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Alternatives to Saleor
22 e-commerce tools sit alongside Saleor in this directory. Below is what separates each from Saleor on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 12
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Saleor starts at
- Free
Why people look past Saleor
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Saleor entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Saleor publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Saleor pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open source Shopify alternative
- No free tier, where Saleor has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Saleor does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
The Digital Commerce AI Company
- No free tier, where Saleor has one.
- Sold on a quote model rather than open-source.
The most trusted ecommerce platform to start, grow, and scale your business
- No free tier, where Saleor has one.
- Publishes an entry price of $24/month, where Saleor does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
Automate and scale your product data with an AI-powered open-source PIM.
- 1 tier to Saleor's 4.
Social resale marketplace with a flat fee on low-value sales and a percentage cut above that
- Sold on a Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price model rather than open-source.
- 1 tier to Saleor's 4.
US and Canada grocery delivery and pickup marketplace with a paid membership tier
- Sold on a Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription model rather than open-source.
- 2 tiers to Saleor's 4.
Every Saleor alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleor (this page) | Free | Open-source | 4 | |
| MedusaMedusa is another open-source, headless commerce platform aimed at developers building custom storefronts. | $29/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Saleor |
| commercetoolscommercetools offers a similar composable, API-first commerce platform targeted at enterprise merchants. | On request | Quote | - | vs Saleor |
| ShopifyShopify is a hosted e-commerce platform offering a built-in storefront, unlike Saleor's API-only, self-hosted approach. | $24/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Saleor |
| UnoPIM | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Poshmark | Free | Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | 2 | vs Saleor |
| Mercari | Free | Free to list; 10 percent seller commission on sale price plus payment processing fee | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Depop | Free | Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | 2 | vs Saleor |
| Wish | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Amazon Shopping | Free | Free to use; optional Prime subscription for fast shipping and bundled media | 2 | vs Saleor |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | 2 | vs Saleor |
| Zendrop | Free, then $49/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Saleor |
| CJ Dropshipping | Free | Freemium | - | vs Saleor |
| BackToMe | €25/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Saleor |
| Mollie | £0.3/transaction | Per transaction by payment method | 3 | vs Saleor |
| Klarna | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Saleor |
| Drip | $39/month | Per month by contact count | 3 | vs Saleor |
| Memberful | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Saleor |
| FastSpring | On request | Transaction | 1 | vs Saleor |
| SamCart | $79/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Saleor |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Saleor badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Saleor is most often brought in for custom headless storefronts, composable commerce architectures, omnichannel retail and b2b commerce, developer-built e-commerce requiring deep api access. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Saleor is broadly right and the question is cost, the Saleor pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the E-Commerce category lists everything the directory holds, and best e-commerce tools ranks them.
Saleor runs on web, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Saleor alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Saleor?
- 22 other e-commerce tools are listed in this directory, led by Medusa, commercetools, Shopify, UnoPIM. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Saleor?
- 12 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: UnoPIM, Poshmark, Instacart, Mercari, Depop.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Saleor?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Saleor?
- Saleor is most often brought in for custom headless storefronts, composable commerce architectures, omnichannel retail and b2b commerce, developer-built e-commerce requiring deep api access. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Saleor?
- UnoPIM is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Saleor alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, E-Commerce, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Saleor against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Saleor covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every e-commerce tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the E-Commerce category, 22 tools beside Saleor. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.