Best Magento Hosting in 2026: Requirements by Version and What to Ask a Host

Check your stack before you check your host. Adobe tests Adobe Commerce against specific combinations of PHP, search, database and cache versions, and a host running anything else is running a configuration Adobe does not validate.

Adobe’s system requirements page states it plainly:

“Adobe supports only the system requirement combinations listed in the following tables. Adobe does not validate or support configurations that do not match a listed combination.”

Magento hosting requirements by version

This is the Commerce on-premises table from Adobe’s system requirements page, read on 9 November 2026. It applies when you host Adobe Commerce yourself or with a third-party host. If you are on Adobe Commerce on Cloud, Adobe provisions the services from its own template.

Three things stand out:

• Redis is gone from the supported list. It is not listed for 2.4.9 or 2.4.8-p5, and on 2.4.7-p10 the cell reads “Not supported” where the previous patch listed Redis 7.2. Valkey replaces it.
• MySQL is back on the newest releases. MySQL 8.4 is listed for 2.4.8-p5 and 2.4.9, but not for 2.4.7. Adobe tests 2.4.9 with MariaDB 12.3 and tells customers to upgrade to it before upgrading to 2.4.9.
• PHP 8.5 is the 2.4.9 requirement. That is very new, and it separates hosts that keep up from hosts that don’t.

Older versions and end-of-support dates

Adobe’s page also states two formal end-of-support events:

• MySQL 8.0 reached End of Support on 30 April 2026. Versions 2.4.7, 2.4.6, 2.4.5 and 2.4.4 do not support MySQL releases after 8.0. Adobe “strongly recommends migrating your database servers to a compatible MariaDB version” for those on-premises releases.
• Elasticsearch 7.17 reached End of Support on 15 January 2026. Adobe “strongly recommends migrating your search infrastructure to a compatible OpenSearch version” for 2.4.6, 2.4.5 and 2.4.4.

If your store was provisioned more than a year ago, you may be running at least one end-of-support dependency right now. That applies whether you change host or not.

Which Magento version should you run?

Adobe’s released-versions page (last updated 14 October 2026) gives the regular support end dates:

For a new store, run 2.4.9, which has the longest support window, and pick a host that can provide PHP 8.5, OpenSearch 3 and MariaDB 12.3 or MySQL 8.4.

For an existing store on 2.4.7, you have until 31 May 2027 of regular support. Budget the upgrade now, because it changes your database and cache stack as well as your code. Adobe recommends installing the latest security patch for each release line.

Adobe lists a 2.4.10 alpha (first alpha 13 October 2026), with no support end date set yet. Don’t plan production around an alpha.

What to ask a host before you buy

Ask for versions, not names:

1. “Which OpenSearch version do you provision?” If the answer is Elasticsearch 7, it is end of support.
2. “MariaDB or MySQL, and which version?” MariaDB 12.3 is what Adobe tests 2.4.9 against.
3. “Valkey or Redis?” If Redis, check it against the table above for your version.
4. “Which PHP version?” 2.4.9 needs PHP 8.5.
5. “Do you provision RabbitMQ and Varnish, or is that on me?”

A host that answers all five with version numbers is running a real Magento platform. A host that answers with adjectives isn’t.

Why Magento is expensive to host

A compliant install is five or six services, not one: PHP, a database, a search engine, a cache, a message queue and Varnish. Each has its own memory.

The deploy step is its own problem. setup:di:compile and setup:static-content:deploy are memory-hungry, and a build that works on a laptop can fail on a small VPS. Size for your deploy, not your steady state.

Full-page cache isn’t optional at scale. Varnish is on Adobe’s list for every release above. We did not benchmark its effect, so treat the claim that it separates a workable store from an unworkable one as architectural reasoning, not a measurement.

The hosts

We have not tested Magento on any of these, and we have not verified their current provisioned versions. Use the five questions above on each.

Nexcess is a managed host that markets Magento as a product category. It is a sensible first place to ask the five questions.

Liquid Web offers managed hosting tiers. For a store carrying revenue, ask it to document exactly where its support stops.

Cloudways is managed hosting on DigitalOcean or AWS. Read its support exclusions before relying on it for a store, because custom code is typically out of scope, and on a Magento install that includes your extensions and themes.

