When a Magento (Adobe Commerce) store is the right engine for your catalog, and when Shopify or WooCommerce would cost you less for the same result.
Magento is open-source ecommerce built for scale and control. These are the cases where that scale is worth the higher build cost, drawn from stores we've shipped.
Once you pass roughly 5,000 to 10,000 SKUs with layered attributes, faceted search, and tiered pricing, Shopify's limits start to bite. Magento handles six-figure catalogs and complex attribute sets without plugins fighting each other.
Adobe Commerce ships company accounts, shared catalogs, quotes, and net terms. Run wholesale and retail from the same backend instead of paying for two storefronts. See our Magento for B2B page for the detail.
Several brands, regions, or currencies from a single Magento install. One product database, separate storefronts, shared inventory. This is the feature that justifies Magento for many of our clients.
If your store has to talk to NetSuite, SAP, Akeneo, or a custom warehouse system in real time, Magento's API layer was built for it. We've wired stores into ERPs that Shopify simply can't reach cleanly.
No platform lock-in, no per-transaction tax on top of payment fees. The store is yours. Any Magento developer can pick it up later. That independence matters more the bigger you get.
A Hyva frontend on tuned hosting (Varnish, Redis, full-page cache) loads in well under a second. Magento's bad speed reputation comes from default Luma themes and cheap hosting, not the platform.
Adobe Commerce or Magento Open Source, Hyva frontend, your catalog imported and your integrations wired. Quoted before we start, owned by you after. We tell you if a smaller platform fits better.
Most stores under 2,000 SKUs run happily on WooCommerce or Shopify for a fraction of the build and hosting cost. We build on all of them, so the recommendation isn't self-serving. If Magento is overkill for you, we'll say so.
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A lean, free, MVC-architected ecommerce platform that runs on standard LAMP hosting. Strong fit for small-and-mid-business stores that need flexibility without Magento's overhead or Shopify's monthly tax.
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Our Magento builds start at $12,000 for an Open Source store on Hyva with up to about 1,000 SKUs, run $30,000 to $75,000 for a custom Adobe Commerce build with one major integration, and $90,000 and up for enterprise B2B with multiple integrations. Adobe Commerce license fees (from roughly $24,000 a year) are billed separately by Adobe and only apply to the paid edition.
Magento Open Source is free to download and use. Adobe Commerce, the paid edition, adds B2B, advanced merchandising, and Adobe support, with a license that starts around $24,000 a year and scales with your gross revenue. Most mid-sized stores we build run fine on Open Source plus a few extensions.
Shopify wins for speed to launch, simple catalogs, and not wanting to manage hosting. Magento wins when you have a large catalog, need B2B pricing or multi-store, or want to own your code without per-transaction platform fees. We build both and will tell you honestly which fits your volume.
Not if it’s built right. The slow Magento sites you’ve seen usually run the default Luma theme on shared hosting. We build on the Hyva frontend with Varnish, Redis, and full-page caching, which gets storefront loads under a second on proper hosting.
Yes. We migrate from Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and older Magento 1 stores, moving products, customers, orders, and URLs with redirects in place so you don’t lose rankings. Migration is scoped and priced separately from a new build.
Yes. Every build includes a 90-day warranty, and we offer monthly Magento support and maintenance after that for updates, security patches, and changes. You’re never stuck waiting on a marketplace developer to answer.
Most people who ask us about a Magento online store don’t actually need Magento. They need a store that won’t fall over at 2,000 SKUs, and they heard Magento is what “serious” ecommerce runs on. Sometimes that’s right. Often a $39/month Shopify plan or a WooCommerce build would serve them better for half the cost. So before we quote anything, we tell you whether Magento (now Adobe Commerce) is the right engine for what you’re selling, or whether it’s a Ferrari for a grocery run.
When Magento is the right call, it’s hard to beat: large catalogs, multi-store from one backend, complex pricing, B2B and B2C on the same install, and full ownership of the code. Here’s where it wins, what it costs to build, and the honest cases where we’ll point you somewhere cheaper.
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