Difference Between Magento and Opencart

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Magento Vs OpenCart

• WHICH SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

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This is one of the questions comes into the mind
of the person looking to build an e-commerce
website these days.

• As we know that there are 37 different platform
  available to build an e-Commerce website. Which
  one is good for your business? Which one will
  offer flexibility?

• Which one of them is more durable?
• What is the basic benefit of one over another?

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Before deciding to build an e-Commerce website
you need to know the basic difference between
them.
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What Is Magento?

• Magento is an open source e-Commerce web
  application which is launched in March, 2008. It
  is built by using an open source object-oriented
  web application framework implemented in PHP 5
  called Zend framework. It is solely owned by
  Magento Inc.
• Usage of Magento varies from small e-Commerce
  websites to big multinational businesses. Till
  now more than 185000 websites are using it.

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What Is OpenCart?

• OpenCart is a free open source e-Commerce
  shopping cart solution. It is developed by
  keeping in mind that the end user(entrepreneurs)
  are having limited knowledge of internet and are
  just looking to start. This is built on PHP and
  helps user to actively participate in fast moving
  e-Commerce world by developing a promising online
  business.

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e-Commerce Software Market Share
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Magento Key Features

• Open-source, with a healthy development community
  contributing to its ongoing development.
• Offers a library with hundreds of extensions and
  can also interface with third-party applications.
• Provides built-in SEO functions.
• Includes order management tools such as wish
  lists, rewards systems, and gift registries.
• Enables you to customize the checkout process.
• Offers excellent scalability.

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OpenCart Key Features

• Its an open-source platform under regular
  ongoing development in other words, it isnt
  going away anytime soon.
• Offers a comprehensive catalog of themes and
  extensions, with free and premium options.
• Automatically tracks your stores most important
  metrics and displays them prominently in the
  admin interface.
• Accepts over 20 payment methods right out of the
  box.
• Provides management of multiple stores from a
  single dashboard.
• Enables you to differentiate your products
  according to their attributes (such as colors and
  sizes).
• Built-in affiliate and discount systems.
• Helps you manage backups right from your
  interface.

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Pros and Cons of Magento

• Pros
• Highly scalable and customizable
• Matchless functionality level
• Ideal for Enterprise usage
• Extensive community

• Cons
• Costly extensions
• Too many features useless for most stores
• Steep learning curve
• Performance much dependent on hosting

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Pros and Cons of OpenCart

• Pros
• Very easy to use
• Free and cheap extensions or themes
• Responsive and nimble admin UI
• Nice documentation

• Cons
• Limited caching and SEO functions (extensions
  required)
• Tough to customize
• Not so good for big-sized stores
• Moderate community size

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Opencart VS Magento?

• Template options in Magento is very extensive
  than in OpenCart.
• Magento supports multi store handling but
  OpenCart does not.
• OpenCart is less SEO friendly than Magento.
• Magento has ability to show product comparison
  and wish list, Which is missing in OpenCart.
• Magento offers wide range of reports for every
  action but OpenCart offers only sales report.
• OpenCart is more cost effective platform than
  Magento.
• OpenCart is believed to be easier to use than
  Magento.
• OpenCart may be better for you unless you are
  experienced enough to improve Magento on your
  own.
• Magento, you need a stronger hosting plan to
  support sites performance as compare to OpenCart.

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Conclusion
If ease of use and low cost are your primary
considerations, OpenCart is a natural choice. It
doesnt offer the advanced features or
scalability that Magento does, but its a lot
easier to get up and running.
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