Building your e-commerce with Medusa
Key Features
Headless architecture:
Decouple your front-end from the backend to build tailored storefronts across web, mobile, or voice. With Medusa's headless foundation, shape the customer experience freely without backend constraints.
Plugin-based flexibility:
Extend functionality using Medusa's plugin ecosystem like add payment gateways, custom shipping, ERP syncs, or marketing tools with ease. Build exactly what your business needs.
Multi-region & Multi-currency support:
Serve global audiences with localized pricing, currencies, tax, and shipping rules. Medusa ensures frictionless, native shopping experiences across regions.
Self-hosted core:
Own your deployment, database, and infrastructure. Medusa's self-hosted model gives you full control with no SaaS lock-ins.
API-First, built for speed:
Medusa's modular, high-performance architecture ensures fast loads, scalable catalogs, and smooth developer workflows all via powerful APIs.
Modern admin dashboard:
Equip your operations team with a clean, intuitive admin to manage products, orders, and workflows which is simple to use, yet deeply customizable.
Custom checkout & cart logic:
Own the entire purchase journey. Customize carts, discounts, bundles, and multi-step checkouts without limits.
Typically used by
How is Medusa better?
| Feature | Shopify | Medusa |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Type | Fully hosted SaaS | Open-source,headless,self-hosted |
| Customisation | Limited to themes and apps | Full code-level control, highly customisable |
| Checkout flexibility | Custom only on shopify plus | Customisable checkout experience |
| Multi region support | Available on shopify plus | Built in multi-region and multi-currency support |
| Plugin/integration | Large app store(many paid) | Flexible plugin architecture(build or extend freely) |
| Hosting and ownership | Shopify controls infra and data | Users control infrastructure, deployments and data |
| Best for | Quick setups, small to mid-sized brands | Tech teams, custom workflows, scale focused-businesses |
Impact
Compatible With
Next.js, React, Nuxt, Vue, Shopify (hybrid), Medusa CLI, Postgres, Redis and Custom microservices
Let's talk tech that fits
Once you fill the Contact Us form, your assigned outcome manager connects with you to understand your existing pain points, whether you're scaling out of Shopify, need more checkout control, or want ownership of your stack.
See it in action
We walk you through what Medusa can really do, from custom checkout flows to region-based logic and deep backend control. You'll see real examples of how other brands are using it, and we'll map out what's needed for yours.
Design What's Yours
Whether you're bringing your own design system or want us to craft one, we shape your frontend experience to be pixel-perfect, matching your brand language and performance needs.
We Get to Work
Our developers build out your Medusa instance with custom plugins, workflows, and integrations while shipping fast, modular code designed for scale. Expect dev speed with enterprise depth.
Connect & Test
Once the core is ready, we integrate Medusa with your stack, from inventory tools to POS, ERP, CRMs, and payment gateways. Our QA team thoroughly tests every edge case to ensure a smooth experience, online and offline.
Thou shall approve
We go live with you, not just pushing to production, but ensuring your team is onboarded, your ops are aligned, and you're ready to run at full speed. From here, we're always around to support what's next.
