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Magento Open Source 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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MA Magento Open Source Enterprise-grade open-source commerce platform VS RE Reaction Commerce Headless GraphQL commerce microservices platform
FeatureMagento Open SourceReaction Commerce
CategoryE-commerce PlatformsE-commerce Platforms
LicenseOSL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguagePHPJavaScript
Setup difficultyHardHard
Min. RAM4,096 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metal, sourcedocker, kubernetes, source
GitHub stars★ 12,164★ 12,400
First released20082013
ReplacesShopify Plus, BigCommerceShopify, commercetools

Why pick each one

Choose Magento Open Source if…

  • Powerful for large catalogs
  • Robust enterprise features
Magento Open Source details

Choose Reaction Commerce if…

  • Cloud-native design
  • Highly scalable
Reaction Commerce details

Frequently asked questions

Is Magento Open Source 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 Magento Open Source and Reaction Commerce free and open-source?

Yes. Magento Open Source is licensed under OSL-3.0 and Reaction Commerce under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Magento Open Source and Reaction Commerce with Docker?

Magento Open Source: yes. Reaction Commerce: yes.

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