No, you don’t. Magento has long been an open-source platform and has been free for many years. After its acquisition by Adobe, a new version – Adobe Commerce – is available. It has the same features as the free version but has several other exciting and robust capabilities, such as cloud-hosting services. If you’re planning on building a high-powered e-commerce store, the paid version may be better suited to your needs. That said, the high cost makes it suitable for large businesses and e-commerce stores but may exceed the budget for most smaller businesses.
That said, you don’t need anything other than the free open source version, which used to be called Magento Community Edition, for Magento SEO. Since it’s open-source, you can modify the source code or hire a developer to help you do so. You can still optimize the free version while taking advantage of its scalability, flexibility, plugins, and more. At First Page, we can help optimize your strategy regardless of which version of Magento you’re using to power your store.