Saleor alternatives
Saleor alternatives: the commerce API without the $1,599 plan.
Saleor Cloud’s first paid plan, Select, is $1,599 a month for up to $200,000 of monthly GMV, and payments and automatic tax are apps you connect: Stripe through Saleor’s Stripe app, and tax through a tax app such as AvaTax. Flint Pay is the alternative for US businesses, with no monthly fee: Stripe processing, orders, and inventory held at payment come with the account at 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment, and automatic US sales tax (0.50% on taxed payments) and subscriptions (0.40%) are add-ons. At $50 orders, Flint costs less than Select plus Stripe’s fees up to about $161,500 a month in sales, or about $107,000 with automatic tax on every order.
3.79% + 35¢ on cards · no monthly fee · free sandbox · no credit card
last reviewed 2026-10-15 · sources
01The alternatives
The best Saleor alternatives in 2026.
Ranked for US businesses that want an API-first commerce backend. Every price is from the vendor's own page, checked on the date under Sources.
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Flint Pay
US businesses that want a hosted commerce API with Stripe processing in a published card rate, and automatic US sales tax and subscriptions as add-ons.
- Monthly
- No monthly fee
- Cards
- 3.79% + 35¢, Stripe's fees included
- Sales tax
- Automatic US, 0.50% on taxed payments
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Medusa
A TypeScript commerce framework you host yourself or on Medusa Cloud, with a Stripe provider you configure.
- Medusa Cloud
- From $29, $99, or $299 a month
- Payments
- Your own Stripe account
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Vendure
A TypeScript and GraphQL framework you self-host until Vendure Cloud opens, planned for Q1 2027.
- Core
- GPLv3, self-hosted
- Paid plans
- €199, €599, or €2,499 a month, 12-month term
- Payments
- Stripe plugin and webhook you set up
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commercetools
An enterprise commerce API sold by contract.
- Price
- Quote only
- Payments
- Your PSP, through a Checkout add-on
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Commerce Layer
A headless commerce API with a free developer plan and enterprise pricing above it.
- Developer
- Free, 100 live orders a month
- Enterprise
- Quote only
- Gateway fees
- Not included
02Side by side
Saleor Cloud vs Flint, need by need.
The Saleor column is what Saleor's own pricing page, documentation, and GitHub say today. The Flint column is what a Flint account does, with the API name behind it.
| What you need | Saleor Cloud | Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly plan | Saleor Cloud: Select $1,599 a month up to $200,000 of monthly GMV, then 0.8% of orders above it. Volume $3,999 a month up to $1,000,000, then 0.4%. | Flint: No monthly fee, no sales cap, unlimited seats and sandboxes.GET /v1/balance-transactions |
| Taking payments | Saleor Cloud: Install the Stripe app (Saleor 3.23 or later) with your own Stripe account, and pay Stripe's fees on top. Stripe Checkout isn't supported, and an authorized amount can be captured only once. | Flint: Stripe processing is part of the account, at 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment with Stripe's fees included. Payment runs on the order.POST /v1/orders/{order_id}/pay |
| Sales tax | Saleor Cloud: Flat rates you enter per country, or a tax app such as AvaTax that calculates through an outside provider. A Stripe Tax app request was closed as not planned in November 2023. | Flint: Automatic US sales tax, calculated after discounts from the buyer's address and connected once in the Dashboard. 0.50% on payments that carry tax.tax_money |
| Subscriptions | Saleor Cloud: Saleor's payments docs list recurring subscription logic among the flows you build from your own backend with its Transaction API. | Flint: Plans with any interval, trials, setup fees, dunning, and buyer pause and skip. 0.40% of subscription payments.POST /v1/subscription-plans |
| Checkout | Saleor Cloud: Your storefront runs checkout against Saleor's API, with the payment app you installed. | Flint: A hosted checkout and payment links, or your own checkout pages with Stripe Elements, all priced and paid on the same order.POST /v1/checkout-sessions |
03Before the first sale
What do you connect to Saleor before you can sell?
A processor, a tax engine, and, if you sell subscriptions, your own renewal logic. Each one is an app or backend code with its own setup and its own bill.
Payments run through Saleor’s Stripe app, which needs Saleor 3.23 and your own Stripe account. A configuration can’t be edited once created; to change one you create a new configuration and delete the old one. Stripe bills its processing fees to you directly.
