Which is better CMS? – nopCommerce vs. Magento? nopCommerce and Magento both are effective Content Management System (CMS) which helps to build your desired eCommerce store. Both platforms have great functionality and are highly customizable features. Designers and Developers has the power to unlock the code and improve the functionality as well as the design of the eCommerce store. But, when two big giants of CMS providers working for the same purpose then it’s very tough to calculate which is the perfect fit for building eCommerce store or website for business. So, in this article, we’ll uncover top points to consider for best CMS of eCommerce. Price Off course, the price is the important factor to consider before investing in CMS. If you are planning to build your eCommerce store then you definitely have to consider price first. nopCommerce is the best open-source and free platform to build the eCommerce website while on the other hand, Magento has 2 options for building the website, first is – ‘Community Edition’ and second is – ‘Enterprise Edition’. Magento Community Edition is free open-source platform and Community Edition is the paid version of Magento. If we’re talking about the price of Community Edition, it varies from the needs of your business, start from the $2,000 of the monthly payment.
Admin Panel Both platforms are ready to complete your all customization requirements. If your business wants to get the more benefits then you’re able to customize your CMS. But, some users have faith while using nopCommerce platform that you doesn’t have to require a technical giant for complete the customization work and I think, it’s true because after complete the whole setup and installation process then any eCommerce store owner can able to make changes in their eCommerce store, they can change the product the while on the other side, Magento is not a technical master and not as easy to initial setup unless you hire a third party or Magento developer.
Reliability I have seen many businesses who are running on the Magento CMS as well as nopCommerce CMS. Both are good to provide the best outcome, but one thing is different in both platforms and many users believe that Magento is specially designed for the big organization who have high credibility. And, talking about the nopCommerce, it is specially designed for small and mid-sized business.
Features Both platforms provide multiple features which help to increase your eCommerce store’s functionality like – SEO optimization, mobile commerce, product management, etc. Along with, nopCommerce has the multi-vendor and multi-store features while Magento has better marketing and SEO tools. Both platforms have the wide variety of features, no doubt but if you want to use plugins in your store then you have to spend some bucks and buy them.
Support nopCommerce and Magento, both provide the full support. Magento platform has a ticketing system to provide technical support and by the forum with 73k forum post while on the other side, nopCommerce is more active on forums with 190k+ forum posts to solve the queries. nopCommerce premium support services at $299 for 3 months and for a year is $799. Both the platform has their certified developer or solution partners, nopCommerce with 120+ and Magento has over 230. They have the forum supports that both the community members help each other but doesn’t guarantee to provide the effective solutions of your all problems.
Conclusion Both platforms having rich features to build eCommerce store. Magento is quite popular then nopCommerce and has more credibility while nopCommerce is the fastest growing solution for eCommerce. Magento has more than 200 solutions partner while nopCommerce has over 120. Both platforms are quite similar and mostly used by online entrepreneurs and developers.