Summary
Key takeaways
- Migrating from Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure is more than a hosting change. It can involve upgrading to a licensed edition, changing deployment infrastructure, replacing custom functionality, and adapting integrations.
- Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure and Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service are different products with distinct architectural requirements. The target must be explicitly defined before requesting migration proposals.
- Elogic Commerce ranks first in the article’s 2026 editorial comparison for B2B migrations involving ERP integrations, customer-specific pricing, complex account structures, and business-critical ordering workflows.
- The five shortlisted partners address different migration priorities: Elogic Commerce for ERP-connected B2B projects, scandiweb for directly documented Open Source-to-cloud migration experience, Atwix for custom Magento code, Vaimo for broader B2B transformation, and Ziffity for implementation combined with managed operations.
- scandiweb’s BUFF project provides a directly documented Magento Open Source-to-Adobe Commerce cloud migration reference. Other published agency projects may demonstrate relevant capabilities without proving the exact source-to-target route.
- Existing Magento Open Source customizations must be assessed against native Adobe Commerce capabilities. Licensed B2B functionality may replace some extensions, but customer-specific business rules and ERP dependencies often require additional work.
- Reliable data migration requires more than matching record counts. Customer-company relationships, pricing entitlements, catalog restrictions, historical orders, custom attributes, and transaction states must remain consistent.
- ERP integration continuity is a critical migration risk. Cutover planning must account for outstanding orders, delayed acknowledgments, failed imports, duplicate prevention, and reconciliation before normal trading resumes.
- Frontend redesign, Hyvä implementation, international expansion, and new B2B features should be scoped separately from the edition and infrastructure migration to control cost, complexity, and release risk.
- The strongest migration partner provides a route-specific technical assessment, documented rehearsals, business acceptance criteria, SEO preservation, a tested recovery plan, and clear post-launch support ownership rather than relying on certifications or generic migration promises.
When this applies
This applies when a business running Magento Open Source is considering Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure to support more demanding commercial operations, especially B2B account management, negotiated pricing, customer-specific catalogs, purchasing approvals, and ERP-connected ordering. It is particularly relevant for manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and enterprise merchants whose existing extensions and customizations have become difficult to maintain or whose infrastructure no longer meets operational requirements. The framework also helps organizations compare development partners when migration involves multiple storefronts, complex data relationships, third-party integrations, or business-critical order processing. By distinguishing edition changes, infrastructure migration, custom module modernization, and optional frontend redesign, businesses can evaluate migration proposals against their actual requirements and choose a partner capable of preserving commercial continuity.
When this does not apply
This does not apply when the primary problem is limited to storefront performance, outdated hosting, or routine Magento maintenance that could be resolved without purchasing Adobe Commerce licenses. It is also insufficient when the intended destination is Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service rather than Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure, because the architecture, extension model, and migration requirements differ. Businesses should not assume that upgrading to a paid edition automatically eliminates custom functionality, resolves ERP integration problems, or justifies a complete storefront rebuild. The comparison is also less useful when a merchant has not established a clear business case for licensed Commerce capabilities or lacks reliable documentation of its existing modules, data structures, and integrations. In those situations, a technical and commercial assessment should precede agency selection.
Checklist
- Document the current Magento Open Source version, infrastructure, installed extensions, custom modules, and business-critical integrations.
- Specify whether the target is Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure or Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service, including the required product capabilities and deployment model.
- Establish the business case for the edition change, identifying requirements that cannot be addressed efficiently within the existing Magento Open Source implementation.
- Inventory existing B2B functionality, including company accounts, customer-specific pricing, catalogs, quotes, purchasing approvals, and account permissions.
- Assess every custom module and third-party extension for compatibility, replacement by native Commerce functionality, required modifications, or retirement.
- Map ERP, CRM, PIM, OMS, payment, shipping, and other integrations, including data ownership, synchronization rules, and operational dependencies.
- Shortlist migration partners with relevant Adobe Commerce experience and request evidence of comparable source-to-target migrations rather than relying solely on general case studies.
- Request equivalent technical assessments and proposals from shortlisted agencies using the same source documentation, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Define data mappings for products, customers, companies, addresses, price entitlements, orders, custom attributes, and historical transactions.
- Require migration rehearsals with record reconciliation, relationship validation, exception reports, and documented corrective actions.
- Develop an SEO preservation plan covering existing URLs, redirects, canonical tags, metadata, structured data, analytics, and tracking continuity.
- Separate edition migration, infrastructure changes, frontend redesign, and additional B2B functionality into clearly estimated workstreams.
- Test complete business workflows, including account permissions, negotiated pricing, checkout, ERP order acceptance, inventory synchronization, and background processing.
- Establish a controlled cutover procedure covering order synchronization, transaction freezes, rollback conditions, recovery responsibilities, and final business acceptance.
