Magento comes with deep customization, vast extension marketplaces, and the capability to handle extremely large, complex catalogs and multi-store operations. Litium, meanwhile, is praised for bundling ecommerce + PIM + CMS + marketing/campaign tools in one suite.
Magento
Established ecosystem
Comprehensive features
Global platform
Performance overheads
Complex order editing
High maintenance costs
What is Magento
Adobe Commerce, previously known as Magento Commerce, is a robust and scalable ecommerce platform designed for both B2C and B2B businesses. It provides an integrated solution for creating, managing, and optimizing online stores with extensive customization options and a rich ecosystem of extensions and integrations.
Usecases for Magento
Large retailers, multinational brands, leverage Adobe Commerce to handle complex, large-scale ecommerce operations.
Litium
A well-designed webshop UI that’s “easy to adjust” once you’re familiar with it
Bundles strong marketing and customer-engagement tools—campaigns, email, CMS
Solid commerce stack
PIM channel limitations
Integration hiccups. Compatibility issues can arise
Steep learning curve
What is Litium
Litium is a full-stack, cloud-native commerce suite—“Litium Commerce Cloud”—that bundles e-commerce, PIM, CMS, campaigns, personalization, and order management into one platform, with optional headless decoupling via GraphQL or REST APIs.
Usecases for Litium
B2B and manufacturing portals, as well as DTC and brand-focused growth.
Full
None
Partial
Integration
Magento
Litium
Crystallize
Tech
Architecture
Monolithic / Modular
Serverless multi-tenant SaaS
Event based architecture with horizontal scaling
Cloud infrastructure
Adobe Cloud
Fastly CDN and Elasticsearch
AWS
API coverage
REST / GraphQL
Open REST / GraphQL
GraphQL
Built with
PHP / XML
Microsoft .NET 6 core backend, Angular-based back-office UI
TypeScript / GraphQL
Security features
2FA / CAPTCHA / WAF
ISO 27001-certified hosting / SAML/OAuth support
TLS/SSL, DDoS protection, SOC2 compliance
Scalability
Maintenance
Requires upkeep
Managed
Managed
Customization level
Frontend integration
Flexible
Frontend agnostic
Framework-agnostic
AI/Machine learning
Via extensions
Via third-party
Via third-party
Multitenancy
Via customization
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24/7 partner network / email helpdesk / Litium Dev Forum
Slack / Community / Dedicated account manager (Enterprise)
Documentation quality
Extensive / Detailed
Comprehensive docs with tutorials, guides, API references
Comprehensive, well-organized
Additional resources
Developer Docs / Tutorials / User Guides
Webinars / Livestreams / guides / case studies
Livestream videos / API Reference / Developer guides
Community
Community and forums
Very Large and Active
Active Litium Dev Forum for Q&A, ideas and bug reports
Growing and Active (Slack)
Professional training
Certification programs
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Established ecosystem
Performance overheads
Partial
Integration
