If you\u2019re in e-commerce, you\u2019ve probably considered Magento as your platform at least once. You might even be using it currently, and for a good reason.<\/p>\n
With flexible content management and built-in mobile optimization, it\u2019s one of the most user-friendly and admin-friendly e-commerce platforms on the market. It can handle around 80,000 orders an hour, which is probably more than enough for businesses who plan to scale up. Plus, it comes with built-in SEO efficiency, customizable security, and a big community to go to for help.<\/p>\n
So the decision to use Magento for e-commerce<\/a> is a good one, but one question remains: Will Magento Community be enough? Or should you use Magento Enterprise Edition?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got an e-commerce store (or more than one), then you\u2019ve probably faced this choice at least once.<\/p>\n And today, you\u2019re in luck. In this post, we\u2019re going to present the pros and cons of each, and you\u2019ll know enough to make your own informed decision.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s jump right in:<\/p>\n Community Edition is essentially a scaled-down version of the premium Magento Enterprise Edition. (We\u2019ll get to that in a moment). With Magento Community Edition, everything is free to use. It\u2019s open-source, so anyone can download it to build their first online store. It\u2019s great for small businesses or anyone who wants to learn the ins and outs of e-commerce with relatively low risk<\/a>. Because of its open-source nature, anyone with technical expertise can customize their store to suit their brand, needs, and business.<\/p>\n It also comes with Magento Marketplace, which is full of extensions (paid and free) that you can use to improve your store from the base Magento model.<\/p>\n So right away, we see that Community Edition has a lot of benefits. First, obviously, is the cost. It\u2019s an excellent gateway for someone just getting into e-commerce or someone happy running a relatively small e-commerce store without extravagant fees.<\/p>\n Second, it\u2019s also very fast. You might be surprised to learn this because it\u2019s a free platform, and free platforms are not known for their performance. But the Community Edition of Magento is relatively lightweight, which affects speed.<\/p>\n Finally, you can also migrate to the Enterprise Edition later. So using the Community Edition provides a risk-free way to try out the core features of the platform without investing any more money into the venture. And, because the Community Edition shares the same core features of the Enterprise Edition, you get most of the same functionality without the price.<\/p>\n Moving on…<\/p>\n What is Magento Enterprise Edition?<\/p>\n It\u2019s the pricey but the full-featured premium paid version of Magento, designed for those who have huge e-commerce stores or need a more robust version of Magento for their business. If you\u2019ve been running an online store, but you need more advanced features and more customizable options, then it\u2019s probably for you. It also enjoys more personalized support from the Magento support teams.<\/p>\n However, at $15,550 per year, the cost is prohibitive for anyone who isn\u2019t already having success in e-commerce.<\/p>\n So what do you get for that additional fee?<\/p>\n As we mentioned above, you\u2019ll enjoy full phone and email support. In other words, you can send the Magento team an email and expect a prompt, personalized reply \u2014 which Community users don\u2019t always get. And if you want to talk to a human, you can do that, too. This is a significant difference between the Magento Enterprise Edition and the Community Edition. If you run into a technical issue while running the bare bones Community Edition, you\u2019ll more or less have to figure it out yourself. Meanwhile, sales are passing you buy.<\/p>\n Furthermore, those who invest in Magento Enterprise will also enjoy regular security updates, access to special premium features, and product updates as they become available. Magento Enterprise Edition is PCI Compliant. The Community Edition is not. Meaning, with Community, you have to manually fill out your PCI paperwork, implement PCI policies, document your PCI technical policies, and use specific compliant gateways. Magento Enterprise takes care of all this for you by offering PA-DSS compliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n Further, the paid version of Magento is, of course, more functional. It can do more for you, especially if you\u2019ve got a large store. For example\u2026 Enterprise offers advanced customer segmentation with targeted offerings, return management authorization, a better catalog, and content management system, call center software, and price and promotion permissions.<\/p>\n Perhaps the single most significant difference in the Community vs Enterprise Editions of Magento is that the Enterprise Edition comes ready to scale right out of the box. You won\u2019t have to waste time and resources wrestling with Community if it gets too many visitors, has trouble scaling, or otherwise breaks. Enterprise also usually ranks higher on search engines, has a faster checkout process, and is generally able to handle scaled traffic much better than the Community Edition.<\/p>\n So which should you pick?<\/p>\n If you\u2019re already running Magento Community and you\u2019re looking to make the switch to a more robust, full-featured enterprise platform, consider the trajectory of your business. At what point will it become cost-prohibitive to NOT switch over to the Enterprise version? At which point are you losing more money (in the form of opportunity costs) by fixing your technical problems? And finally, will you need the ability to take thousands of orders per day?<\/p>\n However, if you\u2019re not sold on Enterprise yet, and you have a small e-commerce business, or likewise that is ticking along just fine with Community, it might be smart to continue using the Community Edition. You\u2019ll save a lot of money for very similar features, and unless you run into real problems, you won\u2019t notice a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re in e-commerce, you\u2019ve probably considered Magento as your platform at least once. You might even be using it currently, and for a good reason. With flexible content management and built-in mobile optimization, it\u2019s one of the most user-friendly and admin-friendly e-commerce platforms on the market. 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Magento Enterprise Edition<\/h2>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n