Guide
By Marcio Maciel · Co-founder · Digital Business Engineering
Published June 29, 2026
Migrating from Adobe Commerce to Mage-OS makes sense when licensing cost is material to the P&L, the operation does not depend on Adobe-exclusive features, and the team can sustain an open-source distribution — but in many cases the assessment shows optimizing the current installation or fixing integrations delivers more ROI than switching distributions.
Adobe Commerce and Mage-OS share the same Magento Open Source core but diverge in licensing, update pipeline, and commercial support. The choice impacts TCO, patch velocity, and vendor dependency — not just the technical stack.
Mage-OS eliminates Adobe license cost and offers a community distribution with predictable releases. Adobe Commerce maintains commercial SLA, enterprise features (advanced B2B, native staging, Adobe support), and Experience Cloud ecosystem integration.
Migration to Mage-OS is financially attractive when Adobe license cost represents a relevant share of TCO and the operation does not use Adobe-exclusive features that justify the investment.
Magecore has recommended keeping Adobe Commerce when the assessment showed third-party integrations, mis-sized infrastructure, or custom extensions were the culprits — not the license.
Migrating distributions without resolving underlying technical debt swaps a visible cost (license) for invisible risks (security, extension compatibility, downtime). The decision must be based on 12-month projected TCO, not just the licensing line item.
The Precision Assessment projects Adobe TCO vs Mage-OS TCO over 12 months, including license, infra, maintenance, incident risk, and migration cost. Each scenario has explicit ROI tied to the P&L.
The final recommendation (migrate, optimize, or maintain) is delivered with a cost map in real currency — not as generic technical opinion.
Related questions
Yes. We operate across Adobe Commerce, Magento Open Source, and Mage-OS with the same diagnostic, migration, and roadmap methodology.
Distribution choice depends on licensing requirements, integrations, and the client's long-term strategy, evaluated in the assessment.
For migrations to modular architecture with observability, 25% to 50% reduction in infrastructure TCO over 12 months is a realistic target for mid-size operations.
The exact percentage depends on the starting point: operations with high reactive legacy costs tend toward the upper range; each case is quantified in the diagnostic.
It is an AI-assisted multidimensional diagnostic that identifies margin leaks and technical debt in Adobe Commerce / Magento operations, delivered in 1 to 3 weeks.
The deliverable includes a map of invisible costs, prioritized interventions with financial impact, and a clear recommendation: migrate, optimize, or keep the current platform.
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