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Shopware Community Edition vs Vendure: catalog facts
Shopware Community Edition	Vendure
Free The Community Edition is free and open source under MIT.	Freemium The open-source core is free; Vendure Cloud and commercial plans are paid annually.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Visual page builder and media manager included Rule-based and scaled pricing	TypeScript across the whole stack Plugin system that changes core behaviour without forking
Hosting and customization need PHP development skills Some extensions from the community store are paid	Headless, so a storefront must be built separately Requires Node.js development skills
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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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