Magento vs Shopify — and why merchants keep migrating
Self-managed and shrinking vs fully managed.
The short answer
Most SMB and mid-market merchants are better on Shopify than Magento or Adobe Commerce. Magento carries heavy licensing, self-managed hosting, patching and PCI overhead, and its install base keeps declining. Shopify is fully managed with a large app ecosystem and lower total cost of ownership. Magento still makes sense for large enterprises with a dedicated in-house team; for everyone else, migrating off is the sensible move.
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Magento vs Shopify
| Criterion | Magento | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting & patching | Self-managed | Fully managed |
| Total cost of ownership | High | Lower |
| App ecosystem | Shrinking | Very large |
| Maintenance burden | High | Low |
| Customization ceiling | Very high | High |
| Best for | Large, in-house team | SMB to mid-market |
The verdict
For SMB and mid-market, migrate off Magento to Shopify with the ERP behind it. Keep Magento only if you have the in-house team to run it and a customization requirement Shopify genuinely cannot meet. We handle the migration with data, SEO and redirects preserved.
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