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Medusa vs Signadot

Both stand on environment management. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Medusa

Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

Medusa offers customizable commerce building blocks and a choice of self-hosted or managed deployment. Teams should consider the missing abandoned cart recovery feature and Cloud usage allowances.

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Choose Signadot if you need isolated Kubernetes sandboxes, local checks against real dependencies, or test-suite validation in Kubernetes. Individual developers can start on Starter; teams needing more capacity can consider Business, while Enterprise pricing is custom.

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The facts

	Medusa	Signadot
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	API, Self-hosted, Web	API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web
Lowest paid plan	Develop: $29 a month	Business: $250 a month
Plans published	4	3
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	medusajs.com	signadot.com
On environment management	#5 of 23	#9 of 23

Medusa: what it does well

Open-source framework supports custom commerce logic
Offers self-hosting or managed Medusa Cloud
Cloud pricing lists a 0.0% GMV platform fee
No transaction fee

What to know first

Abandoned cart recovery is not available
Cloud usage allowances apply to search, email, and edge requests

Signadot: what it does well

Free Starter plan includes 50 sandboxes per month.
Connects local workstations to Kubernetes clusters through its MCP server and CLI.
Jobs run Playwright, Cypress, or custom test suites.
Validation plans support custom actions and deterministic flows.
Integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and coding agents.

What to know first

Starter is limited to one Kubernetes cluster.
Starter includes 100 test invocations per month.
Business costs $250 a month.
SSO is a 250 USD per month Business add-on.

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