ScalaHosting sells managed VPS plans with its own SPanel control panel instead of cPanel. It is viable if you will manage the Magento stack yourself.

Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) is long-standing PHP hosting. Confirm provisioned versions rather than the marketing list.

Hetzner is a low-cost server provider where you build the whole stack yourself. Given the version churn above, that can be an advantage because you choose your OpenSearch and Valkey versions. Read our notes on Hetzner reliability and Volume backups first, especially if your database is on a Volume.

What we’d do

If you have a store earning revenue: managed hosting from a host that answers the five questions with numbers. The cost difference is small against a day of downtime on a catalogue.

If you have the skills: a large server you build yourself, so you control which versions you run.

Either way, audit what you’re running this week. Django and Laravel apps are tiny and forgiving; Magento is neither. Moodle sits in the same category, where a new LTS has just raised the PHP and database floor.

How we checked this

Every version, quote and date above was read on 9 November 2026 from two Adobe Experience League pages: the system requirements page and the released versions page. We used the Commerce on-premises table for the three release lines shown, taking the “latest” column for each.

Correction to our earlier version of this article: it read Adobe’s Commerce on Cloud table instead of the on-premises table. That is why it said MySQL and Elasticsearch had no supported place in current releases. The on-premises table lists MySQL 8.4 for 2.4.8 and 2.4.9, and Elasticsearch 8 alongside OpenSearch for 2.4.7 and 2.4.8. The Redis finding holds in both tables.

“Not listed” means exactly that. We are reporting what Adobe’s tables contain, not announcing removals on Adobe’s behalf. The page changes, so read it before acting.

This table is for Adobe Commerce. We did not check whether Magento Open Source follows identical versions, so confirm against Adobe’s Open Source documentation if that is what you run.

There is no per-host compliance grid here. We could not verify the versions any host provisions today, and a grid with guessed cells would be worse than none. We also did not benchmark anything. We have no Magento installation and no host accounts.

What we did not do: install Magento or Adobe Commerce, hold an account with any host here, run a deploy, or measure memory, TTFB or cache behaviour. We quote no host prices.

The host links above are affiliate links. The most useful advice here, auditing the versions you’re already running, costs nothing.

FAQ

What are Adobe Commerce’s system requirements in 2026?

For on-premises 2.4.9: PHP 8.5, OpenSearch 3, MariaDB 12.3 or MySQL 8.4, Valkey 9, Varnish 8, RabbitMQ 4.3, nginx 1.30 and Composer 2.10. Earlier supported lines use older versions of the same components.

Which PHP version does Magento 2.4.9 need?

PHP 8.5. Magento 2.4.8-p5 supports PHP 8.4 and 8.3, and 2.4.7-p10 supports PHP 8.3 and 8.2.

Which Magento version should I use?

2.4.9 for new stores. Adobe lists regular support for 2.4.9 until 31 May 2029, 2.4.8 until 31 May 2028 and 2.4.7 until 31 May 2027.

Does Magento still use Redis?

Adobe’s current tables list Valkey rather than Redis. Redis is not listed for 2.4.9 or 2.4.8-p5, and is marked “Not supported” on 2.4.7-p10.

Can I run Magento on MySQL?

On 2.4.8 and 2.4.9, yes: Adobe lists MySQL 8.4. On 2.4.7 and earlier, MySQL 8.0 reached End of Support on 30 April 2026 and Adobe recommends migrating to MariaDB.

Is Elasticsearch still supported for Magento?

Elasticsearch 8 is listed for 2.4.7 and 2.4.8. Elasticsearch 7.17 reached End of Support on 15 January 2026, and 2.4.9 lists only OpenSearch 3.

What should I ask a Magento host?

Five questions, all wanting version numbers: which OpenSearch, which MariaDB or MySQL, Valkey or Redis, which PHP, and whether they provision RabbitMQ and Varnish.

Why is Magento hosting so expensive?

A compliant install is five or six separate services, and the deploy step is memory-hungry enough to fail on small servers even when the running store would fit.

Do I need Varnish?

Adobe lists Varnish 8 for 2.4.7 to 2.4.9. For any store with a real catalogue and traffic, full-page caching is the standard approach, though we haven’t benchmarked it.