Pick Medusa if
store teams who will self-host OSS at $0 while they file a first order, or start Cloud Develop at $29/month when they want zero-config infra and one preview environment without running Postgres themselves.
Read the Medusa pageMedusa vs Strapi
Our take
Pick Medusa if store teams who will self-host OSS at $0 while they file a first order, or start Cloud Develop at $29/month when they want zero-config infra and one preview environment without running Postgres themselves. Pick Strapi if content / app teams who will stay on Community self-host $0 while they publish a first article, or start Cloud Starter at $35/project/month (100k API requests, 50 GB assets) when they
Best for
Medusa Orders you start at $29 Cloud or OSS $0
Strapi Entries you start at $35 Cloud or OSS $0
Free plan
Medusa $0 · for the public GitHub app. You run it
Strapi $0 · you run it
Lowest paid
Medusa Usage (printed) $0.3/mo
Strapi Usage $1.50/mo
Next step up
Medusa Develop from $29/mo
Strapi Starter $35/mo
Runs where
Medusa Local; you host it
Strapi Local; you host it
Watch out
Medusa $29 is Develop, not a production SLA
Strapi Cloud Starter is 100k API requests
Last checked
Medusa 2026-10-22 · medusajs.com/pricing
Strapi 2026-10-22 · strapi.io/pricing-cloud
Which one, then?
Pick Strapi if
content / app teams who will stay on Community self-host $0 while they publish a first article, or start Cloud Starter at $35/project/month (100k API requests, 50 GB assets) when they do not want to run Node themselves.
Read the Strapi page