Total cost of ownership
License, hosting, specialized talent, and extension maintenance compound. For many merchants the bill grows faster than the product roadmap.
Magento 2 & Adobe Commerce migration
Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce to a modern framework using Medusa.js or Vendure
Exit aging Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce when license cost, extension fragility, or release velocity is blocking growth. We migrate catalogs, customers, orders, and integrations onto Medusa.js or Vendure—with phased cutover options, a Next.js storefront, and SEO treated as engineering work.
Magento 2 / Adobe CommerceMedusa.js or Vendure
What is a Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce to Medusa.js or Vendure migration?
A Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce migration to Medusa.js or Vendure is a full commerce replatform off the Adobe/Magento monolith onto a modern, API-first Node.js engine. You keep the business rules that still matter—catalog shape, pricing, B2B constraints, integrations—and leave the upgrade theater, extension conflicts, and storefront limits behind. The storefront is typically rebuilt in Next.js; editorial content often moves to Sanity CMS, Contentful, or headless WordPress. It is not a theme swap on Magento, and not a blind export of every module “as-is.”
Why teams leave Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce
Extension and upgrade risk
Custom modules and marketplace extensions make patch days and major upgrades multi-week projects—or perpetual freezes that accumulate security debt.
Release velocity
Product teams want TypeScript, React, and composable services. Fighting Magento’s monolith to ship a storefront change slows everyone.
Headless done on purpose
GraphQL-on-Magento headless can work, but when the goal is a cleaner commerce core—not a permanent dual stack—Medusa.js or Vendure is the cleaner exit.
What makes Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce migrations hard
Module inventory reality
Live stores run dozens of custom and third-party modules. We inventory with module:status-style audits and map each capability to keep, replace, or drop.
Checkout and pricing logic
Custom checkout steps, quote rules, and promotions rarely port 1:1. Behavior is reverse-engineered and rebuilt as testable commerce logic on the target engine.
Multi-store and website scope
Magento multi-website, store, and store-view setups need explicit mapping to Medusa/Vendure channels, regions, and storefronts—or a deliberate simplification.
B2B and company accounts
Company structures, shared catalogs, negotiated pricing, and approval workflows need domain modeling—not a flat customer import.
Integration surface area
ERP, PIM, OMS, tax, shipping, and payment adapters often assume Magento entities and events. Adapters are redesigned against the new APIs with parity tests.
Phased vs big-bang cutover
High-revenue stores rarely flip a switch. We design storefront-first or catalog-first phases so Magento can stay live until the new engine owns cart and checkout.
What we migrate off Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce
Scope is fixed after audit. Typical Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce → Medusa.js or Vendure projects cover the following—adjusted for B2B, multi-store, and integration depth.
| Area | What moves |
|---|---|
| Catalog | Products, variants, configurable patterns, categories, attributes, inventory, media, and multi-store catalog differences |
| Customers & B2B | Accounts, addresses, groups/segments, and company/shared-catalog patterns where they still matter on the new platform |
| Orders | Historical orders and statuses for support, reporting, and account history where the target model supports it |
| Pricing & promos | Catalog rules, cart rules, and coupons rebuilt as intentional commerce logic—not unmaintainable Magento rule soup |
| Integrations | ERP, PIM, OMS, payments, tax, shipping, email, and analytics reconnected with queues, errors, and observability |
| SEO & content | URL maps, 301s, metadata, sitemaps; CMS and marketing pages often to Sanity, Contentful, or headless WordPress |
| Storefront | Next.js storefront against Medusa or Vendure APIs—performance, accessibility, and conversion as engineering requirements |
| Cutover | Phased or big-bang launch plans, dual-run options, freeze windows, rollback, and hypercare |
How a Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce migration runs
The sequence starts with an honest stay-vs-exit decision, then architecture, ETL, parity, and cutover—with Magento-specific module and multi-store discovery baked in.
- 01
Audit & stay-vs-exit
Code, modules, hosting, integrations, catalog shape, B2B rules, and SEO surface. Confirm Medusa.js or Vendure is the right move versus staying on Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce with a rescue engagement.