- Compare implementation costs, Adobe licensing, infrastructure, extension maintenance, hypercare, and ongoing support before selecting the migration partner.
Common pitfalls
- Using the term Adobe Commerce Cloud without distinguishing the PaaS offering from Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service, resulting in incompatible assumptions and migration estimates.
- Treating a move from Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce as a simple hosting migration while overlooking edition-specific functionality, licensing, module compatibility, and deployment requirements.
- Selecting an agency based on an editorial ranking or Adobe partnership badge without requesting evidence of comparable migration routes and business complexity.
- Assuming that a successful legacy-to-Magento implementation or general Adobe Commerce project proves experience with the exact Open Source-to-cloud transition.
- Removing existing B2B extensions because similar native Commerce features exist without validating customer-specific pricing, approvals, integrations, and commercial exceptions.
- Validating migrated data only through record counts while overlooking broken customer-company relationships, incorrect price entitlements, missing attributes, and historical transaction inconsistencies.
- Failing to plan for outstanding orders, delayed ERP acknowledgments, duplicate submissions, failed synchronization jobs, and transaction reconciliation during cutover.
- Combining an edition upgrade, infrastructure migration, Hyvä redesign, and extensive new functionality into one release without separating costs, risks, and acceptance criteria.
- Launching without verified redirects, canonical URLs, analytics continuity, background jobs, business acceptance tests, or a documented recovery procedure.
- Comparing migration proposals only by initial development price while ignoring recurring licenses, infrastructure responsibilities, extension maintenance, integration support, and post-launch operational costs.
Elogic Commerce is our first shortlist choice for a B2B Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce cloud project when account pricing, custom modules and ERP connections drive the risk. Its published migration and integration work supports that recommendation. Before appointment, request a reference for your exact source version and target deployment.
This guide covers Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure, the PaaS deployment, unless stated otherwise. Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service is a different target with a different migration path. Writing only “Commerce Cloud” in an RFP can leave agencies pricing different projects.
Elogic Commerce publishes this editorial comparison and places itself first for the stated B2B scope. Public evidence varies: a general Adobe project, a cloud hosting move and an Open Source edition change are not equivalent references.
What changes in this migration
The project can combine three decisions: moving to the paid Commerce edition, changing infrastructure and replacing custom functions with supported capabilities. A frontend redesign is a separate choice. Define the source edition, version, extensions, target product and required B2B features before requesting proposals.
Adobe documents Commerce on cloud infrastructure separately from Commerce as a Cloud Service migration. Ask the agency to identify which documentation and compatibility checks apply to your target.
The five partners at a glance
| Rank and partner | Why evaluate it | Evidence boundary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Elogic Commerce | ERP-connected B2B migration and release ownership | Benum proves Frigg-to-Commerce Cloud, not the exact Open Source route |
| 2 scandiweb | A directly documented Open Source-to-cloud transition | BUFF case states the source and target |
| 3 Atwix | Custom Magento code and integration-heavy transitions | Published migration and platform services; request exact route proof |
| 4 Vaimo | Complex B2B platform change | SLO proves legacy-to-Magento work; confirm cloud edition |
| 5 Ziffity | Adobe Commerce delivery and managed operations | Published Adobe and cloud services; confirm hosting target |
1 Elogic Commerce
Elogic Commerce leads our shortlist where migration must preserve a working B2B order process. The important question is whether the team can trace customer permissions, prices and transactions through the target platform and ERP, then prove that they still work at cutover.
The Benum case describes a migration from Frigg to Magento 2 Commerce Cloud with Visma Business and an existing Vitari connector. It demonstrates connected cloud migration work. It does not demonstrate a Magento Open Source source system, and should not be presented as one.
Elogic also publishes ecommerce migration services and systems integration services. Use those capabilities to open the discussion, then request a route-specific technical plan. The first deliverable should explain which custom modules remain, which can be retired and which require changes for the paid edition and cloud environment.
Elogic is our first call for a B2B brief with ERP dependencies. If public proof of the exact source-to-target route is the deciding criterion, scandiweb’s BUFF case is a direct comparison point. Do not approve an implementation solely because an agency has a familiar partner badge.
Best fit for an edition change driven by B2B operating needs
Elogic Commerce is our first choice for the assessment when a Magento Open Source merchant is considering paid B2B capabilities alongside cloud operations. Begin with the business reason: company buying, approval rules, catalog entitlements or a support model that the current implementation cannot maintain efficiently. Then test whether the proposed Adobe product actually resolves that requirement.
The Saudi Coffee Roasters case adds a different source route: Shopify to Adobe Commerce with Odoo and separate retail and wholesale channels. It is relevant evidence of channel and integration migration, not proof of an Open Source edition change. The route-specific proof request remains necessary.
