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Checkout.com vs Medusa

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Checkout.com

E-commerce

Your business deserves tailored pricing based on your needs

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Medusa logo

Medusa

E-commerce

Open source Shopify alternative

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Medusa has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Checkout.com checkout.com/pricing publishes no per-transaction percentage or fixed fee; pricing is set per business profile and risk category through direct sales contact, per the vendor's own pricing page (Aug 2026); Medusa the managed cloud meters four separate resources: edge requests, emails, compute hours and database storage

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Checkout.com and Medusa actually diverge.

Attributes where Checkout.com and Medusa differ
AttributeCheckout.comMedusa
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotefreemium
Free tierNoYes
CategoryE-commerceUnknown
FoundedUnknown2020

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Checkout.com

Nothing recorded that Medusa does not also cover.

Only in Medusa

  • Open source
  • Modular architecture
  • Multi-region support
  • Plugin system
  • Admin dashboard
  • Order management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Payment integrations

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Checkout.com

No use cases recorded yet. See the Checkout.com review.

Medusa

  • Building a custom ecommerce backend on an open source headless platformnot Checkout.com
  • Running a self hosted or managed commerce API with a custom storefrontnot Checkout.com

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Checkout.com

  • checkout.com/pricing publishes no per-transaction percentage or fixed fee; pricing is set per business profile and risk category through direct sales contact, per the vendor's own pricing page (Aug 2026)
  • Choosing between the flat-rate and Interchange++ pricing models requires contacting the sales team, since neither model's rate is quoted publicly on the page

Medusa

  • The managed cloud meters four separate resources: edge requests, emails, compute hours and database storage
  • The Develop plan at $29 a month applies a hard limit of 1,000 emails, so it stops rather than bills
  • Compute hours are capped at 600 on Develop and 800 on Launch
  • Edge request overage is $0.3 per million and storage $0.5 per GB month above the plan allowance
  • Background workers and priority support require the Scale plan at $299 a month

Pricing, plan by plan

Checkout.com

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Checkout.com review.

Medusa

Free
  • Open SourceFree
    • Full source code
    • Self-hosted
    • Community support
  • Cloud$50/month
    • Managed hosting
    • Automatic updates
    • Priority support

Which should you pick?

Choose Checkout.com if

Nothing in the data separates Checkout.com from Medusa on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Checkout.com review

Choose Medusa if

  • You need open source.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want modular architecture.
Medusa review

Questions people ask

Is Checkout.com or Medusa better?
Neither clearly leads. Checkout.com starts at On request and Medusa at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Checkout.com or Medusa?
Medusa has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Checkout.com and Free for Medusa.
Does Checkout.com or Medusa run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Medusa for free?
Yes. Medusa has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Checkout.com starts at On request.
What can Checkout.com do that Medusa cannot?
Medusa covers Open source, Modular architecture, Multi-region support, Plugin system.
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