Creating an E-commerce from scratch is certainly not an easy task, even for the best developers, the problems might start as early as the choice of the CMS.
There are many solutions, but the comparison that comes immediately is between Magento and WooCommerce, both systems allow you to achieve excellent results quickly and without excessive complications.
After all, they are two open source frameworks, created with a double objective: web master side, to ensure ease of use (as far as possible), user side. offer a definitely appreciable browsing experience. But let’s go through the features of one and the other in detail in order to help you in your Hamletic doubt.
Magento and WooCommerce: pros and cons
Magento
Pros:
Perhaps the most famous CMS, after WordPress, a platform that has made scalability and flexibility its strengths, the features are countless thanks also to the large number of modules present, it goes without saying then that this system ensures the possibility to customize as you see fit and especially based on the different needs.
As mentioned above the strength of this platform is basically given by its scalability, this feature allows those who make an e-commerce to add many additional tools aimed at improving the performance of the online store. There are numerous modules that allow you to manage products, inventory, attributes, not to mention the many templates, all with curated graphics and functionality already installed.
The other great competitive advantage that Magento offers its users is given by the ability to manage, with a single backend interface, a multistore, then several stores of different types and with different product categories simultaneously. Cons:
This CMS very often turns out to be slightly more complicated than the others to manage, especially in the configuration phase; in fact, it presents an elaborate structure that is not immediately understandable.
In addition, with Magento, an inexperienced user is likely to have numerous difficulties in customizing the system during development.
WooCommerce
Pros:
The platform that more than any other (especially compared to Magento) is appreciated for its ease of use, thus becoming particularly suitable for all those who have little programming experience or for those who approach the development of an online shop for the first time.
It is a CMS connected directly with WordPress, drawing from this the linearity in use and great ductility, given also by the multiple implementations that allow a high level of customization.
It boasts really low costs, it is therefore particularly recommended for small companies that need to set up small e-commerce. Cons:
The features offered by this platform, turn out to be rather basic. At parity all those that Magento offers by default with WooCommerce, must be purchased by implementing the basic package with plugins found on the network.
A potential choice between the two can be summarized by stating that Magento is clearly to be preferred for all developers who want to offer something extra to their customers, especially if the latter are particularly demanding, while WooCommerce is particularly suitable for small businesses, stores that are content with basic functions and especially want to spend little on the creation of their site.
