Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source share the same Magento core. They also produce very different three-year cost structures, very different operating burdens on your team, and very different B2B feature sets out of the box. The choice between them is rarely about features. It is about who runs the platform day to day, how complex your B2B requirements are, and whether your annual GMV justifies the license.

The scandiweb Adobe Commerce team has run Magento (Adobe Commerce) projects since 2003 and is an Adobe Gold Solution Partner with 894+ certifications across 600+ Magento experts. We have shipped 2,100+ eCommerce projects on both editions for clients including the New York Times, Reuters, JYSK, PUMA, BUFF, Airthings, Macron, and Läderach. This guide is the framework we walk those clients through.

Overview

• Adobe Commerce is the paid enterprise edition of the Magento eCommerce platform with built-in B2B features, AI personalization via Adobe Sensei, managed cloud hosting on AWS, dedicated 24/7 support, and a 99.99% SLA. Magento Open Source is the free, self-hosted edition. Both share the same core platform.
• Adobe Commerce 2026 published license tiers run from approximately $22,000/year on-prem for $1–5 million GMV up to $125,000+/year for $25M+ GMV, the Cloud edition runs roughly 1.8 to 2.2× the on-prem license (mgt-commerce 2026 pricing analysis). Total cost of ownership including hosting, development, extensions, and maintenance typically runs 2 to 3× the license fee – realistic annual all-in costs of $122,000 to $450,000+.
• Magento (Adobe Commerce) holds approximately 8% of the global eCommerce platform market in 2026, with 162,787 live websites and roughly $173 billion in annual GMV across the installed base (Meetanshi 2026, BuiltWith trends). Concentration is at the upper traffic tiers – roughly 9% of the top 1 million sites and 7% of the top 10,000.

What is the difference between Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source?

Adobe Commerce is the paid enterprise edition of the Magento eCommerce platform, bundling B2B features, AI-driven personalization via Adobe Sensei, managed cloud hosting on AWS, 24/7 support, and a 99.99% SLA. Magento Open Source is the free, self-hosted edition of the same core platform. Both run on the same PHP architecture, Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, MySQL or MariaDB. Adobe Commerce adds enterprise capability and a service contract on top.

The shorthand most eCommerce founders need: same platform, different operating model. Open Source gives you the engine. Adobe Commerce gives you the engine plus the service contract.

Adobe acquired Magento in 2018 and renamed Magento Commerce to Adobe Commerce in 2021. Magento Open Source kept its name. The two share a near-identical core today, and Adobe periodically merges Adobe Commerce features back into Open Source – though premium B2B features and Adobe Sensei AI stay paid-tier.

Adobe Commerce vs Magento Open Source: 2026 feature comparison

Both editions share the same core platform. The differences cluster in four areas: B2B functionality, AI and personalization, hosting and scalability, and support.

The single most important row for most decisions is Best for. Everything else is a derivative.

Magento Open Source

Magento Open Source is a self-hosted platform that lets you build an online store with the full Magento commerce core: catalog management, integrated checkout / payment / shipping, instant purchase, mobile-optimized shopping, global selling, WYSIWYG Page Builder, and access to extensions via Adobe Commerce (Magento) Marketplace.

Being open source, the platform is free to use and has a very active community that develops it. A global community of developers works together to respond to use cases and business needs, enabling an eCommerce ecosystem that powers approximately 162,787 live websites worldwide in 2026.

Setup and installation

The first step to installing Magento Open Source is setting up your server and hosting. Any hosting service works as long as the server meets the Magento system requirements. Once you create a database on your host, you proceed to install Magento and start configuring your store.

You can use the default Magento theme or customize it. Purchasing a third-party theme – including modern Hyvä themes for the storefront frontend – speeds up the setup, building a theme from scratch is also a valid path. Read our take on Hyvä going open source for the most-deployed 2026 starting point.

Associated costs

While the platform itself is free, running Magento Open Source carries real costs: hosting ($400 to $3,000+/month on dedicated infrastructure), premium extensions ($500 to $5,000+/year combined), security and PCI compliance work, and a development retainer (20 to 60 hours/month minimum even at steady state).

Many free extensions are available on Adobe Commerce (Magento) Marketplace, a welcome benefit if you want to add functionality without additional investment. Most companies, however, pay for premium extensions to get more features, better functionality, regular updates, and reliable support. Extensions are commonly bought to extend payment processing, content management, customer support, marketing, site security, and performance optimization.

Mobile commerce

Magento Open Source has strong features for mobile commerce: mobile-friendly checkout, mobile-optimized shopping support, and themes built on responsive web design. Then there is PWA (Progressive Web App) – a web application that gives you both an eCommerce website and an app-like mobile experience from the same codebase.

Worth mentioning here is ScandiPWA, scandiweb’s open-source Magento PWA theme used by 500+ leading brands including Adidas, Levi’s, Shure, PUMA, Monin, and BUFF. Without requiring middleware, ScandiPWA supports 350+ Magento features and conventional extensions available on the Marketplace. With readymage – the first PWA-focused hosting for Adobe Commerce and Magento 2 – you can spin up development and production environments in under 15 minutes.

Maintenance

Maintaining a Magento Open Source store falls on you if you have an internal team. Or you can hire a third-party Magento development agency to take care of site maintenance. Either way, Magento Open Source receives regular core updates and security patches, so your team or agency needs to keep pace with the release cadence. The Magento Community is available for help, but it is not a substitute for a dedicated support contract.

Scalability

Magento Open Source has all the basic functionality to run a successful eCommerce store, but scalability is a real constraint. If your business is growing fast – particularly across multiple stores, regions, or aggressive promotional traffic spikes – you can outgrow self-hosted Open Source. The platform supports a single database system, which means your site can slow down under multi-store load without significant infrastructure investment. This is the most common reason Open Source customers eventually move to Adobe Commerce Cloud.

Adobe Commerce

Adobe Commerce is an eCommerce solution that has all the features available to Magento Open Source plus:

• Advanced marketing tools
• Native B2B functionality (company accounts, custom catalogs, contract pricing, quote management)
• Customer loyalty tools
• Live Search (AI semantic search)
• Business intelligence dashboards (Adobe Commerce Intelligence)
• Visual merchandising
• Customer segmentation
• Gift cards

The following Page Builder functionalities are only available to Adobe Commerce:

• Content staging and preview
• Dynamic blocks
• Native integration with product recommendations

Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure is a fully managed platform that bundles cloud onboarding support, performance monitoring tools, enhanced security via Fastly WAF and DDoS services, cloud availability SLA up to 99.99%, streamlined updates and testing, a Customer Success Manager, technical support, and global availability.

Adobe Experience Cloud

Adobe Commerce is offered as part of Adobe Experience Cloud, a collection of solutions designed to help businesses make informed decisions and deliver enhanced customer experiences based on insights and data.

Adobe Experience Cloud products include applications and services covering content and commerce, data and audiences, customer journeys, marketing workflow, and digital enrollment. Adobe Commerce is the layer where the commerce experience is unified across channels. It has integrations with Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, and Adobe Target. Through Adobe Commerce, merchants gain access to Adobe’s business intelligence services and the machine-learning and personalization capabilities powered by Adobe Sensei.

Cloud infrastructure

Adobe Commerce Cloud is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) hosted on AWS, with Fastly CDN, WAF, and DDoS protection bundled, New Relic application monitoring, automated patching with merchant-controlled QA windows, and a 99.99% uptime SLA. It is the operating model most enterprise retailers move to once they outgrow the in-house DevOps, hosting, and security stack.

The bundled services that matter for most enterprise decisions:

• Fastly CDN with image optimization and edge caching, origin cloaking included
• Web Application Firewall with managed rules for OWASP top 10
• DDoS protection at the Fastly edge
• PCI Level 1 infrastructure certification
• Auto-scaling for traffic spikes (Black Friday, product launches) – pay for what you provision but with elastic ceiling
• Performance dashboards via New Relic with full APM coverage
• Streamlined updates – Adobe applies platform patches, you control the QA and deploy window
• Adobe Commerce Cloud SLA – 99.99% with credits for missed availability

The main reasons eCommerce companies choose Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure include decreased ongoing maintenance costs, reduced capital expenses, better time-to-market, improved scalability, and enhanced security. As a PaaS hosted on AWS, Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure lets businesses rapidly deploy secure, scalable, and customizable eCommerce stores without operating the underlying hosting stack themselves.

Security

Included in the Adobe Commerce Cloud subscription are Fastly services that keep content delivery operations secure and optimized:

• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• DDoS protection
• SSL / TLS certificates
• Origin cloaking
• Image optimization

Adobe Commerce is a pre-certified PCI Level 1 infrastructure. It also comes with integrated payment gateways that allow merchants to securely transmit credit card data, making Payment Card Industry compliance easier than reproducing the equivalent on self-hosted Open Source.

Integrated features

Page Builder lets you create content with drag-and-drop tools – add text and images wherever you need them on the page and reposition them on the fly. Existing Magento functionalities like widgets, blocks, and media gallery are still fully supported, so you can reuse content in many ways.

Inventory and order management tools maintain accurate inventory at all times. This is crucial for multi-store and multi-warehouse retailers building toward omnichannel retail – real-time product inventory visibility lets you provide consistent customer experiences across online and physical store channels.

B2B capabilities integrated with Adobe Commerce make wholesale and enterprise buying experiences as frictionless as possible: customer-specific catalogs and pricing, quick-order forms, order and quote tracking, and self-service customer portals. For B2B-heavy retailers, this is the row that justifies the license by itself – read our B2B Magento 2 migration case for the implementation pattern.

Business intelligence from Adobe Commerce comes with powerful report-creation tools and rich visualization. View customer lifetime value, retention rates, average order value, and other key metrics on a dashboard – monitor business performance without complicated reports. Insightful data about sales and customer behavior informs strategic planning and marketing-campaign decisions.

AI-powered functionality

Adobe Sensei is Adobe’s AI engine that underpins the Adobe Experience Cloud. It works with Adobe’s cloud services to bring AI and machine learning to search, product recommendations, and merchandising.

• Adobe Commerce Live Search delivers optimized results based on each user’s profile and previous behavior by combining Adobe Sensei with catalog data.
• Product recommendations powered by Adobe Sensei generate and serve “frequently bought together”, “you might also like”, and category-page personalized rails without manual rule-writing.
• Visual merchandising ranks products on category pages by performance metrics, with merchandiser override.

Adobe Target is Adobe’s solution for testing, automation, and personalization. Adobe Target lets merchants and marketers personalize and experiment with content and experiences to improve revenue, conversions, and customer outcomes across different touchpoints. Adobe Sensei powers many of Adobe Target’s most useful features, including automated personalization, auto-allocate, personalized insights reports, auto-target, and personalized recommendations.

For brands not on Adobe Commerce, the same capability is achievable via dedicated personalization tools – see our website personalization tools comparison – typically Klevu or Algolia for search plus Insider or Dynamic Yield for personalization. The integrated Adobe Commerce stack is faster to deploy, best-of-breed combinations are more flexible.

Adobe Commerce pricing in 2026

Adobe Commerce 2026 published license tiers scale by annual Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). Public ranges across multiple 2026 pricing analyses (mgt-commerce, Meetanshi, Swell, Folio3) cluster around the same tier structure. Exact contract pricing is negotiated directly with Adobe sales or through a certified Adobe Solution Partner.

Total cost of ownership typically runs 2 to 3× the license fee. With hosting, development, extensions, and maintenance included, realistic annual all-in costs land between $122,000 and $450,000+ (mgt-commerce TCO analysis).

