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Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source: high-load e-commerce

Adobe Commerce, formerly Magento Commerce, is a licensed enterprise platform; Magento Open Source is a separate open-source codebase. We deploy both platforms for complex catalogs, omnichannel retail and B2B.

For eCommerce, Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source are about catalog depth and peak load: flash sales, thousands of SKUs and omnichannel without storefront slowdown.

Our clients

Clients and partners

Capital Group
FSK Group
SMLT
Tochno
Dogma
Sber City
FM Logistic
Danone
Relief Center
Pandora
Magento: high-load e-commerce
Saint-Gobain
Askona
FIX PRICE
Snezhnaia Koroleva
Muztorg
TVOE
Greenway
Polaris
Campari
Yandex
Lenta
International perfume and cosmetics brand
Magento: high-load e-commerce
RAEC
EKF
L'Etoile
Inventive Retail Group
~131klive Magento stores worldwide (Q4 2024)
$155Bannual turnover (GMV) running through Magento
~8%share of the global e-commerce platform market
+140%conversion growth after moving to a headless storefront (TALLY WEiJL case)
17Magento projects in KT.Team portfolio
13 yearsin enterprise e-commerce and integrations (since 2013)
0no new Adobe Commerce licenses available in CIS since 2022 — making strong support all the more critical

Industry solutions

What You Can Build on Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source

All solutions
Fashion and apparel retail Headless storefront with fast search and filters by size, color and collection Conversion and storefront speed during frequent collection changes and salesLearn more →Electronics and appliances Catalog with hundreds of thousands of SKUs, complex attributes and product comparison Managing a large catalog and accurate product selection by the shopperLearn more →B2B and distribution Portal with company accounts, individual pricing (shared catalogs) and online quotes Approval and placement of wholesale orders without manual work by managersLearn more →FMCG and large-scale retail Scaling for peak traffic of sales and seasonal promotions Storefront and checkout stability during peak load hoursLearn more →Manufacturing (brands) Multi-site: multiple storefronts, languages and currencies on one backend Entry into new markets and channels with a unified catalog and ordersLearn more →Cosmetics and beauty Adobe Commerce AI recommendations and personalized curation on the storefront Higher average order value through personalization and upsellingLearn more →Marketplaces and multi-brand Composable integrations of payments, search, PIM and OMS for a specific model Building and evolving the platform from best-in-class componentsLearn more →Furniture and DIY Configurators and complex product options via custom microservices alongside the core Order placement for products with variable configurationsLearn more →Orphaned Enterprise Magento Take over third-party installations, SLA-backed support and backport security without vendor. Running Magento stays alive and secure when previous contractor or vendor is gone.Learn more →B2B distribution on Magento Company accounts, shared catalogs, negotiable quotes and integration with 1C, marketplaces and PIM Wholesale orders with custom pricing self-serve without manager involvement.Learn more →

Capabilities

Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Capabilities

Headless frontend (PWA / custom)GraphQL / REST APIAdobe Commerce / Magento Open Source core — no forkLive Search + Adobe Sensei recommendationsBusiness-logic microservices (alongside the core)Integrations: PIM, ERP, payments, OMSB2B module: company accounts, shared catalogs, quotasCIS Contour: 1C (UT/ERP), Ozon/WB/Yandex Market, SAP
Data flows from the headless frontend through the GraphQL API to the Magento core and surrounding microservices. The core isn't modified: business logic, AI search, recommendations and integrations live in separate services connected via API. This delivers storefront speed, catalog scale and a transferable solution.

Headless storefront on GraphQL API

Load speed and Core Web Vitals improve and conversion rises — the frontend evolves independently of the backend.

Catalog with hundreds of thousands of SKUs

Complex item master, variants and attributes are managed in one place without degrading search and filters.

Adobe Commerce: AI-powered Live Search and recommendations

Relevant results and personalized selections raise average order value without a separate license or your own search clusters.

Composable architecture for the storefront and integrations

Best-in-class modules (payments, search, CMS) are assembled to fit the task; swapping a component does not break the rest.

Adobe Commerce: B2B portal, company accounts, catalogs and quotas

Dealers see their own prices and catalogs, order approval runs online — less manual work for managers.

Scaling for peak

Sales and seasonal spikes are handled without storefront crashes or lost orders.

Minimal core modification

Customization lives in adjacent microservices, not core patches: Magento updates install without rewrites.

Omnichannel and multi-site

Multiple storefronts, languages and currencies on one backend — a unified catalog and orders across all channels.

Managed Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source with contractual SLA

Support with fixed response windows, security patch installation schedule, target uptime, monitoring and Git workflow. Not 'hours by invoice', but contractual storefront availability — where market usually leaves SLA as lip service.

