Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published October 31, 2026 · Updated October 31, 2026
Buyers look past Adobe Commerce, still searched as Magento, when a quote-only licence, a yearly upgrade cycle and agency-heavy maintenance outweigh what the catalog needs. Most move to BigCommerce or Shopware for B2B on a more predictable footing, to commercetools for a headless build, and to Shopify when a hosted platform is enough.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Adobe Commerce in our ecommerce platforms ranking are BigCommerce, Shopware and commercetools. Choose BigCommerce if you want B2B price lists on a hosted plan with the fee published. The other 10 entries come from our Best Ecommerce Platforms in 2026 list as well, and every one is set against Adobe Commerce specifically, with a note on the cases where Adobe Commerce should stay.
Visibility in our rankings can be paid for. Payment moves a vendor's position within the shortlist; it never adds a vendor, and it never changes a word of the review or of this page. The first three alternatives go to challengers, vendors outside the best-known brands in a category, wherever the category has them; the established names follow in their ranked order. How it works: placement disclosure · editorial process.
Adobe's release documentation sends readers to a pricing page, and the category file records a licence set by revenue band on quote. A finance team cannot compare it with BigCommerce at $299 a month or Shopware from 600 euros before talking to sales.
Adobe's upgrade guide says a store must be on the latest patch to stay PCI-compliant and recommends upgrading every patch cycle. The versions page shows patch releases in February, March, April, May, June, August and October for 2.4.7 alone. Each one is a regression test for custom code.
Adobe documents SaaS, a managed PaaS on cloud and customer-managed on-premises, and states that Magento Open Source projects fall under the last. Each route differs in who patches, who scales and who pays. A buyer must settle that before comparing features.
The 11 candidates run from the strongest match for Adobe Commerce users to the weakest, and the last column is its slot in our list of 12.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BigCommerce | United States | you want B2B price lists on a hosted plan with the fee published | #1 |
| 2 |  Shopware | Germany | you want open code and B2B quotes without giving up developer control | #2 |
| 3 |  commercetools | Germany | you are rebuilding the storefront anyway and want commerce as API services | #10 |
| 4 |  Shopify | Canada | your catalog is simpler than Adobe's tooling and you want an ecosystem of apps | #4 |
| 5 |  WooCommerce | United States | you run Magento Open Source today and want a lighter open stack on WordPress | #5 |
| 6 |  PrestaShop | France | you run Open Source Magento and want another self-hosted codebase with European roots | #8 |
| 7 |  Ecwid by Lightspeed | Canada | you sell a few hundred products and Adobe is far more platform than you use | #3 |
| 8 |  Wix | Israel | Adobe is carrying a small shop that the marketing team could run in a builder | #6 |
| 9 |  Squarespace | United States | you sell a modest, design-sensitive range and want no development team | #7 |
| 10 |  Lightspeed eCom | Canada | you also run shops and want the till and web store from one vendor | #12 |
| 11 |  Big Cartel | United States | your business is now a small shop of your own products and fees must be low | #9 |
Hosted, so Adobe's patch cycle becomes the vendor's job. The pricing page runs Core at $29 a month billed annually up to Performance from $1,499, banded by trailing sales. Price Lists give B2B buyers SKU-level prices by customer group. Customization is narrower than a code-level platform.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you want B2B price lists on a hosted plan with the fee published.
The closest match in spirit: open code, B2B and a choice of PaaS, SaaS or self-hosting. Evolve from 2,400 euros a month adds quotes and purchasing approvals, and Beyond adds customer-specific pricing and multi-location stock. A free Community Edition lets a developer test your catalog first.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you want open code and B2B quotes without giving up developer control.
No storefront ships in the box; the catalog, cart, order and pricing services are reached through APIs and you build the front end. Pricing is quote-only and set by order volume. It matches Adobe's scale, but needs a larger engineering team than Magento did.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you are rebuilding the storefront anyway and want commerce as API services.
A fully hosted service with no patch cycle for you to run. Plus lists from 2,100 euros a month with unlimited B2B catalogs and a customizable checkout. Basic starts at 21 euros on yearly billing. Deep catalog logic usually moves into apps or custom code instead.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if your catalog is simpler than Adobe's tooling and you want an ecosystem of apps.
