This article was last updated and validated November 2025

Centra vs Adobe Commerce (Magento)

With Centra, fashion brands get speed without complexity—ready-to-use fashion, wholesale, and omnichannel features, minimal development requirements, and a lower TCO than Adobe Commerce.

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Ecommerce platforms

Example: Adobe Commerce (Magento)

yellowOpen-source, monolithic architecture that requires extensive development for changes, customizations, and integrations

yellowSignificant complexity and resource needs—best suited for brands with strong internal dev teams or agencies due to its steep learning curve

yellowPerformance and scalability challenges persist, with tuning and upgrades often required to maintain speed and stability

yellowOutcome: Longer implementations, higher TCO, and ongoing reliance on technical teams to keep the platform running smoothly

Composable SaaS platforms

greenWebsite experience runs separately from the ecommerce system, so teams can make changes faster without disrupting operations.

greenOpen, API-based design makes it easy to connect systems and share data

greenWell-defined APIs let teams build and integrate new features quickly and affordably

greenOutcome: Faster launches, easier integrations, and the flexibility to expand into new channels and markets

Running a fashion brand? Choose a platform that keeps you moving forward.

Fast-growing fashion brands can’t afford slow development or heavy technical overhead. On Adobe Commerce, even simple changes demand significant development, slowing reactions to new opportunities.

Centra removes blockers with fashion-ready features, letting teams stay agile and scale globally without duplicating storefronts.

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Why brands switch from Adobe Commerce to Centra

A side-by-side look at how Centra and Adobe Commerce manage the needs of modern fashion and lifestyle brands, including flexibility, business logic, and multi-market capabilities.

	Centra	Adobe Commerce
Built for brands	Built from the ground up for fashion and lifestyle brands, Centra eliminates the need for patchwork apps. It combines DTC, wholesale, and omnichannel in one backend. Teams can localize experiences, and maintain consistent brand storytelling globally.	Built for general retail and mid-to-enterprise businesses. Requires heavy customization and specialized development, adding cost and complexity.
Ease of use and scalability	Combines enterprise-grade flexibility with user-friendly management tools. Business teams can configure markets, prices, and campaigns directly—no code needed.	Powerful but difficult to operate without significant development resources expertise. Even routine updates, customizations, and performance optimizations often require developers, specialized hosting, and ongoing maintenance. As a result, businesses face longer launch times, higher operational complexity, and continued reliance on technical teams as they scale.
Omnichannel commerce	Centra unifies all sales channels: connecting online DTC, wholesale, and in-store sales on one platform.	Supports orders across channels, but full omnichannel experiences—click-and-collect, ship-from-store, unified inventory—demand additional setup or customization.
Wholesale & B2B	For fashion and lifestyle brands with complex B2B needs, Centra provides a more complete, scalable, and industry-aligned solution out-of-the-box.	Supports DTC, B2B, hybrid selling, custom catalogs, corporate accounts, and purchase workflows—but isn’t specifically built for fashion wholesale, requiring customization to meet industry-specific needs.
Single vs. multi-market	Run all markets from a single backend — one product catalog, localized pricing, currencies, and languages. Brands can create tailored experiences for each region without duplicating stores.	Supports multi-store, multi-language, multi-currency, and tax configurations, but setting up and maintaining multiple markets requires extensive configuration, customizations, and ongoing developer involvement.
Payment options	Connects with over 200 local and global PSPs, giving full control and lower transaction costs — with zero platform fees.	Supports many payment gateways but enabling global reach usually demands extra configuration, extension‑based integrations, and ongoing development time.
Localization	Localize everything — content, pricing, payment methods, warehouses, and users — from one interface.	Basic localization is possible (languages, currencies, taxes, payments, content per store view), but fully managing multiple markets efficiently often depends on integrations, extensions, or custom development.
Promotions	Run targeted promotions with built-in segmentation and “if-this-then-that” logic — no plugins required.	Provides segmentation and cart- or customer-based promotions, but advanced AI-driven personalization and complex targeting require additional setup or extensions.
Omnichannel capabilities	Natively supports click-and-collect, ship-from-store, return-to-store, and endless aisle — all integrated into one order management system.	Supports centralized order management and multi-source fulfillment, yet achieving seamless omnichannel operations often requires extra modules or customization, adding both setup and ongoing costs.
Order management and fulfillment	Advanced order management with built-in Distributed Order Management (DOM). Automatically routes orders to the best warehouse or store, manages incoming stock, and applies safety-stock logic — reducing manual work and delivery delays.	Supports order management, multi‑warehouse inventory and distributed order fulfillment — but advanced warehouse logic and routing require custom setup or plugins.
Licensing fees	Single, all-inclusive license — no transaction fees, no hidden costs.	Enterprise use requires substantial annual licensing plus hosting, extensions, and ongoing maintenance, resulting in a higher TCO.

