{"id":2585,"date":"2022-07-15T18:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2022-07-15T20:37:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T20:37:46","slug":"woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"WooCommerce vs Magento: The best self-hosted E-Commerce platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting your online sales journey can be treacherous if you don&#8217;t know the ABC of E-Commerce. Naturally, the starting point of any such business endeavor is establishing an internet presence. Building a website that&#8217;s eye-pleasing, handy, and user-friendly is the cornerstone behind any successful online retailer. Thankfully, various platforms allow you to create genuinely stunning websites with little to no IT background and web development skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the dozens of e-commerce platforms, WooCommerce and Magento are undoubtedly the A-listers, with millions of businesses using them for their online shops. And while it&#8217;s a well-known fact that WooCommerce has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pipecandy.com\/ecommerce-market-share\/platforms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">far bigger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> market share than Magento, many still wonder if it is the better choice for their e-commerce ambitions. Let&#8217;s find out.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #565656;color:#565656\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #565656;color:#565656\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Why_is_WooCommerce_so_widely_used\" >Why is WooCommerce so widely used?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#What_about_Magento\" >What about Magento?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_1_System\" >Round 1: System<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_2_Web_Hosting\" >Round 2: Web Hosting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_3_Usability\" >Round 3: Usability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_4_Customizability\" >Round 4: Customizability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round5_Features\" >Round5: Features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_6_Extendability\" >Round 6: Extendability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_7_Scalability\" >Round 7: Scalability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_8_Security\" >Round 8: Security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#Round_9_Cost\" >Round 9: Cost<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/woocommerce-vs-magento-the-best-self-hosted-e-commerce-platform\/#So_which_one_is_better\" >So which one is better?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_WooCommerce_so_widely_used\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is WooCommerce so widely used?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WooCommerce is a customizable open-source platform that&#8217;s powered by WordPress. Currently, the platform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pipecandy.com\/ecommerce-market-share\/platforms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">owns 23.39%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the global market share and is the most widely used platform globally. Some estimates suggest that around <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/barn2.com\/woocommerce-stats\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40.6%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of all online stores use WooCommerce. To put it in perspective, approximately<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/WooCommerce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 7 million <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently active websites use WooCommerce as their e-commerce platform. The most significant percentage of them (nearly 10%) are from the US (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/WooCommerce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">660,931)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed by the United Kingdom (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/WooCommerce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">270,073<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and Germany (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/WooCommerce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">181,026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the platform&#8217;s key features is the ability to pick almost any payment processor via a separate plugin for WordPress. In addition, WooCommerce has some outstanding customization opportunities, supports an unlimited number of products, and has limitless growth potential. The platform is easy to use even if you have zero experience, it&#8217;s highly cost-efficient as it is absolutely free, there is outstanding support, and thanks to the WordPress extendability, it has a solid SEO base score.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1.png\" alt=\"Graph for website using WooCommerce\" width=\"741\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1.png 741w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1-36x28.png 36w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image1-48x38.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graphic Source: https:\/\/trends.builtwith.com\/shop\/WooCommerce<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_about_Magento\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What about Magento?<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While WooCommerce is directed more to beginners with little to no budget, who are interested in functional and easy to work with solutions, Magento targets companies ready to fund something more sophisticated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So naturally, Magento has a much lower market share <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pipecandy.com\/ecommerce-market-share\/platforms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1.32%)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as it&#8217;s targeting a niche group that can afford and are willing to spend some money to receive a better quality platform. While it pales in comparison with WooCommerce in sheer numbers, Magento still has some solid usage as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/webtribunal.net\/blog\/magento-statistics\/#gref\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approximately 250,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> active websites are currently using this platform. Moreover, this number has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/webtribunal.net\/blog\/magento-statistics\/#gref\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doubled since 2018<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Magento has around <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/webtribunal.net\/blog\/magento-statistics\/#gref\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20% of the top 1000 internet retailer&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> websites in its portfolio, unmatched by any other platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What genuinely draws businesses to use this e-commerce platform is the efficient