What’s next in Adobe Commerce

Adobe continues to invest in Adobe Commerce around three vectors in 2026: composable and AI-driven architecture (reducing technical debt and enabling headless deployments), B2B feature expansion (account hierarchies, contract pricing automation), and tighter Adobe Experience Cloud integration (analytics, Target, AEM). For brands evaluating the platform’s trajectory, scandiweb’s own explainer video on the key differences between Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source – cited by Google’s AI Overview for this query in May 2026 – covers the recent platform direction:

When to choose Magento Open Source

Magento Open Source is the right choice when you have in-house development capacity (or an agency on retainer), prefer full control over hosting and architecture, and your scale does not justify the Adobe Commerce license. Most stores under ~$5M GMV with a competent dev team are best served here.

Use Magento Open Source if:

• You have in-house developers or a long-term agency partner. The platform requires regular maintenance – security patches, version upgrades, infrastructure tuning. You need someone who owns the operational side.
• You want full architectural control. Custom modules, bespoke integrations, headless storefronts – Open Source gives you the entire codebase to modify.
• Your B2B requirements are simple. If you do not need company accounts, contract pricing, multi-tier approvals, or quote management out of the box, extensions can fill most B2B gaps for less than the license-cost difference.
• You are below ~$5M GMV with a healthy growth trajectory. Pay for the platform when you outgrow it, not before.

When to choose Adobe Commerce

Adobe Commerce is the right choice when your GMV justifies the license, you have real B2B complexity, you operate in regulated industries where PCI Level 1 is required, or you want to remove infrastructure and security as ongoing concerns. Most stores above ~$10M GMV with growth or complexity drivers belong here.

Use Adobe Commerce if:

• You have meaningful B2B operations. Native company accounts, contract pricing, quote management, purchase orders, and credit limits are the strongest reason to upgrade.
• You need managed cloud and SLA. Commerce Cloud removes server management, scaling concerns, and PCI infrastructure from your team’s plate. The 99.99% SLA is real value for high-traffic retail.
• You operate in regulated industries. Pre-certified PCI Level 1 is hard to replicate self-hosted at the same cost.
• You want Adobe Sensei AI and Adobe Target personalization. Not strictly required for eCommerce success, but they meaningfully accelerate personalization for the right teams.
• You are already on Adobe Experience Cloud. If you run Adobe Analytics, Target, AEM, Audience Manager, or Marketo, the Commerce integration becomes a force multiplier.

The business value of upgrading to Adobe Commerce

A 2022 research conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC) for Adobe looked at the value organizations received from upgrading to Adobe Commerce from Magento Open Source. The study involved 11 organizations with 1 to 17,000 employees and annual revenue of $800,000 to $17 billion. The organizations had upgraded from Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce across retail / wholesale, automotive / transportation, financial services, professional services, and manufacturing.

IDC found:

• Average annual benefit of $45,000 per 10,000 transactions
• 516% ROI in three years
• +18% customer-satisfaction scores
• +18% average order values
• +15% customer-conversion rates
• 70% reduction in risk compared to Magento Open Source

Treat these numbers as directional – the sample is small and selection-biased toward successful migrations. The honest read, mirrored across the migrations scandiweb has run: organizations that migrate with a clear B2B or scale driver tend to see strong outcomes. Organizations that migrate for the brand badge without a structural need rarely realize the ROI.

A 2026-era scandiweb client comparison point: BUFF replatformed to Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure for B2B and multi-region reasons – read the BUFF replatform case for the full before / after.

Why trust this comparison?

scandiweb has run Magento and Adobe Commerce projects since 2003. We have delivered 2,100+ eCommerce projects on both editions for 700+ active clients across 30+ countries, processing $4 billion+ in client GMV every year. Named clients include the New York Times, Reuters, JYSK, PUMA, BUFF, Airthings, Macron, Läderach, and Sportland.

scandiweb is an Adobe Gold Solution Partner, Hyvä Platinum Partner, Pimcore Platinum Partner, and Google Premier Partner 2026, with 894+ Adobe Commerce and Analytics certifications across 600+ Magento experts. The team is ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 9001, and PCI DSS certified. scandiweb is also the official host of Meet Magento New York, Baltics, and Canada.

This guide is reviewed by senior engineers and project leads with hands-on experience on both editions. Where we cite numbers, we link sources. Where we do not have data, we say so.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source?

Adobe Commerce is the paid enterprise edition with built-in B2B features, AI personalization via Adobe Sensei, managed cloud hosting on AWS, dedicated 24/7 support, and a 99.99% SLA. Magento Open Source is the free, self-hosted edition of the same core platform. Both share the same Magento architecture, Adobe Commerce adds enterprise capability and a service contract on top.

Is Magento Open Source still being developed?

Yes. Adobe continues to maintain Magento Open Source with security patches and feature updates. Many Adobe Commerce features have been merged back into Open Source over time. The platform powers approximately 162,787 live websites worldwide as of 2026.

How much does Adobe Commerce cost per year?

Adobe Commerce 2026 published tiers run approximately $22,000/year on-prem at $1–5M GMV up to $125,000+/year for $25M+ GMV. The Cloud edition runs 1.8 to 2.2× the on-prem license. Exact pricing is quoted individually by Adobe or by a certified Solution Partner based on annual GMV, Average Order Value, hosting model, and contract length. Total cost of ownership typically runs 2 to 3× the license.

Can I migrate from Magento Open Source to Adobe Commerce?

Yes. Because both editions share the same core platform, migration preserves your data, code, customizations, and theme. Typical migration projects run 8 to 16 weeks depending on B2B complexity and integration depth. Technical risk is much lower than a cross-platform replatform.

Does Magento Open Source have B2B features?

Magento Open Source has basic catalog and pricing tools that can support simple B2B scenarios. Advanced B2B features – company accounts, contract pricing, quote management, purchase orders, credit limits – require third-party extensions or custom development on Open Source. Adobe Commerce includes these natively.

Is Adobe Commerce the same as Magento Commerce?

Yes. Adobe renamed Magento Commerce to Adobe Commerce in 2021. The underlying platform is the same product, now delivered as Adobe Commerce Cloud (PaaS on AWS) or Adobe Commerce on-prem.

Which is better for a small business, Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce?

For most small businesses (under ~$2M GMV) Magento Open Source plus a competent agency or developer is the right answer. The license-cost difference is significant at that scale, and the B2B and AI features rarely justify themselves until you outgrow basic catalog and store operations.

Can Adobe Commerce be self-hosted (not in the cloud)?

Yes. Adobe Commerce is offered as Adobe Commerce on-prem (self-hosted) and Adobe Commerce Cloud (Adobe-managed on AWS). Most new deployments choose the Cloud edition, on-prem is typically chosen for compliance or data-locality reasons.

What is Adobe Sensei in Adobe Commerce?

Adobe Sensei is Adobe’s AI / ML engine. In Adobe Commerce it powers Live Search (semantic, personalized search), Product Recommendations (frequently-bought-together, related products), Visual Merchandising (AI ranking of category-page products), and audience segmentation. Sensei is not available on Magento Open Source.

How long does an Adobe Commerce implementation take?

A typical greenfield Adobe Commerce Cloud build runs 3 to 6 months for a mid-complexity B2C retailer, 6 to 12 months for a complex B2B or multi-region deployment. A migration from Magento Open Source typically runs 8 to 16 weeks because data and code carry over.

About this guide

This guide is maintained by scandiweb’s Adobe Commerce team, drawing on 2,100+ live implementations since 2003, public Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source documentation, the 2022 IDC study of Adobe Commerce ROI (treated as directional), 2026 third-party pricing analyses, BuiltWith market share data, and our own benchmark data from client migrations.

Reviewed by scandiweb’s Adobe Commerce delivery lead.

Related reading from the scandiweb blog:

• Complete guide to Magento (Adobe Commerce)
• Magento eCommerce essentials
• BUFF replatform case
• B2B Magento 2 migration case
• Magento vs Shopify comparison
• commercetools vs Adobe Commerce
• Is Magento dying?
• Hyvä goes open source

Whether you are choosing between Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source for a new build, or evaluating an upgrade from Open Source, scandiweb provides full Magento consulting, custom development, Magento SEO services, and Hyvä theme development. Reach out for a platform-fit assessment – we will model the total cost of ownership for both editions against your real GMV and B2B requirements.

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You have an array of cart line items, and you need three things from it at once: a running order total, a filtered view of the products still in stock, and a clean sorted list to hand to the UI. You can reach for a for loop and a few temporary variables, and it will work. It will also bury what you actually meant under a pile of index bookkeeping that the next developer has to decode.

Array methods are how you say what you mean. map, filter, and reduce describe the transformation instead of the mechanics, and the newer ES2023 methods finally let you reorder and patch arrays without mutating the original. This guide walks through the methods you reach for daily on a real storefront, with the gotchas that cause silent bugs, and the modern additions that most older tutorials never mention.

At scandiweb, arrays run through almost everything we build: search results, cart contents, product attributes, breadcrumb trails, media galleries. The examples below come from that kind of work, not from a textbook.

Overview

• Transformation methods (map, filter, reduce) return a new array or value and leave the original untouched, which keeps data flow easy to follow.
• Search and iteration methods (forEach, find, some, every, includes) answer questions about an array without rebuilding it.
• Modern ES2023 copying methods (toSorted, toReversed, toSpliced, with) do the job of the old mutating methods without changing the source array, which matters in React and any state-driven UI.

What are array methods in JavaScript?

Array methods are built-in functions on Array.prototype that operate on the contents of an array. Most take a callback function that runs against each element, and they fall into a few groups: methods that transform an array into a new one, methods that reduce it to a single value, methods that search it, and methods that reorder or patch it.

The distinction that matters most in day-to-day code is mutation. Some methods change the array you call them on (sort, reverse, push, splice). Others leave it alone and return something new (map, filter, slice, and the ES2023 copying methods). In a UI framework that compares references to decide what to re-render, mutating shared state is a recipe for components that quietly fail to update.

Creating a new array by transforming each item

Array.prototype.map() calls a function for each value and returns an array of the results.

Return value: a new array where each element is whatever the callback returned.

import React from "react";
import "./styles.css";

const names = ["whale", "squid", "turtle", "coral", "starfish"];

export default class App extends React.PureComponent {
  // Declare the mapper function once
  renderMarineLifeItem = (name) => <p key={name}>{name}</p>;

  // Use the pre-declared mapper function here
  renderMarineLifeList = () => (
    <div>{names.map(this.renderMarineLifeItem)}</div>
  );

  render() {
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <h1>MarineLife Sample</h1>
        {this.renderMarineLifeList()}
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Using map to render a list is one of the most common patterns in React. There is a trap hiding in it, though: avoid declaring arrow functions inline in the render path.

// Avoid this
<ul>{names.map(name => <li key={name}>{name}</li>)}</ul>

The reason is the render cycle. A sample from the web usually runs a handful of times, so nobody notices. Render a list of a thousand items, and you have declared a thousand redundant functions. Declaring the mapper once, as in the first example, sidesteps that.

Keep in mind:

1. The callback you pass to map needs an explicit return, or map hands back an array full of undefined.
2. If you forget, map will not complain. It returns the array of nothing quietly, and silent bugs like that are the slow kind to track down.

MDN: Array.prototype.map()

Reducing an array to a single value

Array.prototype.reduce() combines all elements into one new value.

Return value: the single value that results from the reduction.

reduce earns its keep in state management (this is the shape behind Redux reducers) and any time the output is a different size or type than the input. Two terms travel with it: the accumulator is the value you are building up, and the reducer is the function that folds each item into it.

const superheroes = [
  { name: 'batman', type: 'fighting' },
  { name: 'superman', type: 'flying' },
  { name: 'aquaman', type: 'swimming' }
];

const getMapFromArray = (data) =>
  data.reduce((acc, item) => {
    // add object key to our object i.e. batman: { type: 'fighting' }
    acc[item.name] = { type: item.type };
    return acc;
  }, {});

getMapFromArray(superheroes);

Here reduce turns an array into a keyed object, which is a faster lookup structure when you need to find items by id.

