A Showdown: Magento vs WooCommerce

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It is 2018 and the digital age is growing at a
very fast pace, so is eCommerce along with it.
So, it is understandable that most businesses
that are popping up are looking to set up a
webshop instead of a retail shop to attract more
customers.
As the need for eCommerce websites rise, various
platforms designed plugins to transform a website
into a webshop and several other platforms were
launched exclusively for eCommerce.
For startups which are still looking for a
suitable platform to choose for their webshop,
the two most mentioned options are
generally Magento and WooCommerce.
WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin that lets one
transform a WordPress website into an eCommerce
website while magento is a platform exclusively
designed for developing eCommerce websites.
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Both having their own benefits and downsides, it
is a very tough choice to make when it comes to
pick one out of the two. This can be made easier
if one is well aware of all the plus points and
drawbacks of both.
Magento vs WooCommerce
1. Usability of the open source version
Both WooCommerce as well as Magento are available
as open source. So, for startups looking for
developing a webshop without spending more money,
both are the ideal choices. However, just like no
good thing comes for free, the best of the
features of are available in premium versions of
both the platforms.
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The open source version of WooCommerce suitable
only for beginner level stores. So, when it comes
to expanding the webshop and adding new features,
one has to purchase the premium version for sure.
On the other hand, the open source version of
Magento has many features available and is very
flexible. While the capabilities of open source
WooCommerce may seem to be limited, Magento
offers a larger number of features and themes,
enough to easily enable one to scale up the store
with less hassle.
Winner  
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2. Speed and performance
For this factor, if one compares Magento 1 with
WooCommerce, the clear winner would be
wooCommerce as Magento 1 has a reputation of
being slow and having a really complicated
backed.
But, after Magento 2 was launched in 2015,
Magento was back in the game of eCommerce
platforms with improved performance and page
loading speed.
Though the number of plugins and the level of
optimisation has a lot to contribute to the page
speed, the choice of platform does play an
important role too. If one compares a
well-optimised Magento 2 webshop and a
WooCommerce webshop with a similar database size,
the performance results and loading speeds will
be close to each other.
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3. eCommerce Features
For this category, let us just hand over the
award to Magento and get it done with. Why?
Because Magento is a platform designed
exclusively for eCommerce while WooCommerce is
merely a plugin that can convert a
WordPress CMS website into a webshop.
Though WooCommerce brings to the table all the
features that Wordpress offers its users, those
features are not appealing enough from eCommerce
point of view. 
On the other hand, Magento has all the features
that any eCommerce platform would require. It
also has a plugin for designing a B2B
eCommerce website. So, clearly, Magento will grab
more eyeballs when it comes to the eCommerce
features offered.
Winner  
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4. Ease of use
This is a category where Magento cannot even come
close to WooCommerce. When it comes to ease of
use and being user friendly, WordPress is the
best known CMS platform.
So, the same ease is extended to WooCommerce as
it is a WordPress plugin afterall. On the other
hand, Magneto is a robust eCommerce platform and
is not known to be very user friendly, especially
for beginners. 
In case of WooCommerce, anyone with a little
knowledge of computers can easily develop a
webshop with all the basic and even most of the
advanced functionalities.
But, for Magento, there is no way one can do the
same without gaining at least an intermediate
knowledge of the platform.
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Though there are many user tutorials and official
documentations which can teach one a lot, it is
impossible to deploy a complete Magento webshop
just by that knowledge. The point being,
WooCommerce leads by several points here.
Winner     
The Final Verdict
There is no way to declare a definite winner in
this case as a lot of that choice depends on the
needs and requirements of the business.
If it is a small business, WooCommerce may be the
suitable choice as you can develop the website
without hiring an eCommerce development
agency and save expenses.
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But, adding better functionalities to the webshop
and getting it custom designed by magento
solutions specialists would give you a very
appealing webshop, enabling you to attract more
customers.
So, if you asked me, the award of the best
eCommerce website development goes to
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