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Overview
Saleor is an open-source, headless e-commerce platform providing a GraphQL-native API for building custom storefronts across web, mobile, and other channels. It includes an administration dashboard for product information, order management, and translations, plus extensibility through webhooks, apps, and metadata rather than a plugin system. Saleor can be self-hosted under its BSD-3-Clause license or run on Saleor Cloud, a managed offering with support and compliance certifications.
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commercetools: commercetools offers a similar composable, API-first commerce platform targeted at enterprise merchants.
Shopify: Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform offering a built-in storefront, unlike Saleor's API-only, self-hosted approach.
Pricing
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Sandboxes (Cloud)
Free
Select (Cloud)
$1,599 /mo
Volume (Cloud)
$3,999 /mo
Enterprise (Cloud)
On request
Capabilities
GraphQL API
Native GraphQL API for querying and managing all commerce data
Admin dashboard
Web dashboard for product information management, order management, and translations
Webhooks and apps
160+ webhooks and an app framework for extending functionality without plugins
Omnichannel order processing
Handles orders from web, mobile, retail, and other channels from a single backend
Configurator CLI
Command-line tool for managing commerce configuration as code with CI/CD pipelines
OpenTelemetry tracing
Built-in observability using the OpenTelemetry standard for debugging distributed systems
OpenID Connect support
Integrates with external identity providers via OpenID Connect
Answered, with sources
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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.
SourceSaleor 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.
SourceNo. 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.
SourceBehind it
Timeline
Saleor spun out as a standalone open-source commerce product
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