What’s your stance on Adobe Commerce vs Open Source for an Indian merchant?

Honest answer: for ~95% of Indian merchants, Magento Open Source + Hyvä + a small extension stack is the right call, not Adobe Commerce. Adobe Commerce licence in India is > ₹15 Lakh/year (Pro tier, after the Indian-market discount), which only makes sense if you’re > ₹50 Cr GMV with complex B2B requirements (shared catalogs across companies, requisition lists, parent/child corporate accounts, built-in quote workflow, Adobe Sensei AI features). For Indian DTC stores under ₹25 Cr GMV, Magento Open Source + Hyvä + Mageplaza / Amasty / Mirasvit extensions costs around ₹25,000-50,000/year in licences, you get the same Magento 2 core, and the savings cover a developer’s annual retainer. Adobe Commerce makes sense for: Reliance Retail / Tata CLiQ-scale players, B2B pharma / chemical distributors with 50+ sub-tier accounts, or merchants who must pay for the SLA. We’ll write a candid recommendation in the audit, usually against Adobe Commerce.