Keep in mind:

1. Include a return statement and pass the initial value (the second argument to reduce).
2. Do not expect an array back. reduce returns one value, whatever shape you build.

MDN: Array.prototype.reduce()

Keeping only the items you want

Array.prototype.filter() returns a new array with only the items that pass a test.

Return value: a new array of the elements that returned true. If none pass, you get an empty array, not null.

A common storefront case is stripping out null and undefined before they break downstream code.

const attributes = {
  size:     { attribute_label: 'Size',  code: 1 },
  color:    { attribute_label: 'Color', code: 2 },
  material: { attribute_label: undefined, code: 3 },
  texture:  { attribute_label: null,      code: 4 }
};

const labels = Object.values(attributes)
  .filter((attribute) => attribute && attribute.attribute_label) // drop null and undefined
  .map(({ attribute_label }) => attribute_label);

// ["Size", "Color"]

Keep in mind:

1. The callback must return a boolean. With a concise arrow function the return is implicit, otherwise include it.
2. Forget the return and the callback yields undefined, which filter coerces to false, so you get a silent empty array.
3. Return a non-boolean and filter applies JavaScript‘s type-coercion rules to guess your intent. That is usually a bug, and usually a silent one.

MDN: Array.prototype.filter()

Searching an array: find, some, every, and includes

Not every question needs a new array. Sometimes you just want an answer, and these methods give you one without rebuilding anything.

• find() returns the first element that matches a test, or undefined. Use it to pull one record out of a list.
• findIndex() returns the position of that first match, or -1.
• some() returns true if at least one element passes the test. Good for “is anything in the cart out of stock?”
• every() returns true only if all elements pass. Good for “are all required fields filled?”
• includes() returns true if the array contains a given value, using a straight equality check rather than a callback.

const cart = [
  { sku: 'A-1', qty: 2, inStock: true },
  { sku: 'B-7', qty: 1, inStock: false }
];

cart.find(line => line.sku === 'B-7');      // { sku: 'B-7', qty: 1, inStock: false }
cart.some(line => !line.inStock);           // true, show a backorder notice
cart.every(line => line.qty > 0);           // true, safe to enable checkout
['A-1', 'B-7'].includes('B-7');             // true

MDN: Array.prototype.find()

Looping for side effects: forEach

Array.prototype.forEach() runs a function for each element and returns undefined.

forEach is the method to use when you want a side effect rather than a new array: logging, firing an analytics event per item, writing to something outside the array.

cart.forEach((line) => {
  trackEvent('cart_line_viewed', { sku: line.sku, qty: line.qty });
});

The thing to remember: forEach returns nothing, so you cannot chain off it, and you cannot stop it early. If you need to break out partway, use a for...of loop or some (which stops at the first true).

MDN: Array.prototype.forEach()

Reordering an array with sort

Array.prototype.sort() sorts the array according to a comparison function, in place.

Return value: the sorted array. The catch is “in place” – sort mutates the original.

// An unsorted breadcrumbs array
const breadcrumbs = [
  { category_name: "Home",          category_level: 1 },
  { category_name: "Personal Care", category_level: 3 },
  { category_name: "Health & Beauty", category_level: 2 }
];

// Sort a copy, ascending by category_level
const sortedBreadcrumbs = [...breadcrumbs].sort(
  (a, b) => a.category_level - b.category_level
);

Note the [...breadcrumbs]. Because sort mutates, the spread syntax makes a copy first so the original order survives. You do not always need to clone, but in a component reading from shared state you almost always do.

Keep in mind:

1. sort changes the original array as well as returning it, which is not ideal from a functional standpoint. Clone first if anything else reads the source.
2. By default sort compares elements as strings, so numbers sort alphabetically (10 before 2). Pass a comparison function for numeric order.
3. Default string sorting ignores Unicode and non-English alphabets. For locale-aware order use String.prototype.localeCompare():

const strings = ['č', 'é', 'A', 'b', 'Đ'];
const localeSort = [...strings].sort((a, b) =>
  a.localeCompare(b, 'en', { sensitivity: 'base' })
);

// ['A', 'b', 'č', 'Đ', 'é']

MDN: Array.prototype.sort()

Flattening nested arrays: flat and flatMap

Product data arrives nested more often than you would like: variants inside products, tags inside categories. Two methods handle that.

• flat(depth) returns a new array with sub-array elements pulled up one level by default, or as deep as you ask.
• flatMap(callback) runs map and then flattens one level, in a single pass. It is the right tool when each item expands into zero, one, or many results.

const orders = [
  { id: 1, items: ['A-1', 'A-2'] },
  { id: 2, items: ['B-7'] },
  { id: 3, items: [] }
];

// Every SKU across all orders, in one flat list
const allSkus = orders.flatMap(order => order.items);
// ['A-1', 'A-2', 'B-7']

Because an empty items array contributes nothing, flatMap also doubles as a “map and drop” when you return [] for items you want to skip.

MDN: Array.prototype.flatMap()

Reading from the end: at() and findLast()

Two newer additions make working with the end of an array readable.

• at(index) (ES2022) reads an element by index and accepts negative numbers, so arr.at(-1) is the last element without the arr[arr.length - 1] dance.
• findLast() and findLastIndex() (ES2023) are find and findIndex searching from the end, which is what you want for “the most recent order that shipped.”

const prices = [12, 40, 8, 25];
prices.at(-1);                       // 25 (last element)

const orders = [
  { id: 1, status: 'shipped' },
  { id: 2, status: 'pending' },
  { id: 3, status: 'shipped' }
];
orders.findLast(o => o.status === 'shipped'); // { id: 3, status: 'shipped' }

MDN: Array.prototype.at()

The modern copying methods: toSorted, toReversed, toSpliced, and with

This is the part most older tutorials predate. ES2023 added four methods that do the work of the mutating classics without touching the original array, which removes the [...spread] ceremony and a whole category of state bugs.

• toSorted(compareFn) is sort that returns a new sorted array.
• toReversed() is reverse that returns a new reversed array.
• toSpliced(start, deleteCount, ...items) is splice that returns a new array with the change applied.
• with(index, value) returns a new array with a single index replaced.

const prices = [12, 40, 8, 25];

const sorted   = prices.toSorted((a, b) => a - b); // [8, 12, 25, 40]
const reversed = prices.toReversed();              // [25, 8, 40, 12]
const patched  = prices.with(0, 99);               // [99, 40, 8, 25]

prices; // [12, 40, 8, 25], untouched

These are the methods to reach for in React state updates. Instead of cloning and then mutating the clone, you call one method and hand the result straight to setState. They are part of ES2023 and are supported across current browsers and Node 20 and newer (MDN), so for any project on an evergreen toolchain they are safe to use today.

Adding and removing items without mutation

For the everyday “add one” and “remove one” cases, you rarely need a method at all.

// Add to the front
const array = [1, 2, 3];
const withNew = [42, ...array];          // [42, 1, 2, 3]

// Remove by value
const cleaned = [42, 1, 2, 3].filter(item => item !== 42); // [1, 2, 3]

// Replace one index (ES2023)
const replaced = [1, 2, 3].with(1, 99);  // [1, 99, 3]

Spread for adding, filter for removing, and with for replacing all return new arrays, which keeps the original safe for anything else still reading it.

How to choose the right array method

When you are unsure which method fits, the question to ask is what you want back.

• A new array the same length, each item transformed: map.
• A shorter array, some items dropped: filter.
• A single value or object folded from many: reduce.
• One matching item or its index: find / findIndex (or findLast from the end).
• A yes/no answer: some (any) or every (all), or includes for a plain value check.
• A reordered or patched array without mutation: toSorted, toReversed, toSpliced, with.
• A side effect per item, nothing returned: forEach.

Matching the method to the return value is most of what separates code that reads clearly from code that hides its intent. If you build storefronts on a React or PWA frontend, this habit pays off every time another developer opens the file. It is the same discipline we apply across Magento React development work, and it starts with the basics covered in our website development primer.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between map and forEach?

map returns a new array of the callback’s results and is for transforming data. forEach returns undefined and is for side effects like logging or analytics. If you want a new array, use map. If you want to do something per item and keep nothing, use forEach.

Does sort mutate the original array?

Yes. Array.prototype.sort() sorts in place and returns the same array. To sort without changing the original, copy first with [...arr].sort(fn) or use the ES2023 arr.toSorted(fn), which returns a new sorted array.

What is the difference between find and filter?

find returns the first single element that passes the test, or undefined. filter returns a new array of every element that passes. Use find when one result is enough, since it stops at the first match instead of scanning the whole array.

When should I use reduce instead of map or filter?

Use reduce when the output is a different shape or size than the input, for example folding an array of objects into a single total, a keyed lookup object, or a Map. If you are producing another array of the same length, map is clearer.

Are the ES2023 array methods safe to use in production?

toSorted, toReversed, toSpliced, with, findLast, and findLastIndex are part of ES2023 and are supported in all current browsers and Node 20 and later. On an evergreen toolchain they are safe. If you must support very old runtimes, check your targets or include a polyfill.

How do I get the last element of an array?

Use array.at(-1). The at() method accepts negative indexes counting from the end, so it reads cleanly without array[array.length - 1].

Clean array code is not the point – the storefront it powers is. If your team is wrestling a React or PWA frontend into shape and the data layer keeps fighting back, our frontend development team can help you get it under control. Tell us what you are building.

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Most “best Magento PWA solution” lists still read like nothing has changed in years: a long roster of PWA vendors, a few feature bullets, and a quiet assumption that a progressive web app is automatically the right frontend. The honest picture is different. Adobe’s PWA Studio has slowed to maintenance-only, pure PWA adoption on Magento has stalled, and the fastest-growing frontend on the platform is not a PWA at all. So the real question is no longer “which PWA?” but “do you even need a PWA, or does Hyvä or headless fit better?”

This guide answers that. It compares the Magento PWA solutions that still matter, gives the honest state of each, and lays out a simple way to choose between PWA, Hyvä, and headless for your store.

Overview

• A Magento PWA solution turns your storefront into an app-like, fast-loading frontend, but it is now one of three frontend paths, not the default.
• Adobe PWA Studio is in maintenance mode, while Hyvä has become the most popular modern Magento frontend and its core theme is now free.
• The right choice depends on budget, team, and how custom your frontend needs to be, not on which solution has the longest feature list.

What is a Magento PWA solution?

A Magento PWA solution is a frontend that delivers your store as a progressive web app: an app-like experience in the browser with fast navigation, offline support, and add-to-homescreen, decoupled from Magento’s traditional theme. If you want the full definition and architecture, our guide on what Magento PWA is covers it in depth. This article is about choosing between the options, not defining them.

The short version: a PWA separates the frontend from the Magento backend and talks to it through APIs, usually GraphQL. That decoupling is the source of both the speed gains and the cost, because you are now maintaining a separate frontend application.

The honest state of Magento PWA in 2026

The PWA market on Magento has changed more than most listicles admit. Three shifts matter:

• Adobe PWA Studio is maintenance-only. Since 2024, Adobe has not actively developed PWA Studio, directing attention toward its Edge Delivery Service instead. Recent releases are bug fixes and PHP compatibility, not new features. Building a new store on PWA Studio today means building on a frontend its own vendor has stopped investing in.
• Hyvä has taken over the modern-frontend conversation. Hyvä is a lightweight server-rendered theme, not a PWA, and it has grown fast: thousands of live stores, Lighthouse scores routinely in the 90s, and Core Web Vitals it passes where the old Luma theme fails. Its core theme became free and open source as of late 2025, removing the last cost barrier.
• Headless is still real, but for a narrower set of stores. Full headless with a framework like Vue Storefront or a custom React frontend gives the most control and the highest cost. It fits large stores with the budget and engineering team to support a separate frontend codebase.

