Enterprise Medusa Solutions
End-to-end Medusa services: from code to cloud
Our process begins with a deep dive into your requirements. We then propose a tailored architecture, integrating necessary services before moving to implementation. We ensure long-term success with robust DevOps, automated testing, and proactive monitoring.
Tell us what needs to change and we'll respond within 24 hours with next steps.
Medusa development, deployment, and maintenance
u11d builds and extends Medusa, connects it to the systems a business already runs on, gets it into production on the hosting model that fits, and keeps improving it afterwards. The open-source solution below are the public part of that work; the rest starts with your requirements.
- Custom modules, workflows, and domain services
- Admin panel extensions and operational tooling
- Checkout, cart, order, and pricing logic
- Data model changes and database migrations
- Next.js storefronts on the Medusa Store API
- Cart, checkout, and account flows
- Catalogue and content presentation
- Performance, accessibility, and responsive QA
- Payment gateways, shipping providers, and third-party logistics
- ERP, Warehouse Management (WMS), Taxes and CRM integrations
- Content management (CMS) and marketing automation
- Custom plugins, data feeds, and event-driven workflows
- Cloud, managed platform, and self-managed deployment
- CI/CD, environments, and infrastructure as code
- Monitoring, logging, and backup verification
- Upgrades, migrations, and incident follow-up
Open-source packages we built and maintain
These are u11d's published Medusa packages — integration and pricing problems we ran into on real projects and solved as reusable plugins. Each page explains the problem it addresses, how it works, and what to check before adopting it.
Choose the hosting model that fits the work
Medusa Cloud, another managed platform, and infrastructure you run yourself solve different operational problems. We help you evaluate the trade-offs, then build and support the commerce application and integrations around whichever choice you make.
Medusa's own managed platform: deployments connected to your GitHub repository, with managed PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3 alongside environments and preview builds.
Fits when
- You want the application infrastructure and its data services maintained for you
- You want a preview environment created for each pull request
- You want custom domains with automatically provisioned and renewed SSL
- Your team would rather spend its time on the storefront and integrations than on platform operations
What it still requires
- Medusa operates the environments and the managed data services
- Your code stays in your own GitHub repository
- You own environment variables, domains, and environment configuration
- Plan limits, regions, and compliance requirements are yours to verify
Cloud features, plan limits, and supported storefront frameworks change — confirm current details in Medusa's official documentation before committing.
Custom and published plugins and modules can be used, but each integration still needs its own compatibility check against your Medusa version.
Medusa Cloud documentationRun Medusa on a platform or cloud provider you already use — a container service or application platform with managed backing services alongside it.
Fits when
- You already have a cloud footprint, billing, or compliance posture you need to stay inside
- You want to use provider-native networking, secrets, and observability
- You need to run services that a single managed platform does not cover
What it still requires
- Environment configuration, CI/CD, and scaling rules stay an explicit task — ours or yours
- Backups, restore testing, and patching remain work someone owns
- Capacity planning and cost control stay with you
Platform selection depends on your region, integration, and operational constraints. We assess it per project rather than recommending one platform for everyone.
Read the deployment guidesRun Medusa on infrastructure you control, from a single VPS running Docker Compose to a multi-service cloud architecture.
Fits when
- You need specific regions, data residency, or network topology
- You need to connect to on-premise systems
- You want direct control over instance types, scaling thresholds, and platform limits
What it still requires
- Infrastructure design, security patching, and upgrades
- Backups and restore exercises you have actually run
- Monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Database, cache, object storage, and networking operations
Our guides cover AWS, DigitalOcean, Railway, and a VPS with Docker Compose.
Self-management is a real ongoing operational commitment — decide who carries it after launch before you choose this path.
Read the deployment guidesThere is no default answer here, and we do not earn anything from the hosting decision. Development, integration, and storefront work is scoped from your commerce requirements — we can help with it on whichever platform you run.
Deployment guides
Step-by-step guides for platform-specific and self-managed deployment paths.
Need help choosing the right platform for your needs?
Compare OptionsWriting from the engineering team
Practical Medusa development, integration, and operations articles written by u11d engineers. Each one links to the original on u11d.com.
Compare WooCommerce, Shopify, and Medusa for bullion e-commerce. See which platform best handles live spot pricing, formula-based premiums, and checkout locking.
Originally published on u11d
Headless commerce is no longer an experiment; it’s now the default choice for brands that want to grow fast, keep costs under control, and stay flexible. On the short list of open solutions, three names appear most often: Medusa JS, Saleor, and Vendure. Each of these platforms offers an API-first architecture, an…
Originally published on u11d
Architectural guidance for transactional pricing: spot quotes, checkout locks, and auditability for volatile assets.
Originally published on u11d
Planning an integration, storefront, migration, or operational improvement?
Tell us what needs to change and we'll respond within 24 hours with a straight assessment — including whether the work is a fit. Or start with the open-source packages we maintain and the deployment guides we publish.
Development, integrations, deployment, and ongoing support — scoped in writing.