Advantages / Disadvantages Magento x Opencart x Other Open eCommerce [closed]

The advantages of Magento are numerous, including virtually unlimited control over the way your shopping cart will look (design) and how the user will interact with it. Excellent SEO control with friendly URLs and you can always use tags.

If you have a low budget, OpenCart might be the best choice. OpenCart is a powerful system suitable for start-ups. Easier to handle and manage for more lazy users than Magento . It requires less investment compared to Magento (compared to feature extensions such as plugins, themes, etc.).

Magento and OpenCart have some similar advantages:

• Both platforms are open souce
• Both are popular and have a large support community
• Both are in PHP
• Both are global eCommerce platforms and support multiple languages and currencies
• Both are rich in plugins and resources
• Both use templates and can be maintained by non-programmers

The OpenCart is great to start with "already selling" because it is more technically simpler.

See the table below extracted from a site with very clear comparisons:

Andmarketuse

Other platforms

Other platforms are gaining market share, as is the case of Shopify , WooCommerce and PrestaShop . See the main differential of other platforms with respect to SEO , for example.

Conclusion

The Magento is more complete, but is more complex (consequently) and requires greater financial investment (if used in the Pro version and / or if you wish to extend its features).

OpenCart is simpler, has cheaper themes as well as its plugins, but still remains an excellent choice for any type of e-commerce. It would be suitable for start-up.