In this post, we help you find the right Magento development company by:
- Comparing the 5 top agencies for Magento development services, starting with IronPlane — we're an eCommerce agency specialized in Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source development services.
- Discussing the key factors you need to consider before choosing a development company, like communication, transparency, and long-term perspectives.
Note: Before we dive in, note that some of the companies below are primarily focused on eCommerce platforms (including Magento), while others also work with a variety of different technologies (like WordPress and Drupal).
Finding a Top Magento Company
IronPlane
At IronPlane, we offer development services for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source, but we also work with businesses who operate on BigCommerce.
Currently, we have over 30 Magento-certified developers, as well as Solution Specialists, and UX experts, located in the US and around the globe.
We’ve been building and optimizing Magento sites for 12+ years. During this time, we’ve developed a proven work process based on clear communication, transparency, and a long-term view of client relationships.
Our goal is to become a strategic long-term partner to our clients. That’s why we take the time to study their businesses, technical challenges, and eCommerce goals. This lets us offer the best possible solutions from both a technical and financial standpoint.
Now that we’ve covered ourselves, we’ll discuss four other development agencies so you can make a well-informed decision.
Read more: Adobe Commerce Agency: Our Process, Projects, and Results
Rave Digital
Rave Digital is an eCommerce development and marketing agency with a broad focus on Magento, Adobe Commerce, WordPress, and mobile application development. Their digital marketing services include social media marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, and more.
The company was founded in 2008 and they employ around 50 developers with offices in the USA, India, UK, and Belarus.
Similar to IronPlane they offer a few different Magento-specific eCommerce services, such as migrations from Magento 1 to Magento 2, custom website development, and maintenance. Rave Digital also has a Rapid Deployment Packages service for businesses that want to launch Magento sites fast.
Rave Digital has a diverse portfolio of businesses primarily in the B2C space. It appears their portfolio includes both past and current clients as several of the sites we checked have moved to a new platform since the case study was published.
MagnetoIT Solutions
MagnetoIT Solutions is a full-service digital agency that can deliver end-to-end marketplace eCommerce solutions. In addition to Magento development services, they offer digital marketing services, consulting, UI/UX design, and a wide variety of other software development services (including mobile app development, testing and QA, and DevOps).
The company has 10+ years of experience and over 650+ long-term clients — serving B2B, B2C, and B2B2C businesses across industries like home décor, fashion, health, beauty, automotive, and more. They have offices in New York, India, Bahrain, Ireland, and Australia.
eCommerce development is one of Magneto’s main areas of expertise, but they work with a variety of platforms, including Magento, Adobe Commerce, Commercetools, Shopify, Pimcore, Shopware, Fabric, and Orocommerce.
When we look at Magento services specifically, Magneto offers everything from migrations to integrations and custom development. They can also accommodate enterprise businesses, multi-vendor stores, and sites that need headless Magento 2 development.
Magneto’s typical customers are enterprise businesses that need Magento web development in addition to Magneto’s additional business solutions (and have the budget to afford Magneto’s services).
Brainvire Infotech
Brainvire is an award-winning digital transformation company. They have a broad focus across cutting-edge technologies like augmented reality and blockchain, as well as eCommerce platforms like Magento, Shopify, and WooCommerce.
They also offer various IT solutions, including custom CRMs, Microsoft enterprise services, PHP website development, and custom web app creation (including PWAs).
Brainvire is by far the largest company on this list, with over 1500 employees and offices in the USA, Canada, the Middle East, Singapore, and India.
In terms of Magento services, Brainvire has an end-to-end approach to designing, developing, and marketing Magento sites. Similar to Rave Digital, Brainvire offers a Quick Launcher service for businesses that want to launch a Magento site as quickly as possible.
Brainvire typically appeals to midmarket and enterprise companies within five core industries — retail, real estate, education, finance, and healthcare.
Elogic Commerce
Elogic is an eCommerce development company founded in 2009. They specialize in six technologies — Adobe Commerce, Shopify Plus, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, SAP Commerce Cloud, and Commercetools.
