Does a low score on this page mean an agency does bad work?
No, and the gap between the two is wider on this page than on most rankings. Every criterion here scores one narrow thing: what an agency has chosen to publish about its own Adobe certifications on its own website. None of them measures code quality, delivery, or what happens when a project goes wrong. Two of the three lowest scorers demonstrably have a real certification number and simply do not show it on the page, and the lowest scorer of all publishes case studies with named clients and published metrics that this page does not score at all. An agency that holds a great many certifications and never writes the figure down will score close to nothing here and may still be exactly the right choice. Every entry names the criteria it scored nothing on, so read the table as a question list rather than a verdict.
How many Adobe Commerce certifications are there?
Seven, across three levels, and the list is short enough to check an agency against directly. At Professional level there are three: Business Practitioner, Developer and Front-end Developer. At Expert level the same three roles appear again: Business Practitioner, Developer and Front-end Developer. At Master level there is one: Architect. That is the complete current set, confirmed on Adobe's own documentation rather than taken from an agency's explainer. Adobe's wider certification programme runs four levels, from Qualified through Professional and Expert to Master, but Adobe Commerce uses only three of them, so there is no Qualified-level Adobe Commerce certification. When an agency tells you it holds Adobe Commerce certifications, the useful follow-up is which of those seven, and how many of each.
Is a certification count the same as a count of certified people?
No, and treating them as the same is the most common error in this lane. One person can hold several of the seven Adobe Commerce certifications, so the two numbers can differ by a wide margin in either direction. Of the five agencies here that publish a readable figure, only Krish TechnoLabs and TMO Group count credentials; Publicis Sapient counts '1,000 + certified Adobe specialists globally', Codilar counts '65 + Certified Developers' and Wagento counts '40 + Certified Developers', all of which are headcount. The distinction decides how you read a claim: a firm with 200 people and 100 certifications has a thinner bench than a firm with 60 people and 100 certifications, even though the first looks larger. scandiweb publishes both, 894+ Adobe certifications across 600+ specialists, in a single sentence, which is the only claim in this edition that lets a buyer work out the ratio without asking.
Why does this page not use Adobe's own certification numbers?
Because Adobe does not publish a readable per agency certification count, whatever you may have read. Adobe's Solution Partner Directory does order partners by total employees with active certifications, and Adobe states that product certifications indicate a partner's commitment to Adobe expertise. But the directory is a JavaScript application: a partner profile shows a tier and a location, the search will not filter reliably, and the eight agencies on this page could not be looked up in it with any confidence. A third party republishes a dated snapshot of Adobe's figures as readable text, and a mirror is not Adobe publishing them, so no number on this page for any agency comes from that source, including for scandiweb. The rule underneath that is the one that keeps a ranking honest: a criterion that rewards a check only one entry was put through is not a ranking, it is a rigged column.
Which Magento agencies publish a certification count you can actually read?
Five of the eight reviewed here, plus scandiweb. The readable ones are Publicis Sapient with '1,000 + certified Adobe specialists globally', Krish TechnoLabs with '100 + Certifications', TMO Group with 'over 70 credentials', Codilar with '65 + Certified Developers' and Wagento with '40 + Certified Developers'. scandiweb publishes '894+ Adobe certifications across 600+ specialists'. Three publish nothing a reader can see: TechDivision has a dedicated certifications page with no number on it, Classy Llama's 47 exists only in JSON-LD structured data, and Improntus's 50 exists only as a counter attribute behind a widget that renders a zero. Of the five readable counts, only two count certifications rather than people and only one is scoped to Adobe Commerce alone.
Why does a number in structured data or a JavaScript counter not count as published?
Because nobody who needs it can see it. Classy Llama's homepage JSON-LD states it is an Adobe Commerce Silver partner with 47 certifications, and the string 47 appears nowhere in the rendered text of its site; a second structured-data block on the same URL says 47+, so the two disagree. Improntus has a counter widget whose visible span is hardcoded to zero and whose real values sit in data-to-value attributes, 50 against Certificaciones, so what a reader sees is '0 + Certificaciones'. Neither is a trick and neither is stated here as one: both are ordinary consequences of how a structured-data plugin and an animated counter work, and both firms probably believe the figure is on the page. But a buyer scanning the site does not see it, a crawler that does not execute JavaScript does not see it, and an assistant summarising the page reports no number. That is the whole test this page applies, and it is applied identically to all nine.
