What is Magento?
Magento is an ecommerce platform built on open source technology, written in PHP. The software was originally developed by Varien Inc., and later was acquired by Adobe Inc in May 2018.
Magento provides a scalable, adaptable, and durable platform for ecommerce applications, as well as a number of essential tools and features. Marketing, search engine optimization, catalog management tools and more.
Magento offers both a free Open Source and a paid one.
Magento Open Source: It is free to download and use, and was previously known as Magento Community Edition. It is designed for smaller ecommerce businesses that do not require as much assistance as larger businesses. It provides users with basic features and functionalities.
However, there are also related expenses you will have to pay to be set up for the first time like: hosting service, domain name, development of the system, web design, third-party extensions, maintaining websites.
Magento Commerce: This edition, formerly known as Magento Enterprise Edition, is a premium one. To use it, the user must pay an annual license fee. It offers a considerably higher degree of ecommerce functionality as well as a broad variety of additional features and support from the Magento team.
In this edition, you also have to pay the related expenses and the annual license fee.
The Magento Commerce version offers more robust security solutions, scalability, it can handle online shops with large numbers of orders and transactions, it comes with extra features like Customer Segmentation, Gifting Options, Add to Cart by SKU, additional reports, etc.
What Is Magento 2?
Magento 2 is the most recent update from the developers. With improvements in features like:
- More productive business experience
- 50% faster loading speeds
- Process a high number of orders per hour
- Make payments more secure
- Easier maintenance
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