Shopify vs Magento.
                     Shopify vs. Magento 
Which one is better for e-
Commerce stores?
Shopify vs. Magento
• Shopify and Magento are the most popular e-commerce 
platforms available in the market today. Though the two are 
pitted against each other, they are completely different. 
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Shopify
• Shopify is an excellent all-in-one e-commerce platform which 
provides 24/7 support to users, 100+ themes to choose which 
are optimized for mobiles and helps to increase functionality.
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Magento
• Magento is another great e-commerce platform with a huge 
database for online support and is an open-source platform, which 
means you can use it for free. You will have to know coding and have 
to invest a good amount of time to set up your store.
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Popularity
• Magento is the most commonly used e-commerce platform 
and has 14% of the market share, whereas Shopify has 6%. 
Magento is used by Nike, Olympus, Rosetta Stone etc. while 
Shopify has customers like Tesla and Los Angeles Lakers.
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Payment gateway
• Shopify has its own payment processor called Shopify 
Payments, which is easy to setup and offers zero transaction 
fees. On Magento, you can choose any of the popular payment 
gateways like PayPal, AmazonPay and so on.
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Cost
• While Magento is an open-source platform, it comes for free 
but Shopify will incur monthly charges. You’ll need to spend 
more on Magento for hosting and the payment gateway.
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SEO
• Shopify and Magento both provide excellent SEO services 
since they are Google friendly platforms. It is also easy to 
enhance SEO on both the platforms.
Apps and add-ons
• To enhance and expand the functionality of your store, Shopify 
offers 100+ apps and add-ons which are very helpful. Magento 
offers more than 5000 apps. In both the platforms, there is a 
mix of free and paid apps.
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Conclusion
• While both Shopify and Magento are powerful e-commerce 
platforms, Shopify is easier to use and setup since it is self-
hosted. Though Magento comes for free, you’ll have to do the 
hosting and all technical works like coding.
• Shopify gets the advantage for maximum ease of use and 
powerful capabilities.