and secure APIs that can connect with any third-party solution. Furthermore, while there is a steep beginning of the learning curve, once you reach the plateau, Magento becomes intuitive and easy to use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magento is created for rapid growth and can easily support an unlimited number of products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Needless to say, both WooCommerce and Magento have some serious pros and, of course, some cons. But which one is better? Let&#8217;s check their performance in several categories to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_1_System\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 1: System<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being two of the best e-commerce platforms, WooCommerce and Magento have much in common. They are both open-source products, predominantly free to use, self-hosted, have an outstanding community behind them, and are highly customizable. But, of course, they have some significant differences as well. The main one is that, unlike WooCommerce, <\/span><b>Magento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a content management system on its own, albeit explicitly built with e-commerce in mind. <\/span><b>WooCommerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the other hand, is essentially an e-commerce plugin, which you can install on the most popular platform worldwide &#8211; WordPress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner:<\/b> <b>Magento <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Even though WordPress, without a doubt, is the best CMS in the world, with over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kinsta.com\/wordpress-market-share\/#:~:text=WordPress'%20market%20share%20is%2043,one%2Dthird%20of%20the%20web!\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">43%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the CMS market share, Magento&#8217;s system was built explicitly for e-commerce, giving it the advantage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_2_Web_Hosting\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 2: Web Hosting<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both platforms need secure, fast, and reliable hosting to perform at their total capacity. HostArmada is an excellent choice, as our cloud-based servers guarantee high speed, security, and optimal uptime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, being a plugin, is exceptionally lightweight and doesn&#8217;t occupy much server space. Furthermore, it runs smoothly, and web servers effortlessly deliver it in a blink of an eye due to its optimized code. That&#8217;s why even our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostarmada.com\/pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start Dock<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> plan is quite enough to create your own online retail business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand,<b> Magento <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has more serious web hosting requirements due to being a more complex system. Naturally, it would need some more powerful hosting options to run smoothly. Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostarmada.com\/pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web Wrap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> proposal is perfect for starters, but once your business grows, be prepared to switch to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostarmada.com\/pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed Reaper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition to that, the most recent version of Magento require an additional Search Indexation service called Elastic Search which we do offer as an additional service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: WooCommerce &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The platform&#8217;s lightweight is definitely an asset, which will help newcomers to the business get a fast and reliable online shop for a reasonable price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_3_Usability\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 3: Usability<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of a woman admiring how easy to use the platform is\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image4-1-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just like WordPress, is extremely easy to use. The intuitive design of the dashboard makes it effortlessly navigable even by beginners. It&#8217;s, without a doubt, the go-to e-commerce platform for people with zero experience in creating or maintaining websites. Moreover, if you have minor experience with WordPress, WooCommerce will feel natural and blend into the interface. There is practically no learning curve, as using the system is genuinely effortless. From creating a product to bringing it to life on your website, it can take as little as a couple of minutes (provided you have ready pictures and a copy on standby).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Magento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;s usability is somewhat more complicated. The platform has a steep learning curve at the beginning, but once you reach the plateau, Magento will come as naturally as any other E-Commerce platform. If you are serious about your business and you are willing to put effort into learning all there is to know about Magento, the platform will repay tenfold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While adding new products to Magento is far from being complicated, it&#8217;s still a bit harder than doing it on WooCommerce. It needs some additional steps, and it will take some extra time to put your products live on your page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: WooCommerce &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s simply the more user-friendly platform, although Magento may have some more options in the long run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_4_Customizability\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 4: Customizability<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both platforms have some outstanding customization abilities, as both have a vast library of themes and templates that can make your website a truly gorgeous online store. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Magento&#8217;s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">themes are almost always ready to use right out of the box. They, however, are a bit more complicated to install, and some might even need a professional to get involved. Furthermore, the paid Magento&#8217;s themes can be more expensive than their competitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the other hand, needs some extra effort to make the theme look like a true online shop. As a plugin, WooCommerce requires some extensions and widgets to be installed so you can add more features and missing functionalities. The paid themes are relatively cheap, but if you want a genuinely gorgeous website, you might need to enlist the help of a developer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: Magento <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; although the theme is a bit harder to install, its genuine professional look can&#8217;t be reached with WooCommerce, without having some developer&#8217;s skills or enlisting the help of a professional. Naturally, Magento wins this round.