SoftwareSilo Price Lists and Adobe Commerce Shared Catalogs both deliver account-specific pricing, but they start from different business objects. SoftwareSilo starts with a named price agreement. Adobe starts with a company catalog that combines product access and custom prices.
Direct comparison
| Requirement | SoftwareSilo Price Lists | Adobe Shared Catalogs |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce | Adobe Commerce with B2B modules |
| Main object | Named price list | Public or custom shared catalog |
| Assignment | Customer, group, customer attributes, address attributes | Company accounts |
| Several matches | Supported through priority and merge logic | A company is assigned to one shared catalog |
| Quantity tiers | Supported per product row | Custom and tier pricing supported |
| Agreement dates | List and product-row dates | Not the defining shared-catalog model |
| Product visibility | Not controlled | Products and categories can be restricted |
| Base behavior | One optional base price list per website | One public shared catalog |
| Integrations | Optional CSV, SOAP/REST, and GraphQL | Adobe web APIs and B2B services |
When SoftwareSilo is the closer fit
Choose the price-list model when contracts are managed as named sets that may overlap. A buyer can receive a list directly, through a customer group, or through account data. Priority, list dates, product dates, fixed or relative prices, and quantity tiers describe how the agreement behaves.
This is particularly useful for Magento Open Source projects that already have the desired catalog visibility and need a commercial pricing layer without adopting the full Adobe B2B company stack.
When Adobe Shared Catalogs are the closer fit
Choose Shared Catalogs when each company needs a controlled assortment as well as custom prices. Adobe links shared catalogs with company accounts and category permissions. The public catalog covers guests and users outside a custom company catalog, while custom catalogs serve assigned companies.
This architecture is coherent when company accounts, category permissions, requisition lists, quotes, and other Adobe B2B capabilities are already required.
The critical difference is visibility
A price agreement answers, "What should this buyer pay?" A shared catalog also answers, "Which products and categories should this company see?" Using a price-list module alone for an assortment requirement leaves a functional gap. Using a full shared-catalog stack only for a few contract prices may add more architecture than the project needs.
Migration questions
Before moving in either direction, map the current catalog or list to customers, companies, groups, products, quantities, currencies, websites, and dates. Decide how overlapping lists become one company catalog, or how one shared catalog becomes several commercial agreements. Price and visibility should be validated independently.
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Last reviewed: August 9, 2026.