Most Magento audit providers will not tell you a price until you have booked a call and waited for a quote. That is exactly backwards. Below are real, published package prices for an independent Magento (Adobe Commerce) audit in 2026, what actually drives the number up or down, and how it compares to an agency.
What a Magento audit costs in 2026
An independent audit is priced by scope, not by the hour. The three common packages and their starting prices:
| Package | From | Turnaround | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code & Architecture | $1,650 | ~5 business days | Code quality, module inventory, security & GDPR |
| Performance | $2,200 | ~7 business days | Everything above + Core Web Vitals, cache, DB queries |
| Comprehensive | $2,700 | ~10 business days | Everything above + upgrade readiness, DevOps, team assessment |
What drives the price up
The audit quote moves with how much there is to analyse. The biggest factors:
- Store size and code volume - a bigger catalogue and more custom code take longer to review.
- Number of custom modules and integrations - every ERP, PIM, CRM, WMS or payment integration is another surface to check.
- Edition - Adobe Commerce (Enterprise/B2B) has more moving parts than Open Source.
- Frontend type - a headless storefront on a custom stack is considerably more time-consuming to audit than classic Luma or Hyva.
- Scope - a performance-only audit is cheaper than a full technical audit.
That is why there are packages: you match the depth to your situation instead of paying for a one-size quote.
Audit vs. agency: why the gap
For the same scope, an agency audit is typically several times the price - often $3,800-$8,800 - because you are paying for account managers, sales overhead and junior time. An independent, senior review skips all of that: you get a named Adobe Commerce Certified Expert doing the analysis directly.
Is an audit worth it before fixing anything?
Almost always, yes. An audit is a diagnosis and a prioritised, costed plan - not the fix itself. Spending ~$1,650-$2,700 to learn exactly what is slow, insecure or blocking an upgrade means you then spend your (much larger) engineering budget on the changes that actually move the numbers, in the right order. Without it, every remediation quote is a guess.