Magento PWA solutions compared

Here is the comparison most of those lists promise but never deliver. Each option is judged on what actually matters: speed, cost, maintenance, and who it fits.

The pattern is clear. PWA solutions still deliver speed, but Hyvä now reaches similar Core Web Vitals with a fraction of the cost and maintenance, which is why it has become the default recommendation for stores that do not have a specific reason to go headless.

PWA vs Hyvä vs headless: which should you choose?

The choice comes down to three questions: how much you can spend, what your team can maintain, and how custom your frontend has to be.

• Choose Hyvä if you want a fast, modern Magento store without the cost of a separate frontend application. It is the right answer for most mid-market stores and the lowest-risk path off a slow Luma theme.
• Choose a PWA (ScandiPWA or PWA Studio) if you specifically need app-like behavior such as offline browsing and add-to-homescreen, and you have the budget to maintain a decoupled frontend. Favor a ready-to-use theme like ScandiPWA over building on maintenance-only PWA Studio.
• Choose full headless commerce if you are an enterprise store with a dedicated frontend team, multiple channels, or UX requirements that a theme cannot meet, and the budget to back it.

How to choose the best Magento PWA solution

If you have decided a PWA is right for you, judge the options on these criteria rather than feature-list length:

1. Maintenance and vendor support. Is the solution actively developed? This is where PWA Studio now loses ground.
2. Magento feature parity. Does the frontend support the catalog, checkout, and extensions you actually use, or will you rebuild them?
3. Performance out of the box. What Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals scores does it deliver before custom work?
4. Total cost of ownership. Not just the build, but the ongoing cost of maintaining a decoupled frontend as Magento updates.
5. Team fit. Do you have, or can you hire, the React or Vue skills the solution needs?

Score each option against these, and the shortlist usually narrows quickly to one realistic choice for your store.

How scandiweb approaches Magento frontends

scandiweb built ScandiPWA in 2018, one of the first ready-to-use PWA themes for Magento, so we have built PWA storefronts since before most agencies offered them. That experience is exactly why our recommendation in 2026 is honest about where PWA fits and where it does not. Across more than 2,100 eCommerce projects since 2003, the frontend we now recommend most often is Hyvä, because it gives most stores the speed they were chasing with a PWA at a fraction of the cost.

We still build Magento PWA storefronts and full headless frontends where they fit, and we will tell you when they do not. The goal is the frontend that serves your store and budget, not the one with the most impressive architecture diagram. If you are weighing the options, is Magento dying is a fair related question, and the short answer is no, the platform and its frontend ecosystem are both evolving fast.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Magento PWA solution in 2026?

For most stores, the best modern frontend is Hyvä, which is technically a lightweight theme rather than a PWA but delivers the speed and Core Web Vitals most merchants wanted from a PWA, at lower cost. If you specifically need app-like PWA behavior, ScandiPWA is the strongest ready-to-use option, since Adobe PWA Studio is now maintenance-only.

Is Adobe PWA Studio still supported?

PWA Studio still exists and receives bug fixes and compatibility updates, but Adobe stopped active feature development around 2024 and has shifted focus to Edge Delivery Service. For a new build, that makes it a risky foundation compared with actively developed alternatives.

Is Hyvä a PWA?

No. Hyvä is a lightweight, server-rendered Magento theme, not a progressive web app. It does not provide offline support or add-to-homescreen the way a PWA does, but it delivers very high Core Web Vitals scores with far less cost and maintenance, which is why many stores choose it over a PWA.

Do I still need a PWA for a fast Magento store?

Not necessarily. A few years ago a PWA was the main route to a fast Magento frontend. Today a Hyvä theme reaches similar speed with much lower cost. A PWA is worth it when you specifically need app-like behavior such as offline browsing, push, or add-to-homescreen.

How much does a Magento PWA cost?

It varies widely with the approach. A ready-to-use PWA theme like ScandiPWA costs less than a full headless build, which requires a separate frontend application and an ongoing team to maintain it. Hyvä is usually the lowest total cost of ownership because it stays close to standard Magento. Budget for ongoing maintenance, not just the initial build.

Trying to decide between a PWA, Hyvä, and full headless for your Magento store? Map your frontend options with us and we will recommend the path that fits your budget, team, and roadmap, not the one with the longest spec sheet.

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If you are the developer, lead architect, or product manager evaluating whether to put a Progressive Web App in front of your Magento (Adobe Commerce) backend, the question you actually need answered is not “what is a PWA”. You already know. The question is whether the engineering investment pays back, which framework (PWA Studio, Vue Storefront, or ScandiPWA) fits your team, and what the real 2026 deployment looks like once the marketing copy is stripped out.

scandiweb has shipped Magento PWA storefronts at meaningful scale: PUMA across multiple markets, OM System on a 70-store-view multilingual estate, Macron on a 10,000+ catalog B2B operation. Here is what we have learned, written for the people who will actually maintain the codebase.

Key takeaways

• Magento PWA is not a single product. It is a category. PWA Studio is Adobe’s official framework. Vue Storefront and ScandiPWA are the two production-grade alternatives with real adoption.
• The 2026 case for PWA on Magento is strongest for B2C with heavy mobile traffic and a Lighthouse score below 70. The lift in mobile Core Web Vitals translates directly into ranking and conversion.
• Real-world cost: $30K to $70K for a templated PWA rollout. $80K to $200K+ for a custom storefront. Timeline: 3 to 4 months templated, 6 to 9 months custom.

What is a Magento PWA?

A Magento PWA is a Progressive Web App front-end that consumes the Magento (Adobe Commerce) backend via GraphQL or REST, replacing the default Luma or Hyvä storefront with an app-like experience built on React, Vue, or a similar JavaScript framework. The customer-facing surface behaves like a native app: instant page transitions, offline browsing, push notifications, add-to-home-screen, while the merchant runs the same Magento admin they already know.

Features of Magento PWA technology

The Magento PWA technical surface centers on four capabilities that move the needle in production:

• Service workers for caching, offline browsing, and push notifications. The most under-used asset in the PWA toolkit. Teams typically ship 10% of the perf wins available because they treat the service worker as a cache rather than as an application layer.
• GraphQL-first data layer that replaces the round-trip-heavy default Magento REST patterns and is the single biggest contributor to mobile time-to-interactive improvements.
• Component-based UI in React (PWA Studio, ScandiPWA) or Vue (Vue Storefront) that decouples the merchandising surface from the backend, letting front-end teams ship without coordinating with Magento devs.
• App-shell architecture that serves the chrome instantly and hydrates the dynamic content asynchronously, which is where the “app-like” perception actually comes from.

Progressive Web Apps versus native mobile apps

The PWA-vs-native decision is no longer close for most eCommerce brands. Native apps cost 3 to 5× more to build and maintain (two codebases, two store-review processes, two update cycles), and the install funnel is harder than it used to be. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency rules and Google Play’s increasing review scrutiny have raised the install cost. PWA installs are a single tap from the browser with no store gatekeeper.

The cases where native still wins: heavy offline-first workflows (field-service apps, in-store associate tools), deep native-device integration (camera, NFC, AR), and brands where the install is itself the marketing asset.

The benefits of adopting Magento PWA

Mobile UX wins that show up in revenue

The single most reliable revenue lift from a PWA migration is mobile bounce-rate improvement. On client projects we have seen mobile bounce rate drop 15 to 25 percentage points post-PWA, with the largest gains on stores with heavy product imagery and slow legacy Luma themes. Across scandiweb’s PWA work on Magento, the mobile conversion rate lift typically lands between +20% and +40% in the first 90 days post-launch.

SEO and Core Web Vitals lift

A correctly-built PWA improves all three Core Web Vitals: LCP, INP, CLS. The app-shell pattern eliminates the largest contentful paint waterfall the default Magento storefront tends to create. The ranking impact is real but not immediate. Google’s recrawl cycle on a large catalog takes 4 to 8 weeks to fully reflect the new mobile performance scores.

Streamlined frontend development

The team velocity story is the under-discussed PWA benefit. Once the front-end is React or Vue, the front-end team can hire from a much larger talent pool than Magento-PHP-frontend developers, ship feature changes without coordinating Magento deploys, and adopt modern testing/CI patterns that the Luma theme makes difficult.

Magento PWA implementation

Selecting the right PWA framework

The three production-grade Magento PWA frameworks each fit different shapes of project. The honest comparison:

PWA Studio is Adobe’s official framework, React-based, built on top of the Magento Storefront API. The strongest case for PWA Studio is teams already deep in the Adobe ecosystem who want vendor-backed support. The weakest case is mid-market teams who find the bootstrap complexity does not match the team’s size.

Vue Storefront is an open-source Vue.js storefront that connects to Magento (and to most other commerce backends, which is increasingly the point). The strongest case is teams that already have Vue capability or want platform-agnostic front-end portability.

ScandiPWA is the framework scandiweb built and open-sourced. React-based, with support for 95% of Magento native features and a much smaller team-onboarding curve than PWA Studio. The strongest case is teams that want a production-ready Magento PWA without the Adobe-ecosystem lock-in. Our ScandiPWA implementation service covers the standard rollout.

The deployment process at a glance

1. Audit the existing Magento installation: version (2.4.4+ is the practical floor for current PWA frameworks), extensions, custom code surface, and integration points.
2. Pick the framework, set up the development environment, scaffold the storefront project, and connect to the Magento GraphQL endpoint.
3. Port custom UI components and theming, integrate the search and merchandising tools, and configure the service worker caching strategy.
4. Run staged rollout, typically one market or one storefront first, with the legacy storefront still live for the rest, then promote market-by-market.

Magento PWA development cost in 2026

How much does Magento PWA cost?

Honest 2026 ranges, based on scandiweb’s project portfolio:

• Templated rollout on ScandiPWA or Vue Storefront with light theming customization: $30K to $70K, 3 to 4 month timeline.
• Custom storefront on PWA Studio or ScandiPWA with brand-specific UX and bespoke component library: $80K to $200K+, 6 to 9 month timeline.
• Enterprise multi-storefront rollout across markets/brands: $200K to $500K+, 9 to 12 month timeline.

Timeline for PWA development

The single biggest determinant of timeline is the complexity of the existing Magento installation: number of custom extensions, level of custom code in the Luma theme, and how many storefronts/markets need to migrate. Teams underestimate the extension-compatibility work. That is where the slip happens in 80% of projects.

Challenges of Magento PWA adoption

Extension compatibility

The most common production blocker. Many Magento extensions ship with PHP-rendered UI components that do not work in a PWA architecture, and the GraphQL coverage of older extensions is patchy. Plan for an extension audit before any PWA project. Typically 30 to 40% of installed extensions need replacement, custom integration, or a maintained PWA-compatible fork.

SEO migration risk

A PWA migration done without an SEO migration plan loses rankings, meaningfully. The risks are URL changes (PWAs sometimes change category and product URL patterns), schema markup gaps (the default PWA Studio templates ship without rich-snippet schema), and the prerendering decision (server-side rendering versus client-side hydration affects what Googlebot indexes). scandiweb’s published PWA migration SEO case study documented a +24% click lift on a fully prerendered ScandiPWA implementation. Teams that skipped prerendering saw the opposite.

Hosting and infrastructure

PWA storefronts need different hosting than legacy Magento. Node.js for server-side rendering, edge caching, and CDN tuning specific to GraphQL responses. ReadyMage and similar managed PWA hosts have emerged specifically to absorb this complexity. If you are also looking at the broader headless decision, our headless eCommerce solutions walk-through covers the architectural choices.

Magento PWA framework comparison

Magento PWA Studio

Adobe’s official React-based PWA framework. The official path, with the longest Adobe-supported roadmap, but the steepest bootstrap learning curve. Best fit for teams already deep in the Adobe ecosystem and able to dedicate frontend engineers full-time to the project.