Magento Open Source Security Without Vendor Support

Vulnerability audit, critical security patch backports for Magento Open Source, virtual patching and WAF. Platform stays protected without Adobe updates on EOL versions.

Legacy Installation Takeover and Stabilization

Take over Magento from previous contractor without documentation: code audit, tech debt elimination, reproducible deployment, recovery of failed and incomplete projects — then planned support.

High Load by SRE/DORA

Load testing, caching, database optimization and Core Web Vitals: storefront handles flash sale peaks and seasonal spikes without losing orders.

Core Business Integrations

1C (UT/ERP), marketplaces (Ozon/WB/Yandex Market), PIM (Akeneo/Pimcore), OMS, RF payments and delivery. Magento as part of loosely coupled architecture, not an isolated island.

Bidirectional Migration Without Data Loss

Magento 1→2 migration and transition to Magento or honest migration to Saleor / 1C-Bitrix with catalog, order and SEO transfer. Decision driven by business leverage, not lock-in.

Localization and RF Compliance

100% localization, RF payments and delivery, Law 54-FZ compliance, hosting in CIS infrastructure.

AI in support and merchandising

AI-powered search and recommendations on the storefront plus AI pipelines for product content enrichment and support incident triage in microservices adjacent to the core.

Approach

How We Deploy Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source

Without modifying the core

We don't fork or patch Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source core. The platform stays on a standard updatable version — we move business logic to separate microservices, so platform updates don't break your customizations.

International Standards, Not Homegrown Hacks

Where a mature international solution exists, we use it instead of inventing our own protocol or platform. Before writing code, we study how the problem is already solved in the industry.

Transferability

The solution is loosely coupled and documented: it can be handed over between teams and contractors without rewriting. You are not tied to us.

AI compatibility

Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source in AI-enabled workflows

Adobe Commerce Live Search

Built-in AI search analyzes visitor behavior and the catalog, delivering relevant autosuggest and results without maintaining your own search clusters.

Adobe Commerce: personalized recommendations

Adobe Sensei builds 'customers also bought', 'for you' and 'popular' selections from history and behavior — higher average order value.

GraphQL as a layer for AI agents

A mature GraphQL API (including B2B queries) gives LLM agents and external services structured access to the catalog, cart and orders.

AI content generation and enrichment

Product descriptions and attributes can be generated and normalized by AI pipelines in microservices alongside Magento.

Search and behavior analytics

Dashboards of search queries and zero-result hits feed merchandising models and reveal what to add to the catalog.

Support AI triage

AI pipelines adjacent to the core classify and route support incidents and customer inquiries, removing routine work from first-line support.

Context 2026

What changed in the market

Adobe withdrew from CIS (04.03.2022)

Adobe halted sales and vendor support in CIS; new Adobe Commerce licenses are unavailable (per Adobe's statement, 04.03.2022; temporary renewal of existing licenses through Softline — 21.04.2022). This changes the support model but does not make the platform illegal.

Magento Open Source is legal and thriving

Magento Open Source remains a separate open-source codebase and continues to evolve; a working storefront need not be hastily abandoned—it must be properly maintained.

Security — on the integrator's side

Without vendor updates, critical fixes are applied via backport patches. EOL versions (e.g., 2.4.4/2.4.5) require audit and virtual patching; specific lifecycle dates verified against current Adobe policy.

Market Shifted to Maintenance

Demand shifted from 'build a store' to 'keep existing Magento alive', but most contractors don't publicly detail SLA, patch windows and uptime — we make these contractual.

Market Expertise is Scarce

After vendor exit, Magento engineers in CIS are scarce — making a team with deep portfolio and legacy takeover experience all the more valuable.

New Adobe Commerce Licenses Unavailable

In the sanctions-affected landscape, new Adobe Commerce licenses in CIS are practically unavailable — business value shifts toward Open Source plus strong engineering support.

Honestly

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Magento Open Source is legal and evolving; no Adobe license is required to work with this codebase.
  • Both platforms support deep catalogs, omnichannel and multi-site on a single backend.
  • Adobe Commerce provides native B2B: company accounts, shared catalogs and negotiable quotes without third-party modules.
  • Composable/headless: business logic in adjacent microservices, core remains unfork-able — upgrade path preserved.
  • One of the deepest Magento portfolios in CIS at KT.Team as a safety net for expertise.

Cons

  • No vendor support or new Adobe Commerce licenses in CIS — a commercial platform needs strong engineering support, otherwise risk accumulates.
  • EOL version security relies on backport patches and virtual patching, not vendor auto-updates.
  • Magento is heavy to operate: requires SRE practices and budget for peak-load infrastructure.
  • If catalog is small and team is small — better to weigh switching to Saleor (headless-native) or 1C-Bitrix (RF mass-market); we evaluate both scenarios by business value, not lock-in.

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