Ergonode and Akeneo compared on pricing, editions, features, AI, integrations and data standards, with a checklist of when to choose which. Facts as of 9 November 2026.
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Ergonode vs Akeneo in short
Ergonode and Akeneo are both PIM systems that companies use in the cloud. Ergonode is a Polish cloud PIM from Kraków with a published price list and a free plan. Akeneo is a French PIM, founded in 2013 in Nantes, sold as SaaS packages (Akeneo Product Cloud), with a free self-hosted Community Edition.
Choose Ergonode when you want a quick, budget-predictable start in the cloud, with prices you can check before the first call. Choose Akeneo when you need a larger set of modules around the PIM: supplier data collection, syndication to retailers and marketplaces, and an app marketplace with many ready connectors.
Disclosure: LemonMind has been an Ergonode partner since October 2026 and is a Pimcore Platinum partner. LemonMind also implements Akeneo but is not an Akeneo partner. This comparison uses only public vendor sources, checked on 9 November 2026.
Comparison table: Ergonode vs Akeneo
Criterion | Ergonode | Akeneo |
|---|---|---|
Vendor | Ergonode, Kraków, Poland | Akeneo SAS, founded 2013 in Nantes, France |
Delivery | Cloud (SaaS); private cloud hosting in the Enterprise plan | SaaS packages; Community Edition on your own server |
Free option | Free plan: EUR 0, 2 users, 1,000 products | Community Edition, open source (OSL-3.0), self-hosted |
Paid plans (list price) | Advance from EUR 5,990 a year, Scale from EUR 19,990 a year, Enterprise on request | Growth listed from USD 0 a year with a trial; Advanced and Premium on request |
Users in plan | Free 2, Advance 20, Scale 40, Enterprise unlimited | Not published per package |
DAM | Basic DAM in Free, advanced DAM features in higher plans | DAM in Akeneo Product Cloud |
Workflows and automation | Workflows, rule-based automations, completeness and validation | Rules, completeness; approval workflows from Advanced |
AI | AI Photo Studio, attribute auto-fill (also from PDF), AI texts and translations, on AI credits | Ask Ziggy and Data Architect Agent; Agentic Ziggy from Advanced |
Supplier data | Import through Ergonode Transfer (CSV, Excel) | Supplier Data Manager (paid add-on) |
Channels | Integrations named on the site: Shopify, Magento, PrestaShop, Shopware, Sylius, Amazon, eBay, Allegro and others | Activation (500+ retailers and marketplaces according to Akeneo) and the App Store |
ETIM, ECLASS, BMEcat | Not mentioned on ergonode.com (checked 9.11.2026) | Through third-party App Store apps |
APIs | GraphQL API and Media API | REST and GraphQL APIs, Events API |
Prices from ergonode.com/pricing (billed yearly, excluding VAT) and akeneo.com/compare-packages, as of 9 November 2026, without implementation.
Choose Ergonode if
- you want to know the licence cost before you talk to anyone: the price list is public;
- you start small and want to grow from a free plan to a paid one;
- your team is Polish-speaking or you want a vendor in Central Europe;
- you sell mainly through online shops and marketplaces such as Shopify, Shopware or Allegro;
- AI help with images, attributes and translations should be part of daily work.
Choose Akeneo if
- you collect product data from many suppliers and want a dedicated module for it;
- you publish to many retailers and marketplaces that each want their own format;
- you need a large app marketplace with ready connectors to shops, ERPs and other tools;
- you want the option of a self-hosted open source edition (Community Edition);
- you supply wholesalers and need ETIM, ECLASS or BMEcat through ready apps.
What neither of them is
Both are PIM systems, not data platforms. If you also need customer and supplier master data (MDM), a product portal or a very specific data model, also look at Pimcore: see Pimcore vs Akeneo. For technical products with ETIM classes and BMEcat exports, Pimcore is often the more natural fit; see how we built this for GTV.
How we prepared this comparison
We read the vendor pages for pricing, plans, features, APIs and integrations on 9 November 2026 and linked every source below. Ergonode also shows older monthly prices on one comparison page; we use the current price list. We describe only what the vendors publish and do not rate quality. If something has changed, write to hello@lemonmind.com.
More: Ergonode implementation, Akeneo implementation and PIM implementation.
Sources
- Ergonode pricing · Ergonode
- Ergonode platform · Ergonode
- Ergonode GraphQL API · Ergonode
- Ergonode changelog · Ergonode
- Ergonode open source code (archived) · Ergonode on GitHub
- Akeneo packages compared · Akeneo
- Akeneo Product Cloud · Akeneo
- Akeneo Community Edition · Akeneo
- Akeneo API reference · Akeneo
