Magento and Adobe Commerce vs Saleor

	Magento 2	Saleor
Multi-channel	It can be cumbersome to operate different channels; it's an opinionated multi-shop setup designed for CMS use cases that can be rigid and inconvenient for a flexible headless multi-channel setup.	Designed for any multi-channel setup that naturally accommodates multi-region or multi-business setup.
Extensibility and Architecture	Mix of API and Plugin architecture. Requires specialized knowledge to extend functionality tightly coupled with the platform.	Technology agnostic, API-first approach. Read more about Plugins vs API
GraphQL	GraphQL is an extension that lacks API coverage, reliability, and documentation.	GraphQL Native and Only.
Headless	It is possible to run headless, but it comes with legacy baggage.	Designed only for headless setup.
Localization	Available via extensions.	Native out-of-the-box catalog translations are designed for headless setup.
Search engine	Elasticsearch is a hard dependency.	Comes without a search engine to reduce bloat.

	Magento 2	Saleor
Platform speed	Resource-hungry platform; catalog updates can degrade the whole system's performance.	Saleor handles large catalogs gracefully and can outperform Magento by 10x in various tests conducted by the community and our customers. Use docker compose to conduct your experiments.
License	OSL 3.0 - Free to use and modify. Enterprise edition comes with a commercial license.	BSD 3 - Free to use and modify.
Security and Maintenance	Requires regular security patches as Magento is a highly targeted platform.	Saleor has a smaller attack surface than Magento.
Cost	Magento is resource-hungry and requires specialized expertise to optimize performance.	Based on the feedback from the community, Saleor can be a fraction of Magento's costs.

	Adobe Commerce	Saleor Cloud
License	Commercial and not open source	Saleor has only a single open source license
Sandboxes	--	Possible to create sandboxes on demand for automated testing and feature development. Local development has feature parity with the Cloud platform.
Snapshot management	--	Replicate data from sandboxes and production environment. Useful for automated tests and staging data for feature development.
Vendor lock-in	Moving out from Adobe Commerce requires feature parity consideration and dedicated migration scripts.	Saleor offers access to database data and does not provide exclusive functionality of the core, making it easy to migrate to self-hosting.

Based on experience working with the community and customers, these are typical use cases where Saleor is a better fit than Magento:

First-class support for headless and GraphQL is needed for Multiple touchpoints, such as the web, apps, kiosks, and omnichannel.
Businesses that operate across many regions and languages need to adopt the business logic of checkout and integrations.
Microservices - teams that work with microservices prefer Saleor's event-driven design.
High-traffic websites need to scale horizontally and reduce infrastructure costs.
Teams working with different programming languages or wanting more flexibility in hiring need a technology-agnostic API.
Companies using ERPs to manage commerce functionality outside the commerce platform must build custom integrations with large datasets.
Non-trivial requirements around payments and order management flow that need heavy customization.

Businesses that need a CMS and commerce platform in one.
Templated solutions
PHP developers who are familiar with Magento and want to leverage their knowledge.

API vs Plugins - Learn about the benefits of API-first approach to extensibility.

PCdiga migration from Magento - Learn how PCdiga migrated to Saleor and reduced their maintenance overhead and running costs.