Entry priceUSD 29 / account / month
Pricing modelmixed, billed annual
OwnerShopify Inc.
Basic storefront plan: USD 29/month billed yearly; promotional trial excluded. Payment processing and apps may add costs. Source
Shopify vs Medusa
Fit:
Migration notes
Developer-built commerce backend and admin with storefront starters rather than a turnkey merchant SaaS. Budget implementation of storefront and integrations; no automatic Shopify app or complete data transfer verified. Enterprise RBAC/SSO need a commercial agreement.
Sources: github.com, medusajs.com · checked 2026-10-21
ShopifyPaid incumbent
| Basic | entry | USD 39 / store / mo |
|---|---|---|
| Grow | business | USD 105 / store / mo |
| Plus | enterprise | USD 27,600 / store/platform contract / yr |
Fit for Shopify
License 
Paid-feature tier B
Self-host
Paid-feature limits2 noted
| Open-source core | free self-hosted core | Free |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | vendor commercial cloud | USD 299 / cloud project base / mo |
| Enterprise | commercial Enterprise license and optional Cloud/BYOC | Quote only |
What you may give up
- Role-based access control (RBAC) requires an Enterprise commercial agreement.
- Single sign-on (SSO) requires an Enterprise commercial agreement.
- Medusa Cloud hosting, infrastructure, email and search allowances have separate paid plans and usage limits.
Tier B: MIT core is self-hostable; root LICENSE explicitly excludes proprietary Enterprise materials listed in ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md. RBAC and SSO are licensed software gates, not just hosting benefits. Tier B and osi=true refer to MIT core only. License source
What running it takes
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Current v2 production guide. PostgreSQL/Redis and server-worker topology explicit; no undocumented SQL substitutions asserted. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.