Vue Storefront

Open-source Vue.js storefront with Magento integration. The strongest case is teams with existing Vue capability or those who want a frontend that can later be re-pointed to a different commerce backend without re-platforming the storefront.

ScandiPWA

ScandiPWA is the React-based PWA theme scandiweb built and maintains. 95% feature parity with Magento native, simpler onboarding than PWA Studio, GraphQL-first, and used in production on PUMA, OM System, Macron, and 80+ other eCommerce projects. Adoption is straightforward for teams that have shipped any React work before.

Should you use a Magento PWA in 2026?

Use a Magento PWA if mobile is more than 60% of your traffic, your current mobile Lighthouse score is below 70, and you have the engineering budget to run a 3 to 9 month project with a 6 to 12 month payback window. Skip the PWA if your mobile traffic is light, your Lighthouse score is already above 80, your team is small, or you are mid-replatforming to a non-Magento backend (in which case the PWA decision is downstream of the platform decision).

Summary

Magento PWA is mature in 2026 and produces real, measurable mobile lift when the project is scoped honestly. The choice of framework, PWA Studio, Vue Storefront, or ScandiPWA, is the second decision. The first is whether the business case is real. For most mid-market Magento estates with mobile-heavy traffic, the answer is yes. For everyone else, the engineering investment is better spent on Hyvä or on tuning the existing Luma theme.

About this guide

Maintained by the scandiweb PWA engineering team. We built and open-sourced ScandiPWA, ship Magento PWA projects across PWA Studio, Vue Storefront, and ScandiPWA, and host managed PWA infrastructure via ReadyMage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Magento support PWA in 2026?

Yes. Adobe’s official PWA Studio supports Magento 2.4.4 and above. Vue Storefront and ScandiPWA are the two production-grade open-source alternatives, both compatible with current Magento (Adobe Commerce) versions through 2.4.8.

What is the most popular Magento PWA framework?

Adoption splits roughly: PWA Studio holds the largest share among Adobe Solution Partner-led enterprise projects. ScandiPWA leads mid-market open-source deployments. Vue Storefront is most common in teams with prior Vue.js investment or platform-agnostic ambitions.

How much does a Magento PWA cost in 2026?

Templated rollouts run $30K to $70K (3 to 4 months). Custom PWA storefronts run $80K to $200K+ (6 to 9 months). Enterprise multi-storefront PWA rollouts run $200K to $500K+ (9 to 12 months). The biggest cost variable is extension compatibility work, not the front-end build itself.

Does a Magento PWA improve SEO?

Yes when implemented with server-side rendering or prerendering. Lighthouse score and Core Web Vitals improve, which feeds into Google’s mobile-first ranking. Without prerendering, the SEO outcome is typically negative. The default PWA Studio configuration ships with client-side rendering that Googlebot under-indexes.

Can I keep my existing Magento extensions when migrating to PWA?

Some yes, most no. The realistic number is 30 to 40% of installed extensions need replacement or custom integration when moving to PWA. An extension audit is the first deliverable on any PWA project. Skipping it is the most common cause of mid-project budget blow-ups.

What payment methods work with Magento PWA?

All native Magento payment methods work via the GraphQL API. Braintree, Stripe, PayPal, Adyen, Klarna are all supported across PWA Studio, ScandiPWA, and Vue Storefront. Some legacy payment extensions need GraphQL wrappers built. Budget for that upfront.

Is Hyvä better than a PWA?

For teams looking purely at mobile Lighthouse score and conversion lift without the engineering investment of a full headless rebuild, Hyvä is often the better answer in 2026. Hyvä’s TailwindCSS-based theme delivers most of the perf wins with a much smaller code surface than a PWA. The choice between PWA and Hyvä is the most common architecture conversation we have with mid-market Magento merchants right now.

If your mobile Magento traffic is heavy and your Lighthouse score is below 70, the PWA business case probably writes itself. The framework choice and the migration plan should not. Talk to our PWA engineering team and we will walk you through the trade-offs in 30 minutes.

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A progressive web app (PWA) is a website that behaves like an installed app: it loads almost instantly, works on a flaky connection, and can be saved to a phone’s home screen without anyone visiting an app store. For a merchant, that is the whole point. You get the speed and feel shoppers expect from a native app, served from the same URL your customers already find in search, with one codebase to maintain instead of a website plus an iOS build plus an Android build.

That matters because mobile is where the money is now. Mobile drives close to 59% of global retail eCommerce sales, and that share is on track to keep climbing toward 63% by 2028 (Statista, 2025), which is exactly the surface a PWA is built to win. This guide explains what a PWA is in plain business terms, how it compares to a native app and a standard responsive site, what it costs to build, and whether it is still the right call for an eCommerce store in 2026.

Overview

• A PWA is a single web build that loads fast, works offline, and installs to the home screen, so a store gets app-like behavior without shipping to the App Store or Google Play.
• For eCommerce, the business case is conversion and cost: faster mobile pages recover lost revenue, and one codebase replaces three (web, iOS, Android), cutting build and maintenance spend.
• PWAs remain relevant in 2026. The market reached a projected $5.23 billion (Straits Research) and named brands reported double-digit conversion lifts after migrating.

What is a PWA?

A PWA is a website built with standard web technology that adds three app-like layers on top: it caches content so pages load fast and work offline, it can be installed to the home screen with its own icon, and it can send push notifications. To the shopper, it feels like an app. To Google, it is still a web page that gets crawled and ranked. To the merchant, it is one frontend instead of a website plus two separate native apps.

The “progressive” part means the experience scales to the device and the connection. On a fast phone with a modern browser, a shopper gets the full installable, offline-capable version. On an older device or a weak signal, the same store still loads and works, just with fewer extras. Nobody hits a wall, and you never maintain a stripped-down “mobile site” on the side.

PWA vs native app vs responsive site

The simplest way to choose is to ask what you are optimizing for. Reach, cost, and SEO point to a PWA. Deep device hardware access points to a native app. A standard responsive site is the baseline a PWA improves on. A PWA gives you most of what a native app does, at the cost and reach of the web. The table below lays out where each option wins.

A native app still wins when a store needs deep hardware access, heavy in-app payments tied to the app stores, or a loyal base that genuinely wants an icon and nothing less. For most merchants, though, the math favors the web: a PWA reaches every shopper through search, costs far less to run than three separate builds, and stays indexable. A PWA storefront is also one route into headless commerce, where the frontend is decoupled from the backend for more flexibility on both sides. For Magento and Adobe Commerce stores specifically, the guide to Magento PWA shows how the stack changes underneath.

PWA benefits for shoppers

For the shopper, a PWA closes the gap between a mobile website and a real app: it opens fast, runs in the browser with no install, can be added to the home screen in a tap, works on a weak connection, and sends push notifications. The win that matters most is speed, because speed is what keeps shoppers from leaving.

More than half of mobile shoppers leave a page that takes over three seconds to load, and every extra 100 milliseconds of load time can cost 1 to 3% in conversions (Bright Vessel, 2025). A PWA attacks that directly. By caching the shell of the store and loading content in the background, it gets the first meaningful view onto the screen quickly, even on a mid-range phone. The shopper does not wait, does not bounce, and is more likely to reach checkout.

The rest of the shopper benefits stack on top:

• An app-like experience right in the mobile browser, with smooth transitions between pages
• A home-screen icon for one-tap return visits, no app store trip required
• Offline browsing of recently viewed pages when the connection drops
• Push notifications for back-in-stock alerts, price drops, and order updates
• A lightweight footprint that does not eat storage on the device

iOS support is the one shopper question that comes up every time, and it deserves a straight answer rather than a footnote, so it gets covered separately in PWA on iOS.

Here is a walkthrough of setting up, developing, and deploying a working PWA storefront:

PWA benefits for an eCommerce owner

For the business, a PWA does two things at once: it lifts the metrics that move revenue (mobile speed, conversion, and search visibility) while cutting the cost of running a storefront down to a single codebase. That combination is rare. Most performance gains cost money to chase, but a PWA improves the customer experience and reduces build spend in the same move.

Start with the cost side. A native strategy means building and maintaining a web store, an iOS app, and an Android app, three teams, three release cycles, three bug queues. A PWA is one build that serves all of them. The savings show up at launch and then every month after, in lower maintenance and faster shipping of new features.

Then the revenue side, which is mostly a speed story. Google’s Core Web Vitals now ask for an LCP under 2.5 seconds, an INP under 200 milliseconds, and a CLS under 0.1, yet only about 48% of mobile pages clear all three (NitroPack, 2025), the performance bar a well-built PWA is designed to meet. Speed is where most stores quietly lose mobile revenue, which is why performance optimization often runs alongside a PWA build rather than after it. A PWA storefront helps a store clear the Core Web Vitals bar by caching aggressively, loading the critical content first, and keeping the layout stable as the page fills in.

A short list of what a merchant actually gains:

• One cross-platform frontend instead of separate web, iOS, and Android builds
• Lower production and maintenance cost over the life of the store
• Faster pages that meet Core Web Vitals and protect mobile conversion
• Full SEO visibility, because PWAs are crawled and indexed like any web page
• Push notifications and home-screen presence to drive repeat visits without an app store

What does it cost to build a PWA, and how is one built?

A PWA is built on standard web technology (modern JavaScript, a frontend framework, and a service worker that handles caching and offline behavior) connected to the store’s existing backend through an API. There is no separate native codebase, which is the main reason a PWA usually costs less to build and run than a native app, where each platform needs its own team and release process.

Cost depends on scope rather than the PWA itself. A store with heavy customization, many integrations, or a large catalog takes longer than a clean, mostly standard storefront. The honest framing is that a PWA migration is a frontend project: the backend, the data, and the business logic stay largely in place, and the work concentrates on rebuilding the customer-facing layer to be fast, installable, and offline-capable. That keeps the scope contained compared to a full replatform. A complex, real-world version of this is walked through in the Rockler PWA case study, where a constantly changing store with deep customizations made the move.

What brands use PWA, and what results do they see?

Plenty of well-known brands run PWA storefronts, and the published numbers are strong. Brands that moved to PWAs report sharp gains: Alibaba lifted conversions 76%, and Debenhams added 40% mobile revenue alongside a 20% conversion increase (Amra & Elma, 2025). Those are the kind of figures that get a PWA onto a roadmap.

scandiweb has built PWA storefronts for its own named clients, and the first-party numbers hold up against the headline brands.

Technodom. With a migration to ScandiPWA, the largest mid-Asian retailer ($800 million) saw organic traffic rise 20% and its conversion rate climb 11%.

Sportland. The largest sporting goods retailer in the Baltic region improved performance and shopper experience on a stack built on Magento (Adobe Commerce) Cloud and ScandiPWA, scandiweb’s own PWA solution.

The recurring worry with any frontend change is search, since a botched migration can drop rankings overnight. scandiweb documented a 24% lift in clicks after a PWA migration in this PWA SEO case study, which is the evidence that a PWA, done correctly, protects organic traffic rather than risking it.

Is a PWA still relevant in 2026?

Yes. A PWA is more relevant now than when the idea first landed, because the things it fixes (mobile speed, conversion, and cost) have only grown more important. The progressive web app market is projected at $5.23 billion, up from $3.53 billion the year before (Straits Research). For most merchants the open question is timing, not whether PWAs work.

Two forces keep pushing in the PWA’s direction. Mobile keeps taking a larger share of eCommerce, and Google keeps tightening the performance bar through Core Web Vitals. A storefront that is slow on mobile loses both ranking and revenue, and a PWA is the architecture built to answer both at once. Browser support has also matured, including on iOS, so the practical objections that slowed early adoption have mostly closed.

The honest caveat: a PWA is not a magic switch. A poorly built one is just a slow website with extra steps. The value comes from a clean build that genuinely caches well, loads fast, and keeps the store indexable, which is why the migration approach matters as much as the decision to migrate.

