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Magento Open Source

128 Reviews and Ratings

WooCommerce

261 Reviews and Ratings

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    Magento Open Source

    Score8.4 out of 10
    		N/AMagento Open Source is an ecommerce content management solution originally developed by Varien Inc and presently supported by Adobe. The Open Source product is for developers and merchants that is available as a free download, and supported with free upgrades from the Magento Community.N/A

    WooCommerce

    Score8 out of 10
    		N/AWooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.

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    Pricing
    Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Woo Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for Magento will vary greatly depending on outsourcing support and maintenance services.WooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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    Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
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    Adobe
    Shahed Nasser
    Senior eCommerce Developer in Information Technology at ECONCEPTS (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Magento vs PrestaShop
    Magento is good for big-scale projects that require a lot of features or a lot of custom development. PrestaShop is a good, lightweight platform that can handle most e-commerce use cases. When it comes to which is easier to use, especially for non-tech …
    Incentivized
    Brian Halstrom
    Director, Digital Marketing in Marketing at Hilton Worldwide (Sporting Goods, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    When compared to WooCommerce, we used Magento as we're able to have more control over our product listings, category listings, and shipping options.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Magento is excellent for large shops, with large quantities of products and makes scaling as the shop grows easy and quick. But it does truly require a dedicated server and an experienced developer to get things up and going.

    I prefer WooCommerce for smaller shops as its quick …
    Incentivized
    Brendon Brown
    Business Software Manager / IT Consultant in Information Technology at Island City Media (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    WooCommerce, when fully "plugged-in" required server resources which drowned our host. We hit a wall with growth due to these resources and researched redevelopment on Woo or migration to a new platform. We chose the latter.
    Shopify and BigCommerce were limited to their closed …
    Incentivized
    Lynn Thames
    Owner in Information Technology at Excel Software Services, Inc. (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Magento is hands down better than any hosted platform (i.e., BC), but only if you have a good development team. Hosted platforms are very limiting as to what you can accomplish "outside the box." Magento is much better than WooCommerce in its user friendliness and its …
    Incentivized
    Santiago Valdés
    Cofounder / Marketing, Growth, Technology, Experience in Marketing at Vestuá (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    In a few words:
    • WooCommerce: easy to setup, huge community and easy to customize. Hard to scale, but can be done.
    • PrestaShop: poor brother of WooCommerce. Less community, less customization... not sure why anybody would use it.
    Incentivized
    Max J. Jennings
    Inbound Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Infinity Digital Agency (Internet, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Magento is definitely built for developers by developers and in my opinion is best suited for large-scale e-commerce stores. When you need to create a large store or require advance customization Magento is really the only way to go. We have tried using platforms like WooCommerc…
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Shopify is a closed ecosystem; the moment a client has a complex, custom workflow or needs to integrate with a legacy ERP system, Shopify’s app-based model falls short. WooCommerce just does not scale like Magento, and its architecture is not made for enterprise-scale …
    Incentivized
    IGNACE QUAGHEBEUR
    ICT Manager in Information Technology at BRAEM (Automotive, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    the shopping extentions for WordPress (whoocommerce) didn't seem to be the best fit. Drupal was too complex to start with.
    We found a good partner that had experience with Magento development and we felt that they + Magento Open Source were a good fit for our needs.
    especially …
    Incentivized
    Chris Putnam
    Senior Web Developer in Research & Development at WebpageFX (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    Magento is the heaviest by far, in a few senses of the word. It has the steepest learning curve both for administrators and programmers, but it also has the highest potential to run a high traffic, high volume ecommerce store. Other products will get you up and running faster …
    Incentivized
    David Bryan
    Managing Director in Marketing at Opace Ltd. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    In our experience, Magento is more robust but also more complex for users to maintain.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Magento Open Source
    I have worked with Shopify, osCommerce, and WooCommerce.
    Incentivized
    Nick Jastrebski
    Business Analyst in Information Technology at Miles Technologies (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    In the past, I've used Shopify, WordPress + Woocommerce and Drupal + Drupal Commerce. Magento CE is much easier to use since it's open source and it's bundled together in one package. It's built specifically with e-commerce in mind so there are no worries about …
    Incentivized
    Ramon Khan
    Freelance Marketing Consultant in Marketing at Ramon Khan Digital Marketing (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Magento Open Source
    While Magento does have higher development cost overall, it is a much better platform for ecommerce and it does not a take a fee from your sales which is nice.
    Incentivized
    Automattic
    dewansh hate
    Digital marketing executive in Social Media at Icraftyworld (Arts & Crafts, 11-50 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    Initially due to budget i have selected the woo commerce but the they dont have customisation as we are need when our customer base is increasing thats why i shifted to big platform like Shopify that give us alot of customisation but it comes with a price...but woo commerce is …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose WooCommerce
    We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy …
    Incentivized
    Luis Escoffié
    Especialista en Marketing Digital y Comercio Electrónico in Marketing at @luisescoffie (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    I like WooCommerce because it can be optimized, customized and adapted to every business needs. That's because it's WordPress core, it helps us customize stores in ways we can only imagine and also we can implement Google AMP and PWA easier and faster than with other platforms. …
    Incentivized
    Kaushik Somaiya
    Owner in Information Technology at wporbit.net (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    Shopify is a premium e commerce platform tailored just for online shops. While WooCommerce is a plugin which has main platform as WordPress. Shopify is costly to have. Most of the basic shop functions that are offered in Shopify can be achieved using WordPress + WooCommerce …
    Incentivized
    Ramakant Rout
    Digital Marketing Profession in Social Media at To Protect You (2pu.in) (Medical Device, 1-10 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce is easy to use and maintain the order of users. While comparing with Shopify, WooCommerce is free software but Shopify is a paid software. You need to purchase the hosting plan for Shopify.

