subject: Magento Vs Oscommerce [print this page] In this century Ecommerce is gaining popularity in a spectacular way. Almost all the reputed companies are integrating shopping cart to their websites. Having a website is not a big thing but having a smart website is definitely a big thing. There are many platforms by which we can make an ecommerce website. The success of your ecommerce website depends upon the platform you are choosing. In this article we are comparing two mighty ecommerce platforms and are trying to find which one is the best. The two platforms are Magento and osCommerce.
osCommerce
osCommerce is one of the oldest ecommerce website management platform. Before the waves of Magento had hit the market it was the most used online store management store. Like every technology or software it has some pros and cones. Let us take a look:
Pros of using osCommerce
In the administrator side osCommerce is flexible. There are lots of scopes for customization and adding of modules. We add more features to the cart if we now some coding.
The best thing about osCommerce is that it can be translated into any language. If we are concentrating on a local area osCommerce will be handy it can be very useful at times.
As osCommerce is an older platform there are many blogs and forums sharing information about it. Additional facilities available include bug reporter, knowledge base and many others.
One of the main problems faced by all programmers is that corruption of the code by an inexperienced web page translator. This problem is rectified in
osCommerce as the text is stored in reference files in text format.
Cons of using osCommerce
Its outdated. As osCommerce is too old no new updates are releasing for osCommerce. This is one of the main reasons more people are migrating to Magento.
In osCommerce scope of attributes is limited and proves to be a hassle to programmers.
Magento
Magento is the most popular ecommerce web application. Its beauty increase twice folds as it is open source too. Let us see some of the pros and cons of Magento.
Pros of using Magento
The best thing about Magento is its interface. The time a user spends in a website is proportional to the quality of its interface and ease of navigation.
The payment gateway integration is simple in Magento when compared to others.
Magento is regularly updated. An update is available every 10 to 15 years.
Offers a high data security and data encryption.
Magento websites are search engine friendly. The code is so optimized that bots will love your eCommerce website.
Cons of using Magento
In order to run faster dedicated servers are required rather than shared ones.
Magento is based on PHP. The coding is complex and only a skilled programmer can customize the site with ease.
From the above comparison we can understand that Magento is far better than osCommerce.