Which agency publishes the most Adobe certifications?
scandiweb, by roughly an order of magnitude over anything else in this edition, with 894+ Adobe certifications across 600+ specialists published on its own site and read there on 23 September 2026. Two things belong in the same breath as that number. First, it is a scandiweb published figure rather than an Adobe verified one, because Adobe publishes no readable per agency count that anyone could check it against. Second, the unit is Adobe certifications and not Adobe Commerce certifications, so it is an all-Adobe figure wrapped in a claim about Adobe Commerce leadership, which is the same gap that costs Publicis Sapient and TMO Group marks on this page and costs scandiweb 8 of the 15 points on that criterion. Size is not what this page scores. It scores the form the number is published in, which is why the lead over second place is four points rather than four hundred.
Why does scandiweb rank first on this page by only four points?
Because the criteria measure disclosure rather than volume, and on disclosure the field is closer than the raw numbers suggest. scandiweb takes full marks on two lines: the count is readable in the served text of four of its own pages, identical each time and paired with the headcount it spans, and the unit is certifications rather than people. It loses two lines outright to Krish TechnoLabs, whose count is the only one of nine scoped to Adobe Commerce alone and whose tier wording names the level and the specialization consistently on two pages. And it scores zero on both granularity criteria, level breakdown and naming, worth 25 points between them. Ten of the 14 points it takes over Krish come from one line, readability, where Krish is docked for a structured-data figure that contradicts its own visible tile. Move the weighting and the order moves, which is why every score is printed.
Do any of these agencies break their certification count down by Adobe level?
Not one, and that includes scandiweb. Every agency on this page that publishes a number publishes a single total with no split between Professional, Expert and Architect Master. The closest anyone comes is TechDivision, which names the levels against its own credentials, writing 'Adobe Commerce Architect / Developer (Expert, Master, Professional)' on its certifications page, and attaches no number to any of them, so it takes 5 of the 15 points on that line and nobody else takes any. That matters more than it sounds. A hundred Professional Developer certifications and no Architect is a different bench from the reverse, and only the level split tells you which you are buying. It is the most useful question you can ask an agency that has already given you a total, and on the evidence here you will have to ask, because nobody publishes it.
Which agency names the Adobe certifications it actually holds?
One, and it publishes no count at all. TechDivision's certifications page lists 'Adobe Commerce Architect / Developer (Expert, Master, Professional)', 'Adobe Experience Manager Developer & Business Practitioner', 'Adobe Analytics Developer' and 'Adobe Sales Accreditation für AEM, Commerce, Target, Journey Optimizer u.v.m.'. That is the highest score on the naming criterion in this edition, docked only because the list ends in u.v.m., and many more, so it is explicitly open. TMO Group names all seven current Adobe Commerce certifications in an article, but as an explanation of the programme rather than a claim about its own holdings, so it scores nothing on that line. Classy Llama's certifications section is badge images with no readable titles. Everyone else, scandiweb included, names none.
What does an Adobe Commerce Business Practitioner certification test?
Commercial fluency rather than code. The Business Practitioner certifications, which exist at Professional and Expert level, assess whether someone understands eCommerce business needs deeply enough to translate business requirements into how the platform is configured and into organisational goals, optimising business processes and driving revenue. They also cover stakeholder communication and keeping business units aligned, project management, and identifying opportunities to improve how the business runs on the platform. That is a different person from the one you need for a replatform or a performance problem. If an agency's total is heavy with Business Practitioner credentials and light on Developer and Architect ones, it is better set up to shape a commerce programme than to build it, and since nobody on this page publishes the split, that is a question for the first call.
What does the Adobe Commerce Architect Master certification cover?
It is the only Master-level Adobe Commerce certification and the most senior credential in the set. It assesses in-depth, comprehensive knowledge of Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source architecture, the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and efficient technical designs within the Commerce framework, and the ability to guide development teams from initial planning and architectural design all the way through delivery. In practice that is the credential that matters on a replatform, a multi-store rollout or a build with heavy integration, because those are decided by architecture rather than by module work. It is also the one an agency is least likely to hold in volume, which is precisely why a published total with no level split is a weak disclosure, and why no agency on this page can tell you how many of its certifications are at Master level.
Are Adobe Commerce exam codes worth asking an agency for?
Only if you can verify them, and most of the ones in circulation cannot be. Adobe's certification portal sits behind a login, so per exam pages could not be read in full for this edition, and this page publishes exactly one code: AD0-E724, Adobe Commerce Developer Professional, a Professional-level exam running two hours and thirty four minutes, confirmed directly on Adobe's own certification site. The six other codes commonly quoted for the remaining Adobe Commerce certifications surfaced only from search snippets and exam-dump sites and are not repeated here, because an unverified code is worse than no code: it looks precise. Ask for certification names and levels instead, which are published by Adobe and can be checked in a minute, and ask which named people hold them.