Tax is either flat rates you maintain by hand or a tax app that calls an outside provider such as AvaTax, with that provider’s own account and pricing. Saleor closed its Stripe Tax app request as not planned.
On Flint, processing and automatic US sales tax are part of the account, and subscriptions are an API resource with renewals that create orders.
Saleor's Stripe app docs →Saleor's tax docs →Sales tax on Flint →
04Included
What comes with a Flint account?
One hosted API and one dashboard. Each job below is a field or an endpoint, in the core card rate except automatic tax and subscriptions.
Card payments run on the order, with Stripe's processing inside one published rate.
POST /v1/orders/{order_id}/payAutomatic US sales tax is calculated after discounts and recorded on every line item and charge.
tax_moneySubscription plans renew as orders, with trials, setup fees, dunning, and buyer pause and skip.
POST /v1/subscription-plansStock is held per location when payment starts, committed on success, and released on failure.
held_quantityCodes and automatic promotions stack by rules you set, with a preview call that shows the result first.
combines_withRefund one line item and its share of the discount and the tax goes back with it.
line_item_allocationsThe commerce API →Subscriptions on Flint →Headless commerce platforms, compared →
05Worked example
Is Flint cheaper than Saleor Cloud?
Up to about $161,500 a month in sales at $50 orders, yes. Saleor's Select plan is $1,599 a month before Stripe's fees; Flint has no plan, and its rate includes Stripe's processing. With Flint's automatic tax on every order, Flint costs less up to about $107,000 a month.
| Monthly fees at $50 per order | 400 orders | 1,000 orders | 2,000 orders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly sales | $20,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 | |
| Saleor Cloud Select | $1,599.00 | $1,599.00 | $1,599.00 | |
| Stripe processing, 2.9% + 30¢ | $700.00 | $1,750.00 | $3,500.00 | |
| Saleor Select and Stripe | $2,299.00 | $3,349.00 | $5,099.00 | |
| Flint, 3.79% + 35¢, Stripe's fees included | $898.00 | $2,245.00 | $4,490.00 | |
| Flint with automatic tax on every order (+0.50%) | $998.00 | $2,495.00 | $4,990.00 | |
Assumptions
- Every order is $50, paid with a US card.
- Saleor Cloud Select at its published $1,599 a month, which covers up to $200,000 of monthly GMV, so no 0.8% overage applies in these examples. Saleor's pricing page shows the price per month and doesn't state the billing term.
- Stripe's standard US rate of 2.9% + 30¢ for domestic cards, from Stripe's pricing page, through Saleor's Stripe app.
- Tax engines are left out on the Saleor side: a tax app such as AvaTax is priced by its provider. The last Flint row adds automatic tax to every order.
- At $50 orders, Flint costs less than Select plus Stripe up to about $161,500 a month in sales, or about $107,000 with automatic tax on every order. Above that, Select plus Stripe costs less in these fees.
06Who Flint is for
Flint is built for US businesses selling on their own site or app.
If that describes you, the payments, tax, and subscriptions above are running the day you create your account.
US businesses
Flint onboards businesses in the US, sells in USD, and pays out to your own bank account. Buyers can pay from anywhere with a card.
Your own front end
Any storefront reads the catalog and creates orders through your backend. Hosted checkout, payment links, and a buyer account are included.
Goods, services, and subscriptions
Orders that ship, get picked up, deliver locally, or fulfill as a download or a service, and subscriptions that renew as orders.
Developers and agents
A public OpenAPI spec, Node and PHP SDKs, a CLI, llms.txt, and MCP servers a coding agent can read.
07Switching
How do you move from Saleor to Flint?
Your storefront keeps its design. The calls it makes to Saleor's API move to your backend and Flint, and the payment and tax apps go away.
Recreate the catalog
POST /v1/productsCreate each Saleor product on Flint with its options and variants, SKUs, and prices.
Load stock by location
POST /v1/inventory-itemsCreate an inventory item for each tracked variant and set its stock at each warehouse or store you ship or pick up from.
Point checkout at Flint
POST /v1/checkout-sessionsHave your backend create an order from the cart, then send the buyer to a hosted checkout or confirm the payment from your own page with Stripe Elements. Connect automatic tax in the Dashboard.
Move subscribers without a second charge
billing_startIf you bill subscriptions, each subscriber saves a card on Flint once; then create the subscription with an imported billing start so Flint charges nothing until the next renewal.
