Is Saleor or Shopkeep better?

Neither clearly leads. Saleor starts at Free and Shopkeep at $49/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Saleor or Shopkeep?

Saleor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Saleor and $49/month for Shopkeep.

Does Saleor or Shopkeep run on more platforms?

Saleor runs on web, api. Shopkeep runs on iPad, Web.

Can I use Saleor for free?

Yes. Saleor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Shopkeep starts at $49/month.

What is Saleor best used for?

Saleor is most often used for custom headless storefronts, composable commerce architectures, omnichannel retail and b2b commerce, developer-built e-commerce requiring deep api access. Of those, custom headless storefronts and composable commerce architectures are not what Shopkeep is typically brought in for.

What can Saleor do that Shopkeep cannot?

Saleor covers GraphQL API, Admin dashboard, Webhooks and apps, Omnichannel order processing. Shopkeep covers Point of sale, Payment processing, Inventory management, Customer profiles.

E-commerce · head to head

Saleor vs Shopkeep

Saleor

E-commerce

Open-source, headless e-commerce platform with a GraphQL API

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Shopkeep

E-commerce & Retail

Cloud-based POS for small businesses

From: $49/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Saleor has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Saleor saleor requires development resources to build a storefront, since it ships as an API-only backend without a front-end store out of the box.; Shopkeep unreliable inventory control across multiple locations
They diverge on capability: Saleor covers GraphQL API, Shopkeep covers Point of sale.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Saleor and Shopkeep actually diverge.

Attributes where Saleor and Shopkeep differ
Attribute	Saleor	Shopkeep
Starting price	Free	$49/month
Pricing model	open-source	Unknown
Free tier	Yes	No
Platforms	web, api	iPad, Web
Category	E-commerce	E-commerce & Retail
Founded	2019	2008

Identical on both: 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 Saleor

GraphQL API
Admin dashboard
Webhooks and apps
Omnichannel order processing
Configurator CLI
OpenTelemetry tracing
OpenID Connect support

Only in Shopkeep

Point of sale
Payment processing
Inventory management
Customer profiles
Sales analytics
Employee management
Mobile POS
Reporting

What people use each for

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

Saleor

Custom headless storefrontsnot Shopkeep
Composable commerce architecturesnot Shopkeep
Omnichannel retail and B2B commercenot Shopkeep
Developer-built e-commerce requiring deep API accessnot Shopkeep

Shopkeep

No use cases recorded yet. See the Shopkeep review.

Where each one falls short

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

Saleor

Saleor requires development resources to build a storefront, since it ships as an API-only backend without a front-end store out of the box.
Self-hosting requires managing infrastructure, scaling, and updates, which adds operational overhead compared to fully managed platforms.
Saleor Cloud's paid tiers start at $1,599/month, making the managed offering costly for small merchants compared to typical SaaS store builders.
The GraphQL-first, code-driven approach has a steeper learning curve for non-technical users than drag-and-drop e-commerce builders.

Shopkeep

Unreliable inventory control across multiple locations
Cloud-dependent with no offline transaction processing capability
Dropped Bluetooth connections cause lost sales and payment processing failures

Pricing, plan by plan

Saleor

Free

Sandboxes (Cloud)Free
- Free forever tier for prototyping and development
Select (Cloud)$1599/month
- Up to $200,000 GMV monthly
- 0.8% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Dedicated Slack channel
Volume (Cloud)$3999/month
- Up to $1,000,000 GMV monthly
- 0.4% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Dedicated Slack channel
Enterprise (Cloud)$undefined/mo
- Custom GMV limits
- Fees negotiable as low as 0.2%
- Project delivery lead

Shopkeep

$49/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Shopkeep review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Saleor if

You need graphql api.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want admin dashboard.

Saleor review

Choose Shopkeep if

You need point of sale.
You work on iPad, Web.
You also want payment processing.

Shopkeep review

Questions people ask

Is Saleor or Shopkeep better?: Neither clearly leads. Saleor starts at Free and Shopkeep at $49/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Saleor or Shopkeep?: Saleor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Saleor and $49/month for Shopkeep.
Does Saleor or Shopkeep run on more platforms?: Saleor runs on web, api. Shopkeep runs on iPad, Web.
Can I use Saleor for free?: Yes. Saleor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Shopkeep starts at $49/month.
What is Saleor best used for?: Saleor is most often used for custom headless storefronts, composable commerce architectures, omnichannel retail and b2b commerce, developer-built e-commerce requiring deep api access. Of those, custom headless storefronts and composable commerce architectures are not what Shopkeep is typically brought in for.
What can Saleor do that Shopkeep cannot?: Saleor covers GraphQL API, Admin dashboard, Webhooks and apps, Omnichannel order processing. Shopkeep covers Point of sale, Payment processing, Inventory management, Customer profiles.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Saleor: Is Saleor free to use?

Yes. Saleor is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license and can be self-hosted for free. Saleor Cloud also offers a free Sandboxes tier for prototyping and development.

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Shopkeep: How much does Shopkeep cost?

Shopkeep by Lightspeed pricing varies by plan. Customers must request quotes for current pricing, which has shifted since the Lightspeed acquisition.

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Saleor: How much does Saleor Cloud cost?

Saleor Cloud paid plans start at $1,599/month for the Select plan (up to $200,000 monthly GMV), with Volume at $3,999/month and custom Enterprise pricing for larger merchants.

Source

Shopkeep: What hardware does Shopkeep require?

Shopkeep operates on iPad tablets, cloud-based systems, and traditional cash register setups, requiring third-party hardware integration.

Source

Saleor: Does Saleor provide a storefront out of the box?

No. Saleor is an API-only, headless commerce backend built on GraphQL; storefronts must be built separately using the API and are not bundled with the platform.

Source

Saleor vs Shopkeep

Saleor

Shopkeep

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Saleor

Only in Shopkeep

What people use each for

Saleor

Shopkeep

Where each one falls short

Saleor

Shopkeep

Pricing, plan by plan

Saleor

Shopkeep

Which should you pick?

Choose Saleor if

Choose Shopkeep if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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