Comparison · updated August 2026

Magento alternative: from maintenance burden to platform

Magento can do almost anything — if you have an agency, a hosting partner and an upgrade budget. With Neuramerce that work is part of the subscription: hosting, updates and security are our responsibility, and you make changes yourself instead of through a sprint.

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TL;DR — which one is for whom?

ChooseMagento

if your setup is genuinely unique: complex B2B pricing structures, custom business logic, integrations with an ERP that won't budge. With a good agency and a maintenance budget you can build almost anything in Magento — no hosted platform offers that freedom.

Choose

if the maintenance costs you more than the capabilities deliver: hosting, upgrades, security patches and an agency hourly rate for every change. You trade in custom development, and get a platform where you make changes yourself.

The full comparison

Magento compared on what you get out of the box — without extensions and without agency hours. Watch the last category: that's where the real difference sits, not in the feature list.

Feature	Neuramerce	Magento
Shop & content
Webshop with product management and checkout⁠	Native	Native
Complex B2B pricing and customer groups	B2B portal	Strong point
Unlimited customisation of cart and checkout	Within the platform	Everything buildable
Multiple shops or brands from one environment⁠	Yes	Multistore
PIM: attribute sets, EAN management, bills of materials⁠	Built in	Attributes, not a PIM
Premium review collection with invitations and A/B tests⁠	Built in	Via extension
Multilingual shop and content⁠	Built in	Store views
Inventory & orders
Inventory across multiple locations or warehouses⁠	Built in	MSI, setup required
Purchase orders and supplier management⁠	Built in	Via ERP or extension
Returns handling with customer portal	Built in	Basic (RMA) or extension
Point of sale (POS) with card terminal	Built in	Via extension
Customer service & AI
Shared inbox for email, chat and social⁠	Built in	Separate package
AI chatbot that knows order status and inventory⁠	Yes	Separate package
CRM with customer history next to the conversation⁠	Built in	Separate package
SEO & marketing
SEO scores, meta management and internal links⁠	Built in	Basics or extension
Ad management for Meta, Google and TikTok⁠	Built in	Separate package
Plan and publish social media⁠	Built in	Separate package
Email marketing and newsletters	Built in	Basics or separate package
AI discoverability: llms.txt and product feed for AI bots⁠	Built in	Not in core
Admin & costs
Hosting, updates and security included	Included	Yourself or via agency
Installing security patches	We do it	Your responsibility
Major version upgrades	Part of the subscription	A project with its own budget
Making changes without a developer	Yourself, in the editor	Usually via an agency
Support from a single party	Yes	Via your agency
Modify the source code yourself (open source)	No	Yes

Comparison of the core products based on public information, August 2026. Magento and Adobe Commerce are trademarks of Adobe Inc.; we are not affiliated. Spotted something that isn't right? Let us know

What does your Magento shop really cost?

With Magento the money isn't in licences but in hours and infrastructure. Add up hosting, maintenance, extensions and the upgrades that come back every two years.

Hosting, CDN, monitoring and backups (€/month)€ 400Maintenance contract or agency retainer (€/month)€ 1.500Extension licences and renewals (€/year)€ 2.500Version upgrades and security work (€/year)€ 8.000Separate tools: inbox, mailing, reviews, social (€/month)€ 150

Estimated saving per year

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You currently pay € 35.100/year at Magento

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Indicative, excl. VAT. The defaults reflect an average mid-sized Dutch Magento shop — enter your own numbers, because the spread is wide.

Why shops switch from Magento

Rarely about functionality. Almost always about what it costs to keep it running.

Upgrades have become projects

Every major version means re-testing, getting extensions to follow along, and a tense weekend. With us an update is something that happens overnight without you noticing.

The bill isn't the licence

Hosting, monitoring, retainer, extensions and security work add up, for a mid-sized shop, to a multiple of the package itself.

Nothing happens without your agency

Changing a text, adding a filter, moving a block — currently a ticket, soon something you do yourself in the editor.

Security is no longer your problem

With Magento, installing patches and tracking vulnerabilities is on you. We take over that responsibility.

Fewer separate systems

Inventory, returns, inbox, marketing and reviews are built into the platform instead of living in extensions and external packages.

Predictable costs

A fixed rate instead of a year that turns out more expensive whenever something breaks or goes out of date.

Switch in 4 steps

In a Magento migration, the inventory-taking is the real work. So that's where we start.

Taking stock
We go through your extensions, custom work and integrations and sort them into three piles: built into the platform, can be connected, or dropped. That list determines whether switching is sensible at all.
Data and integrations
Products, attributes, customers, order history and content across; ERP and fulfilment integrations rebuilt and tested alongside your existing shop.
Trial run
The new shop is ready on a test address. You and your team work in it for a while before anything switches over.
Live, and goodbye to the maintenance
Switch over with redirects to protect your visibility. After that: no hosting bill, no retainer and no upgrade planning.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about switching from Magento.

01Is Neuramerce a good alternative to Magento?

If the maintenance costs you more than the custom work delivers, yes. Magento can do almost anything, but you pay for it in hosting, upgrades, security work and agency hours. Neuramerce delivers all of that as part of the subscription, with less room for custom development.

02What happens to my custom work and extensions?

That's the first step of the stocktake: which custom work is already in the platform, what can we connect, and what gets dropped. If too much lands in that last pile, switching isn't a good idea — and we'll simply say so.

03I have an ERP integration. Will it keep working?

We set it up again and test it alongside your existing shop before anything switches over. Which ERP it is determines how much work that takes; that comes up in the intake.

04My B2B pricing structure is complex. Can you handle it?

Our B2B portal handles customer groups, volume tiers and custom price agreements. It doesn't go as far as what you can build in Magento — present your setup in the intake and we'll tell you upfront whether it fits.

05Will I lose my Google rankings?

Not if the migration is done properly. We keep your URL structure where possible and set redirects for everything that changes, including your meta titles and descriptions.

06How long does such a migration take?

Longer than with a hosted package, because the stocktake and the integrations are the real work. You'll get a realistic estimate after the intake, not a standard timeline.

07When am I better off staying with Magento?

If your business logic is genuinely unique and you have an agency that maintains your shop well. No hosted platform gives you that freedom back — including us.

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