Adobe Commerce — formerly known as Magento Commerce — is an e-commerce platform built on open-source foundations that gives merchants control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store.
Beyond the storefront, the platform ships with marketing, search engine optimization, and catalog management tooling. It is supported by tens of thousands of system integrators, agencies, and technology partners — and more than 150,000 developers worldwide. This community is referred to collectively as the ecosphere.
Statistics worth knowing
- There are upwards of 250,000 Adobe Commerce stores live on the internet.
- It is used for 12% of all online retail stores.
- 202 Adobe Commerce sites appear in the Internet Retailer Top 1000.
- It powers 1.2% of the internet as a whole.
- Adobe Commerce handles $155 billion (USD) in transactions every year.
A working definition
Engineering: to design or create with the understanding that the solution is all about trade-offs.
Every page in this primer assumes that frame. Adobe Commerce is a powerful, flexible platform — and the right choice for many businesses — but the value comes from understanding what it does well, what it asks of you in return, and where the trade-offs land for your specific situation.
Adapted from the Adobe Commerce Primer, slides 3–4. Last reviewed May 2026.