Medusa vs Shift4Shop: which fits your store?

Last verified 2026-10-01

Medusa and Shift4Shop are both ecommerce platform tools compared here on pricing verified 2026-10-01, published plans, App Store standing, and themes from recent merchant reviews. Medusa starts cheaper ($29/mo vs $41/mo); neither offers a free tier. — auto-generated from tracked data; editorial verdict pending.

How do Medusa and Shift4Shop compare?

	Medusa	Shift4Shop
App Store rating	—	—
Price from	$29/mo	$41/mo
Free tier	✗ no	✗ no
Published plans	4	1
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.

Shift4Shop plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
End-to-End eCommerce	$41	Unlimited: products, bandwidth, staff users, product variants, categories, images, themes. No revenue caps.

Verified 2026-08-08 from vendor pricing page.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, Medusa or Shift4Shop?

Medusa starts lower at $29/mo, vs $41/mo for Shift4Shop (verified 2026-10-01).

Does Medusa or Shift4Shop have a free plan?

Neither publishes a free tier.

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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