A plugin on WordPress that costs nothing to install. The vendor page promises no monthly platform fees; hosting, extensions and developer hours replace them. It scales with how you build it, not with a licence band, though large catalogs demand careful hosting.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you run Magento Open Source today and want a lighter open stack on WordPress.
A French open-source project that calls itself a universal e-commerce platform, with the download and source on GitHub. You host it or choose a provider, then buy modules. It resembles Magento Open Source in effort, with a smaller extension market and fewer enterprise modules.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you run Open Source Magento and want another self-hosted codebase with European roots.
Not a replacement for a full commerce platform: it adds a store to a site you already have. Business at 2,500 products includes wholesale pricing groups, and every plan lists zero transaction fees from Ecwid. Product caps rise with each plan up to Unlimited at 119 dollars.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you sell a few hundred products and Adobe is far more platform than you use.
A website builder first. The upgrade page lists Core, Business and Business Elite as the plans that accept payments, with Business Elite at the top for scale. It handles a brand site with a shop, not negotiated trade pricing or a large multi-brand catalog.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if Adobe is carrying a small shop that the marketing team could run in a builder.
Design-led and closed: templates, hosting and checkout come from one vendor and nothing needs patching by you. Selling is built into every plan, with fees shifting by tier. Expect limits for B2B ordering, ERP links and any logic beyond a retail catalog.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you sell a modest, design-sensitive range and want no development team.
Fits retailers with physical shops. The Dutch price page lists Essential at 68 euros a month for 250 product variants and one user, and Advanced at 120 euros. The web store ties to the Lightspeed till, so stock and sales sit in one system, but B2B depth is thin.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if you also run shops and want the till and web store from one vendor.
Built for independent makers and tiny catalogs. Platinum shows 7 days free and then 15 dollars a month, Diamond costs 30 dollars, and a limited free Gold plan remains. The scale gap to Adobe is enormous, so it suits only a store that shrank.
Switch from Adobe Commerce if your business is now a small shop of your own products and fees must be low.
Adobe Commerce remains the right choice when the catalog, the ordering rules or the number of brands exceed what hosted plans model, and when you already employ Magento developers or an agency. Company accounts with roles, customer-specific catalogs and pricing, and several storefronts on one installation are documented features. Moving costs a rebuild, so stay when custom logic is the product.
Custom modules, theme code and extension logic do not move to another platform. Inventory what each customization does for the business, then check whether the target covers it natively, through an app, or not at all. Expect a rebuild of the front end.
Products, customers, order history and URLs are the pieces to carry across. Export what you need from the admin or the database, map attributes to the new schema, and set up 301 redirects from old paths so search traffic keeps landing on the right pages.
Keep the old installation live in read-only mode after launch so support can look up past orders. Check that the support window of your Adobe release line has not ended before you rely on it. Lines on 2.4.7 are listed with regular support to May 2027.
Adobe Commerce is the commercial edition built on the Magento code, and Magento Open Source is a separate free edition. The Adobe documentation covers both under one set of release lines, which is why searches still use the old name.
Yes, the code is on GitHub under the Open Software License 3.0 and Adobe's documentation counts it as on-premises hosting. You then carry hosting, patches and security yourself, and you give up the commercial features Adobe sells on top.
Regular support for the 2.4.8 line ends on 31 May 2028 and for 2.4.7 on 31 May 2027, according to Adobe's versions page checked on 31 October 2026. Extended support exists for some older lines and is listed separately.
Shopware and BigCommerce publish B2B functions in their plans: quotes and purchasing approvals on Shopware Evolve, and price lists on BigCommerce. Shopify Plus lists unlimited B2B catalogs. Check each against your negotiated pricing before committing.
Export products, customers, order history, URL paths and any customer-specific price tables. Order history is often kept in a read-only archive rather than imported, because the new platform numbers orders its own way.
It can, but it changes the work, not the amount. commercetools supplies catalog, cart, order and pricing services through APIs, and your team builds the storefront. That suits a team with front-end capacity and a reason to separate the layers.
Every price, plan limit and product statement about Adobe Commerce here was read on the vendors' own pages on October 31, 2026. Either can change at any time, so read the figures as of that day.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
Founder of The Interregnum and of 2 Steps Ahead, an AI search visibility agency. Editorially responsible for every page here; research and drafting are AI-assisted. Last reviewed October 31, 2026.
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