In order create an e-shop website or an online shop; is it necessary to choose Magento or Prestashop as CMS? Which is the difference between these two technical solutions?
We hear so much about the E-commerce websites that are equipped in Prestashop or Magento. Many agencies prefer to use the CMS Prestashop. To discover which solution to choose, here is a small outline of the CMS to show you the advantages and the disadvantages of each one of these E-commerce solutions.
Magento: A very great functional gain but a complex catch in hands
In 4 years and half, this Open Source solution, property of eBay, carried out a lightening breakthrough, and 50,000 websites use it, including more than 2,000 in its undertaken version. Whereas the functional gain of the solution is no longer proven, it is from now on Magento 2 which is on all the lips. Extensible and flexible, Magento is able to answer a large variety of requirements despite the catch in hand for the code which is far from being easiest.
Why choose Magento?
The CMS Magento was created for catalogues of very important products while proposing a beginning of multi-shop. Thus, if you intended to sell a range of several thousands of products, it is towards Magento which you should turn (more than Prestashop). It is a solution with a very great functional gain and a leader in its sector which it is supported by eBay. It also has the force of the ecosystem, the support and the council.
Its weak points:
Weakness of the cross-country race trades
Web insufficient service
Complex to control
Prestashop: A very advanced web service, but a basic BO
This solution of E-commerce created by lévèque Bruno is dissociated by its simplicity and its facility of catch in hands. Today, 13,500 customers use it. Among quality put ahead by NBS System, one finds the Web service, considered as one of most advanced of the market. The BO is rather basic and more clearly and easy to take in hands that of Magento.
Why choose Prestashop?
A large advantage of Prestashop compared to Magento is its interface of administration. This one is much more intuitive than on Magento. In addition, the modules that you will be able to buy and add on your site will be easy accessed via the back office what facilitates its administration.
Its weak points:
Difficulty to identify a true leadership
Lack of legibility of the SaaS offer