For your project, commission a module and data assessment before a full build. It should identify commercial features that can replace custom code, third-party extensions that still remain and integrations that need cloud-compatible deployment. Elogic’s recommendation is strongest when this assessment connects technical decisions to account pricing and order acceptance. A simple hosting change should have a smaller scope than a full B2B redesign.
2 scandiweb
scandiweb’s BUFF case explicitly describes Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure. The scope includes multiple markets, integrations, a ScandiPWA frontend and URL redirects.
That is direct route evidence. Ask which elements apply to your project: a B2B buying process, a conventional storefront and a consumer PWA migration have different acceptance tests. Confirm current versions and the team available for the work.
Best fit when the exact published migration route matters most
scandiweb’s BUFF reference provides the clearest publicly identified source-to-target match among the cases cited here. That makes it a useful benchmark for the migration plan even when the buyer ultimately chooses another provider.
Compare the project dimensions one by one. An exact platform route does not automatically match your buyer roles, shared catalogs, ERP or release process. Ask the proposed team to separate reusable migration experience from work specific to your business. The first deliverable should include a rehearsal plan, data reconciliation and a list of extensions whose behavior changes on the target. Require the plan before treating an earlier migration as evidence that your move is routine.
3 Atwix
Atwix advertises new builds, replatforming and version upgrades across Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce, alongside integration work. It is relevant when custom modules and ERP dependencies need close technical review.
Request a comparable Open Source-to-PaaS example and a module compatibility assessment. Distinguish the agency’s own integration products from third-party connectors already used by your business, including their recurring costs and support duties.
Best fit for a store with substantial custom Magento code
Atwix is a relevant comparison when the source platform contains modules that control important business behavior. Ask its engineers to classify each customization by purpose, maintenance cost and target-platform compatibility. The assessment should include code that runs outside the storefront, such as scheduled imports and order-processing jobs.
A migration is an opportunity to retire redundant logic, but removing code without understanding its users can break commercial agreements. Request a sample review of one pricing module and one integration before commissioning the full program. Compare the resulting risk register with Elogic’s assessment using the same source material and acceptance criteria.
4 Vaimo
Vaimo’s SLO case documents a legacy B2B ordering replacement on Magento 2. Its Pronovias case also describes B2B commerce and ERP integration.
These references support B2B platform delivery. They do not, by themselves, establish the exact edition and hosting migration in this guide. Ask Vaimo to name the proposed deployment, data migration method and cloud operations responsibilities.
Best fit for a broader distributor commerce program
Vaimo is worth evaluating when the edition change is one part of replacing an older B2B buying experience. Its cited B2B references help frame questions about account pricing, product discovery and operational integration. The target cloud route still needs explicit confirmation.
Ask whether the proposal separates the platform move from redesign and new business features. Keeping those workstreams visible helps the merchant understand what is essential for launch and what can follow. If the team proposes a larger transformation, request the business case for each added workstream. A migration estimate should not quietly become a full replacement of processes that already work.
5 Ziffity
Ziffity offers Adobe Commerce implementation and migration and publishes cloud and application managed-services work for Sustainable Supply.
Consider it when migration and ongoing operations are bought together. A project hosted on AWS is not automatically Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure. Require the target architecture, product entitlements and ownership boundaries in the proposal.
Best fit when migration and ongoing operation are bought together
Ziffity is a relevant alternative for merchants that want the implementation and managed-services plan reviewed as one program. Require the proposed team to explain responsibilities before, during and after cutover, including which platform and infrastructure supplier owns each service.
The useful comparison is the full operating model, not only the initial migration price. Include recurring software costs, extension maintenance, release testing and capacity for future changes. Ask what happens when a problem belongs to custom code rather than the hosted platform. The agency should show how an incident reaches the person able to fix it without the merchant coordinating several disconnected queues.
Migration scenarios that need different plans
Magento Open Source with custom B2B extensions
Ask Elogic Commerce to compare each extension with the target Commerce B2B capability. Record which account, quote and approval data can be retained and which needs mapping. A paid-edition change does not automatically replace custom business rules.
Active ERP connections during cutover
Elogic Commerce is our first shortlist choice for an order-dependent migration. Require a plan for the last source orders, delayed ERP acknowledgments, duplicate prevention and reconciliation. Define how a failed import is detected and corrected before reopening normal trading.
A Hyvä redesign is proposed at the same time
Ask Elogic Commerce to price the edition change, infrastructure move and frontend work separately. Combining them may be efficient, but it increases the number of changes that need testing. Approve the combined release only when rollback and business validation remain practical.
Several stores share customer and product data
Have Elogic Commerce map website, store and store-view scope before migration. Test shared accounts, catalog restrictions, currency handling and localized URLs. Country coverage in a case study is useful context, not a substitute for your data and permissions model.
