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Magento Open Source Overview

What is Magento Open Source?

Magento Community Edition is a free, open source e-commerce platform.

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Recent Magento Open Source Reviews

Reham F.
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Reham F.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Magento Open Source: Full Control for Developers Building Bespoke Stores"
Its unparalleled flexibility and customization capabilities. Here's why: Ultimate Customization and Control: Unlike many SaaS (Software as a Serv...
Aayushi S.
AS
Aayushi S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Magento2 : To choose or not for your e-commerce."
Magento is a great tool to quickly set up your e-commerce online as the base for any e-commerce is already built. It allows extending the fronte...
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Marta A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Daily use and agile"
Its flexibility and scalability are ideal for ecommerce projects with advanced needs. It offers a high level of customization, a wide support commu...

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Magento Open Source Pros and Cons

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NaperMed I.
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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

We like the versatility and open source nature of this product and have customized it with tools critical to the unique nature of our business. I like the versatility of the tax rules I can apply, as well as the detailed and customized way I can manage listing complex as well as simple products. I LOVE how Google responds to the format of this platform. I like the options around payment methods as well as shipping methods, which are critical to the way we do business. I also like the coupons and tools we can add to this platform to make the marketing fit our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

The security of a PHP site is not for the light of heart, and the vulnerabilities are many. I wish we had known more about this software sooner, and we would have built the site differently - using more attributes instead of custom code, Some of the modules we can buy are not wonderful, so I wish Magento did more to grade the quality of the modules out there. I don't expect you to exactly be Apple, but absolutely no grading or quality credentialing is a rocky road. I don't like HOW MANY FOLDERS THERE ARE. That's a runaway train and makes it hard on everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

big budget for development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

We run a rental service that ships, so customization is key. We have been able to make this work for our unique business needs with Magento, and find that the detailed tools are valuable to our rental business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

I like Magento because of its simplicity. e-commerce is one of the growing business and providing an open source software for such businesses, in itself is wonderful. Since Magento is open source (though it has paid version as well), it can easily be customized as per the needs. I think Magento is one of the fastest growing platforms in the e-commerce industry.

Magento has three different versions: Magento Go, Magento opensource and Magento Enterprise. One of the best features of Magento which makes it different from its competitors is its multistore functionality. So basically, if you sell two completely different variety of products, you can do it very easily with Magento. Everything from the backend to inventory management, logistics everything is under one roof.

Magento is also very good for search engine and very robust. You can customize it in a very customizable way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

Though Magento is a very powerful platform and comes with an opensource version also, it also has few issues as well and one of them is to set up Magento on a new server. It's quite tedious to set up Magento. I have faced some issues while setting it up but those were due to some additional entries in my host file. However, I think Magento should be able to solve these issues on its own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

I would certainly recommend Magento to everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am using to do our day to day business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Easy customization and ease of use. Plus ins are simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

Errros when saving changes or updating a category at aonce. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer retention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yogesh S.
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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Magento biggest benefit is, it's an free open source and has a lot's of online communities and forums to help with lots of examples. Magento has lots of magento connects, themes and it's so vastly used platform that you'll get lots of developers for your customization needs.

Magento is best platform for small and mid sized e-commerce stores with lots of inbuilt features like detail reporting, product customization, checkout process, cart, coupons, gift cards, return & exchange etc.

It's the best platform for your ecommerce store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

If you're lacking technical skills, it's not good for you. You need somewhat technical skills to manage it or you need a technical person or team with PHP/MySQL expertise. Also you need a good server to run magento store, you cannot run it on shared server.

You will have to be very careful when an new version is released of a plugin. Sometimes the 3rd party plugins create problems because of version conflict.

If you have technical person in your team or if you've expertise in PHP/MySQL then this is the best platform for e-commerce store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

First read, understand and test it completely before going live. It takes time to learn but the end result is very satisfying if you have learn it.

Just make sure you have some technical person in your team with good server to sustain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're an e-commerce agency, we develop e-commerce store for our clients. We're using this platform and our customers are very satisfied with this platform. Best part is, it is highly customizable and has lots of 3rd party plugins and themes are available online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caleb P.
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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

With over 250,000 merchants on board, Magento is one of the eCommerce industry’s most popular self-hosted platforms, and it isn’t hard to see why. Magento’s expansive feature set and complete customizability make it an excellent platform for merchants who have the resources to best implement advanced technology Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

There is a paid tier available for enterprise users, but at a basic level the software is free for you to use. Magento is used by massive retailers like Samsung and Nespresso, as well as countless small e-commerce operators, so it’s a serious contender for any business looking to make the move into online retail Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

Currently, Magento comes in two versions: Magento Open Source (formerly Magento Community Edition), Magento Commerce (which is intended for enterprise level businesses with developers on hand). Not sure which to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yogesh Kumar S.
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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Magneto community edition is the best platform for small and mid sized segments, it has everything you need. It's a great platform which contain everything Customer management, customizable products, downloadable products, multi lang. support, multi store support, coupons, customizable checkout options etc.

Magento has thousands of Magneto connects, themes. It's very easy to customize it as per your needs with the helps of these plugins and themes.

It's highly customizable open source and best for e-commerce platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

It is not the user friendly tool, if you lack technical skills. It's better if you have some Php/MySql expert in your team for customization. Sometimes the platform leaves you vulnerable to plugins incompatibilities when an new version is released. You also need at least VPS hosting, you can't survive on shared hosting for magento.

However, with proper knowledge of magneto if a very powerful open source for e-commerce store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

It's not recommended for very small stores who has less then 100 products, if you're mid sized store, go for it. It will cater every need of yours, but make sure to have a technical person in your team and a good server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're developing e-commerce stores for our clients, and giving them e-commerce sales and support.

Helping Indian e-commerce market, which is growing at a rapid pace. Our customers love this platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

It has lots of plugins that allow it to be very versatile Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

In some browsers, the mobile view, is a bit bugged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allows us to automate the process of delivering a product to the customer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Fully customizable

Can run multiple stores within it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

Costly to maintain for a smaller company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

If you're a smaller company with not a lot of resources to use toward development and IT support then there may be better solutions. However, it is a great solution to set yourself up for scaling the business. Just keep in mind that you are not an IT professional who can manage the admin of Magento yourself it will be expensive. Have had to get help form IT with product upload problems, plug-in installation and trouble shooting, etc. It's typically not a once click setup when new features are added and the new plug-ins can effect other systems so you really need someone who keeps an overview perspective when adding and maintaining the site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

Over 100 variants of products not a problem in Magento. This is a Shopify limitation requiring work arounds and/or making it not an option.

Customized drop ship programming an option because open source

Various plug-ins for admin and customer experience. A good amount of options available for whatever our needs are. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Renju R.
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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

One of the best open source ecommerce platform. It is secure and lot of supporting plugins including payment gateway, location feeder etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

The application itself bit slower and need to optimize properly for SEO purpose Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Magento Open Source:

One of the best powerful open source ecommerce applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use magento for developing ecommerce applications for our various clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

It's open source, so anything can be modified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

Open source means that documentation can be sparse at times, so you need to be technically competent enough to read the existing source to make some changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Magento Open Source solving and how is that benefiting you?

Overall it's a lot cheaper than other platforms, at the expense of increased development time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.