Medusa vs Salesforce Commerce Cloud: which fits your store?

Last verified 2026-10-01

Medusa and Salesforce Commerce Cloud are both ecommerce platform tools compared here on pricing verified 2026-10-01, published plans, App Store standing, and themes from recent merchant reviews. Salesforce Commerce Cloud starts cheaper (free vs $29/mo); Salesforce Commerce Cloud has a free tier, Medusa does not. — auto-generated from tracked data; editorial verdict pending.

How do Medusa and Salesforce Commerce Cloud compare?

	Medusa	Salesforce Commerce Cloud
App Store rating	—	—
Price from	$29/mo	free
Free tier	✗ no	✓ yes
Published plans	4	9
Data confidence	high	high

What would you actually pay?

Medusa plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Develop	$29	Includes 1M edge requests/month; 10,000 free-text search requests/month; 100 emails/day and 1,000 emails/month hard limit; 1 shared app server; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 1 preview environment, then $10/PE/month; 600 compute hours/month capped per environment; 10 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 1 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 300 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 1 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 1 cloud seat, then $30/seat/month.
Launch	$99	Includes 5M edge requests/month, then $0.30 per 1M; 10,000 free-text search requests/month, then $20 per 100,000; 1,500 emails/day and 10,000/month, then $0.70 per 1,000; 2 shared app servers with autoscaling; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 3 preview environments, then $10/PE/month; 1,000 compute hours, then $0.16/hour; 40 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 5 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 500 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 250 MB key-value storage, then $100 per 5 GB; 10 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 1 cloud seat, then $30/seat/month.
Scale	$299	Includes 10M edge requests/month, then $0.30 per 1M; 10,000 free-text search requests/month, then $20 per 100,000; 10,000 vector requests/month, then $40 per 100,000; 1,500 emails/day and 25,000/month, then $0.70 per 1,000; 2 app servers and 1 worker with autoscaling; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 5 preview environments, then $10/PE/month; 2,800 compute hours, then $0.16/hour; 100 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 10 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 1,000 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 250 MB key-value storage, then $100 per 5 GB; 10 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 3 cloud seats, then $30/seat/month; log drains cost $50/month.
Enterprise	—	Custom limits and pricing for edge requests, search, emails, compute, environments, storage, data transfer, build minutes, key-value storage, logs, seats, and other resources.

Verified 2026-10-01 from vendor pricing page.

Salesforce Commerce Cloud plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Commerce Cloud B2C Premium	—	100 sites and 3,500 Price Books
Commerce Cloud B2B Growth Edition	—	6 B2B storefronts
Salesforce Order Management Growth	—	Omni-Channel Inventory for up to 50 locations
Retail Cloud Point-of-Sale	—	Starting at 25 stores
Salesforce Payments	—	Contact for pricing. Includes express checkout with digital wallets, fraud protection, authorization optimization, and support for bringing an Adyen account.
Standard Success Plan	$0	Included in all licenses
Premier Success Plan	—	30% of net license fees
Signature Success Plan	—	Contact your account executive. Includes a designated Customer Success Manager, Customer Success Score, proactive monitoring, Key Event Management, and the fastest 24/7 support response times.
Commerce Cloud with Foundations	$0	Available for Sales and Service Enterprise Edition or higher

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Verified 2026-10-01 from vendor pricing page.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Medusa or Salesforce Commerce Cloud?

Salesforce Commerce Cloud starts lower at free, vs $29/mo for Medusa (verified 2026-10-01).

Does Medusa or Salesforce Commerce Cloud have a free plan?

Salesforce Commerce Cloud has a free tier; Medusa does not publish one.

Which is rated higher on the Shopify App Store?

App Store ratings are shown in the table above where available.

How we compare: pricing and plans are collected automatically from vendor pages on a schedule and shown with verification dates; ratings come from the Shopify App Store; merchant sentiment is synthesized from the most recent App Store reviews (paraphrased, never quoted). We currently have no affiliate relationship with either vendor. Found an error? The data snapshot behind this page is dated — check the vendor's page for same-day changes.

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