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Realistic build cost, Hyvä vs PWA Studio at the same scope?

For a typical mid-volume Magento store (50-500 SKUs, B2C, 1 storefront, no exotic UX):

  • Hyvä build: $5-20k. Hyvä parent license + child theme bootstrap + brand tokens + PLP/PDP/header/footer/cart re-implementation in Tailwind + Alpine. 4-12 weeks elapsed time.
  • PWA Studio build: $50-200k+. Apollo Client setup + GraphQL schema design + React component library + service-worker config + bundle optimization + SSR / SEO config + headless cache strategy. 16-40 weeks elapsed time.

The gap is roughly 8x and it doesn’t close as scope grows. Custom features in PWA Studio cost more to build (every feature touches React + GraphQL + Apollo cache) and more to test. The "PWA Studio is faster long-term" argument doesn’t hold up against production data, most teams are still shipping features faster on Hyvä three years in.

Kishan Savaliya
Kishan Savaliya
Adobe Certified Magento Commerce Developer
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