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European alternatives to WooCommerce

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Alternatives
7
CLOUD Act · none
2
Free tier
4

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Which are the closest WooCommerce alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Figure 1Closest matches to WooCommerce

Germany · Founded 2000
EU-Hosted

German mid-market commerce platform (Schöppingen, est. 2000); Cloud entry €600/mo. PayPal owns ~41% as of Oct 2025.

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€600/mo
CLOUD Act
Material
France · Founded 2007
EU-Hosted

French open-source e-commerce with hosted SaaS option; owned since February 2026 by Poland's Warsaw-listed cyber_Folks.

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€24/mo
billed annually
CLOUD Act
Material
Poland · Founded 2011
EU-Sovereign

Polish open-source Symfony e-commerce framework (MIT); commercial Plus modules from €800/yr GMV-based.

Public DPA: No Sub-processors: No Open source: Yes
From
—
CLOUD Act
None

How do the 7 European alternatives to WooCommerce compare?

All 7 alternatives, benchmarked against WooCommerce.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Table 2Capabilities by product
Feature Shopware PrestaShop Sylius MyCashflow Saleor Commerce CCV Shop Medusa
Self-hostable Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Recurring / subscriptions Yes Yes Yes Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed Not assessed
In-person / POS Not assessed Yes Not assessed Yes Not assessed Yes Not assessed
Multi-currency Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Product variants Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-vendor marketplace No Not assessed Yes Not assessed No No No
Abandoned cart recovery Not assessed Yes Not assessed Yes No Yes No

Source: vendor documentation, as of Aug 2026.

What are you leaving behind with WooCommerce?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

US-based
WooCommerce US-incorporated

WordPress e-commerce plugin owned by Automattic Inc. (US, Delaware C-corp). Self-hosted PHP plugin; CLOUD Act direct via Automattic.

Ownership
US-owned
CLOUD Act
Direct

How we verified each row above

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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