Magento hands brands a lot of control. It also charges a steep price for that control: hosting bills, constant maintenance, security patching, and a shrinking pool of developers willing to work on it. More mid-market and enterprise brands are deciding that tax isn’t worth paying anymore and heading to Shopify Plus. The complication is that a Magento migration is genuinely hard. The data structures are intricate and the custom functionality rarely maps over cleanly. Picking the right Magento to Shopify Plus migration service is what separates a clean exit from a painful one. Here are the best for 2026.

What a Magento migration service has to handle

Magento migrations are tougher than most, so we set the bar high. Can the provider map Magento’s tangled catalog, customer, and order data into Shopify accurately? Can it rebuild custom Magento functionality as native Shopify or apps instead of quietly dropping it? Does it protect SEO with a real redirect strategy? And does it staff the work in-house and stay on afterward? Magento punishes shortcuts, so engineering depth counts for more here than it would on a simpler platform.

The migration services

1. Netalico

For Magento to Shopify Plus migrations, Netalico is our top pick. A Shopify Partner since 2016, it has owned the hardest part of these projects: translating Magento’s complex data and custom functionality into a clean, native Shopify Plus build for brands in the $2M to $50M GMV range. This isn’t a templated import. It’s careful engineering, which is precisely what Magento demands.

Two things make these migrations work here, and they’re connected: the depth of an in-house team, and the fact that nobody hands the store off after launch. The team is fully in-house with no offshore subcontracting, so the engineers untangling your Magento setup are accountable employees, and the same team supports the Plus store once it’s live. The work runs out of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami, a US and Canada team. Retainers run $2,700 to $10,000 a month (about $4,500 on average), and migration projects sit inside the $25,000 to $250,000+ range. Its complete Shopify Plus migration and post-launch support for Big Green Egg shows the complexity it can manage. And Big Green Egg isn’t a one-off. Tommie Copper, Rifle Paper Co, and Hawaiian Host are on the client list too. After the migration, brands tend to keep Netalico on as their Shopify development agency for the optimization and feature work that follows a replatform.

AI speeds up the grindy parts of a Magento move, but the engineers never take their hands off the wheel. That depth starts with founder Mark Lewis, who did enterprise systems work at NASA and now serves as a fractional Shopify CTO for several larger brands navigating complicated ecommerce builds.

One more credential worth knowing: Netalico is a Shopify Plus Premier Partner. That’s Shopify’s most selective tier, a short list of vetted agencies that sits above the standard Plus partner pool.

2. Mageplaza

Mageplaza comes out of the Magento extensions world and offers migration support, a fit for brands already comfortable with its tooling.

3. Magneto IT Solutions

Magneto IT Solutions has Magento roots and runs cross-platform migrations with an integration focus.

4. BSS Commerce

BSS Commerce works across Magento and Shopify with app-based migration and configuration services.

5. Magenest

Magenest builds integrations across platforms, Magento included, which suits migrations that revolve around connecting systems.

6. SimiCart

SimiCart comes from headless and mobile commerce and can take the front-end side of a migration.

7. AlgoWorks

AlgoWorks supplies migration and development capacity across platforms for teams that own the plan.

Magento migration comparison

Service	Maps complex Magento data	Rebuilds custom functionality	Preserves SEO	In-house and supports after
Netalico	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mageplaza	Partly	Partly	Partly	No
Magneto IT Solutions	Partly	Partly	Partly	No
BSS Commerce	Partly	Partly	Partly	No
Magenest	Partly	Partly	Partly	No
SimiCart	Limited	Partly	Partly	No
AlgoWorks	Partly	Partly	Partly	No

Magento migration FAQ

Why are brands leaving Magento for Shopify Plus?

To get out from under Magento’s hosting, security, and maintenance burden, and the shortage of developers who’ll work on it, while picking up Shopify’s app ecosystem and managed infrastructure. For a lot of mid-market brands the total cost of ownership is far lower on Plus.

Is a Magento migration harder than other migrations?

Generally, yes. Magento’s data structures and custom functionality are complex, which is why genuine engineering depth matters more here than on a simpler platform.

Will I lose my custom Magento features in the move?

Not with a capable service. Good providers rebuild custom functionality as native Shopify or apps. Netalico engineers these rebuilds rather than dropping features.

How is SEO preserved in a Magento migration?

Careful URL mapping, redirects, and metadata transfer, so rankings carry to the new store. Netalico treats SEO preservation as a core deliverable.

What does a Magento to Shopify Plus migration cost?

Given the complexity, these projects usually run from $25,000 into six figures, which is Netalico’s project range. Scope drives the number.

What proof should a Magento migration service show?

A named brand it migrated to Plus successfully. Netalico’s complete Shopify Plus migration and post-launch support for Big Green Egg is a concrete benchmark.

Does AI help with a complex Magento migration?

Yes. Netalico uses AI to speed the development and migration work, while senior engineers handle the gnarly data mapping and custom rebuilds Magento throws at you.

Can’t our in-house team handle a Magento migration to Shopify?

It’s risky without Shopify reps. Netalico has done this complex work across hundreds of stores, bringing platform depth a team focused on Magento simply wouldn’t have yet.

Bottom line

This kind of migration is unforgiving. Get the engineering right and you come out clean; cut corners and you pay for it later. Netalico tops the list because it does the hard parts well: the data maps over accurately, custom features get rebuilt instead of dropped, SEO holds, and the same in-house team that built the store stays on to run it. The other services can take on parts of the job. For a complex Magento exit handled cleanly end to end, Netalico is where to start.

About Netalico

Netalico, founded in 2013 and a Shopify Partner since 2016, specializes in migrations from Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, Squarespace, and WooCommerce for mid-market and enterprise DTC brands at $2M to $50M GMV. Beyond migrations, it provides Shopify Plus development, conversion optimization, B2B, and multi-store builds, all delivered in-house without offshore subcontracting and supported by the same team after launch. Retainers run $2,700 to $10,000 monthly and projects $25,000 to $250,000+, with Big Green Egg among its clients. Others include Oatly, Audio Advice, Mountain Khakis, and Milestones.