Magento 2 Hyvä Checkout

Before you install and change your Magento 2 store to use Hyvä Checkout, please read the section below carefully.

Pros and cons

We have collected a few pros and cons to display the differences between the standard Magento and Hyvä checkout.

Pros	Cons
Fast, lightweight checkout with modern UX; typically improves perceived speed and conversion	Additional license cost (separate from Magento)
Modern frontend stack; cleaner codebase and generally easier to customize	Not all third‑party extensions work out of the box; may need adapters or custom work
Strong mobile performance out of the box	Requires modern frontend skills (often React) for deeper customization
Growing ecosystem and compatibility modules for popular payment/shipping providers	Some edge-case Magento features can require extra implementation

Pros	Cons
Included with Magento (no extra license)	Heavier JS stack (Knockout/RequireJS) → slower, more friction in checkout
Broad third‑party extension compatibility, especially for payments/shipping	Customizations can be complex and brittle
Well-understood, predictable behavior across Magento upgrades	Dated UX and weaker mobile performance
Adequate for straightforward stores with minimal customization needs	Can negatively impact Lighthouse metrics and potentially conversion

Choose Hyvä Checkout if speed, modern UX, and customizability are priorities and you can budget for the license and any compatibility work.

Choose Luma if you need maximum out‑of‑the‑box extension compatibility and minimal upfront cost, and can accept the performance/UX trade‑offs.