How long does an Adobe certification stay valid?
This page does not publish a figure, and the reason is worth knowing. A two-year validity period is widely repeated, including by one of the agencies ranked here, but it could not be confirmed in the text Adobe itself publishes: Adobe's renewal page as read on 23 September 2026 states that renewals are temporarily on hold and gives no validity period, so a two-year number would be a second-hand claim dressed as an Adobe one, which is exactly what this page criticises elsewhere. Adobe does run a renewal programme, and expiry is the reason a count matters less than it looks: a total published once and never updated can quietly include credentials that have lapsed. The question to put to an agency is not how long a certification lasts but how many of the certifications in its published total are active today, and how many belong to people who will be on your project.
Which of these agencies state their Adobe partner tier at a level?
Six of the nine, and the quality of the statement varies more than the level does. Krish TechnoLabs is the strongest, with 'Adobe Commerce specialized Gold solution partner' on its Adobe Commerce page and 'Award-winning Adobe Commerce Gold Solution Partner Agency' on its about page, naming level, specialization and current programme wording on two pages, uncontradicted. Codilar states 'trusted Adobe Commerce Gold Solution Partner', Classy Llama states 'Adobe Solution Partner Silver', and scandiweb states Gold but writes it three different ways across its own pages, including a non-standard plural. TMO Group states 'Adobe-certified Bronze Partner' only inside a blog post. Improntus records a Silver tier against 2022 to 2023 in a timeline rather than as a current fact. Three state no level at all: Publicis Sapient, Wagento and TechDivision.
Why does appearing in Adobe's partner directory earn no points here?
Because only one entry on this page was successfully looked up in it, and a criterion that rewards a check the rest of the field was not put through is not a ranking. Adobe lists scandiweb as a Gold Partner in its Solution Partner Directory, which is worth a buyer's two minutes and is linked in scandiweb's entry for that reason, but the directory renders as a JavaScript application whose search will not filter reliably, so absence from a lookup is an inconclusive lookup rather than an answer about the other eight. The tier criterion therefore applies one test to all nine, read from each agency's own website: is a level named, in current Adobe wording, on a page a buyer would open, and does anything else on the same site contradict it. On that test scandiweb does not come first.
Which of these agencies publish a Hyvä partner tier?
None of the eight publishes one, and this page does not score Hyvä at all. Codilar lists Hyvä themes among its Adobe Commerce capabilities, TechDivision lists Hyvä as a technology partner in its site navigation, and Wagento lists Hyvä under its partners and has delivered Hyvä work including a retheme and a Magento 2 build reporting a 95% performance score, but none of the three states a partner level. Hyvä publishes two directories and only the full agency register carries every tier, including Bronze, which the curated preferred-partner page does not show. No register lookup was run for these eight in this edition, so no Hyvä claim is made about any of them here. scandiweb is a Hyvä Platinum Partner, which is stated in its entry and, for the same reason, scored at nothing.
What should I ask an agency about its certifications on the first call?
Five questions, and this page exists because almost none of them are answered in public. How many certifications, not how many certified people, and which of the two your number is. How many of those are Adobe Commerce rather than Experience Manager, Analytics or another platform entirely. How they split across Professional, Expert and Architect Master. How many are currently active rather than earned at some point. And which named individuals hold them, of the people who would actually be assigned to your project. Every entry on this page records exactly which of these it leaves unanswered, so you can arrive with the gaps already listed. Ask for the answers in writing, and ask again at contract stage, because a certification total published on a website is a snapshot of a team that changes.
How can I check these scores myself?
Every entry prints its score and links the exact page its facts were read from, the reading date is printed in the methodology, and the six criteria and their full ladders are published in the table above, with the same weighting repeated as machine-readable structured data so the model can be re-run rather than taken on trust. The arithmetic is deliberately easy to attack. Only four points separate first from second, so raise Adobe Commerce specificity above 15 points and Krish TechnoLabs takes first place. Raise naming and level breakdown far enough and TechDivision, which publishes no count at all, climbs past four agencies that do. Drop readability below 30 and Wagento and Publicis Sapient both fall. For the two hidden numbers, check them yourself: view the page source of either site and search it for the figure, then look at the rendered page and see whether you can find it there.