B2B is a separate extension
On Adobe Commerce: one more thing to install and keep in step at every upgrade.
On Vendure: company accounts and quotes built into every plan.
Vendure vs Adobe Commerce
Complex B2B, without the Adobe Commerce overhead
Company accounts, contract prices, quotes and order approvals come built in and wired together. Vendure runs as one application on a SQL database, and every self-serve plan has its price on the pricing page.
Last month's order is back in the cart46 lines, one item flagged as unavailable
Contract price appliedStainless tube 40 × 2 mm at €18.40 a metre
Anna from purchasing signed inCompany account with 14 buyers on 3 sites
Teams building complex commerce with Vendure
Life on Adobe Commerce
Where Adobe Commerce B2B starts to cost you
None of this shows up on day one. It shows up at the licence renewal, the upgrade window and the next hiring round.
Six services before the first order
On Adobe Commerce: self-hosted, each one is yours to patch and monitor.
On Vendure: one Node.js app and PostgreSQL.
A price you only get from sales
On Adobe Commerce: your platform budget waits on a sales call.
On Vendure: every plan's price is on the pricing page.
Upgrades that turn into projects
On Adobe Commerce: extension rework holds new features back.
On Vendure: your changes live in your own plugins.
A skill set you have to hire for
On Adobe Commerce: PHP plus its own conventions.
On Vendure: TypeScript end to end.
Buying rules that don't fit the default
On Adobe Commerce: every custom rule becomes a module to maintain.
On Vendure: approvals, contract prices and pack sizes built in.
A morning on Vendure
Watch a buyer's morning on Vendure
Watch real product recordings walk you through each capability.
Customers
B2B teams already running on Vendure
Distributors and manufacturers who swapped their old platform for one that keeps up with their customers.
15–20%more daily orders since launch
Swiss stainless steel trader. B2B and B2C on one platform, connected to its Microsoft ERP, built with Liip.
“The rich extensibility of Vendure made it possible to implement all the business requirements of our customer.”
4 weeksto rebuild their B2B ordering portal
Munich work-wear supplier since 1832. Bulk reorders that took minutes now take seconds.
“We achieved a powerful platform within our set budget.”
Cost to run
A third of the stack, and a price you can put in the budget
What you need to run before your first sale, and what it costs over three years.
Adobe Commerce, self-hosted, asks you to run
6 services
- PHP 8.5You patch it
- nginxYou patch it
- MySQL or MariaDBYou patch it
- OpenSearch 3You patch it
- Valkey 9You patch it
- RabbitMQYou patch it
Vendure asks you to run
2 services
- Node.js applicationThat is the whole stack
- PostgreSQLThat is the whole stack
Or let Vendure Cloud run both for you. It opens as a closed beta for paid plans, with general availability planned for Q1 2027.
Three years of platform cost
Vendure Scale€89,964
36 months of Scale at €2,499 a month on a 12-month term, excl. VAT. No fee on revenue, orders or users.
Adobe CommerceAsk sales
Adobe publishes no rate card. The licence is quoted by sales.
Your shortlist
Which Vendure plan replaces your Adobe Commerce B2B setup?
Tick the B2B features your buyers use on Adobe Commerce today. You get the Vendure plan that covers all of them, and its price.
In Adobe CommerceOn Vendure
Covers all 6 of your features
Scale
Starter
Growth
Scale
Enterprise
€2,499/mo12-month term, excl. VAT
Every plan includes everything in the plans before it. No fee on revenue, orders or users.
Colour Graphics, moved to Vendure by Pinelab
- hours in total
- 400hours in total
- months elapsed
- ~2months elapsed
- developers
- 3developers
Moving off Adobe Commerce
How a move off Adobe Commerce runs
The data is relational and exports cleanly. Custom modules and themes are rebuilt, and that is where the time goes. Pinelab moved Colour Graphics off the open-source edition of the same platform, and wrote down where every hour went.
- 1
Bring the data across
Customers, orders, product content and their URLs come over as records, on import scripts. In Pinelab's project this was about a fifth of the work.
- 2
Rebuild your custom logic as plugins
PHP modules do not port. Their logic becomes TypeScript plugins, next to the integrations with your ERP and other systems.
- 3
Launch the storefront
Start from the B2B storefront included from Scale, or build your own against the API. Luma and Hyvä themes are replaced, not ported.