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round5_Features\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round5: Features<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a platform explicitly designed for e-commerce, it&#8217;s not surprising that <\/span><b>Magento <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has some serious advantages over WooCommerce in this round. The state-of-the-art system allows for multi-language capabilities, multi-store options, much more complex product structures, highly sophisticated navigation, and many more features you get right out of the box. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the contrary, <\/span><b>WooCommerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes as a blank page, which you must fill with extensions and widgets to get the desired functionality and design to appear to the end user. Thankfully there are thousands of these on the market, and WooCommerce can also acquire Magento&#8217;s superb features. Unfortunately, adding them up will slow down the platform, and some of the plugins may add to the cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: Magento &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite having the opportunity to add the same premium features that Magento comes with out of the box, WooCommerce can&#8217;t compete in this regard with a system that has been created explicitly for this task.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_6_Extendability\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 6: Extendability<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both e-commerce platforms have, as it seems, an infinite number of extensions and plugins, which can add different functionalities the website owner desires. What separates them, though, is the price and the usability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers almost all of its extensions for free. Many of them have been developed by the WooCommerce community and have the only purpose of helping out. Even those extensions, which are paid, cost significantly less than what they would cost on other platforms. Furthermore, the installation process is as straightforward as they come. All you need to do is follow a simple procedure that often includes less than five clicks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Magento <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is equally rich in extension variety, although it is equipped with everything one might need to build a genuinely magnificent online store from the very get-go. However, if any additional features are required, there is most probably a plugin or an extension as a solution to the problem. The downside, however, is that those plugins are most commonly paid, and their price can add up fast. Furthermore, installing the plugins and extensions may prove difficult for beginners, and even if you are well acquainted with the platform and how to work with it, you may still need assistance from professionals for some plugins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: WooCommerce &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practicality, cost, and user-friendliness of WooCommerce plugins definitely give it an edge over Magento in this round.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_7_Scalability\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 7: Scalability<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Magento&#8217;s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whole sales point is that it&#8217;s the most scalable E-Commerce platform out there, so it is no surprise that it offers just that. With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostarmada.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decent hosting<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> behind its back, the platform has no limits, and it&#8217;s definitely the right choice for you if your goal is rapid growth and expansion. In addition, the platform can easily handle thousands of products and orders, making it perfect for massive stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not that great when it comes to the sheer number of products you can add. Although the platform can handle an infinite number of products, after adding 2500, the system becomes a bit sluggish. Even if you upgrade the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostarmada.com\/pricing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will still find that the platform itself has some limitations. That&#8217;s why WooCommerce is not ideal when scaling with products and extensions despite its many advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: Magento<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 &#8211; The platform was literally created with scalability in mind. Although WooCommerce has many advantages, Magento is definitely the right choice if you are trying to become big.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_8_Security\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 8: Security<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of hacking tools\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1-24x17.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1-36x26.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.hostarmada.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image5-1-48x35.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a special-purpose platform built to accommodate e-commerce needs, <\/span><b>Magento, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in general, is among the most secure E-Commerce platforms out there. In addition, Magento rarely needs additional plugins, and even if it does, they are more sophisticated, and it&#8217;s far less common for them to have some malware inside. So naturally, this tightens the security holes that can be exploited. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WooCommerce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also not that frivolous with its security. Although WordPress, which powers WooCommerce, was built initially as a blogging platform and tends to have more hacker attacks annually than any other platform, the developers take security extremely seriously. As a result, there are rarely any occurrences of leaked information through the WooCommerce platform. Security can be tightened even more by some high-profile WordPress plugins, which can be a bit expensive but are well worth every cent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Winner: Tie &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Magento has built-in security and has been created as an E-Commerce fortress, WooCommerce security is definitely not to be underestimated. Yes, the top-of-the-shelf security plugins may drive the cost a bit higher, but the price is well worth it. Thus we can&#8217;t definitively say that one security is better than the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Round_9_Cost\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Round 9: Cost<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both platforms are free to install and use. 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