Magento, Adobe Commerce or MageOS: how do you choose?

Understand the solutions in the Magento ecosystem

Magento Open Source is the open-source e-commerce project in the Magento ecosystem. MageOS is a community distribution built from this foundation, with its own developments and releases. Adobe Commerce is Adobe's commercial offering, whose features and services depend on the chosen plan. The scope of each solution must be checked for your project.

A module available for one installation is not automatically suitable for another. The comparison must specify the solution, version, deployment method and dependencies. MageOS aims for compatibility with the Magento ecosystem; the extensions, themes and integrations used must still be checked on your installation.

Describe your B2B journeys before choosing

Depending on the extension and its configuration, Adobe Commerce B2B offers features such as company accounts, shared catalogues, negotiable quotes and order approvals. Their value depends on your sales rules and buyers' responsibilities.

For example, describe who can place an order for a company, who approves it and which catalogue each customer sees. This description helps assess the solution's coverage, necessary adaptations and interfaces with your other software. B2B needs must be examined in detail before making any recommendation.

Evaluate Magento Open Source and MageOS against your actual scope

Magento Open Source and MageOS can be considered when their features and selected extensions cover your journeys, and your technical organisation can maintain them. Development flexibility should be weighed against the number of components to assemble and evolve.

Open source does not eliminate design, integration, testing and operational work. For each added feature, check who maintains the module, how it evolves and which adaptations an update will require. AXELITES offers competitive prices for this support; contact us to discuss it.

Review integrations and responsibilities

Whatever you choose, your product, stock, customer and order data flows must be described. ERP, CRM and PIM interfaces and their limitations can matter as much as the store's visible features.

Also specify who handles incidents, deployments, backups and updates. A service handled by a provider under one plan may fall to another party in a different setup. Responsibility for each operation must be clear before launch.

Compare the whole project

The comparison includes the selected solution, development, extensions, integrations, acceptance testing and operation. Adobe's commercial terms and third-party services must be confirmed with the relevant providers; they must be distinguished from the agency's services.

For our services, we offer competitive prices and a scope tailored to your project. Contact AXELITES for more details. We can prepare questions for software vendors and identify the elements to compare in their offers.

Decide using a matrix of verifiable needs

Classify features as essential for launch, useful in a second phase or unnecessary. For each option, ask for a precise answer: available feature, configuration, extension, custom development or unmet need.

A demonstration or trial focused on your scenarios can resolve uncertainties. For an existing store, an audit helps assess reusable components and transition constraints. The decision is then grounded in your operations and an explicit development path.

• Purchasing rules, catalogue and customer accounts.
• Data and integrations with business software.
• Administration, support and maintenance.
• Launch preparation and planned developments.

Sources and documentation

• Magento Open Source: official project overview
• Adobe: overview of Adobe Commerce B2B features
• Adobe: Commerce offers and pricing enquiries
• MageOS: community distribution and Magento compatibility