How they compare
The same six dimensions we use on every comparison page. Every claim about Adobe Commerce is sourced at the foot of this page.
| Dimension | Vendure | Adobe Commerce |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture and extensibility | VendureTypeScript end to end on NestJS, with GraphQL Shop and Admin APIs. Your plugins sit beside Vendure, with no fork and no extension cap. | Adobe CommerceA modular PHP monolith on PHP 8.5, extended through modules, plugins and DI preferences. Also requires OpenSearch, Valkey and RabbitMQ. |
| Licensing and cost model | VendureFour flat, cumulative plans from €199 a month on a 12-month term, with Enterprise from €60,000 a year. No fee on revenue, orders or users. | Adobe CommerceA negotiated licence with no published rate card, quoted by sales. |
| B2B depth | VendureCompany accounts and quotes from Starter. Organization hierarchy at Growth. Contract pricing, order approvals, the audit log and the B2B storefront at Scale. PunchOut, the product configurator and multi-level approvals at Enterprise. | Adobe CommerceA packaged module: company accounts, shared catalogs, requisition lists, negotiable quotes, purchase orders with approval rules, company credit. Requires the commercial licence. |
| Hosting and operations | VendureSelf-host on any cloud or on-premises, in any region. Managed Vendure Cloud opens as a closed beta for paid plans, with general availability planned for Q1 2027. | Adobe CommerceOn-premises, Adobe's cloud PaaS on AWS with Azure for Pro, or Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service. |
| Ecosystem and talent | VendureMainstream TypeScript, Node.js and GraphQL. No proprietary skill set to hire for. | Adobe CommerceSkills are PHP plus the platform's own conventions: modules, plugins and DI preferences. |
| Migration effort | VendureCatalogue, customer and order history export cleanly from MySQL. PHP modules and Luma or Hyvä themes are rewritten rather than ported. | Adobe CommerceNot applicable. |
FAQ
Vendure and Adobe Commerce, answered
Yes, when your buyers need company accounts, contract prices, quotes and approvals, and you want them at a published price instead of a negotiated licence. It fits especially well when a licence renewal, an upgrade window or a storefront rebuild is already forcing a budget decision.
Company accounts, quotes, shopping lists, quick order, reorder and store credit from Starter. Organization hierarchy, managed lists, packaging units, gift cards and global search at Growth. Contract pricing, order approvals, the audit log, single sign-on, search analytics and the B2B storefront at Scale. Quote negotiation, admin access policies, advanced approvals, audit governance, the product configurator and PunchOut at Enterprise.
Adobe publishes no rate card, so its licence is quoted by sales. Vendure's plans are published: Starter at €199, Growth at €599 and Scale at €2,499 a month on a 12-month term, with Enterprise from €60,000 a year, all excl. VAT. There is no fee on revenue, orders or users, so growing sales does not reprice the platform.
Yes. Vendure connects to the ERP you already run, and the ERP stays the system of record for prices, stock and orders where it owns them. HANS KOHLER AG runs B2B and B2C on Vendure, connected to its Microsoft ERP. See ERP and integrations.
It depends on how much custom logic you run. In our migration guide, Pinelab moved Colour Graphics off the open-source edition of the same platform in about two months with three developers and 400 hours of work. Moving the data was about a fifth of that. For your own scope, talk to us.
Yes, on any cloud or on-premises, in any region, with your data in your own database. Vendure Cloud, the managed option, opens as a closed beta for paid plans, with general availability planned for Q1 2027. Each paid plan includes a base set of Cloud resources, and usage above that is billed on top.
No. The paid plans run as a Node.js application on PostgreSQL. There is no search cluster, cache or message broker to stand up before your first order. From Growth you can add Typesense as a dedicated search engine if your catalogue needs it.
Put Vendure on your shortlist
Start a 30-day trial on the plan that fits, or talk us through your Adobe Commerce setup.
Sources (6) · claims last checked 2026
- Adobe Commerce system requirements: PHP 8.5, nginx, MariaDB and MySQL, OpenSearch 3, Valkey 9, and RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ Artemis for 2.4.9 · experienceleague.adobe.com
- Adobe Commerce B2B documentation: the B2B extension, with company accounts, shared catalogs, requisition lists, negotiable quotes, purchase orders and approval rules, company credit and quick order · experienceleague.adobe.com
- Adobe Commerce architecture guide: the module system, extensibility model and application layers · developer.adobe.com/commerce
- Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure: the PaaS model, AWS and Azure, regions and availability zones · experienceleague.adobe.com
- Adobe Commerce product information: editions, Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service, and sales-quoted licensing with no published rate card · business.adobe.com
- Vendure pricing and plans · vendure.io/pricing
