Web and commerce

Comparisons of open-source CMS, headless CMS and ecommerce platforms for teams choosing what to self-host, weighing licensing, hosting stack and upgrade effort.

Drupal

Comparisons anchored on Drupal, the GPL content management framework, against other CMS options.

Strapi

Comparisons anchored on Strapi, the open-core Node.js headless CMS.

Magento Open Source

Comparisons anchored on Magento Open Source, the OSL-3.0 ecommerce platform that Adobe Commerce is built on.

Directus

Comparisons that start from Directus, the database-first headless backend under the Monospace Sustainable Core License, against code-first open-source headless CMSs other than Strapi.

WordPress

Comparisons that start from WordPress, the GPL PHP CMS with automatic background updates and a large plugin ecosystem, against CMSs other than Drupal.

WooCommerce

Comparisons that start from WooCommerce, the GPL ecommerce plugin for WordPress, against standalone platforms other than Magento.

Medusa

Comparisons that start from Medusa, the open-core Node.js and TypeScript commerce framework, against other headless commerce platforms.

Web and commerce compared

Roundups of open-source CMS, headless CMS and ecommerce platforms for teams choosing what to self-host, weighing licensing, hosting stack and upgrade effort.

Ghost

Comparisons that start from Ghost, the MIT-licensed Node.js publishing platform for memberships and newsletters, offered as Ghost(Pro) or self-hosted.

Wagtail

Comparisons that start from Wagtail, the BSD-3-Clause Django CMS with quarterly feature releases and LTS versions.

Umbraco

Comparisons that start from Umbraco, the MIT-licensed .NET CMS with LTS releases, licensed add-ons and the managed Umbraco Cloud.

Shopware

Comparisons that start from Shopware, the MIT-licensed PHP ecommerce platform with a free Community Edition and GMV-based paid plans.

PrestaShop

Comparisons that start from PrestaShop, the OSL-3.0 PHP ecommerce platform with maintained 8.x and 9.x lines.

Saleor

Comparisons that start from Saleor, the BSD-3-Clause GraphQL commerce platform on Python and Django, offered as Saleor Cloud or self-hosted.

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