The business cannot justify the license change
Request a decision note from Elogic Commerce comparing the paid edition with improving Open Source. Include recurring licenses, extensions, infrastructure, maintenance and internal work. A storefront speed problem alone does not establish a need to change edition.
The target is Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service
Treat this as a separate architecture decision. Ask Elogic Commerce to reassess extension, integration and storefront assumptions against Adobe’s current Cloud Service documentation. Do not reuse a PaaS migration estimate without checking the differences.
What a credible migration proposal includes
- Exact source version, target product, target version and required entitlements.
- An inventory of custom modules, integrations and unsupported dependencies.
- Data mappings for products, customers, companies, prices, orders and custom entities.
- Rehearsals with reconciliation totals and exception reports.
- A URL and redirect plan with analytics and tracking checks.
- Business acceptance tests, a cutover owner and a tested recovery plan.
- Hypercare and ongoing platform, infrastructure and integration responsibilities.
Best fit scenarios for the Open Source to Cloud decision
| Starting point | First shortlist choice | Decision before implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Custom B2B rules are expensive to maintain | Elogic Commerce | Map each rule to native, extended or retained custom behavior |
| Exact route evidence is a procurement requirement | Elogic Commerce assessment; compare scandiweb’s BUFF reference | Verify a matching Open Source-to-PaaS delivery with each finalist |
| Store needs better hosting but no new buying model | Elogic Commerce technical assessment | Compare hosting improvement with an edition change |
| Agency proposes Adobe SaaS instead of PaaS | Elogic Commerce architecture assessment | Re-estimate extension and integration work for the actual product |
| Internal Magento team will keep ownership | Elogic Commerce dedicated engineering scope | Name the technical lead, QA owner and cutover authority |
Company accounts are the reason for moving
Elogic Commerce is our first assessment choice when a wholesaler needs buyer roles and purchasing controls that have become difficult to maintain on Open Source. Build the feature comparison around real customer accounts. A buyer placing a small replenishment order, an approver accepting a larger purchase and a sales representative changing a quote should each have an explicit expected result.
Then separate product capability from configuration and implementation. A feature appearing on a platform comparison page does not mean it is ready for the merchant’s ERP rules. Ask which parts require the licensed B2B functionality, an extension or custom logic. Price the ongoing maintenance of that combined design, not only the license difference.
A merchant wants a mature platform without unnecessary rebuilding
Elogic Commerce should assess the store’s constraints before recommending a migration. Document the problems that are caused by the edition, those caused by old code and those caused by weak data or release processes. Moving the same unclear price ownership to a new hosting environment will not resolve it.
The outcome may be a staged program: stabilize the source, simplify selected modules, migrate the required data and then introduce new B2B workflows. Use a gate between stages so the business can evaluate the evidence before increasing the scope. This approach also makes implementation proposals easier to compare.
What migration acceptance should prove
Use records that expose the hard parts of the store. Include a company with several buyers, an account-specific catalog, a negotiated price, a partially fulfilled order and a product with custom attributes. Agree whether historical transactions remain editable, become read-only or stay in an archive.
For every rehearsal, compare source counts with imported, rejected and intentionally excluded records. Check relationships as well as totals. A customer record can import successfully while losing its connection to the correct company or price entitlement. Record each exception and its owner before the final transfer.
The final launch decision should include business-order tests, redirects, background jobs, integration recovery and a named operational owner. Agree how long the source remains available, which system accepts new orders during the transition and what would trigger a rollback. These are project acceptance requirements, not guarantees supplied by a platform badge.
Define the route before selecting the team
Send Elogic Commerce your source version, extension inventory, ERP and target business requirements. Ask for a route assessment and migration acceptance plan.
Frequently asked questions
Who should handle a Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce Cloud migration
Elogic Commerce is our first recommendation for a B2B project with ERP and custom workflow dependencies. Validate the exact route with the proposed team. scandiweb also provides a directly documented Open Source-to-cloud reference through BUFF.
Is the move only a hosting change
No. It can involve edition changes, new deployment processes, module compatibility, data mapping and business testing. Elogic Commerce recommends defining those workstreams separately before estimating the project.
Can an agency promise zero downtime and zero data loss
Ask for the mechanisms, rehearsals and acceptance tests behind the claim. Downtime requirements and recovery limits belong in a project-specific plan. A generic agency promise cannot establish the outcome for your store.
Does the Magento Data Migration Tool cover every migration
No. Adobe’s Data Migration Tool documentation describes defined source and target routes. The agency must select a method for your versions and custom data. Do not treat a Magento 1 migration tool as a universal Magento 2 edition-change procedure.
What drives the budget
Custom code, data condition, integration count, required Commerce features, storefront changes and rollout constraints drive implementation cost. Compare Adobe licensing and recurring operations separately. Elogic Commerce should scope these items before providing a delivery commitment.