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commercetools vs Shopware

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commercetools

E-commerce & Retail

The Digital Commerce AI Company

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Shopware

E-commerce & Retail

Explore the open-source commerce platform, backed by our global community

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: commercetools no pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link; Shopware rise tier starts at 600 euro per month and Evolve at 2,400 euro per month, both excluding VAT, so pricing is published in euros only and not converted for other regions

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which commercetools and Shopware actually diverge.

Attributes where commercetools and Shopware differ
AttributecommercetoolsShopware
Pricing modelquotesubscription

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (E-commerce & Retail).

Where each one falls short

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

commercetools

  • No pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link
  • Premium Support, Audit Log Premium, Advanced B2B APIs and additional regions are sold as separate paid add-ons rather than included in the base order-based price

Shopware

  • Rise tier starts at 600 euro per month and Evolve at 2,400 euro per month, both excluding VAT, so pricing is published in euros only and not converted for other regions
  • Beyond, the top tier with digital sales rooms, multi-inventory and customer-specific pricing, is custom priced and requires contacting sales
  • The Shopware Intelligence+ AI add-on is billed separately at 29 euro per month on Community Edition or 19 euro per month on paid tiers, on top of the plan price

Pricing, plan by plan

commercetools

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the commercetools review.

Shopware

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Shopware review.

Which should you pick?

Choose commercetools if

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

commercetools review

Choose Shopware if

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

Shopware review

Questions people ask

Is commercetools or Shopware better?
Neither clearly leads. commercetools starts at On request and Shopware at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, commercetools or Shopware?
commercetools starts at On request and Shopware at On request.
Does commercetools or Shopware run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
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