Commercetools’ pricing explained
Are you wondering how much commercetools costs compared to the alternatives? This page is here to help you understand and budget the fees associated with your headless commerce solution.
How much does commercetools cost?
commercetools has a per-transaction pricing model: the more orders placed by your customers, the more you pay. This is a pretty common pricing model and seen by other large ecommerce solutions like Shopify. But, you should ask yourself: Should your growth be progressively penalized by a pricing model?
| commercetools license (per month) | + implementation partner (one time) | |
|---|---|---|
| 5k orders/months | $ 2,500 | $ 30,000 |
| 10k orders/month | $ 4,000 | $ 40,000 |
| 50k orders/month | $ 11,500 | $ 60,000 |
How much does it cost to go to market with commercetools
You can not go to market with commercetools alone. Obviously commercetools is a headless platform, meaning that you’ll build a powerful stack around it. Here are the essential services that you need to go-to-market:
- Search: included in commercetools, but not considered equal to specialized experts like Algolia.
- Storefront : you can buy commercetool’s storefront called Frontastic. Or you can pick another solution of your choice.
- Hosting: not included.
- CMS: not included.
- OMS: not included.
- Payment Gateway: not included.
Follow our guide to build the best composable stack for ecommerce.
What is the best alternative to commercetools?
commercetools is often compared to Commerce Layer. Commerce Layer is more cost-effective than commercetools but there are some differences that you need to consider before making your choice.