Magento Open Source: The Scalable Platform for Complex eCommerce

Description

Magento is presented as the platform for serious, scalable eCommerce. As an Adobe product, it is designed for businesses that require more power than what solutions like WooCommerce or basic SaaS platforms offer. Its key strengths are its modular architecture, scalability to support millions of SKUs, and advanced built-in features like multi-source inventory management, multi-store/language/currency support, and powerful catalog management.   However, this power comes with complexity, requiring significant technical expertise (developers familiar with PHP, Composer, and Git) and robust hosting. Magento Open Source serves a dual strategic purpose for Adobe: it is a powerful platform in its own right, and simultaneously, it acts as a primary on-ramp to their higher-margin commercial product, Adobe Commerce. Companies often start with Open Source, and as their needs grow, the logical upgrade path is to Adobe Commerce.