Shopware

What is Shopware?

Online store platform with a drag-and-drop page builder, promotions and B2B buying tools.

Who is Shopware best for?

Shopware is best for mid-size merchants and their agencies that build B2C or B2B stores on code they control.

• Stores built on their own code

  The MIT core lets developers change any part of the shop and pick their own host and agency.

• Content-led storefronts

  The visual page builder lays out category and landing pages with drag and drop, no coding needed.

• B2B selling

  Evolve adds quotes, purchase approvals and content per customer group; Beyond adds customer-specific prices.

• Growing into support

  Paid plans add direct support from Shopware, AI help with product text and returns handling inside the admin.

How much does Shopware cost?

Shopware's Community Edition is free to self-host under the MIT licence, and paid plans with direct support start at €600 a month for Rise, priced by your sales volume.

Beyond is priced on request and adds customer-specific pricing, multi-location inventory, Digital Sales Rooms and 24/7 priority support. Paid plan prices depend on your gross merchandise value, and Rise starts with 30 days free. Shopware Intelligence+, the AI and Copilot add-on, is €29 a month on Community Edition and €19 a month on paid plans. Shops on Community Edition with more than €1 million in sales over 365 days need a paid plan to keep Shopware Account and Store access; the software itself keeps running. Full pricing on shopware.com. We checked these prices on 8 Nov 2026.

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Is Shopware open source?

Yes. Shopware's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.

Host it on a serverHostinger, Railway and Elestio set it up on a server for you with a one-click install.

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What are the best Shopware alternatives?

Three tools on Recaply do Shopware's job.

BagistoOpen Source

Laravel and Vue ecommerce platform for single stores, B2B shops and multi-vendor marketplaces.

Spree CommerceOpen Source

Ruby on Rails ecommerce platform with an API, admin and Next.js storefront for B2B and marketplaces.

MedusaOpen Source

Modules, admin and framework for custom B2B and DTC stores, marketplaces and PoS systems.

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