FAQ

What is a PWA in simple terms?

A PWA is a website that behaves like an installed app. It loads fast, works offline, can be saved to a phone’s home screen, and can send push notifications, all without anyone downloading anything from an app store. For a store, it is your existing site made faster and installable.

What is a PWA used for?

A PWA is used to give a website app-like speed and behavior without building a separate native app. For eCommerce, that means faster mobile pages, higher conversion, offline browsing, home-screen access, and push notifications, all from one codebase that stays visible in Google search.

What is the difference between a PWA and a web app?

A web app is any application that runs in a browser. A PWA is a web app that adds three specific capabilities: offline support through caching, installation to the home screen, and push notifications. Every PWA is a web app, but a plain web app is not a PWA until it adds those app-like layers.

Is a PWA better than a native app?

For most merchants, yes, on cost and reach. A PWA runs from one codebase, stays in Google search, and needs no app store, while a native app needs separate iOS and Android builds. A native app only wins when a store needs deep device hardware access or app-store-based features.

Do PWAs work on iPhone?

Yes. PWAs run on iOS and can be added to the iPhone home screen, with most app-like features supported in modern Safari. A few advanced capabilities lag behind Android, so iOS behavior is worth planning for specifically rather than assuming parity out of the box.

Are PWAs good for SEO?

Yes. A PWA is a web page that Google crawls and indexes like any other, so it keeps full search visibility, unlike a native app, which is invisible to web search. The speed gains from a PWA can also help with Core Web Vitals, which feed into ranking.

How much does a PWA cost to build?

Cost depends on how customized the store is, not the PWA itself. A PWA is a frontend rebuild on top of the existing backend, so it usually costs less than a native app program (which needs separate iOS and Android teams) and less than a full replatform, since the backend and business logic stay in place.

Is a PWA still worth it in 2026?

Yes. With mobile near 59% of retail eCommerce sales and Google tightening Core Web Vitals, the speed and conversion case for a PWA is stronger than ever. The market is projected at $5.23 billion and still growing, and the main question is timing the migration rather than whether to do it.

About this guide

Reviewed by the scandiweb PWA team. Last updated May 2026. scandiweb has built and migrated PWA storefronts for retailers including Technodom and Sportland, using its own open-source PWA solution, ScandiPWA.

For most storefronts, a PWA beats both a native app and a standard responsive site on cost, reach, and search visibility, and the only real decision left is timing and the migration approach. If you want a straight read on which path fits your store, tell us about your storefront and we will tell you whether a PWA is the right move and what it would take to get there.

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Spinola Gaming, a leader in lottery gambling technology, needed to extend its online lottery operations to physical and mobile points of sale (POS) as well as lottery kiosks. To accomplish this, Spinola partnered with scandiweb to develop a custom POS solution capable of handling lottery and sweepstake ticket sales across both desktop and mobile devices. This case study highlights the innovative solutions implemented to achieve real-time sales, streamline operations, and drive new business growth.

About the client

Spinola Gaming is a leading provider of software solutions for global lottery operators. Since entering the iGaming industry in 2016, they have set the standard in online lotteries, offering products such as custom lotteries, scratch cards, and multimillion-euro jackpots. Spinola Gaming supports both B2B and B2C markets.

Spinola Gaming sets a new benchmark for the lottery industry by offering a branded, highly customizable, automated lottery solution. This solution stands out within the Magento ecosystem by leveraging Magento’s robust eCommerce capabilities in a unique application for the lottery industry. While Magento is traditionally used for retail, this project extends its functionality to manage complex lottery systems, incorporating customized content blocks, localized lottery offerings, and fully automated lottery transactions.

Business needs and goals

scandiweb had previously developed a Magento-based website for Spinola, designed to streamline the onboarding of new lotteries and allow for the customization of each site to suit specific client needs. These websites enable customers to effortlessly purchase lottery tickets online, providing a seamless user experience.

Spinola Gaming sought to expand its reach beyond online lottery ticket sales to include physical and mobile POS terminals. Their primary goal was to enable lottery resellers to sell tickets in real time through a system that could be seamlessly integrated with their existing infrastructure. They also wanted to ensure that this solution could work efficiently, regardless of internet connectivity, while providing future scalability for additional features like barcode scanning and printing.

Approach and solutions

To meet Spinola’s immediate need for a lottery ticket sales system through physical POS terminals, scandiweb developed a wrapper app. 

Initially, the approach was to just use the mobile website. But this limited hardware control, such as printing tickets and scanning barcodes. To overcome these limitations as quickly as possible, the team opted for a wrapper app that used the mobile website as the user interface but enabled native interaction with POS hardware like printers and barcode scanners. 

This solution was tailored specifically to Spinola’s POS devices, ensuring a smooth integration with their existing infrastructure. The wrapper app allowed retailers to perform essential tasks—such as one-click printing and barcode scanning—quickly and efficiently, all while meeting tight project deadlines.

By leveraging scandiweb’s expertise in PWA and React, the development of the wrapper app was streamlined, enabling Spinola to launch a functional POS solution rapidly.

Integrating Magento for lottery management

We leveraged Magento’s robust eCommerce capabilities, traditionally used in retail, to address the lottery industry’s complex needs. This innovative application allowed for the management of customized content blocks, localized lottery offerings, and fully automated transactions, fundamentally transforming the platform’s use.

Digital and physical integration

The solution bridged digital and physical realms by integrating online systems with physical POS and kiosk purchasing systems. This dual approach ensured a seamless transition between online ticket purchasing and in-person interactions, enhancing customer experience by maintaining a digital link to users’ accounts even during physical transactions.

Real-time data and automation

Real-time data flows and automated processes facilitated the seamless exchange of ticket sales, winner announcements, and money transfers, significantly reducing manual labor and operational costs. 

Results

The deployment of the wrapper app successfully enabled Spinola’s lottery retailers to expand their operations by offering seamless ticket sales through mobile POS terminals. With real-time sales capabilities integrated into the system, retailers were able to increase both their customer reach and ticket sales. 

A significant advantage of this solution was the inclusion of real-time data analytics, which provided retailers with valuable insights into sales patterns and customer behavior. This data allowed retailers to make informed decisions, optimize their sales strategies, and ultimately enhance their business performance.

The current POS app has already transformed operations for lotteries in Brazil and Guinea Bissau, with rapid onboarding and deployment showcasing immediate benefits. The upcoming expansion into the Philippines underscores the scalability and potential profitability of this solution.

Curious to learn how scandiweb can tailor a POS solution for your business? Contact us today and explore how our innovative approaches can expand your reach and improve operational efficiency.

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About

Eurokos is one of the leading cosmetics and beauty products chains in Lithuania. The brand competes with international names like Douglas and Notino, offering a diverse range of cosmetics, hygiene products, and supplements and operating an eCommerce and 119 physical stores nationwide.

Eurokos’ goal was to migrate their eCommerce store from Oxid to Magento 2 with ScandiPWA frontend to improve the website design and user experience.

Also read:
How scandiweb Migrates from a Legacy eCommerce Platform to Magento

Challenge

Any migration to PWA (Progressive Web App) websites poses many challenges for SEO, primarily due to search engine bots’ limited ability to read JavaScript. Therefore, this migration required the application of all the best JavaScript SEO practices to ensure the website is accessible, crawlable, and indexable. 

Although the main challenge was the migration itself, other requirements increased the project’s complexity:

• New category pages, blog pages, image URL structure
• Selecting a pre-rendering solution to guarantee the content is fully fetched by bots
• Implementing an SEO-friendly pagination approach.

Approach

Given these challenges, we focused our strategy on technical SEO using JavaScript SEO as our main leverage.

Our approach to guarantee a successful migration and preserve the organic traffic and revenue included the following steps: 

1. Selecting a pre-rendering solution
2. Performing a technical SEO audit and fixing identified issues
3. Implementing JavaScript SEO best practices
4. Creating and uploading redirects

1. Choosing a pre-rendering solution

Even though Googlebot and Bingbot can partially render JavaScript websites, relying only on their abilities is not wise.

Loading JS files can take a long time, and search engine bots plan a limited crawl budget for each website. In the unfortunate event that the page takes longer to load than the planned crawling time, bots stop the page rendering. As a result, the page may appear broken or its content partially cached.

Pre-rendering solutions are essential to mitigate such situations and have complete control over the page content shared with search engine bots.

For Eurokos case, we decided to opt for our in-house solution, Rendy.JS, which: 

• Pre-caches pages for bots
• Provides pre-rendered caches to bots upon request
• Allows for customizable cache refresh intervals
• Sets different refresh intervals based on page status codes to optimize cache management, such as reducing the refresh frequency of pages returning a 301 or 404 status code. 

Despite the option to set different cache refresh intervals, on big eCommerce sites like Eurokos, prices change daily; hence, the product page cache needs to be refreshed promptly to avoid search engines cloaking claims. 

To meet Eurokos’ needs, we installed a tool that expedites cache updates for pages with frequently changing content, ensuring that up-to-date caches are always available to bots.

2. Performing a full technical SEO audit

We perform a full technical SEO audit for any migration to highlight and fix the new environment’s criticalities. In this phase, we conducted more than 150 checks, including investigation of these crucial areas:

• Internal errors (404s, 500 errors)
• Page rendering
• Page indexation rules (canonical tags and meta robots)
• Page accessibility to avoid cloaking issues
• Images, content, and metadata migration 
• Schema markup implementation
• XML sitemap generation

3. Implementing JavaScript SEO best practices

Once we identified issues, we fixed them and applied practices to ensure content powered by JavaScript was renderable.

The most important elements to pay attention to on PWA websites

• Linking absolute URLs in the HTML code to avoid incorrect URL generation by bots
• Embedding all content in the HTML code, especially content typically hidden behind JavaScript-powered tabs
• Linking all links and menu items via anchor tags to improve crawlability
• Creating a robots.txt file specifically tailored for JavaScript websites that does not include rules to block JS and CSS files from being crawled
• Implementing a script to delay pre-rendering solutions to cache the page until the page is fully loaded
• Adopting an SEO-friendly pagination approach with anchor tags to link paginated pages to facilitate bot navigation.

4. Creating redirects

The last crucial step to guarantee a successful migration for Eurokos was creating and uploading redirects. 

The new website’s blog pages, pagination pages, category pages, and images had a new URL structure; therefore, redirects were crucial to maintaining page value and rankings.

While image redirects can be avoided in other industries, they are a valuable source of traffic in the cosmetic industry. Therefore, it was a must to redirect them to their new URL since many users land on a product page because of their image.

Results

Migrating to a PWA website, changing the website design, and changing the URL structure of important pages may lead to a temporary traffic loss. However, all of our efforts and attention to detail paid off. 

The migration was a success. Only one month after migration, KPIs were already reporting a positive increase in organic clicks (+11%), CTR (+0.3%), and organic impressions (+8%). Organic YoY comparisons highlighted even more positive outcomes:

• +16% users
• +24% clicks
• +3.4% CTR
• +10% revenue

This successful migration highlights the importance of planning and executing technical and JavaScript SEO, which ensures not only a seamless transition but also improved organic performance.

Are you planning to migrate your store? Ensure no traffic and organic rankings get lost during the migration with an SEO expert team by your side. Send us a message to set up a free consultation! 

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The Building Materials and DIY industry is rapidly growing and evolving, driven by the surge in consumer interest in home improvement projects and the growing demand for online shopping options. This shift has presented unique challenges, such as integrating complex product information and providing a seamless customer journey from online browsing to purchase.

We’ve rounded up our projects to showcase how we successfully navigate these complexities. We want to demonstrate scandiweb’s tailored eCommerce solutions through case studies that illustrate our strategic approaches and the impactful results achieved for each client.