- 02
Target architecture
Choose Medusa.js or Vendure, define storefront and CMS boundaries, map Magento entities to the new domain model, and pick phased vs big-bang cutover with success metrics.
- 03
Build & ETL pipelines
Stand up the commerce engine, import catalog/customers/orders, rebuild critical integrations, and ship the Next.js storefront. Rehearse migrations on staging with production-like Magento exports.
- 04
Parity QA
Compare products, carts, tax/shipping, account flows, and edge SKUs against Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce behavior. Validate redirects and metadata for SEO-critical URLs.
- 05
Cutover & decommission
Execute the launch plan, monitor orders and errors, support operators, then retire Magento when the new system owns revenue—not when the theme looks finished.
Choosing Medusa.js or Vendure from Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce
Both are open-source, API-first commerce engines. From Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce, either can be the landing zone; fit depends on catalog complexity, team skills, and how you want to customize after exit.
Medusa.js
Modular commerce with a strong TypeScript/React ecosystem and flexible storefronts—commonly Next.js. Often chosen for Magento exits that want composable modules and fast product iteration.
- Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce exit with modular rebuild
- Next.js + Sanity or Contentful storefronts
- Teams standardized on React/TypeScript delivery
Vendure
TypeScript-native, GraphQL-first framework with structured admin workflows. Strong when domain modeling, admin UX, and long-term maintainability matter as much as storefront freedom.
- Complex catalog and custom order domain models
- GraphQL-first architecture preference
- Clear separation of commerce admin vs marketing CMS
SEO cutover from Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce URLs
Magento stores often carry years of indexed product, category, and CMS URLs—plus multi-store path patterns. A migration that works at checkout but loses rankings is still a failed migration. SEO is planned with the data and route map.
- Full crawl of Magento product, category, CMS, and critical custom routes before freeze
- 1:1 or intentional 301 maps across websites/stores where paths differ
- Titles, meta, canonicals, and hreflang strategy when multi-locale is in scope
- Sitemaps and product structured data on the new storefront
- Core Web Vitals and indexation checks in staging and hypercare
- Search Console monitoring through cutover and the weeks after
Magento 2 & Adobe Commerce migration FAQ
Can you migrate Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce to Medusa.js or Vendure?+
Yes. Magento 2 and Adobe Commerce exits to Medusa.js or Vendure are a core specialty. We inventory modules and extensions, map checkout and catalog logic, migrate catalog/customers/orders, and often phase storefront first so revenue stays stable during cutover.
Should we stay on Magento / Adobe Commerce instead?+
Sometimes. If license economics still work and the main problem is custom debt or a weak partner, a Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce rescue may be smarter than a replatform. We say so after audit—not from a default “leave Magento” pitch.
What happens to Magento extensions and Adobe Commerce modules?+
They do not transfer. We inventory business value, drop dead weight, and rebuild must-have behavior as Medusa modules, Vendure plugins, storefront logic, or SaaS integrations. Rebuilding every dusty module is how migrations explode in cost.
Can we run Magento and the new platform in parallel?+
Yes. Common patterns include a new Next.js storefront against Magento GraphQL first, then moving catalog and checkout to Medusa.js or Vendure, then decommissioning Magento. Dual-run windows are designed around order ownership and inventory truth.
Do multi-store and B2B Magento setups migrate?+
Yes, with explicit modeling. Multi-website catalogs, shared catalogs, company accounts, and negotiated pricing need design choices on the target platform—not a single flat product dump.
How long does a Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce exit take?+
Timelines depend on module count, catalog size, B2B rules, integrations, and whether you phase. A focused catalog with standard payments is faster than multi-store B2B with heavy ERP coupling. Estimates follow audit of your real module list.
Ready to plan a Magento 2 or Adobe Commerce exit that actually finishes?
Share platform edition (Open Source or Adobe Commerce), rough module list, catalog size, and critical integrations. We will push back with the hard scope questions first.
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