Comparison

Vendure E-commerce Experts - Pinelab.studio vs Medusa

Vendure E-commerce Experts - Pinelab.studio and Medusa both land on Depends.

Vendure E-commerce Experts - Pinelab.studio

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run a €500k-€10M/year business with developers who want open-source ownership and no vendor lock-in.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy only if you have developers who want a customizable, self-hostable commerce engine.

Vendure E-commerce Experts - Pinelab.studio versus Medusa
Compare	Vendure E-commerce Experts - Pinelab.studio	Medusa
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Businesses earning €500k-€10M/year	Developer-led teams
Who it's not for	Small shops wanting Shopify-style simplicity . overkill	Non-technical founders
Privacy	Vendure, the platform Pinelab builds on, has public CVEs; none attributed to Pinelab itself.^⁵	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁵
Support quality	Official Vendure Partner, core contributor; 4.5/5 TrustScore	No evidence found
Public sentiment	Reviews are scarce . 7 Trustpilot reviews at 4.5/5 . with G2 reviewers praising faster development, greater control, and maintainable TypeScript.^¹	Developers praise Medusa's flexibility and power, but public review coverage is thin, with zero G2 reviews and noted out-of-the-box gaps.¹¹
Biggest gotcha	Vendure is a developer framework, not SaaS . budget real dev time and ongoing maintenance^⁹	Out-of-the-box tooling is very basic; expect to build custom admin features yourself.¹¹