Why LayerOps could be the european alternative Adobe Commerce Cloud users have been waiting for
Let me start with a quick story.
A few weeks ago, a CTO from a growing European retail brand reached out to me, frustrated. Their e-commerce platform, powered by Adobe Commerce Cloud (aka Magento on the cloud), was becoming increasingly expensive to run. Not just in terms of cost, but also in terms of flexibility—or rather, the lack of it.
His exact words?
"It feels like we're paying a premium just to be locked into something we can’t move away from easily."
And that got me thinking: how many other businesses are in the same boat?
Adobe Commerce Cloud: Enterprise power, enterprise price
There’s no denying Adobe Commerce Cloud is powerful. With deep integrations into Adobe’s marketing stack, robust analytics, and enterprise-grade features, it’s clearly built for serious businesses.
But here’s the tradeoff.
Running a Magento store on Adobe’s managed infrastructure isn’t cheap. According to multiple industry sources, the pricing for Adobe Commerce Cloud typically starts around $40,000/year for smaller enterprises and can climb to $200,000+ depending on GMV and feature requirements. That’s before you factor in DevOps, scaling needs, or custom architecture. It's a heavy investment.
A US-centric infrastructure with sovereignty concerns
One key issue that often goes under the radar is that Adobe Commerce Cloud only runs on US-based hyperscalers—most notably AWS, Azure. For European businesses handling sensitive customer data or operating in regulated industries, this creates serious concerns around data residency, sovereignty, and compliance.
Relying solely on non-European infrastructure can raise questions under GDPR and other regional frameworks. The ability to choose a cloud provider certified by local regulations, like SecNumCloud in France, or simply to host your data within your own country, becomes not just a nice-to-have, but a strategic requirement.
Enter LayerOps: The container-native alternative
That’s where LayerOps enters the conversation.
Instead of locking you into a single cloud ecosystem with opaque infrastructure and limited flexibility, LayerOps allows you to deploy your Adobe Commerce stack across multiple European cloud providers—or even your own dedicated servers—in just a few clicks.
It’s a container-as-a-service (CaaS) platform designed to hide the infrastructure complexity (no Kubernetes to master, no Terraform to wrangle), giving you the freedom to focus on what matters: your customers and your store.
Why does this matter?
Three reasons jump to mind:
1. Freedom of choice = resilience
With LayerOps, your Magento platform can run on OVHcloud, Scaleway, Infomaniak, Exoscale, Outscale, or even a bare-metal server in your own datacenter. You’re not betting your entire business on a single provider’s uptime or price hikes. If one provider has issues? Move your services elsewhere—without rebuilding from scratch.
2. Cost optimization (really)
Remember our CTO friend? He tested LayerOps by spinning up a containerized Magento stack on a European provider of his choice. He estimated a 30–40% reduction in infrastructure costs—with the same performance and more control. No more opaque PaaS fees, no more over-engineered complexity.
3. No Kubernetes expertise required
Running Magento in containers sounds great… until someone has to maintain the cluster. That’s where LayerOps shines: it abstracts away the complexity of Kubernetes, so even teams without deep DevOps knowledge can manage and scale a production-grade Magento stack with ease.
An ecosystem of Magento experts, ready to help
One of the key strengths of LayerOps isn't just the platform itself—it's the community and ecosystem around it. For teams that don’t have in-house Magento or infrastructure expertise, LayerOps connects you with a network of trusted partners specialized in Magento. These agencies and freelance experts know how to build, scale, and optimize Magento deployments within the LayerOps environment, ensuring you’re never left alone to figure things out. Whether you need a migration plan, performance tuning, or just someone to set everything up for you—the right experts are just a call away.
Final thoughts
In a cloud world increasingly dominated by big US players, it’s refreshing to see platforms like LayerOps offer a sovereign, resilient, and developer-friendly alternative—one that actually simplifies things.
If you’re using Adobe Commerce Cloud and wondering if there’s a better way—maybe there is.
And it might just start here: www.layerops.io