They have over 130 employees with offices in the USA (New York), Estonia, and Sweden. They offer a few different Magento services:
- Magento code audit (similar to IronPlan’s audit)
- Magento developers for hire
- Magento speed optimization
- Magento integrations
- Support and maintenance
Elogic works primarily with mid-sized eCommerce businesses in industries like food and beverages, fashion, luxury goods, consumer electronics, and publishing.
How to Choose the Best Magento Development Company: 3 Key Factors
Selecting the right agency for your Magento development services can help you avoid frustration, expense, and delays in achieving your eCommerce goals. It is essential to take the time to fully evaluate your options and find the best match not only for your immediate technical needs but also for your long-term support and partnership needs.
Hiring the wrong agency can lead to broken features, missed deadlines, and projects that take more time and money than expected. In fact, poor agency selection often results in what we call a “Magento rescue” where a company reaches out to us after their initial agency dropped too many balls and left the site in a state of disrepair.
Below, we’ll show you how to avoid these issues by evaluating three key factors before selecting a Magento development company.
#1: Past Projects and Credentials
This is the easiest place to start when evaluating agencies. Here are a few things you can look for on each company’s website:
- Case studies or client stories: Best case scenario, the company you’re considering has already worked on a project with similar requirements to yours. Plus, reading through case studies can give you a glimpse into the company’s process, so you know what to expect.
- Relevant certifications: In the Magento ecosystem, these are the Adobe Certified Professional, Adobe Certified Expert, and Adobe Certified Master certificates. Each one demonstrates a different level of experience, with the Master certificate being the hardest to obtain.
- Membership in Adobe’s Solution partner program: The agency you choose should be listed as a certified partner in the Adobe Commerce directory.
#2: Communication Skills and Transparency
Great communication is key for any agency partnership. The same goes for transparency.
In fact, great communication and transparency go hand in hand. An agency partner that understands the value of transparency should clearly communicate the key aspects of their work — what they’re building, how much time they spend on each task, how they’re charging you, and so on.
In order to assess communication skills and transparency, make sure to have multiple conversations with each company before making a decision. A good agency partner should have no trouble explaining their thought process, as well as how billing and status updates work.
#3: Willingness to Understand and Support Your Business Long-Term
Businesses often run into trouble when they hire Magento “job shops” — companies that look at each project as a one-time deal, without considering the long-term impact of their work.
This approach often leads businesses to use lots of agencies in a short span, none of which become experts in the website’s ins and outs. As a result, website changes are made without an understanding of each previous agency’s work, which creates new problems and makes existing ones more difficult to solve. (In fact, this is such a common occurrence that we offer a separate Magento Rescue service for these situations.)
That’s why you need an agency willing to:
- Study your unique business needs and technical challenges.
- Propose the best solutions from both a financial and technical standpoint.
- Write high-quality code, take ownership of the results, and support your site long-term.
Put simply, look for a Magento development company that has the potential to become a long-term partner.
IronPlane: Your Dedicated Partner for Magento Development Services
At IronPlane, we’ve spent over a decade applying and refining our process in various Magento projects.
Each project we take on starts with a free consultation to ensure our expertise matches your needs. Then, our team conducts a detailed business discovery and code audit to understand your technical challenges and business goals. Finally, we dedicate a Solutions Specialist to act as a strategic partner between you and our development team.
And while our work spans many industries, we always maintain a few key principles:
- Flexible development process: Our expert Magento developers can work closely with your in-house team or operate independently. It’s up to you.
- Transparency: We use modern project management tools to track everything we do, and give you full access to them. You always know what we work on, how much time we spend on it, and how you’re being charged.
- Long-term strategic view: We take the time to study your business goals and understand how your Magento site can help you achieve them. As a result, we can propose the most suitable solutions for your unique needs. Plus, our Solutions Specialists and UX experts can continuously analyze your site and find new ways to improve your UX and conversions over time. Due to this long-term approach, the majority of our clients have been with us for years.
IronPlane’s Adobe Commerce (Magento) Solutions
Magento Site Audit: As you can see in the screenshot below, we offer three different audits:
- The Free Audit includes a review of your site’s version, theme, extensions, and modules.
- The Code Audit is a deep dive into your code’s quality, including your core files and customizations.
