Magento vs WooCommerce: Which One You Should Opt For

Gone are those days when buying and selling activities were performed face to face or through door to door. But this eCommerce has changed the whole scenario of doing business and this in turn bring the buyers in bulk.

 There are still several businesses in the market following the same traditional ways of selling. They are not opting for e-commerce and losing hundreds of potential customers each day. But it is true said that “The morning is when you Wake up”. You are not too late to take your business to greater heights.

Now a big challenge in front of you and most of the other businesses is that which is the right eCommerce platform as per your needs. Here is a comparison between the two leading choices:

• Magento
• WooCommerce

MAGENTO
Magento is an open-source CMS for e commerce website, Through this website owner can sell his product easily not only this but it takes the owner to its target seller.
Pros :

• Easy upgrade to the new version 
• Clean admin
• Out-of-the-box templates 
• SEO Friendly
• Quick 5-minute install

Cons :

• Needs a server made to handle it
• Purchase of Plugins can be costly
• Must know PHP and Magento framework
• Community version is too stripped down

WOO COMMERCE

WooCommerce is e-commerce plugin developed by WordPress. It is an eCommerce plugin that allows you to sell anything online be it a cupcake or a trailor. Through this ecommerce development platform, owner and developers both can have a complete control.
Pros :

• Wide variety of themes and plugins 
• Implement a complete E-commerce
• Control of your content and store
• Use and distribute.
• It is Extensible

Cons :

• WooCommere site need to be budgeted
• Expert knowledge is needed to add new functionality
• Needs some knowledge of WooCommerce 

SIMILARITIES 

• Both are open source products
• Sharing process on large scale
• Allow upload unlimited products and manage them effectively

DIFFERENCES

• Setting up
• Cost

WHICH PLATFORM IS BEST?
While choosing we always keep in mind that Beauty is in the eye of beholder. So on analyzing every parameter we can go for Magento as it serves you the best out of two.