Challenges

The Building Materials and DIY industry faces a set of unique eCommerce challenges that can hinder growth and operational efficiency if not properly managed. Drawing insights from our projects, here are some common issues:

• Handling extensive product details and specifications can be challenging, particularly when ensuring accuracy across multiple channels.
• Platforms often struggle to maintain performance during peak traffic periods, which are common due to seasonal demands and promotional events.
• Many businesses in this industry operate with older systems that must be integrated with new eCommerce solutions without disrupting existing operations.
• Clients often require customized solutions or products, necessitating advanced configurators and interactive design tools on eCommerce platforms.
• Managing a robust supply chain with real-time inventory updates is crucial but challenging due to the variety of products and materials involved.
• Ensuring a seamless shopping experience on mobile devices is often problematic, yet essential, as more consumers shift to mobile-first browsing and purchasing.
• Providing a consistent and seamless experience across various digital touchpoints can be difficult, especially with the detailed and varied product ranges typical in this industry.

Our approach

Strategic planning and consultation

Understanding the unique needs and challenges of each client is the first step in scandiweb’s process. By working closely with companies in the Building Materials and DIY sector, we identify key digital goals and craft strategic plans that align with business objectives.

Custom eCommerce development

We excel in creating custom eCommerce platforms that cater specifically to the needs of the Building Materials and DIY market. This includes developing features that accommodate a wide range of products and complex catalog requirements, ensuring that businesses can efficiently manage and expand their online offerings.

Integration capabilities

scandiweb integrates eCommerce sites with essential business tools such as ERP systems, inventory management software, and CRM platforms. This seamless integration ensures that businesses can operate more efficiently and provide a better service to their customers.

Support and optimization

Ongoing support and continuous optimization of eCommerce platforms are key components of scandiweb’s service offerings. We ensure that the digital stores we build remain at the cutting edge of technology and continue to deliver outstanding performance and user experiences.

Case Study 1: Advanced eCommerce solutions and PWA migration for Rockler

Rockler Companies, Inc. is an established woodworking brand in Minnesota being in the industry for almost 70 years. Advancing their eCommerce infrastructure was crucial to accommodate the increasing demands of their diverse customer base and to enhance the overall shopping experience.

The main goal was to improve site performance and user engagement, especially on mobile devices, to drive higher conversions and customer satisfaction.

Project highlights

• Migration to a Progressive Web Application (PWA) to ensure faster load times and a smoother, app-like experience on mobile devices
• Comprehensive integration of essential extensions and customizations, including advanced product configurations and a refined checkout process
• SearchSpring extension for enhancing product data display on Product Listing and Search Results pages, which included implementing essential navigation filters for an improved customer discovery process
• Effective management of an unexpected ERP system upgrade to MS Dynamics 365, involving detailed backend integration and custom adjustments to ensure seamless operation with the new eCommerce infrastructure

The PWA migration transformed Rockler’s platform, significantly enhancing mobile user experience and site performance. These improvements made browsing and shopping quicker and more responsive, which was crucial for meeting the expectations of today’s tech-savvy consumers.

This transformation led to a robust, scalable eCommerce solution that supported Rockler’s growth while significantly improving customer engagement and boosting sales.

Case Study 2: Enhancing JYSK’s online store performance with Hyvä

JYSK, a global retailer of furniture and home decor, saw dramatic improvements in site performance and user experience after scandiweb implemented the Hyvä theme on their Magento platform. This enhancement boosted the speed and improved the overall look and feel of the retailer’s online store.

Project highlights

• Implementation of the Hyvä theme to drastically improve site speed and responsiveness
• Outstanding Google CWV performance
• Simplification of the site’s architecture to streamline user interactions and facilitate easier navigation
• Optimization of image loading and other media to reduce page load times, significantly enhancing the browsing experience
• Custom development to ensure that JYSK’s unique features and functionalities were retained and enhanced in the new environment

The use of Hyvä theme on Magento 2 provided JYSK with a lightweight, faster-loading site that enhanced customer interactions and led to a noticeable improvement in performance metrics. This change improved the user experience and ensured that JYSK’s online store could handle increased traffic without compromising on speed or functionality.

Here are the numbers:

• 275% improvements in speed index 
• 20.1% improvement in checkout conversion rate
• 43.8% increase in transactions
• 58.0% surge in unique purchases

Case Study 3: Byggmax’s digital transformation for enhanced customer experience

scandiweb developed several custom features for Byggmax to improve the online shopping experience, accommodating the unique needs of DIY enthusiasts and professional builders alike with an enhanced product search and customization tools.

Byggmax is a prominent retailer in the building materials sector, operating across three Nordic countries with over 160 physical stores. scandiweb supported Byggmax by managing and integrating four Magento stores with six store views, efficiently handling a catalog of more than 55,000 SKUs under one unified digital platform.

Project highlights

• Methodical migration to the Hyvä theme, starting with global elements and progressing through Product Listing Pages (PLPs) and Product Detail Pages (PDPs), ensuring pixel-perfect styling and alignment with Core Magento features
• Introduction of the Byggmax Buildplanner, an interactive tool that allows customers to plan construction projects visually and directly add required materials to their shopping cart
• Integration of detailed DIY project guides with step-by-step instructions, complete with lists of necessary products, tools, and accessories that can be added to the cart with a single click
• Implementation of Inriver Product Information Management (PIM) to maintain accurate and up-to-date stock and price information, facilitating better inventory management and pricing accuracy

The redevelopment of Byggmax’s eCommerce site involved integrating innovative features that cater to the specific requirements of the building materials industry, such as detailed product descriptions, customer project lists, and a more efficient checkout process. 

Case Study 4: Enhancing Norwood’s eCommerce platform for superior customer engagement

This project was designed to revitalize Norwood’s online presence with a focus on usability, security, and advanced product access features.

Norwood Sawmills is a manufacturer of high-quality portable sawmills and forestry equipment.

Project highlights

• The default ScandiPWA theme was redesigned and extended, focusing on high search engine results page (SERP) visibility and a superior customer experience.
• Introduction of multiple content styling options, two sets of Product Listing Page (PLP) & Product Detail Page (PDP) templates to showcase top-priority products, and several CMS-block templates, enabling easy content page introductions by the client
• Implementation of ZoHo CRM for enhanced customer relationship management and Components Engine integration to restrict browsing of replacement parts to verified Norwood product owners only
• Development of a robust AWS infrastructure designed to support high-load demands and enhance intrusion resistance, ensuring reliable and secure platform operations

The rebranded ScandiPWA website was successfully launched in just 2.5 months from project inception. The integration of product logic on the frontend ensures that replacement parts and accessories are accessible exclusively to verified customers. The transformation led to significant performance improvements, with a 55.8% increase in total clicks and an 8.5% rise in average click-through rate (CTR).

Case Study 5: QuestMark’s strategic move online with Adobe Commerce

QuestMark, a half-century-old expert in the flooring industry, made a strategic shift to expand its market reach by launching a feature-rich B2B website built on Adobe Commerce. This transition represents a significant enhancement of their digital presence, aiming to cater to both B2C and B2B sectors in North America.

Project highlights

• Leveraging its longstanding expertise in the flooring industry, QuestMark offers its comprehensive range of products and services online for B2B clients
• A B2B website incorporating native Adobe modules, third-party modules, and custom coding to ensure a robust feature set tailored for business clients
• Seamless integration with major systems like SAP ERP, Salesforce, Punchout, FedEx, and CH Robinson to streamline operations and enhance user experiences
• B2B clients can book a demo, schedule an inspection, or buy products directly

The project was swiftly executed, with the site going live within three months. QuestMark’s new online platform simplified interactions for commercial clients, enabling them to easily book demos, schedule inspections, or purchase products directly. Key integrations like Elasticsearch enhanced search functionality, while the high-performance architecture not only supported current operations but also laid the groundwork for future growth. 

The integration with SAP ERP simplified site maintenance and improved data transparency, ensuring that QuestMark remains a leader in the flooring industry’s digital domain.

Conclusion

scandiweb’s dedication to advancing eCommerce in the Building Materials and DIY industry through innovative solutions has proven effective in helping businesses meet the evolving demands of their customers. Their strategic approach to custom development, integration, and user experience design has enabled companies to thrive in a competitive market.

If your business is looking to enhance its eCommerce presence or tackle specific digital challenges in the Building Materials and DIY industry, reach out to scandiweb using the form below and get a free consultation.

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Magento’s (Adobe Commerce) extensive customization capabilities allow for creating unique, engaging online stores that cater specifically to the diverse preferences of food and beverage consumers. Over the years, we’ve collaborated with multiple brands in the industry to help manage and enhance their Magento stores. 

Projects launched for Läderach, Monthly Clubs, Monin, Baked by Melissa, and Greatlife demonstrate how our proactive approach to Magento development and maintenance and strategic migrations to PWA or Hyvä has paved the way for their success. They’ve been able to offer compelling, seamless, customer-centric online experiences that contribute to business growth.

The challenge

Today’s shoppers expect quick, easy-to-use websites. A slow or complicated site can make them leave before buying anything. Moreover, when moving to a new online platform or updating an existing one, brands risk losing data or experiencing operational downtime, leading to lost sales and customer dissatisfaction.

Our clients from the Food and Beverage sector faced several obstacles related to website performance, functionality, and user-friendliness that stifled their ability to expand and connect with customers.

Our approach

The following five case studies highlight tailored solutions to these challenges, focusing on strategic platform migrations, custom functionality development, and user interface enhancements. We helped our clients to overcome these barriers and enhance their website performance and customer engagement.

Case study 1: Streamlining Läderach’s eCommerce on Magento+Hyvä

Läderach is a Swiss chocolate manufacturer celebrated for its exquisite offerings and widespread distribution across over 50 countries. Our collaboration was established to migrate Läderach’s fragmented ecosystem at the time to Magento (Adobe Commerce), leveraging the modern Hyvä theme for a comprehensive redesign.

The project entailed extensive custom coding, frontend logic refinements, and ERP integration, ensuring the new platform’s stability, speed, scalability, and adaptability for future growth.

Project highlights

• Simplified eCommerce build that is scalable and easy to manage
• Key pages migrated to Hyvä in six months
• eCommerce architecture optimization and user experience improvements aligned with Läderach’s new store concept
• Optimized website performance, reaching a 93 PageSpeed score for the homepage and PDP on desktop and a 99 score for the PLP on desktop; all green Core Web Vitals for both desktop and mobile
• Improvements in KPIs after the Hyvä upgrade
  • +25.5% average engagement time
  • +4.5% engaged sessions per user
  • +47.8% conversions
  • +52.9% total users
  • +39% revenue

The project also included new backend functionalities to ease SEO and CMS management, streamline content updates, and maintain consistent styling. By introducing gift cards and DotDigital integration for lead generation, Läderach enhanced its marketing suite, further engaging customers and driving sales.

The transformation of Läderach’s eCommerce system into a cohesive Magento solution, enhanced with Hyvä efficiency, resulted in a significantly improved online store and superior customer experience, setting a new benchmark and flexible foundation for the company’s future strategy.

Also read:

Case Study: How a Dedicated eCommerce Manager Can Help Your Business

Reaching All Green Core Web Vitals for Läderach | Hyvä Case Study

Customer Journey Gap Analysis | Läderach Case Study

Case Study: How Läderach Transformed Luxury Chocolate Digital Presence 

Case study 2: Six subscription clubs under one Magento 2 roof

For over 30 years, Monthly Clubs has been committed to delivering exceptional quality and variety to its customers and subscribers. Facing the need to modernize and enhance their online presence, they approached scandiweb and embarked on a comprehensive digital overhaul to align with their longstanding principles of quality and value.

