SFCC vs Adobe Commerce TCO at $200M GMV, what are the concrete numbers?
3-year all-in TCO at $200M GMV, comparable scope (B2C with light B2B, 3 regions, mid-complexity catalog):
Adobe Commerce 3-year TCO at $200M: license $80-150k/yr → $240-450k. Adobe Commerce Cloud infra $30-80k/yr → $90-240k. Implementation (mid-tier or tier-1 SI) $400k, $800k one-time. Ongoing engineering retainer $30k, $80k/mo → $1.08M, $2.88M over 3 years. Adobe Marketplace extensions $50k, $150k. Total: ~$1.9M, $3.7M.
Salesforce Commerce Cloud 3-year TCO at $200M: license / revenue-share $500k, $1M/yr → $1.5M, $3M. Implementation (tier-1 SI: Capgemini, Accenture, Publicis Sapient) $800k, $2M one-time. Ongoing SI retainer $50k, $150k/mo → $1.8M, $5.4M over 3 years. Cartridges + integrations $100k, $300k. Total: ~$4.2M, $10.7M.
The TCO gap at $200M GMV typically lands at 2-3× in favor of Adobe Commerce. The gap narrows above $1B GMV but rarely closes, SFCC’s revenue-share pricing scales linearly with GMV; AC’s license tiers cap out.