{"id":80236,"date":"2017-03-31T05:33:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=80236"},"modified":"2017-10-20T08:57:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:57:03","slug":"magento-vs-shopify-infographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-vs-shopify-infographics.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento vs Shopify [Infographics]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Choosing the right e-commerce platform is the first step towards the prospects of your e commerce business. A lot depends on what your expectations are in terms of setting up your ecommerce store, (that ideally includes inventory and order management, capturing payments, shipping, along with customer targeting & services), and what features are you willing to include in a set budget.<\/p>\r\n

Magento and Shopify<\/a> are two of the best available e commerce platforms and are more than often pitted against each other, even though they are different in every aspect.<\/p>\r\n

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Magento is an open-sourced platform and is quite popular within all kind of businesses, whereas Shopify is a \u2018software as a service\u2019 or SAAS based platform where the code is never shared, possibly one of its fiercest competitors in the market.<\/p>\r\n

There are several characteristics that set them apart but each have their own significance and comparing them with each other isn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\r\n

For instance, Magento may appear to be little complex in installation or usage and needs a separate hosting server, but then it is far more superior in terms of flexibility and functionalities. It offers a large pool of themes, templates, add ons or plugins, in addition to the numerous inbuilt marketing, SEO, data analysis and security features.<\/p>\r\n

Shopify, on the other hand is easy to install and setup, includes hosting & offers a free domain name, provides 24\u00d77 support etc, but it has functionality and flexibility limitations when it comes to multilingualism and ample themes, templates or add-ons. It offers social media, but lacks a little in default promotional features.<\/p>\r\n

Having said that, both offer basic yet powerful store functionalities that can easily be maintained. Magento enables you to create an e commerce website the way you want. Besides a website, businesses these days, also want to have a presence on mobile app. You can easily find some great extensions for IOS & Android App for Magento<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

Shopify on the other side, saves your time and the hustle and provides full support.<\/p>\r\n

Simply put, if you are a code developer yourself or have a developing team, Magento can be a delight to work on, especially as it has a wide range of plugins and customizations. You can even hire Magento developers<\/a> as they are easily available these days with its growing popularity. However, if one has zero coding knowledge and wants a user friendly platform, Shopify would be a better option.<\/p>\r\n

Take a look at the following info graphic that compares the important aspects of Magento and Shopify e commerce platforms:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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