Medusa vs Together AI
Open-source commerce engine — build custom storefronts with Next.js + Node
vs. Open-source LLM infra — inference + fine-tuning + dedicated GPUs + image/video/audio
Pricing tiers
Medusa
OSS (self-host)
$0. MIT license. Run Medusa backend + admin on your infra.
$0 base (usage-based)
Medusa Cloud Free
$0. Hobby projects. Shared infra. Community support.
Free
Medusa Cloud Pro
$99/mo. Production support. Dedicated DB. Priority.
$99/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, SLA, dedicated cluster, PCI.
Custom
Together AI
Pay-as-you-go
Per-token pricing for serverless inference. No minimum.
$0 base (usage-based)
Dedicated Endpoints
Single-tenant GPU endpoints billed hourly.
$0 base (usage-based)
Batch API (50% off)
50% discount for async batch processing on most serverless models.
$0 base (usage-based)
Reserved GPU Clusters
6+ day commitments with discounted reserved rates.
$0 base (usage-based)
Enterprise
Custom. Private deployments, VPC, SLAs, dedicated support.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing oss on Medusa vs payg on Together AI.
| Metric | Medusa | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Medusa · 16 features
- Admin Dashboard — React-based admin UI.
- Auth — Customer + admin auth with JWT.
- Cart — Multi-region carts with tax/pricing logic.
- Checkout — Multi-step checkout flow.
- Customers + Groups — Customer records + B2B groups.
- Dynamic Pricing — Price lists, rules, customer-specific.
- Event Bus — Async events via Redis / RabbitMQ.
- File Service — Pluggable storage (S3, local).
- Gift Cards — Native gift-card support.
- Inventory + Multi-warehouse — Stock tracking across locations.
- Next.js Starter — Production-ready Next.js storefront.
- Orders + Fulfillment — Full order lifecycle (edits, returns, exchanges).
- Products + Variants — Products with options, variants, images.
- Promotions + Discounts — Rule-based promos, campaigns.
- Tax Providers — Pluggable tax calculation.
- Workflows Engine — Durable saga-style business logic.
Together AI · 14 features
- Audio (ASR + TTS) — Whisper Large v3 + Cartesia Sonic-3.
- Batch API — 50% discount for async processing.
- Code Interpreter — LLM with integrated code execution.
- Code Sandbox — Secure Python execution environment.
- Dedicated Endpoints — Single-tenant GPU endpoints for consistent latency.
- Embeddings — BGE + nomic + mxbai embedding models.
- Fine-Tuning — LoRA + full fine-tune + DPO on Llama, Qwen, Mistral.
- Image Generation — FLUX.2, SD3, Ideogram, etc.
- OpenAI-Compat API — Drop-in OpenAI SDK replacement.
- Private Deploy — Dedicated tenant + VPC.
- Reranker — Rerank model for RAG retrieval refinement.
- Reserved Clusters — Discounted GPU clusters for committed use.
- Serverless Inference — 200+ open models. OpenAI-compatible API.
- Video Generation — Veo 3.0, Kling 2.1, Vidu 2.0.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Medusa | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | medusa CLI | Together CLI |
| SDK | @medusajs/js-sdk | together-js, together-python |
| REST | Medusa Admin API, Medusa Store API | Code Sandbox / Interpreter, Dedicated Endpoints, Together REST API (OpenAI-compat) |
| MCP | Medusa MCP | — |
| OTHER | Medusa Admin UI, Next.js Starter | — |
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