Tailor made for fashion

Global fashion brands choose Centra as the only platform that fully understands the needs and complex business logic of fashion commerce.

300+ of the world's top fashion brands are built on Centra—some from day one.

FAQs

Is Centra better than Adobe Commerce for fashion and lifestyle brands?

Yes. Centra is designed specifically for fashion and lifestyle brands, eliminating complexity and empowering teams to move faster with ready-to-use features, minimal developer dependency, and lower TCO.

Adobe Commerce is a general-purpose enterprise platform; supporting fashion-specific workflows, wholesale features, and multi-market operations typically requires custom development, third-party extensions, and technical expertise.

What makes Centra purpose-built for fashion and lifestyle brands?

Centra was created to solve the everyday challenges that fashion and lifestyle brands face — challenges that generic ecommerce platforms simply weren’t built for.

Here’s what makes Centra different:
Seasonal and collection-based selling: Manage complex product structures with collections, preorders, and drops without manual workarounds.

Global size, color, and variant logic: Handle detailed product variations and assortments across markets from one catalog.

Multi-channel commerce: Run DTC, wholesale, and in-store sales under a single platform — with shared inventory and pricing.

Localized shopping experiences: Sell globally with native support for multiple languages, currencies, warehouses, and tax setups.

Omnichannel fulfillment: Power click-and-collect, ship-from-store, and endless aisle workflows directly within the platform.

Built for growth, not plugins: Everything is included out of the box, so you don’t need dozens of third-party apps to meet fashion-specific needs.

In short: Centra is purpose-built for fashion commerce — giving brands complete flexibility, operational control, and freedom to scale globally without compromise.

Can Centra and Adobe Commerce handle DTC and wholesale sales channels on a single platform?

How do Centra and Adobe differ in supporting multiple markets, currencies, and languages?

Centra natively supports multiple markets with full localization for languages, currencies, price lists, and warehouses, all from one backend, making it easy to manage global operations. Magento supports multi‑store, language, currency, tax, and region‑specific configurations — enabling multiple markets within a single Adobe instance. But realistic multi‑market setups often require careful configuration, possibly custom extensions, and ongoing maintenance effort.

How does Centra improve order management and fulfillment?

Centra provides advanced omnichannel features like click-and-collect, ship-from-store, endless aisle, and buy online, return-to-store, along with a rule-based Distributed Order Management system that manages allocation, incoming deliveries, and safety stock.

Shopify’s omnichannel features are more limited, primarily supporting mobile and social commerce, and more complex workflows require third-party apps. Shopify’s order management is less flexible for multi-store or wholesale operations.

How do brands score Centra versus Adobe Commerce on G2?

See how Centra compares to Adobe Commerce (Magento)

Read the full G2 comparison

	Centra	Adobe Commerce
Meets requirements	9.0	8.4
Ease of use	9.0	7.2
Ease of setup	8.5	6.3
Ease of admin	9.1	7.4
Quality of support	9.3	7.1
Ease of doing business with	9.6	7.5
Product direction	9.8	7.1

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