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Magento Open Source vs Vendure: catalog facts
Magento Open Source	Vendure
Free Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.	Freemium The open-source core is free; Vendure Cloud and commercial plans are paid annually.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Widely used platform with a large contributor community Active development and regular releases	TypeScript across the whole stack Plugin system that changes core behaviour without forking
Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition Official website focuses on the commercial product	Headless, so a storefront must be built separately Requires Node.js development skills
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: OSL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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