For Magento

Magento on Edge,
enterprise without Adobe pricing

Magento Open Source on real VMs with the full data tier on private networking, S3-compatible media and a global CDN. Adobe Commerce-class hosting at a fraction of the cost.

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# Provision a Magento-ready VM

$ edge compute create \

--image ubuntu-24-04 --plan medium \

--script ./bootstrap-magento.sh

# env.php — S3 media adapter

'media_storage_configuration' => [

'media_storage' => 2, // S3

'endpoint' => 'https://storage.edge.run',

'bucket' => 'magento-media',

# CDN out front

$ edge cdn create shop.example.com \

--origin https://<vm-ip>

Why Magento merchants move to Edge

Adobe Commerce-grade hosting characteristics, agency-friendly bills.

Tuned for Magento's appetite

Magento needs real CPU, fast disk and plenty of RAM. Edge VMs with NVMe and dedicated cores keep page generation snappy at scale.

Full data tier on private networking

Run MySQL, Redis and Elasticsearch on the same or adjacent VMs. No cross-region latency, no per-query egress fees.

S3 media adapter

Use the official Magento S3 adapter (or community Flysystem alternatives) pointing at Edge Storage. Catalogue media survives VM restores.

Image transforms at the CDN

Magento generates thumbnails for every product variant. Hand them off to Edge Image Optimization for AVIF/WebP at the CDN.

Global CDN, zero egress

Cache catalogue HTML for guests, all static assets, JS bundles and product images. Your origin VM only sees logged-in / cart traffic.

B2B and multi-store

Magento's multi-website / multi-store features work cleanly on a single VM with multiple URLs, or split across VMs as the catalogue grows.

Reference architecture

How Magento maps to Edge

Magento + LEMP + the full data tier, all wired together over Edge's private networking.

Compute

Runs Magento + Nginx + PHP-FPM, with MySQL, Redis and Elasticsearch on the same or private VMs

Storage

S3-compatible bucket for the `pub/media` directory

CDN

Caches catalogue HTML for guests, plus all static and media URLs

Image Optimization

AVIF/WebP and responsive variants from Magento media URLs

DNS

Anycast DNS for stores, admin and email subdomains

Indicative cost

Mid-sized Magento store

~500k monthly visits, 5,000 SKUs, B2B + B2C, 1TB image bandwidth

Adobe Commerce Cloud $$$$+

Magento-specialist host ~$300–800

Edge (VMs + CDN + Storage) ~$80–180

Indicative figures. Add Expert Services for a fully managed equivalent.

Common questions

Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce?

Open Source runs cleanly on Edge — same PHP/MySQL stack, fewer licensing constraints. Adobe Commerce (the paid version) also runs technically, but most teams who pay for Adobe Commerce stay on Adobe Commerce Cloud for the bundled support.

What about Magento's page cache?

Built-in Varnish-style FPC works fine on a Magento VM. Pair it with the Edge CDN for a two-tier cache (CDN for the world, Magento FPC for warm origin pages).

How do I run Elasticsearch / OpenSearch?

On the same VM for small catalogues, on a dedicated VM via private networking for serious ones. We have customers running 500k+ SKUs against a single dedicated search VM.

How does this compare to Magento hosting providers?

Cheaper and faster than most Magento-specific hosts (you're not paying for branded support tier you may not need), and you keep root. Trade-off: bootstrap script for the OS — or our Expert Services team can run it.

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