Project highlights

• Mobile theme launch for the oldest beer subscription club in the US
• A full-scale redesign and technological advancement of Wine Clubs
• 10+ years’ worth of data successfully migrated out of ERP to Marello
• Design your own subscription club option with the user journey adapted for both mobile and desktop
• Checkout flow and payment processing tailored specifically for the subscription business
• +96.4% average conversion rate in 2 months after the new responsive theme launch

Monthly Clubs’ transformation was multifaceted, targeting user interface and backend processes. They aimed to introduce a more engaging and seamless online experience for their subscribers, enhancing the platform’s visual appeal and functionality. The strategic roadmap outlined the implementation of new payment data management features and a focus on mobile optimization to cater to the increasing number of mobile users. We also tackled accessibility challenges, ensuring full compliance with WCAG 2.1 standards.

As a result, we saw a 58.8% reduction in shopping cart bounce rates during peak season and a 96.4% increase in the average conversion rate within just two months. Moreover, the website welcomed new customers from mobile devices, with a 42.3% increase in organic traffic acquisition after the mobile theme launch.

On the operational side, over a decade’s worth of data was seamlessly migrated from ERP to Marello, streamlining shipment and order processing and allowing the team to focus on marketing and customer care.

Case study 3: Enhancing MONIN’s digital experience with Magento 2 and ScandiPWA

MONIN, the French leader in artisanal beverage solutions, sought to enhance its digital presence to match the premium quality of its products, which are used to create over 8 million drinks daily around the globe. The objective was to modernize their eCommerce capabilities, improve site performance, and ensure a seamless user experience.

Project highlights

• Migration to Magento 2, coupled with ScandiPWA
• Magento platform upgrades and maintenance to ensure high performance and security
• Implementation of custom functionalities and integrations like Apple Pay and DotDigital, aimed at enhancing user engagement and conversion rates
• GDPR, CCPA, ADA, and WCAG compliance

The transition to Magento 2 aimed to revamp MONIN’s online store, which included upgrading all modules for compatibility, ensuring that the website’s intricate features like product recommendations and out-of-stock notifications—worked flawlessly.

ScandiPWA helped redefine the customer interface, delivering an app-like browsing experience that drastically reduced page load times and improved overall site usability. 

Post-launch, we continued to refine the website’s functionality, offering on-demand support, debugging legacy errors from the old build, developing and integrating key extensions, optimizing site performance, and enhancing security measures with the latest security patches. Our collaboration resulted in notable improvements in site performance metrics and user engagement. 

Case study 4: Customized Magento solution for Baked by Melissa

Baked by Melissa is an artisanal cupcake manufacturer with multiple stores across New York City. While they have a significant physical presence, the majority of their business is driven through eCommerce. Recognizing the potential to enhance customer engagement and repeat business, Baked by Melissa wanted to implement a customized events calendar reminder system on their Magento platform.

The primary goal was to develop an events calendar that allows customers to save important dates, such as birthdays and anniversaries, and receive timely email notifications to order cupcakes for their celebrations. This functionality was built on Magento Commerce, incorporating event registry features with bespoke designs and templates tailored to Baked by Melissa’s branding and user experience requirements.

Project highlights

• Integration and customization of event registry functionality to support the unique needs of Baked by Melissa’s client base
• Klaviyo integration to streamline email notification processes
• 24/7 support and ongoing maintenance for a smooth operation of the new features

The events calendar and customized event registry, new login popup feature, and other new functionality implemented by scandiweb gave the client a powerful tool to increase engagement and strengthen customer relationships, showcasing the potential of customized Magento solutions to foster customer loyalty.

Case study 5: Magento platform enhancements for GreatLife

GreatLife, a leading seller of organic dietary supplements in the Nordics, wanted to refine the existing eCommerce infrastructure and introduce new functionalities that align with the market needs.

Project highlights

• Full tech setup of the stores for EU and Nordic markets
• eCommerce ecosystem enhancements—OMS and Akeneo integration with Magento
• ProfitMetrics integration for optimizing the profitability of sales channels and marketing campaigns
• Proactive development, CRO, and SEO support brought +78% transactions

We performed timely Magento version and security upgrades to improve site performance and stability. Klaviyo integration for email marketing and Klarna payment solutions, along with the development of loyalty programs and subscription plans, enhanced customer engagement and retention. Backend efficiency improvements, including the simplification of site navigation and updates to modules, further optimized the operational workflow.

The GreatLife platform saw an increase in conversions by 50%, and transactions increased by 78% (+94% transactions from organic search). This project also contributed to a 29.4% increase in revenue.

Conclusion

The success stories in this article reflect the impact a focused, customer-centric approach can have on eCommerce businesses in the Food and Beverage industry. We’ve streamlined shopping experiences and introduced features that resonate with the modern consumer’s expectations while keeping the base—Magento platform—secure and stable. 

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In the competitive beauty and cosmetics sector, a seamless online experience is essential for attracting and retaining customers. 

Our projects with Beauty Works, Slow Cosmétique, and Zohoor showcase how our targeted Magento development, including ScandiPWA implementations and strategic migrations, directly addresses these industry needs.

This collection of case studies unfolds our approach and the tangible business growth our clients achieved, showcasing the importance of precision in eCommerce solutions.

The challenge

From ensuring an engaging user experience to managing complex product inventories, businesses need to stay ahead in a market that values speed, aesthetics, and accuracy above all. Our clients, despite their strong brand identities and quality products, faced hurdles that hindered their potential for online growth.

• The modern consumer expects lightning-fast load times and smooth navigation. Any delay can lead to lost sales and diminished brand perception.
• A cluttered or unintuitive online store can hinder even the most interested buyers. The goal is to make finding and purchasing products as straightforward as possible.
• Moving to a new platform or upgrading an existing one is fraught with risks, from data loss to downtime, affecting both sales and customer trust.

Each of these challenges required a nuanced understanding of both the technical and business aspects of eCommerce, demanding solutions that are as innovative as they are effective. Our approach was to tackle these issues head-on, using a mix of technology, creativity, and deep industry insight.

Our approach

Addressing the unique challenges of the beauty and cosmetics industry requires a comprehensive and flexible strategy. Our focus centered on leveraging Magento’s robust platform capabilities to deliver exceptional online experiences. Here’s how we tailored our solutions to meet and exceed our clients’ needs.

Tailored Magento development

Recognizing Magento’s flexibility, we customized its features to align with the specific requirements of each client. This included everything from the storefront’s look and feel to the backend processes that ensure operational efficiency.

Risk-mitigated migrations and upgrades

We approached migrations and platform upgrades with a meticulous plan that minimized downtime and data loss. By carefully strategizing each step, we ensured a smooth transition to more advanced systems, safeguarding both the customer experience and our clients’ reputations.

In every project, our priority was not just to solve the immediate problems but to set up our clients for long-term success. This meant not only addressing current eCommerce trends but also anticipating future needs, ensuring scalability, and providing the tools for ongoing optimization. Through close collaboration with our clients, we implemented solutions that often exceeded their expectations, demonstrating the power of a strategic, client-focused approach in the digital space.

Case Study 1: B2C and B2B solutions for Beauty Works

For Beauty Works, a leader in the hair extension market, the challenge was twofold: revamping the B2C eCommerce site to improve the customer shopping experience and enhancing the B2B portal to streamline the ordering process for salon partners.

Our objectives were clear: to increase efficiency, elevate the brand’s online presence, and ultimately, drive sales growth.

Project highlights

• Website redesign focused on a mobile-first approach, considering the growing trend of mobile eCommerce, which resulted in a significant boost in mobile engagement and conversions
• Cost-efficient development where the B2C store was duplicated to create a B2B portal that simplified the ordering process for salon partners 

For the B2C store, a comprehensive Magento development approach was undertaken, focusing on implementing ScandiPWA for a seamless and responsive user experience. Emphasizing a mobile-first strategy, the project aimed to optimize the eCommerce platform for mobile devices, recognizing the growing trend of mobile shopping. This redesign enhanced the visual and operational aspects of the Beauty Works website as well as ensured faster load times and a smoother navigation experience. The focus was set on boosting user engagement and sales conversions directly from mobile devices.

The B2B store project was tailored to meet the specific needs of business clients, focusing on enhancing the B2B eCommerce experience through Magento development. This included features like quick order forms, custom pricing, and a streamlined checkout process, making it easier for salons to do business with Beauty Works.

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Shared code base between B2C and B2B websites for cost-efficient development and maintenance

Case Study 2: Enhancing eCommerce capabilities for Slow Cosmétique with Magento 2 and ScandiPWA

Slow Cosmétique, committed to promoting a more conscious approach to beauty, needed an eCommerce solution that could handle a robust marketplace and enhance user experience. Our goal was to create an engaging, efficient, and scalable online store using Magento 2 with the integration of ScandiPWA for a seamless frontend experience.

Project highlights

• Migration of Slow Cosmétique marketplace from an older Magento platform to Magento 2, enhancing its capabilities with ScandiPWA
• ScandiPWA implementation to provide a faster, more responsive user interface
• Focus on SEO and mobile user experience, understanding that a substantial portion of users would access the site through mobile devices
• All-green CWV and 92.31% increase in mobile conversion

The transition to Magento 2 was designed to streamline operations and enhance the user experience, with a focus on maintaining a strong, ethical brand identity through a robust eCommerce platform. This upgrade was critical to support the intricate features required by their marketplace, such as custom ERP, payment processing, and vendor management with Unirgy.

Implementing ScandiPWA significantly improved page load times and overall site performance, resulting in all-green Core Web Vitals (CWV). It also allowed for optimizing the mobile user journey, which was crucial for boosting mobile conversions. 

The new platform modernized Slow Cosmétique’s web presence and brought significant enhancements in user navigation and engagement, which contributed to an impressive 92.31% boost in mobile conversion rates.

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Case Study: All-Green Core Web Vitals and 92.31% Boost in Mobile Conversions
Case Study: eCom Marketplace on Magento 2 with ScandiPWA and Unirgy

Case Study 3: Elevating the fragrance experience with Zohoor

Zohoor, renowned for its exquisite line of fragrances, aimed to enhance its online presence to better reflect the sophistication and quality of its products. The project was centered around a comprehensive redesign of Zohoor’s eCommerce site, focusing on an intuitive and visually appealing user experience that would attract and retain customers.

Project highlights

• Data-driven redesign of the Zohoor eCommerce site
• ScandiPWA integration to allow for greater scalability and customization
• 12.5% boost in conversion rates and 24% increase in average page views per session

We undertook a full redesign of the Zohoor eCommerce site, focusing on creating a visually rich, user-friendly, and highly converting UX. High-resolution product images, elegant color schemes, and a simplified navigation structure were implemented to make it easy for customers to browse and purchase their favorite scents. This design approach was intended to mirror the luxurious nature of Zohoor’s products and elevate the overall shopping experience.

We integrated several custom features specifically tailored for Zohoor’s market, including scent discovery tools, a store locator supporting 29 stores across the Arabian Peninsula, and mobile-native social share capabilities on product detail pages. Enhancements like Apple Pay integration and special promotions via Amasty for ScandiPWA also contributed to a seamless and enriched customer interaction.

This project with Zohoor underscores the power of a thoughtfully designed eCommerce experience. By aligning the online store with the brand’s luxury image and leveraging Magento’s capabilities, we were able to drive significant business results, showcasing scandiweb’s ability to adapt and innovate in the face of evolving market demands.

Conclusion

Our projects with Beauty Works, Slow Cosmétique, and Zohoor demonstrate our commitment to elevating eCommerce platforms through expert Magento development, innovative ScandiPWA implementations, and strategic migrations. 

These case studies illustrate scandiweb’s ability to overcome significant industry challenges, enhance user experience, and drive substantial business growth through tailored, technology-driven solutions. By consistently focusing on customer needs and staying ahead of technological trends, we ensure that our clients meet their immediate goals while also preparing them for future opportunities.

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