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Solidus vs Vendure: catalog facts
Solidus	Vendure
Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.	Freemium The open-source core is free; Vendure Cloud and commercial plans are paid annually.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Highly customizable through an open Rails architecture Starter theme and admin dashboard included	TypeScript across the whole stack Plugin system that changes core behaviour without forking
Requires Ruby on Rails development skills Not a ready-made store for non-technical users	Headless, so a storefront must be built separately Requires Node.js development skills
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	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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