OPENCART VS MAGENTO — WHAT IS THE BETTER CHOICE?
Of the many decisions, you make to drive success for your online business, choosing the most optimal platform is of the utmost importance. The eCommerce platform needs to contain all the functionalities and features that serve your business’s goal. There are two big names that are no doubt cropping up: OpenCart vs Magento.
According to Ahrefs statistics, the global search volume of OpenCart vs Magento is 159,000 and 302,000 correspondingly. These numbers mean that merchants are much interested in the two platforms. Moreover, they tend to take a greater interest in Magento.
The following article will compare and explain where and how Magento goes miles ahead of OpenCart in terms of both functionalities and performance.
OpenCart vs Magento: Overview
What is Magento?
Released in 2008, Magento is an open-source eCommerce platform written in the PHP language. Magento represents around 8% of all eCommerce platforms available on the market, with more than 447,100 live websites.
It offers three editions. One is Magento Open Source, (previously Magento Community Edition). The second is Magento Commerce (previously Magento Enterprise Edition). And third is Magento Commerce Cloud Edition, which is a fairly new entry into the Magento platform.
Magento Commerce was derived from Magento Open Source and has the same core files. However, Magento Commerce has a bunch of advanced features and functionalities, exclusively for large companies. To have an in-depth look at the differences between Magento Open Source and Magento Commerce, you can refer to this article.
