{"id":2336,"date":"2020-03-25T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harrisoncarloss.com\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2020-10-05T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:25:12","slug":"woocommerce-v-magento-which-is-right-for-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harrisoncarloss.com\/woocommerce-v-magento-which-is-right-for-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"WooCommerce v Magento: Which is right for your website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>So you want to grow your business by adding some real eCommerce power to your website, and you\u2019re wondering what your best options are. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ok then. The two most popular options by far are <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/\">WooCommerce<\/a> and Magento. Both these platforms are packed with features, are great performers, and have loads of supporters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WooCommerce<\/strong> is one of the most technically sound eCommerce software platforms and content management systems, powering up almost <strong>30%<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>of the whole eCommerce market, with around 10 <strong>million <\/strong>users worldwide. Built on WordPress, the world\u2019s most popular website platform, it\u2019s user-friendly with an easy-to-embed plug-in architecture and customisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Magento<\/strong> also has many dedicated e-Commerce features to let you create an online store, accept payments and manage products. With 8% of the total eCommerce market, <a href=\"https:\/\/magento.com\/\">Magento<\/a> is also one of the best &amp; most robust eCommerce applications available, and is trusted by some of the world\u2019s prominent brands, from small businesses to large multinationals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>So much for the similarities, but what about the differences? <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Which is easier to use? Which fits your budget more comfortably? Which supports your payment gateways? Which will grow more comfortably with your business?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Which is easier to use? <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>If you are familiar with <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress<\/a>, WooCommerce is easy to use, it\u2019s easy to manage and gives a familiar feel to WordPress enabling easy content management, with a mobile app enabling you to check your store on the go. And for those of us who are devs, it\u2019s relatively straight forward to build and develop on. With lots of genuine plug-ins, it\u2019s got a lot of capabilities ready to go.<\/p>\n<p>Magento feels\u00a0more geared towards developers than regular users and comes with a steep learning curve. It\u2019s more time consuming to build and develop on, and its interface is also less intuitive than WordPress. However, if you\u2019ve got a dedicated team and time to learn, once you\u2019ve got your head around it, it\u2019s like riding a bike.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Which fits your budget better? <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>As WooCommerce is totally open source, the cost of starting a WooCommerce store is a lot lower than Magento. Magento has both a free and paid version, but those who are interested in the Enterprise Edition will have to shell out a pretty penny.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, Magento is more expensive to maintain and develop and requires more hosting resource to run, ultimately increasing costs. However, it\u2019s the right choice if you have a lot of products, and we mean A LOT.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Setting up payment methods?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Both Magento and WooCommerce have support for multiple payment options and do an equally great job in terms of payments support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Scalability? <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>As you scale your store, WooCommerce remains the cheapest alternative, since you don\u2019t need to install more powerful (and premium) versions of the platform, as may be the case with Magento. WooCommerce also has a vast plugin market to enable you to increase functionality as you scale.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Summary. <\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>WooCommerce and Magento both have their merits, but in our opinion, unless you have an eCommerce store with over 50,000 products, WooCommerce will give you what you need. It&#8217;s easy to use, and is more cost-effective in terms of initial outlay and on-going web development, hosting and support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A final note. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Magento has officially announced\u00a0that all versions of Magento 1\u00a0will become <a href=\"https:\/\/magento.com\/blog\/magento-news\/supporting-magento-1-through-june-2020\">end of life (EOL) on June 1, 2020<\/a>. This means no quality fixes or security patches will be deployed for Magento 1 after this date.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using Magento 1, you\u2019ll need to migrate to another platform\u00a0this year otherwise your business could be vulnerable to future security breaches, although you shouldn\u2019t panic too much about the June 1<sup>st<\/sup> deadline.<\/p>\n<p>A good time to try WooCommerce? <a href=\"https:\/\/harrisoncarloss.com\/contact\/\">Get in touch<\/a> today to find out how we could help, or check out our full range of <a href=\"https:\/\/harrisoncarloss.com\/services\/\">services<\/a> on our website and see what we could do for your business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you want to grow your business by adding some real eCommerce power to your website, and you\u2019re wondering what your best options are. Ok then. The two most popular options by far are WooCommerce and Magento. Both these platforms are packed with features, are great performers, and have loads of supporters. WooCommerce is one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WooCommerce v Magento - Which is better? | Harrison Carloss<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With Magento 1 EOL looming, we find out which platform is better for your eCommerce website - WooCommerce or Magento? 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