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Medusa · on a Docker VPS

Your headless e-commerce platform, hosted in France

🔒 VPS only

A composable e-commerce platform powered by Medusa, installed and maintained by you. Products, orders, payments, inventory — a sovereign alternative to Shopify, where you keep the code and data, on our French servers.

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Hosted in FranceHeadless E-commerceComposable (Node.js)GDPR CompliantUnverified image
Overview

What is Medusa?

Medusa is an open source composable commerce platform built on Node.js, presented as the alternative to Shopify. It covers all e-commerce functions — product management, cart, orders, payments, discounts, gift cards, inventory, and an admin back-office — while remaining headless to maximize developer freedom.

Its architecture decouples the front-end from business logic: Medusa handles commerce and exposes APIs (REST and GraphQL), while you build the customer experience with your chosen technology (starter kits for Next.js and Gatsby provided). Native multi-region support allows you to localize currencies, taxes, shipping, and payment for each market.

Designed for composability, the platform integrates with headless CMSs, payment and shipping providers, marketing, analytics, and search solutions. Built in TypeScript and supported by a large community, Medusa is adopted by major brands and offers, when hosted on a DINAO VPS, an end-to-end sovereign e-commerce solution.

Compatible offers

Host Medusa at DINAO

No managed container for Medusa: this application is installed on a VPS hosted in France (1 vCPU / 2 Go / 10 Go minimum).

Medusa needs a level of access to the machine that the managed container, shared between several customers, does not give. Two VPS hosted in France: DINAO installs and manages it for you, or you administer it yourself.

Technical reason: local image build (build).

Option 2 The simplest

Managed VPS with Docker and the application pre-installed

from €31,70 /month excl. VAT

  • Medusa installed by DINAO when you order
  • The machine is yours alone: DINAO builds the Medusa image on it
  • System and Docker managed by DINAO, monitoring included
  • Priority support included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours)
  • Stated, capped resources (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 20 GB): beyond that, a larger size is offered
  • Application updates on request
  • Backups as an option (€20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No administrator access to the machine

To use Medusa without installing or administering anything.

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Option 3 100% self-managed

VPS Docker

from €11,00 /month excl. VAT

  • Your virtual machine, full administrator access
  • Docker pre-installed, control panel of your choice
  • Free to install Medusa or any other application, including those that drive Docker
  • Delivered empty: you install and maintain Medusa yourself (or DINAO installs it on quotation)
  • No backup by default (optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month)
  • No management service by default (optional from €55,00 excl. VAT/month); monitoring as an option

By default you keep full control; but without an additional service, you handle everything: maintenance, configuration, deployment.

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CriterionManaged VPS with Docker and the application pre-installedVPS Docker
Who installs MedusaDINAO, when you orderNobody by default: VPS delivered with Docker and, at your choice, Portainer / Dockge, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation
Application updatesDINAO, on requestYou
System and DockerDINAO, without a control panel: one VPS, one applicationYou: no management service by default (optional: €55,00 or €75,00 excl. VAT/month, business days)
BackupsOptional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)None by default; optional: €20,00 excl. VAT/month for 7 days (100 GB quota)
MonitoringIncludedOptional: from €1,00 to €10,00 excl. VAT/month
SupportPriority handling included (2-hour response time, DINAO business days and hours, no guaranteed resolution time)Best effort
IsolationA virtual machine of your own, for this application onlyA virtual machine of your own
ResourcesSized for the OS, Docker and Medusa: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 20 GB, stated as a cap; beyond that, a larger size is offeredRecommended size for Medusa: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB; can be extended
Administrator access (root)NoYes
Applications that require privileged access to the machineYes: the machine is yours aloneYes
Starting price€31,70 excl. VAT/month€11,00 excl. VAT/month (VPS only, without the application)

Options 2 and 3 sized for Medusa (application requirements plus the system and Docker): 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 20 GB for option 2, 2 vCPU, 4 GB, 50 GB for option 3, whose base is larger.

Under the hood

Technical details

vCPU
1 vCPU
ideal : 2 vCPU
Memory
2 Go
ideal : 4 Go
Disk
10 Go
ideal : 20 Go
Image : node:20-alpine Registry : docker.io Services : medusa, postgres, redis Ports : 9000
Frequently asked questions

You might be wondering…

About Medusa 6 questions

How does Medusa differ from Shopify?

Medusa is the open source and headless alternative to Shopify: it covers the same e-commerce functions (products, orders, payments, inventory, admin), but you keep the code, data, and freedom to build the front-end of your choice — without per-feature subscriptions or proprietary lock-in.

What does 'headless' mean concretely?

The Medusa back-end handles all commerce logic and exposes an API; you build the front-end with the technology you want (Next.js, Gatsby, mobile…). This gives you total freedom over the customer experience and performance.

Can I sell internationally?

Yes. Medusa natively supports multi-region: you localize currencies, taxes, shipping, and payment methods by market, from a single instance hosted in France.

Where is my store's data hosted?

On your DINAO instance hosted in France, in an isolated container. Your products, orders, and customer data never leave the territory and are not transmitted to any third-party platform.

Do I need a technical team?

Medusa is aimed at projects that want a custom store: a development team builds the front-end and integrations. You install and maintain the application on your VPS. DINAO provides the VPS (with Docker and a management panel) in France; managed support is an optional paid add-on.

Is this application tested before it is offered?

This application has not yet passed our automatic deployment test. It can still be installed, but we invite you to contact us before ordering: we will then test it as a priority. The deployment template used was last updated on 3 July 2026. Each new version released by the publisher triggers this test again: the date above therefore follows the version actually offered.

Option 2Option 3 On a VPS 7 questions

One answer per option: the two VPS offers do not cover the same things.

Who installs Medusa on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, when you order

VPS DockerNobody by default: the VPS is delivered with Docker, without the application. You install it, or DINAO on quotation

Who updates Medusa on a VPS?

Managed VPSDINAO, on request

VPS DockerYou

Is the VPS managed?

Managed VPSYes: DINAO manages the system and Docker, without a control panel (one VPS, one application). Monitoring is included

VPS DockerNot by default: you manage the system and Docker. The management service and monitoring can be added as options when ordering

Is my data backed up on a VPS?

Managed VPSAs an option: backup is added when ordering

VPS DockerNone by default; backup can be added as an option when ordering

Do I get administrator (root) access to the VPS?

Managed VPSNo

VPS DockerYes

Do you provide on-call support outside business hours on a VPS?

Managed VPSNo: monitoring is included, interventions take place on business days

VPS DockerNo: monitoring is an option, support is best effort

In which data centre is my service hosted?

In France, in DINAO's private racks within two third-party data centres: Free Pro in Marseille (MAR02) and Euclyde DC1 in Sophia-Antipolis. The operator provides the building, power, cooling and physical security; DINAO operates everything inside its racks, entirely and independently.