Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento) is the heavyweight of open-source ecommerce, built for B2B, multi-store, multi-warehouse retail at scale. Powerful but demanding: serious projects only, served by senior engineers.
Only above a certain size. At $5M+ a year with 20K+ SKUs and complex catalog logic, Magento's flexibility pays back. Under that, Shopify or WooCommerce costs less and ships faster, and we'll say so.
Magento's home turf. Customer-specific pricing, NET payment terms, quote workflows and requisition lists ship in Adobe Commerce B2B out of the box. No other open-source platform comes close.
Multi-vendor and multi-store setups running several brands or country storefronts from one admin. Magento was built for this; most hosted platforms charge per storefront or simply can't.
Before we quote any Magento extension development, we ask one question: does this already exist on the Adobe Commerce Marketplace? Half the time it does, and a $200 Amasty or Mageplaza extension will do what you need without us writing a line of code. We’ll tell you when that’s the smarter buy. Custom extension development […]
Magento is slow by default. That’s not a dig; it’s just what a platform built for 100,000-SKU catalogs does on a stock install. The good news is that most slow Magento stores are slow for the same handful of reasons, and we’ve fixed all of them before. We start with an audit, show you the […]
Most Magento support pages say the same three things: 24/7, certified experts, fast response. Then they hide the price behind a “request a quote” form. We do it the other way around. Here are the tiers, the prices, and the response times we actually commit to, so you can decide before you talk to anyone. […]
Most Magento development pages read the same: “certified experts, 400+ stores launched, scalable and secure.” None of them tell you what a build costs or when Magento is the wrong tool. We will. We build Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source stores out of the US, we quote fixed brackets up front, and we turn […]
An honest agency guide to Magento B2B: why native B2B needs paid Adobe Commerce, what it really costs, the features that matter, and when Shopify B2B or WooCommerce is the smarter buy.
Most Magento speed guides hand you 23 generic tips. Here is the short list of fixes that actually change the load time, in the order we attack them, with real before-and-after numbers.
We build stores on both Magento and WooCommerce. Most people asking this question should pick WooCommerce. Here is the line where Magento earns its extra cost, with three-year numbers.
Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source share the same engine. Here is what the license actually buys, what you can rebuild for a few hundred dollars, and the revenue point where paying Adobe makes sense.
Magento extension marketplace at commercemarketplace.adobe.com (~3,500 extensions, with verified Adobe-Commerce-compatible badges). Modules ship as namespaced PHP under app/code/<Vendor>/<Module>/ with an ecosystem of plugins (interceptors), observers (event/listener), and DI configuration via di.xml.
Multi-store, multi-website, multi-warehouse and B2B features are first-class, this is what separates Magento from every other ecommerce CMS. PWA Studio support for headless storefronts; GraphQL API on every endpoint.
Shopify if your business is under $5M annual revenue, your catalog is under 5K SKUs, and you don’t need complex B2B features, Shopify’s SaaS convenience is genuinely worth the platform fees at that scale. Magento (Adobe Commerce) if you have B2B price tiers, multi-warehouse logistics, multi-brand storefronts, custom checkout flows, or you’re processing $5M+ annually where Magento’s flexibility starts to outweigh Shopify’s convenience.
WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin, fast to launch, fine for stores up to 5K SKUs and simple business logic. Magento is a dedicated commerce platform, much heavier, but built for complex catalogs, B2B, multi-warehouse, and the kind of business rules WooCommerce starts to choke on around 10-20K SKUs. The break-even is roughly: under 5K SKUs and simple needs → WooCommerce; over 20K SKUs or B2B → Magento; in between → it depends on the specific complexity.
A Magento Open Source store with custom theme, basic integrations and 5-10K SKUs: $25K-$60K. An Adobe Commerce build with B2B features, multi-warehouse, ERP integration, custom checkout and 50K+ SKUs: $80K-$250K+. Migration from another platform to Magento adds $15K-$40K depending on URL preservation complexity. We quote fixed scope after a 60-minute discovery call.
Magento Open Source is free (OSL-3 license, no platform fees). Adobe Commerce (the paid SaaS tier) is licensed per-revenue, typical pricing is $25K-$200K+/year for mid-market retailers. Most of our projects ship on Open Source unless the client specifically needs Adobe’s SaaS infrastructure or paid B2B features.
