The eCommerce web development sector is growing at a fast pace with
lots of platforms coming up in the market. Magento is one such platform used by
more than 2,20,000 retailers, and the number is still growing. Are you also
looking to startup your online business with Magento? Then, you must first know
what Magento offers.
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| Magento Community Vs Magento Enterprise |
There are two different editions of Magento - a paid one known as
Enterprise and a free one known as Community. When asked which edition you
would choose, you might say that it is obviously better to take advantage of
the free version than the paid one, right? But, with a free version, you will
definitely get limited features, where you will have to customize it according
to your requirements. If the limited features can satisfy your needs then you
could go for it. But, you need to properly analyze which of the two is the
correct version for your business.
If you have a startup, a free edition would be enough but, if you are planning
to go to an extended scale, you need to know what features and benefits you
need. Choose the most ideal edition from the two that meets your requirements
and fits the needs of your audiences well. Have a look at both the editions in
detail so that you can select the best one from the two.
Magento Community
It is important to take care of your budget while running a business and
this is the reason why Magento is offering its free version, which can be
easily downloaded without paying anything. But, if you are opting for it, you
must know the main features it offers. Ask yourself what you will really get if
you choose the free Magento Community over the paid Magento Enterprise.
There is no annual license fee required for this free edition. You only pay
for web hosting, domain name and for hiring developers. But, you would be happy
to know that it can also be easily used by the merchants to add new features.
The store owners also have the benefit of changing the system as per their
requirements with the help of code level accessibility. The owners can also
enhance the functionalities of the store with more than 7500 extensions
available like creating discounts, free shipping and other offers.
The most important feature that Magento Community offers is "Catalog
Management", which helps in managing the inventory for all your products.
With this feature, you can manage the minimum and maximum quantities of your
products along with the backordered items. You can edit or delete product tags
and reviews. You can also sort your products according to their price, brand
and other specifications. If you see a product selling at a great speed and
quantities diminishing drastically, you can set the attributes for fast
production for those items. The Catalog Management feature helps to easily
import and export the catalog, and create personalized products for your
customers, and also sort your customers on the basis of different attributes.
It also provides a watermarking and image resizing feature incorporated in it.
Magento Enterprise
This is highly recommended for large and fast-growing online businesses
because it helps in handling a larger catalog of products as compared to
Magento Community. With this paid edition, you can separate different parts of
your store on to different servers desirably. This edition helps in better
logging in, better site access and a streamlined and faster checkout process
with a secured payment bridge. You can even have improved tax calculation
systems in this version.
Magento Enterprise comes with a full page caching feature that helps in
creating snapshots for each page of the website thus, reducing loading time of
these pages. This edition also helps to restore any CMS page, category page,
product page or database backup with its roll-back feature.
Now, after reading about both the editions, it is for you to decide which
edition you want to opt for by analyzing which of the two fits your business
requirements appropriately. Whatever you choose, Jain Technosoft is at your
service to make eCommerce web development easier for you. They have a
team of best Magento experts in Bangalore, who can create and manage
your business online smoothly with skills of designing, theme development,
store management and more.
