What happens to Hyvä Theme, Checkout, and Enterprise while Hyvä Commerce is being developed and when it is launched?
Hyvä Commerce Roadmap Progress
On 31st October 2024, we revealed our plans to build Hyvä Commerce, a new product suite that plugs into Magento/Adobe Commerce’s backend.
Since then, we have consulted our Platinum and Gold Agency Partners and are matching their input and feedback with the pain points we believe are the biggest barriers for merchants to adopt or stay on Magento 2. We are now prioritising five key features and have begun specifying requirements with our team.
Thanks to Mollie’s support, we’re able to accelerate our roadmap (e.g., by hiring additional developers) and are on track to release early access around Q1/Q2 of 2025.
As you know by now, Hyvä doesn’t bind itself to external deadlines, and the Hyvä Commerce project is no exception. Our philosophy is unchanged and revolves around building the most useful product with excellence, without compromising on our people’s well-being.
It’s a part of our DNA to think ahead and make sure that at all times, our whole ecosystem benefits from what we offer. For now, the question is: what should merchants and agencies do while waiting for Hyvä Commerce to reveal its detailed roadmap and become available?
What if I buy Hyvä Theme or Checkout now? Will I need to pay again to upgrade to Hyvä Commerce?
Hyvä Theme is the foundation of our product suite and will keep being updated and improved over time, the same way we have since 2020 with accessibility releases and experimental features to stay on top of Core Web Vitals optimisation strategies.
Hyvä Checkout brings all learnings from Hyvä Theme to the checkout, providing a 13 times faster load time compared to the default Magento checkout. It also makes customisation much easier and faster than on Luma, enabling merchants to A/B test various layouts and options to understand what drives conversions.
For anyone who has already bought Hyvä Theme or Hyvä Checkout, or buys it before the launch of Hyvä Commerce, we will offer a smooth upgrade path to ensure you don’t lose out financially or functionally when you add the extra features coming with Hyvä Commerce. As with all our products, Hyvä Commerce will also be priced so it can be affordable for as many merchants as possible: a ‘no-brainer,’ as we like to call it.
The upgrade itself, from a technical point of view, will also require minimal effort. Many of the initial features we add will be focused on the admin panel and will not affect the storefront at all, further easing any upgrade concerns.
Can I continue to buy just Hyvä Theme and Hyvä Checkout after Hyvä Commerce is released?
Yes, Hyvä Theme will still be available for purchase as a one-off lifetime license so you can try it, reap the first benefits it offers, and then decide if you want to invest further in the rest of our product suite.
Since its launch in 2021, we have not increased the €1,000 price despite inflation rising globally, and we intend to keep it that way.
For Hyvä Checkout, the same applies, but as it requires a yearly cost for support and updates, if you later decide to upgrade to Hyvä Commerce, the ongoing yearly cost for Hyvä Checkout will be replaced by that of Hyvä Commerce instead, so you aren’t paying twice.
If you bought a subscription bundle for Checkout, you’ll be able to swap in the remainder of your subscription period in store credit to deduct from the Hyvä Commerce subscription fee.
How will Hyvä Commerce impact Hyvä Enterprise and Adobe Commerce users?
While Hyvä Theme and Hyvä Checkout provide feature coverage for Magento Open Source, Hyvä Enterprise adds additional feature compatibility for Adobe Commerce, including the B2B Suite, Live Search, and Product Recommendations, adding the same performance improvements and best practices that have come to be expected from our products.
Today, Adobe is focusing Adobe Commerce towards the higher end of the market, while Hyvä Commerce will be focusing on making life easier for SMBs and mid-market merchants on Magento.
However, we anticipate that many features of Hyvä Commerce will still be attractive to merchants on Adobe Commerce. We do plan to provide compatibility for Adobe Commerce with Hyvä Commerce, but it will additionally require a Hyvä Enterprise license to cover the Adobe features.
For merchants not wanting to use Hyvä Commerce at this time, Hyvä Enterprise will continue to be available, and we will continue to invest in maintaining, supporting, and keeping it up-to-date with the latest offerings that Adobe releases.
In summary
Hyvä has always been about people, not profits. We’re not looking to become a unicorn, nor will we ever be a faceless corporation. Our mission is to bring value and solutions to the Magento ecosystem so that everybody wins.
Hyvä Commerce is a natural step forward for us, inspired by your feedback, to provide a clear roadmap and give more reasons for merchants to stay or start on Magento 2. Ensuring the upgrade path is easy and seamless, both commercially and technically, is critical to us. Rest assured, you can look forward to the Hyvä Commerce release and adopt exciting new features without disruption to your day-to-day activities.
Our existing products remain at the heart of Hyvä, and we’re not pulling resources away from them to build Hyvä Commerce. Instead, we’re growing our team to ensure that the development of Hyvä Commerce happens alongside continued investment in the quality and innovation you’ve come to expect from Hyvä Theme, Checkout, and Enterprise.