- Lastly, the Comprehensive Audit covers everything in the Code Audit but also focuses on site speed, accessibility, security, hosting infrastructure, and more.
Custom Magento Development Services: We can build entire sites from scratch, as well as custom modules, themes, pricing pages, integrations, Magento extensions, and much more. Our team also has experience in creating custom features like product configurators, subscription management, 3D/AR product merchandizing, wish lists, and loyalty programs.
Magento Upgrades: This service ensures you’re taking advantage of the latest releases from Adobe. Our developers understand the complexities of the Magento and Adobe Commerce platforms and perform upgrades that consider interdependencies of core code, theming structure, third-party modules, and customizations to ensure an efficient upgrade experience.
Magento Support and Optimization: Our ultimate goal as an agency is providing long-term value to our clients helping them maintain and optimize their Magento and Adobe Commerce sites to bring them the greatest return on their investment. Each client is assigned a dedicated Solutions Specialist and development team that can proactively maintain and improve your site’s security, speed, conversions, and reliability over time.
IronPlane’s Additional eCommerce Solutions
UX & Conversion Rate Audits: Our team of UX designers and developers can analyze your site to identify user experience challenges and opportunities. This analysis typically results in design changes that improve overall user experience while driving more conversions. We specialize in identifying ways to improve your website conversion rate by improving user experience and conversion path efficiency.
Magento-Optimized Hosting: We can create the ideal hosting environment for your Magento or Adobe Commerce site, based on its daily traffic volume, seasonal spikes, order volumes, and other technical factors. We manage this hosting environment on your behalf with proactive monitoring and maintenance for optimal site performance.
eCommerce Security and Monitoring: For our hosted clients, we offer three different security and monitoring packages. Each one includes different services, with the Enterprise version providing the most comprehensive security and monitoring for your site.
3 Real-Life Examples of IronPlane’s Expertise in Magento Development Services
Over the years, we’ve worked with both B2C and B2B clients across various industries, including wholesale distribution, retail, and manufacturing. Here are three of our Magento projects and the results they produced:
- Custom Picture Frames’ online frame-building tool: Custom Picture Frames had a Magento site, but wanted to create an online framing tool to help users customize frame style, dimensions, mat options, glass type, and hanging choices. We helped them build this tool and made other improvements to their Magento site, which resulted in a 26% increase in average order value (AOV) and a 108% boost in conversion rates.
- Gat Creek’s hybrid B2B and B2C Magento site: Gat Creek wanted a new Magento store with a catalog that could highlight their vast selection of products and customization options. We created a custom Magento site where shoppers can view available wood and paint types, pair them with different finishes, and see the result in 3D and augmented reality. The new site saw a 25% increase in revenue and a 21% jump in AOV.
- Omni International’s Magento migration: Omni International needed to migrate their site to Magento 2, as well as modernize its interface, improve its UX, and scale up its shipping and bundling features. We helped them do all of those things, which led to a 107% jump in revenue and a 48.8% increase in AOV.
For more examples, check out the other client case studies on our site.
Related read: Magento Enterprise Developers: IronPlane + 5 Alternatives
FAQs: Magento Development
What is Magento development, and why is it important for eCommerce businesses?
Magento development involves building, customizing, and optimizing eCommerce websites using the Magento platform. This development process is critical for creating a tailored shopping experience, implementing necessary functionalities, and ensuring the site performs efficiently. Effective Magento development allows businesses to deliver a seamless customer experience, improve site security, and scale operations as the business grows.
What skills should a Magento development expert have?
A skilled Magento developer should have expertise in PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and MySQL, as these are core technologies used in Magento. They should also be familiar with Magento’s specific architecture, including its module development, customization capabilities, and best practices for optimizing performance and security. Knowledge of eCommerce principles and SEO is also beneficial to ensure the site is built with user experience and search visibility in mind.
How does Magento development support business growth?
Magento development supports business growth by enabling scalability, implementing features that enhance customer engagement, and optimizing site performance for higher traffic volumes. Through customizations and integrations with third-party tools such as ERP and CRM systems, Magento development can streamline operations, enhance marketing capabilities, and provide a platform that adapts to evolving business needs.
