Software · head to head
Sellfy vs Medusa
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Sellfy every plan caps annual sales volume: $10k on Starter, $50k on Business and $200k on Premium; Medusa the managed cloud meters four separate resources: edge requests, emails, compute hours and database storage
- They diverge on capability: Sellfy covers Physical & digital products, Medusa covers Open source.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Sellfy and Medusa actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).
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 Sellfy
- Physical & digital products
- Membership/subscription sales
- Email marketing
- Marketing automation
- Affiliate program
- Analytics
- Mobile app
- Multi-currency support
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.
Sellfy
- Selling digital downloads, subscriptions or print on demand goods from a hosted storefrontnot Medusa
- Running a small creator store without building a sitenot Medusa
Medusa
- Building a custom ecommerce backend on an open source headless platformnot Sellfy
- Running a self hosted or managed commerce API with a custom storefrontnot Sellfy
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Sellfy
- Every plan caps annual sales volume: $10k on Starter, $50k on Business and $200k on Premium
- Exceeding the cap forces a plan upgrade rather than an overage charge, so growth is a step change in cost
- Maximum file size per digital product is tied to the plan, at 10 GB, 15 GB and 20 GB
- Email marketing credits are metered per plan, from 2,000 to 50,000
- Cart abandonment, upselling and the affiliate programme all require the Business plan
- Payment processing fees from PayPal or Stripe are charged on top of the subscription
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
Sellfy
Free- FreeFree
- Unlimited products
- Basic store
- Email support
- Pro$29/month
- All Free features
- Custom domain
- Email marketing
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 Sellfy if
- You need physical & digital products.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want membership/subscription sales.
Choose Medusa if
- You need open source.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want modular architecture.
Questions people ask
- Is Sellfy or Medusa better?
- Neither clearly leads. Sellfy starts at Free and Medusa at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Sellfy or Medusa?
- Sellfy starts at Free and Medusa at Free.
- Does Sellfy or Medusa run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Sellfy for free?
- Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
- What is Sellfy best used for?
- Sellfy is most often used for selling digital downloads, subscriptions or print on demand goods from a hosted storefront, running a small creator store without building a site. Of those, selling digital downloads, subscriptions or print on demand goods from a hosted storefront and running a small creator store without building a site are not what Medusa is typically brought in for.
- What can Sellfy do that Medusa cannot?
- Sellfy covers Physical & digital products, Membership/subscription sales, Email marketing, Marketing automation. Medusa covers Open source, Modular architecture, Multi-region support, Plugin system.