Ranked as a Leader within Digital Commerce for 9 consecutive years (2025), known for its appeal for both B2C and B2B companies and versatile feature-rich solution based on Open Source, Adobe Commerce is built for Leaders within Ecommerce
Adobe, one of the world's largest software companies, acquired the ecommerce platform Magento in 2018. Today there are two variants of the popular platform: Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce Cloud.
Both Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce Cloud can be used as the commerce engine in a Headless Commerce strategy based on modern MACH architecture.
Built for leaders in digital commerce
This is the ecommerce platform for companies running a large, established business or a mid-sized company in strong growth. Adobe Commerce knows no limits when it comes to scalability and can among other things claim to be the most widely used ecommerce platform among the 1,000 largest retailers in North America (IR Top 1000).
One of the truly defining success factors has been its versatility. The technology is used across 20+ industries, by companies with global ambitions, businesses running multiple online stores, and for those who no longer want to choose between a B2C or B2B platform. Adobe Commerce handles both.
You can purchase Adobe Commerce as a cloud service where hosting on either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure is included in the license, along with a range of services for higher speed, stability, and security. The result is a highly scalable solution proven to handle several million products (SKUs), thousands of simultaneous users, and digital revenue exceeding $1bn per year.
Adobe Commerce offers a broader range of functionality and a higher degree of innovative solutions than its sibling Magento Open Source. You can use the personalization service Adobe Sensei, which uses machine learning to create unique buying experiences, integrated AI search, Page Builder CMS for content production, campaign management, BI tools for cross-channel data analysis, and the best B2B functionality on the market as standard, to name a few.
Why are so many choosing Adobe Commerce?
Market leader
When you achieve a position as the leading ecommerce platform globally for larger companies, are named the best solution year after year by respected publications, and serve as one of the most important platforms for so many other ecommerce technologies (such as payments), it naturally builds even more momentum. In other words, the industry's answer to the old saying "nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM."
Flexibility
The platform is based on open source, giving you the ability to develop and tailor the solution exactly as you want.
To be competitive in digital commerce you need to meet customer expectations, and their attitude is simple: "if others can do it, so can you." In other words, they expect the same from you as from Zalando.
Since Adobe Commerce is based on open source and is API-driven, you have the flexibility needed to meet those expectations, regardless of what your competitors do.
Feature-rich
Adobe Commerce gives you access to a broad range of innovative features across all facets of modern digital commerce.
From store-specific features like a user-friendly CMS, AI search, and the personalization service Adobe Sensei using machine learning to create unique buying experiences, to a more holistic approach to digital commerce as we know it today. This makes it easier to execute an omnichannel strategy with multi-warehouse support, BOPIS, and a focus on loyalty and customer clubs. Start selling in new channels like Amazon and Google if you want, or consider B2B functionality that lets your sales team manage the entire sales process digitally, from quote to order.
Development pace
Having Adobe, one of the world's largest software companies, as owners is a major advantage, but not unique. Several competing platforms have solid owners who invest heavily in innovation and development just as Adobe does.
What makes Adobe Commerce unique is the combination of Adobe's ownership and the fact that the platform represents the world's largest ecommerce ecosystem.
With more than 360,000 developers globally, 1,100+ partners like PearlConvert, and 5,400+ extensions available on the Magento Marketplace from third parties (think app store), the development pace and available expertise are truly in a league of their own.
Future-proof
The advantage of an open source solution is the flexibility it gives you. Being API-based makes it simple for third parties to connect their services with Adobe Commerce. Combining these technological advantages gives you an ecommerce platform that is not only competitive today, but will also lead development in the future.
Independent of market or industry For companies with an international presence, multiple online stores, and a focus on both B2C and B2B, Magento is an excellent choice because you can manage all countries, concepts, or markets from the same platform.
The next major wave of change in digital commerce is happening in B2B, and with Adobe Commerce you get award-winning and innovative B2B functionality as standard.
Scalability
You can purchase Adobe Commerce as a cloud service where hosting on either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure is included in the license, along with a range of services for higher speed, stability, and security. The result is a highly scalable solution proven to handle several million products (SKUs), thousands of simultaneous users, and digital revenue exceeding $1bn per year.
Local roots
There are many competitive ecommerce platforms on the market, but far fewer with a local and broadly established presence in Norway. The fact that several of Norway's leading digital commerce agencies have chosen Magento as their preferred platform and built expertise in it over 10+ years makes a significant difference for many when evaluating options in the market.
TCO
Compared to several competing platforms for larger companies, Adobe Commerce delivers faster time to market, a lower initial investment, and lower cost over time.
Risk
All reputable ecommerce platforms have their strengths. It would be naive to claim that Magento is the best in every single aspect of digital commerce. For many, we believe it comes down to the totality of the choice and the opportunity to reduce potential risk, which is why so many choose Adobe Commerce.
The advantage lies in knowledge
Two companies that choose the same ecommerce platform but work with different agencies can achieve vastly different results. Many forget that technology itself does not create results. People and knowledge do.
Pearl is one of the first agencies in Norway to start development on Adobe Commerce, we are one of only two Adobe Gold Partners in the country, and the partner that has worked on the most Adobe Commerce projects. Read more about our customers here.
"Pearl is a major player in delivering highly successful eCommerce projects on Adobe Commerce Cloud in the Norwegian market. Our strategic partnership has time and time again proven valuable to our joint customers as Pearl deliver cutting edge, high value projects with fast time to market on our platform."
Erik Bergelin, Sales Director, Nordics & Benelux, Adobe Commerce
In short, Adobe Commerce Cloud gives you
- Market-leading ecommerce platform
- High development pace
- Access to the world's largest ecommerce ecosystem
- Open source gives you full freedom to tailor the solution
- Full control over UX
- Award-winning B2B functionality
- API that lets you integrate with whoever you choose
- No lock-in, with the ability to switch agencies
- Scalability
- Future-proof
- Lower TCO
