Launch fast
Your infrastructure. Our one click.
Database, API, admin, and storefront provisioned on your own accounts.
Shepherd's one-click deploy provisions a Neon database, your VPS-hosted Strapi API, and Vercel-hosted admin and storefront, using your GitHub, your credentials, your accounts. Prefer full control? Self-host the whole stack with Docker Compose for free.
5 min
Typical one-click deploy time
100%
Runs on accounts you own
$0
Platform subscription to self-host
One click, four services, your accounts.
The deploy pipeline provisions in order: Neon Postgres, Strapi API on your VPS, then admin and storefront on Vercel, with repos created in your GitHub. Cancel Shepherd tomorrow and everything keeps running, because it was always yours.
- Neon database provisioned on your Neon account
- Strapi API deployed to your VPS
- Admin and storefront deployed to your Vercel
- Source repos created under your GitHub organization
- OAuth connections. No credential handover.
A local stack that matches production.
The Docker environment composes the entire suite (Strapi with every plugin, Postgres, the optimization app, and the storefront) for local development and staging. Seed data gets you a populated demo store on first boot.
- Docker Compose stack: Strapi, Postgres, Adminer, optimization app, storefront
- All plugins pre-wired: Market, Payments, Logistics, Optimization, Enterprise, Vehicle
- Optional demo catalog seeding on first boot
- Settings file support for automated credential provisioning
- Live plugin reload for development
Pick your level of hands-on.
Self-host free forever and run everything yourself. One-click deploy for $1 per order with managed database and caching. Full management at a flat monthly rate where we run the whole stack. The software is the same at every tier. Only the ops burden changes.
- Self-hosted: free, open source, your ops
- One-click: ~$60/month typical all-in for a small store
- Full management: flat $100–120/month, we run everything
- Enterprise: custom volume pricing and multi-store
Fast by architecture.
Next.js SSR/SSG with CDN caching keeps the storefront fast worldwide, while the API and database live on infrastructure sized to your store, not shared tenancy you can't see into.
- SSR/SSG storefront with CDN and heavy caching
- Dedicated database. No noisy neighbors.
- Scale each layer independently as you grow
Everything included.
OAuth provisioning
Connect GitHub, Neon, Vercel, and DigitalOcean accounts securely.
Domain & SSL
Your domain and certificates configured during deploy.
Database admin
Adminer included in the dev stack for direct DB inspection.
Environment parity
The same compose stack runs locally, in staging, and in CI.
API test suites
Auto-generated Postman collections cover the API surface.
No exit penalty
Everything lives in your accounts. Leaving Shepherd costs nothing.
Easy for your whole team.
For founders
Launch quickly
Connect accounts, click deploy, add products. The infra checklist that takes weeks on open-source platforms can happen in a single session.
For ops teams
Infrastructure you can inspect
You can see every service, log, and database because they run in your accounts, not behind a platform's curtain.
For agencies
Repeatable client launches
Same stack, same deploy, every client, with each store living in the client's own accounts from day one.
How it compares.
Hosted platforms trade convenience for ownership. Open-source platforms trade ownership for weeks of setup. Shepherd gives you both.
| Capability | Shepherd.Commerce | Shopify | BigCommerce | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to a working store | Minutes (one-click) | Minutes | Minutes | Hours–days (hosting, plugins, config) |
| You own the infrastructure | Yes, always | No | No | Yes |
| Monthly platform cost (small store) | $0 self-hosted / ~$60 one-click | $29–399 + apps | $30–300 + apps | $10–50 hosting + plugins |
| Exit cost | None (it's your stack) | Full replatform | Full replatform | None |
Competitor details compiled from public sources for general comparison; verify current terms with each provider. Third-party names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Works with the tools you already use.
Next.js / Vercel
Storefront & admin hosting
Strapi
API & admin runtime
Shepherd.Commerce is not affiliated with the providers above. We integrate with their services using your own accounts and credentials.
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Connect your accounts and click once, or pull the compose stack and run it yourself. Either way, it's yours.