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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

Point by point

The comparison

HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
Magento Adobe Commerce

Cost & hosting

Licence model
yes: A fixed, predictable subscription
no: Licence + GMV-based tiers
Hosting & operations Who is responsible?
yes: Included and run for you
no: Yours or your agency's
Upgrades
yes: Continuous, automatic
no: A recurring project
Security & patching
yes: Handled continuously
partly: Your own patch process

Out of the box

B2B (pricing, agreements, quotes)
yes: Built in
partly: A higher licence tier
PIM — product information
yes: Built in
no: Extension or separate system
Multichannel & markets
yes: Built in
partly: Configuration & modules
Headless storefront
yes: API-first from the start
partly: Requires PWA Studio

Integration & technology

Ready-made connectors ERP, payments, shipping
yes: Ready-made
partly: Via extensions or an agency
Open APIs REST & GraphQL
yes: Versioned & stable
yes: GraphQL & REST
Your own development
yes: Open APIs & webhooks
yes: Full code access
Data access & export
yes: No lock-in
yes: Your own database

Time & support

Time to launch
yes: Days to weeks
no: Months to quarters
Support in Swedish
yes: A Nordic team
partly: Depends on the partner
Uptime & SLA
yes: 99.3% in Sweden
partly: Depends on the hosting
Yes Partly No

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.

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.

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.

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