Fulfill from order.paid
order.paidRun fulfillment from the order.paid webhook, test every flow in a sandbox with Stripe's test cards, then switch to live keys.
08Start
From a sandbox key to a paid test order in ten minutes.
Node
CLI
Test keys are prefixed flint_test_ and bound to a sandbox with its own data, so nothing you try there touches live money. Pay with 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future expiry, any CVC.
Then read these
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Sources
Where each claim comes from.
Select $1,599 a month up to $200,000 of monthly GMV, then 0.8%; Volume $3,999 a month up to $1,000,000, then 0.4%; Enterprise custom. Saleor pricing
saleor.io · checked 2026-10-15Requires Saleor 3.23; Stripe Checkout is not supported; an authorized amount can be captured only once; configurations are replaced, not edited. Saleor docs: Stripe app
docs.saleor.io · checked 2026-10-15Flat rates configured per country, or dynamic taxes from external providers such as AvaTax through a tax app. Saleor docs: Taxes
docs.saleor.io · checked 2026-10-15Stripe Tax integration request opened March 16, 2023 and closed as not planned November 9, 2023. saleor/apps issue #297
github.com · checked 2026-10-15Build payment flows from your backend with the Transaction API; use cases include recurring subscription logic. Saleor docs: Payments overview
docs.saleor.io · checked 2026-10-15Medusa Cloud Develop from $29 a month, Launch from $99, Scale from $299. Medusa pricing
medusajs.com · checked 2026-10-15October 13, 2026: Starter €199, Growth €599, Scale €2,499 a month on 12-month terms; Core stays GPLv3; Cloud in closed beta, with a full launch planned for Q1 2027. Vendure: Introducing Vendure plans
vendure.io · checked 2026-10-15The Stripe plugin needs a webhook, its signing secret, and your API key set up on a payment method. Vendure docs: Stripe plugin
docs.vendure.io · checked 2026-10-15No published price; contact sales. Payments run through PSPs in the Checkout add-on. commercetools pricing
commercetools.com · checked 2026-10-15Developer plan free with 100 live orders a month; Enterprise by quote; gateway fees are not included. Commerce Layer pricing
commercelayer.io · checked 2026-10-152.9% + 30¢ per successful transaction for US domestic cards. Stripe pricing
stripe.com · checked 2026-10-15
last reviewed 2026-10-15 · corrections: Flint Help
FAQ
Questions people ask.
How much does Saleor Cloud cost?
Saleor Cloud’s Select plan is $1,599 a month for up to $200,000 of monthly GMV, then 0.8% of orders above it. Volume is $3,999 a month for up to $1,000,000, then 0.4%, and Enterprise is priced on request. Payment processing and tax engines are separate: you pay Stripe through Saleor’s Stripe app, and a tax app such as AvaTax through its provider. Saleor pricing
Is Flint a good alternative to Saleor?
For a US business that wants an API-first commerce backend without a monthly plan, yes. Flint includes Stripe processing at 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment, automatic US sales tax, subscriptions, inventory held at payment, promotions, shipping, returns, a hosted checkout, and a dashboard, with no monthly fee. Create an account from the website, or from the terminal with flint signup.
Is Flint cheaper than Saleor Cloud?
At $50 orders on US cards, Flint costs less than Saleor's Select plan plus Stripe's fees up to about $161,500 a month in sales, or about $107,000 with Flint's automatic tax on every order. At $100,000 a month, Select plus Stripe is $5,099.00 and Flint is $4,490.00. Above the breakeven, Select plus Stripe costs less in these fees.
Does Saleor support Stripe Tax?
Saleor closed its request for a Stripe Tax app as not planned on November 9, 2023. Its tax documentation offers flat rates you configure per country, or dynamic taxes from a tax app such as AvaTax. Flint calculates US sales tax automatically after discounts, with no tax app to install.
Does Saleor support subscriptions?
Saleor’s payments documentation lists recurring subscription logic among the flows you build from your own backend with its Transaction API. On Flint, subscriptions are built in: plans with any interval, trials, setup fees, dunning, and buyer pause and skip, at 0.40% of subscription payments.
The commerce API, without a plan to pay for first.
Free sandbox, no credit card, no sales call. Create a product with variants, take a test payment with tax, and start a test subscription.
Or run npm install -g @flintpay/cli && flint signup to create your account and a sandbox key from the terminal. CLI guide
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