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Drupal Commerce vs Reaction Commerce

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted e-commerce platforms options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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DR Drupal Commerce E-commerce framework for the Drupal CMS VS RE Reaction Commerce Headless GraphQL commerce microservices platform
FeatureDrupal CommerceReaction Commerce
CategoryE-commerce PlatformsE-commerce Platforms
LicenseGPL-2.0Apache-2.0
LanguagePHPJavaScript
Setup difficultyHardHard
Min. RAM1,024 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metal, sourcedocker, kubernetes, source
GitHub stars★ 353★ 12,400
First released20112013
ReplacesShopify, WooCommerceShopify, commercetools

Why pick each one

Choose Drupal Commerce if…

  • Great for content-heavy stores
  • Powerful field system
Drupal Commerce details

Choose Reaction Commerce if…

  • Cloud-native design
  • Highly scalable
Reaction Commerce details

Frequently asked questions

Is Drupal Commerce or Reaction Commerce better?

Neither is universally better. Reaction Commerce has the larger community; both share a hard setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Drupal Commerce and Reaction Commerce free and open-source?

Yes. Drupal Commerce is licensed under GPL-2.0 and Reaction Commerce under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Drupal Commerce and Reaction Commerce with Docker?

Drupal Commerce: yes. Reaction Commerce: yes.

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