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HDL Commerce against Magento

Straight to it. Here are the differences, line by line — cost, features, hosting and the time it takes to go live. You decide.

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HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
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Magento Adobe Commerce
Capability
HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
Magento Adobe Commerce
Cost & hosting
Licence model
A fixed, predictable subscription
Licence + GMV-based tiers
Hosting & operations Who is responsible?
Included and run for you
Yours or your agency's
Upgrades
Continuous, automatic
A recurring project
Security & patching
Handled continuously
Your own patch process
Out of the box
B2B (pricing, agreements, quotes)
Built in
A higher licence tier
PIM — product information
Built in
Extension or separate system
Multichannel & markets
Built in
Configuration & modules
Headless storefront
API-first from the start
Requires PWA Studio
Integration & technology
Ready-made connectors ERP, payments, shipping
Ready-made
Via extensions or an agency
Open APIs REST & GraphQL
Versioned & stable
GraphQL & REST
Your own development
Open APIs & webhooks
Full code access
Data access & export
No lock-in
Your own database
Time & support
Time to launch
Days to weeks
Months to quarters
Support in Swedish
A Nordic team
Depends on the partner
Uptime & SLA
99.3% in Sweden
Depends on the hosting

The comparison assumes a typical mid-sized Nordic merchant with both B2B and B2C needs. Magento here means Adobe Commerce / Magento Open Source. Adobe and Magento are trademarks of Adobe Inc.

Count the whole thing, not just the licence.

What makes Magento expensive rarely shows up in the quote — it is the consultant hours, the extensions and the upgrade projects. Here is the honest picture.

HDL Commerce

One predictable price

~45% lower TCO
  • ✓ Platform, hosting, security and updates included
  • ✓ No per-order or GMV licence fees
  • ✓ Ready-made integrations — fewer consultant hours
  • ✓ No upgrade projects over time
Magento

Many hidden line items

Licence + everything else
  • • Licence (Adobe Commerce) and hosting billed separately
  • • Extensions bought and maintained one by one
  • • An agency for development, hosting and security
  • • Recurring upgrade projects
Migration

Moving off Magento? We do the heavy lifting.

Our migration team moves products, customers, orders and URLs for you — with SEO preserved and no downtime. A free migration assessment is included.

1

Assessment

We map your Magento setup, extensions and integrations. You get a clear plan.

2

Migration

Catalogue, customers, orders and content move across. 301 redirects preserve your SEO.

3

Integrations

We connect ERP, payments and shipping with ready-made connectors — not custom code.

4

Live

We go live together, watch the launch and run the platform from there.

Get a free migration assessment

What people ask before switching

Common questions

Do we have to rebuild everything from scratch?+

No. We migrate your existing catalogue, customer data and orders. The storefront is built on our headless foundation, but you keep your content, your URLs and your SEO.

How long does a migration take?+

Most merchants are live in weeks rather than months. The exact time depends on how many integrations you have and how customised your current setup is — the free assessment answers that.

What happens to our Magento extensions?+

Most of what extensions solve in Magento is already built into HDL Commerce — B2B pricing, PIM, multichannel. For the rest we have ready-made integrations or open APIs.

Do we own our data?+

Always. Your data is yours. Open APIs and export with no lock-in mean you can take all of it with you, whenever you want.

Where is the platform hosted?+

In Sweden, on green infrastructure, GDPR-safe and with 99.3% uptime. We handle hosting, security and updates.

Next step

See the difference for yourself.

Book a demo with our commerce architects. We show the platform and run your TCO against Magento.