Magento, now Adobe Commerce, is genuinely capable: multiple stores, multiple currencies, elaborate pricing rules, enormous catalogues. It is also the most expensive mainstream platform to run, and a meaningful share of the stores on it do not need what they are paying for.
What we do
- maintenance, security patching and version upgrades
- performance work on slow installations
- migrations to Shopware, Shopify or WooCommerce where appropriate
- honest assessment of whether Magento still fits
When Magento is the right platform
Tens of thousands of SKUs with complex attributes. Several storefronts on one backend. Elaborate B2B pricing and approval flows. Deep ERP integration already built. If several of these describe you, staying is usually correct.
When it is not
A few hundred products, one storefront, straightforward pricing, and a hosting bill that would embarrass a mid-size retailer. That store is paying for capability it never uses, in hosting, developer rates and upgrade projects.
Migration is disruptive and not free. But three years of unnecessary platform cost usually exceeds it.
Performance
Magento is heavy by design. Full-page caching, Varnish, Redis for sessions and cache, Elasticsearch for catalogue search, and an indexing strategy that does not lock the site during reindex. Without these it is slow regardless of hardware.
Upgrades and security
Security patches are not optional for a platform handling payment data. Upgrades need a staging environment and real testing, because extensions break between versions with some reliability.
Running an unsupported version is a compliance problem as well as a technical one.
Migration, done carefully
Moving off Magento means mapping products, attributes, customers, order history and every URL. Magento URL structures rarely map cleanly, so the redirect map is the critical deliverable and gets tested before launch rather than after.
FAQ
Is Magento dying?
No, but its centre of gravity has moved firmly to large enterprise retail.
What does it cost to run?
Substantially more than the alternatives, mostly in hosting and developer time.
Should we migrate?
Depends entirely on whether you use what it provides. We will assess and tell you honestly, including when staying is right.