6 years
- Latest release
- 9 Nov
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- medusajs/medusa
What are the best Medusa alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Medusa's job.
SaleorOpen SourceHeadless commerce engine with a GraphQL API and admin dashboard for retail, B2B and marketplaces.
ShopwareOpen SourceOnline store platform with a drag-and-drop page builder, promotions and B2B buying tools.
Spree CommerceOpen SourceRuby on Rails ecommerce platform with an API, admin and Next.js storefront for B2B and marketplaces.
Questions about Medusa
What is Medusa?
Modules, admin and framework for custom B2B and DTC stores, marketplaces and PoS systems.
Who is Medusa for?
Medusa is best for development teams that build custom stores, B2B portals or marketplaces on Node.js.
Is Medusa free?
Yes. Medusa has a free Self-hosted plan: MIT core, unlimited products and orders.
How much does Medusa cost?
Medusa's paid plans are Develop at From $29 per month, Launch at From $99 per month and Scale at From $299 per month.
Is Medusa open source?
Yes. Medusa's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Medusa alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Saleor, Shopware and Spree Commerce.
Where can I try Medusa?
On its official website, medusajs.com.
Does Medusa charge a fee on sales?
No. Medusa Cloud lists a 0% GMV platform fee on every plan, and self-hosted Medusa has no fee at all. You pay the monthly Cloud plan and any usage above its allowance.
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