“Shopware handles the promotions requirements natively.”
“Shopware 6 has a dedicated Marketing → Promotions module and a visual Rule Builder.”
“Shopware is more turnkey for promotions;”
“Shopware: Strong choice when marketing teams need sophisticated promotions, vouchers, campaign scheduling and rule-based discounts without developer involvement.”
“Stock reservations | Not its primary strength | Native”
“Multiple warehouses | Requires additional inventory setup/integration | Native”
“Medusa handles multi-warehouse inventory and stock reservations natively, but backorders and some advanced warehouse workflows need additional implementation.”
“Medusa handles multi-warehouse inventory and stock reservations natively”
“Stock reservations | Not its primary strength | Native”
“Medusa: Strong choice when you need flexible multi-warehouse inventory, location-specific stock reservations, custom fulfillment logic and extensibility.”
“but backorders and some advanced warehouse workflows need additional implementation.”
“Warehouse-specific backorder policies | Custom logic”
“The important limitation is that Medusa is a commerce inventory system, not a complete warehouse management system.”