Yes. Custom Magento extensions are one of our most-requested service lines, particularly for clients who need integrations the marketplace doesn’t cover (custom ERP/PIM sync, region-specific payment gateways, complex shipping logic, custom B2B workflows). We follow Adobe’s coding standards, use plugins (interceptors) for non-invasive customization, and ship modules with PHPUnit tests and a README that the next developer can actually read.
Yes, Magento 1 → Magento 2 is still our most common migration in 2026 (some retailers held off as long as possible). We also do Magento → Shopify (when scale dropped and SaaS convenience now wins) and Magento → BigCommerce. Every migration is URL-preserving, runs on a staging clone first, and includes 30 days of post-launch fixes.
For Magento Open Source under 25K SKUs: managed VPS at Cloudways, Hetzner, or Webscoot ($60-$150/month). For larger stores: dedicated infrastructure with Elasticsearch, Redis, Varnish and a CDN ($300-$2,000/month). For Adobe Commerce: Adobe Cloud (included in license) or AWS/GCP for self-hosted. We don’t resell hosting; we configure your account directly.
Yes, Adobe ships monthly security patches and runs a coordinated disclosure program. The platform itself is mature and battle-tested. Most “Magento got hacked” stories trace back to: outdated installations (didn’t apply patches), dodgy third-party extensions, or weak admin credentials. Our maintenance retainer includes monthly patching, extension auditing, and 2FA enforcement on all admin accounts.
Custom Magento Open Source store: 8-16 weeks from kickoff to launch. Adobe Commerce build with B2B features and ERP integration: 16-32 weeks. Magento 1 → 2 migration: 8-20 weeks depending on extension count and customizations. We send a real Gantt chart, not vibes.
Magento, now branded Adobe Commerce, is what serious mid-market and enterprise retailers run when Shopify’s platform restrictions and WooCommerce’s scaling limits become deal-breakers. It’s the most powerful open-source ecommerce platform available, and it asks for senior engineering effort in return.
We pitch Magento for: B2B retail with customer-specific pricing, NET payment terms and quote workflows; multi-store retailers running multiple brands or country-specific storefronts from one admin; merchants with 20K+ SKUs and complex catalog logic (configurable products with hundreds of variations); high-revenue stores ($5M+ annually) where Magento’s flexibility outweighs Shopify’s convenience; and headless commerce projects where PWA Studio or a custom React/Vue frontend talks to Magento’s GraphQL API.
We don’t pitch Magento for: small businesses under $1M annual revenue (the platform’s overhead doesn’t pay back); stores under 5K SKUs with simple needs (Shopify is genuinely better there); content-led brands where editorial matters as much as product pages (WooCommerce or headless Sanity + commerce backend wins); or projects on tight $5-15K budgets (Magento’s minimum project size is around $25K to do properly).
Ground-up Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce builds with bespoke themes, custom modules with PHPUnit coverage, B2B-specific configurations (price tiers, quote management, requisition lists), ERP and PIM integrations (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Akeneo), Magento 1 → Magento 2 migrations with URL preservation, performance audits and Core Web Vitals optimization, and flat-fee maintenance retainers including monthly security patching.
We work with merchants and engineering teams who already know what they need. If you’re not sure whether Magento is the right platform, that’s the first conversation, not a sales pitch.
Magento is an ecommerce engine. If you need a content-led enterprise site, multilingual at scale, or government-grade permissions and audit trails, that is a job for Drupal, not a commerce platform.
Ready to scope a build, migration or B2B setup? See our Magento development services for fixed-scope pricing and timelines.
Magento is the heavy option. For a leaner store under roughly 50,000 SKUs that you want to own outright, OpenCart is usually the better-fit, lower-cost platform, and we will say so.
New on the blog: Magento vs Shopify in 2026, an honest comparison of cost and fit. More guides on the Magento blog.
Need ongoing help? Our Magento support and maintenance plans publish pricing and response times up front.
Slow store dragging down your rankings and conversions? Our Magento speed optimization service fixes TTFB, sets up Varnish and Hyva, and proves the gain in Core Web Vitals.
Thinking about ecommerce specifically? Read when a Magento online store beats Shopify and WooCommerce, and what it costs to build.
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