    WooCommerce is a free platform to integrate the payment gateway. You'll get …
    Incentivized
    Eugenio Chessa
    Software and Web Developer in Information Technology at InTouchDesign (Internet, 1-10 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    When creating an e-commerce site, it is important that its management interface is simple even for those who are not very familiar with the web. WooCommerce, in this case, is the master.
    Incentivized
    Franklin Wells
    Senior Developer in Research & Development at Velatrip (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    I love WooCommerce, the ease of use, installation and configuration place this far above the competition. The performance is exceptional. I really recommend it to all the people who want to make a virtual store. Its competitors are good, but they do not offer the simplicity of …
    Incentivized
    Joshua Burcham
    Designer & Owner in Marketing at BURCHAM (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce sits in a nice sweet spot between hosted e-commerce solutions where you have to give up some control in exchange for easy-of-use (like Shopify, Squarespace) and larger more enterprise solutions that are endlessly customizable but too complex for most merchatns needs …
    Incentivized
    Shehan Marasinghe
    Founder in Information Technology at Nerdynaut (Publishing, 11-50 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce is an open source platform; therefore people like it more than other e-commerce platforms. WooCommerce has a wider audience and a community that develops plugins to enhance the store features and solve problems. WooCommerce integrates almost every payment gateway …
    Incentivized
    Santiago Valdés
    Cofundador in Marketing at Sensacional Chile (Retail, 11-50 employees)
    Chose WooCommerce
    PrestaShop: It's Woocommerce poorer brother, without the CMS, the community, the devs and designers. It's the worst of both worlds.
    Shopify: For us, it wasn't possible to use because of our scale. It depends on how many products you will be managing and how much you want to …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce is much easier to learn and develop than Magento. Also, the plugins make life easy.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Magento Open Source and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    7.7
    28 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.8
    88 Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.528 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    Product management9.528 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.026 Ratings6.370 Ratings
    Branding6.526 Ratings7.076 Ratings
    Mobile storefront4.028 Ratings9.080 Ratings
    Product variations9.526 Ratings6.480 Ratings
    Website integration8.024 Ratings9.288 Ratings
    Visual customization6.527 Ratings8.084 Ratings
    CMS8.526 Ratings7.766 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Magento Open Source and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    8.0
    28 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.5
    84 Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery7.123 Ratings7.355 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.028 Ratings7.784 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Magento Open Source and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    6.6
    26 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.9
    77 Ratings
    eCommerce security6.626 Ratings8.977 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Magento Open Source and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    4.2
    28 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    5.7
    86 Ratings
    Promotions & discounts5.628 Ratings6.483 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations2.022 Ratings4.068 Ratings
    SEO5.125 Ratings6.675 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Magento Open Source and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    9.1
    28 Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.7
    85 Ratings
    Multi-site management9.525 Ratings5.342 Ratings
    Order processing9.527 Ratings7.883 Ratings
    Inventory management9.525 Ratings7.382 Ratings
    Shipping8.524 Ratings6.376 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.526 Ratings7.079 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    7.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)