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3E Software Solutions Magento Vs WooCommerce Vs Drupal

Magento is a leading Open Source eCommerce Platform backed by a good community

support, number of product extensions (FREE and PAID), and more than anything it is a

platform built for eCommerce.

Woo Commerce is an extension to the leading Open Source Content Management

Platform, WordPress. WordPress is leading the Content Management space and Woo

Commerce adds eCommerce capabilities to WordPress.

Drupal Commerce is an extension to an Open Source Content Management Platform,

Drupal. Drupal is also an established Content Management space and Drupal Commerce

adds limited eCommerce capabilities to Drupal.

The comparison is done based on the following factors:

1. Functionality

2. Scalability - Shortterm and Longterm Business Goals [Today and Tomorrow]

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Magento Woo Commerce Drupal

Customer types Medium and Large Small and Medium Small and Medium Multi-Vendor Marketplace Yes (Free) Yes (paid) Yes Adaptive Paypal Yes (Paid) Yes (paid) Yes (free) % of websites using Ecommerce platforms

~25

~10

Very Less Content Management System Framework Basic Robust Robust Multi Currency / Multi Language management Yes (Free) Yes (Paid) No Comprehensive Shipment Tracking

Yes. Also integrated with top shipment services for live tracking

Yes. Also integrated with top shipment services for live tracking No

Initial setup Easy Easy Difficult No. of plugins / extensions High High Medium Overall cost of development and maintenance Medium Low High Time to get the store up and running Few days Few weeks Few weeks CMS or ERP system integration Available Requires paid extensions Requires paid extensions Integration with Amazon, eBay and Rakuten Available for free Limited Limited Documentation

Extensive documentation and video tutorials available

Documentation and video tutorials available Limited

Product variants option Available Available Not available

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Conclusion: While Woo Commerce and Drupal are easier to setup and use, many critical aspects are NOT scalable. Magento on the other hand is much more scalable and suitable for medium to large scale businesses and those that are projected to grow significantly to prevent migration hurdles down the line. So, overall, it is not fair fight between Magento and Drupal. There is a fair fight between Magento and Woo Commerce, and Magento edges over Woo Commerce in many functional and scalability aspects and if the requirements are to build an eCommerce solution which is feature-rich and highly scalable, Magento is a better choice over Woo Commerce, and many other such platforms.

Note: When it comes to pure Content Management requirements, like building Websites, WordPress

and Drupal are obviously better choices than Magento. Magento and WordPress integration is popular

when a Magento based eCommerce solution needs to support Content Management features.

Additional Information for Comparison

Advantages of Magento Compared to Drupal or WordPress

It is Open Source

It is created for eCommerce [made for eCommerce]

Some of the biggest and Fortune 500 companies use it as their eCommerce platform of choice, including Samsung, Fort, Fox Connect, Levono, Olympus, Mens Health, Vizio, Nestle, Nespresso and Nike

Multitenant Solution: With one backend CMS, Magento allows you to create multiple online stores. You can control all of your inventory, billing tasks, customer records etc. from a single admin dashboard.

Over 200,000 businesses currently have an installation of Magento running on their websites The clear advantage you get with Magento (over Drupal Commerce or WooCommerce) is that

its a mature platform. No matter what your specific sales platform requirement, theres every chance that an add-on exists to tackle your situation.

Different store fronts with one shared product base can be set up with ease Hundreds of professional and high-quality theme templates available.

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Disclaimer: This document was originally developed for the internal consumption of the 3E team, and the

report is based on the research work our team have done in connection with services provided to our clients.

The comparisons provided above have been prepared as a guide and they are not intended to be exhaustive

or conclusive. The comparisons have been compiled based on the publicly available information available

about the platforms and actual testing.