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Anthropic API vs Medusa

API for Claude — frontier models for chat, tool use, agents, and long-context reasoning
vs. Open-source commerce engine — build custom storefronts with Next.js + Node

Anthropic website ↗Medusa website ↗

Pricing tiers

Anthropic API

Opus 4.7 — usage
Input $5 / output $25 / cache-write $6.25 / cache-read $0.50 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Sonnet 4.6 — usage
Input $3 / output $15 / cache-write $3.75 / cache-read $0.30 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Haiku 4.5 — usage
Input $1 / output $5 / cache-write $1.25 / cache-read $0.10 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Anthropic website ↗

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
Medusa website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing opus-4-7 on Anthropic API vs oss on Medusa.

MetricAnthropic APIMedusa
discount batch50 % off—

Features

Anthropic API · 0 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.

    Developer interfaces

    KindAnthropic APIMedusa
    CLIClaude Code CLImedusa CLI
    SDKGo SDK, Java SDK, Python SDK, Ruby SDK, TypeScript SDK (@anthropic-ai/sdk)@medusajs/js-sdk
    RESTAWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Azure AI, REST API (Messages + Agents)Medusa Admin API, Medusa Store API
    MCP—Medusa MCP
    OTHER—Medusa Admin UI, Next.js Starter
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