If speed is at your core, try Magento Open Source!
June 05, 2021

If speed is at your core, try Magento Open Source!

Ramon Khan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Magento Open Source

Magento open source was being used for the management of our e-commerce site. When you have thousands of products and need a platform that can handle changes quickly as well as perform quickly, then Magento is one of the best choices. I used Magento to run a store that had thousands of SKUs and we were very happy with the way that we were able to make mass changes and the speed of the platform. It is also a great platform solution for custom changes as it's open-source and there are plenty of developers that work on it. It is great at solving the issue of managing tons of products efficiently and being able to implement custom solutions for your store if needed.

Pros

  • Speed
  • Scalability
  • Open source
  • No monthly cost
  • You don't have to share any revenue for the sales that you make.

Cons

  • Being simpler to change as developers can get costly.
  • Having more built in SEO options.
  • Does require specialized hosting to make it really fast.
  • Installing updates could be easier.
  • Setting up a staging site should be built into the backend although it's easy to set up from a hosting panel.
  • Magento can be built for speed and in e-commerce that makes all the difference. Speed is money!
  • Having plenty of developers is also important and Magento has good support which is very useful.
While Magento does have higher development cost overall, it is a much better platform for ecommerce and it does not a take a fee from your sales which is nice.

Do you think Magento Open Source delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Magento Open Source's feature set?

Yes

Did Magento Open Source live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Magento Open Source go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Magento Open Source again?

Yes

If you have a lot of products then Magento is the way to go, but it would probably be too complicated if you wanted just a few products in a store. Overall, Magento is one of the few platforms that can handle many products and mass changes while still maintaining speed. The other pro of using Magento over other platforms is that there is no monthly cost or commissions that they charge for making sales, which I think is a huge improvement over other popular platforms, and is worth a look. Another popular platform that charges monthly fees and a percentage of sales can get expensive very quickly. Plus Magento is open source so you can make pretty much any customization that you can think of.

Magento Open Source Feature Ratings

8.4
Product catalog & listings
9
Product management
9
Bulk product upload
10
Branding
8
Mobile storefront
8
Product variations
9
Website integration
9
Visual customization
9
CMS
5
3.5
Abandoned cart recovery
5
Checkout user experience
2
9.0
eCommerce security
9
7.0
Promotions & discounts
8
Personalized recommendations
5
SEO
8
8.8
Multi-site management
8
Order processing
9
Inventory management
8
Shipping
Not Rated
Custom functionality
10

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