Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service with Managed Operations

Launch faster and run with confidence.

Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service is a fully managed, versionless SaaS platform. Adobe hosts, scales, secures, and updates the core application and infrastructure, so your team can focus on building great shopping experiences.

Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service with Managed Operations is a premium offering that pairs the platform with a dedicated Adobe Managed Services team and a named Customer Success Engineer (CSE). Together, they monitor, guide, and optimize your complete commerce solution, including your App Builder applications, integrations, and Commerce Storefront powered by Edge Delivery Services, from onboarding through launch and ongoing operations.

Benefits

Managed Operations helps you move faster, avoid disruption, and get more value from your investment in Adobe Commerce.

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Accelerate agility

Innovate faster with expert guidance, proactive monitoring, and hands-on enablement of Adobe tools such as App Builder and API Mesh.

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Minimize disruptions

Resolve issues before they affect shoppers with 24/7 monitoring, automated alerts, and proactive engagement from your CSE.

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Comprehensive security

Proactive threat detection, security guidance for your customizations, and rapid incident response help you stay secure and compliant.

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Maximize ROI

A proactive partnership and strategic guidance to help you improve efficiency, reduce operating costs, and focus on your core business.

Future-proof your commerce solution

Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service is always current. Managed Operations helps make sure your customizations are too, so you get fast access to new capabilities without added risk.

  • Commerce best practices
  • Extensibility guidance
  • Security expertise
  • Update readiness

Comparison of offerings

The following table summarizes what is included with each offering.

Feature
Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service
With Managed Operations
Adobe-hosted, versionless SaaS platform
✓
✓
Automatic core application and infrastructure updates
✓
✓
Infrastructure and application security and PCI compliance
✓
✓
Adobe Developer App Builder and API Mesh
✓
✓
Named Customer Success Engineer (CSE)
✓
24/7 proactive monitoring of your complete solution
✓
Enhanced incident response (P1: 15-minute initial CSE response)
✓
Go-live and migration support
✓
Planned event management
✓
Architectural guidance for integrations and customizations
✓
Update readiness support for your customizations
✓
Customer-specific runbook
✓
Custom monitoring dashboards and regular performance reviews
✓

Review the following table for a more detailed comparison:

Area
Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service
With Managed Operations
Hosting and infrastructure
Adobe hosts and manages the platform.
Same hosting, plus proactive resource management and performance tuning.
Monitoring
Platform-level monitoring.
24/7 proactive monitoring covering your complete solution, including customizations and integrations.
Security
Adobe patches and maintains compliance for the infrastructure and core application.
Proactive security guidance for customizations, security audits, and incident response.
Customization support
Self-managed extensibility using App Builder and API Mesh.
Strategic guidance, App Builder optimization, tailored solutions, and third-party integration support.
Customer Success Engineer
Not included.
A named CSE with deep platform knowledge, proactive engagement, go-live support, and strategic planning.
Go-live and migration
Customer-led.
Full go-live support, including checklists, a go-live war room, and guidance for migrating from Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure (PaaS).
Application optimization
Customer-managed.
Continuous optimization of App Builder apps and site performance.
Updates
Adobe applies platform updates automatically.
Your CSE helps ensure your customizations remain compatible with platform updates.
Reporting and reviews
Platform analytics.
Custom dashboards, monthly and quarterly performance reviews, and tracking of the business and service metrics that matter to you.

Customer Success Engineer

Your named CSE is your single point of contact at Adobe and an expert in the full Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service toolset, including App Builder, API Mesh, and Commerce Storefront powered by Edge Delivery Services. Your CSE works with you and your implementation partners to:

  • Guide and support you through the onboarding process
  • Manage provisioning and platform setup
  • Advise on architectural principles for integrations and customizations, including App Builder applications and Commerce Storefront powered by Edge Delivery Services
  • Support the Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service update process
  • Provide event support through planning, execution, and monitoring
  • Coordinate your go-live with milestone checklists and a dedicated go-live war room
  • Create and maintain a runbook specific to your setup
  • Run regular health and optimization assessments, and present recommendations
NOTE
Your CSE provides guidance and advisory services. You (or your implementation partner) remain responsible for developing and maintaining your customizations. See Shared responsibility security and operational model.

How Managed Operations supports your lifecycle

1. ONBOARD

Set up for success

  • Provisioning and platform setup
  • Architecture and integration guidance
  • Migration guidance from PaaS

2. LAUNCH

Go live with confidence

  • Go-live checklists and milestones
  • Performance and security test readiness
  • Go-live war room

3. OPERATE

Stay healthy

  • 24/7 proactive monitoring and alerts
  • Incident response and RCA
  • Planned event management

4. EVOLVE

Keep improving

  • Update readiness for customizations
  • Health and optimization assessments
  • Quarterly reviews and growth planning

Proactive monitoring and incident response

The Managed Services team monitors your complete solution around the clock (not just the platform), so issues can be addressed before they affect your shoppers:

  • Performance monitoring—Continuous tracking of page load times, response times, and availability.
  • Traffic monitoring—Analysis of traffic patterns to detect spikes or unusual behavior that may indicate issues, threats, or capacity needs.
  • Automated alerting—Alerts for performance degradation, downtime, or security events, with proactive outreach from your CSE.
  • Enhanced response—Faster time to first response and resolution, with regular updates during priority incidents and a root cause analysis for qualifying incidents.

Security

Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service secures the platform, infrastructure, and core application. With Managed Operations, you also get:

  • Proactive security guidance—Expert guidance to keep your out-of-process customizations secure and compliant.
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF) tuning and reporting—Rules tuned to your traffic beyond the standard global ruleset, with regular reports on what was blocked.
  • Advanced rate limiting—Additional protection against volumetric attacks.
  • Security audits and risk assessments—Regular reviews of vulnerabilities with a plan to mitigate them.
  • Incident response—Immediate action plans for security incidents to minimize impact and downtime.

Measuring success

Your CSE works with you to identify the goals that matter most to your business and reviews progress with you regularly.

Business outcomes
Service quality
Completed orders
Uptime
Average cart value
Time to first response and time to resolution
Abandoned cart rate
Proactive issue notification
Site performance and SEO
Support ticket trends

Getting started

Ready to launch faster and operate with confidence? Contact your Adobe account manager to learn how Managed Operations can support your business goals and to find the right fit for your Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service project.

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