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Spree Commerce vs Magento Open Source: catalog facts
Spree CommerceMagento Open Source
Free

Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence, with no platform fees.

Free

Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Marketplace features included in the open-source core
  • B2B tools such as price lists and gated storefronts
  • Widely used platform with a large contributor community
  • Active development and regular releases
  • Requires developer skills to deploy and customize
  • Ruby on Rails backend may not suit every team
  • Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition
  • Official website focuses on the commercial product
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause License: OSL-3.0
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

Catalog facts only. Anything “not stated” is unconfirmed. Check full listings for details.