Reham F.
RF
Reham F.
Digital Marketing Specialist
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Magento Open Source: Full Control for Developers Building Bespoke Stores"
4/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Its unparalleled flexibility and customization capabilities.

Here's why:

Ultimate Customization and Control: Unlike many SaaS (Software as a Service) e-commerce platforms, Magento Open Source provides complete control over every aspect of our store. we have full access to the source code, allowing for deep modifications to fit highly specific business requirements, workflows, and unique customer experiences that simply aren't possible with more restrictive platforms. This is critical for businesses with complex catalogs, unique selling propositions, or intricate backend integrations.

Exceptional Scalability: Magento Open Source is built to scale. It can handle massive product catalogs, high traffic volumes, and significant transaction loads. This makes it an ideal choice for businesses that anticipate rapid growth or are already operating at an enterprise level. we're not likely to hit a performance ceiling with Magento, provided it's properly implemented and maintained.

Vast Extension Marketplace and Developer Ecosystem: The open-source nature fosters a massive global community of developers and a rich marketplace of extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

its significant complexity and the high total cost of ownership, despite being "free" software.

Here's a breakdown of the common drawbacks:

Steep Learning Curve and High Technical Requirements,Hosting Costs: Magento is resource-intensive and demands powerful, often dedicated or cloud-based hosting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tushar r.
TR
Tushar r.
QA
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Customize and control every aspect of your online store"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Magento Open Source offers a highly customizable and scalable solution for building and managing complex online stores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

The best part about Magento Open Source is the complete control it offers over store functionality. From product management to checkout customization, it’s built to be developer-friendly and extremely versatile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Food & Beverages
AF
Verified User in Food & Beverages
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Magento as the main tool in ecommerce"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

The ease of managing your ecommerce quickly, being one of the main ways to connect with external parties and thus gather all your information in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

At first, it can be a bit confusing because of the different sections it has, but in reality, you can get used to it very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MA
Marta A.
Ecommerce and content
Manufacturing
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Daily use and agile"
4/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Its flexibility and scalability are ideal for ecommerce projects with advanced needs. It offers a high level of customization, a wide support community, and access to powerful B2B and multicommerce functionalities. Additionally, being open-source, it allows total control over the store without licensing costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

The speed regarding the platform is robust, but it has some weak points: it requires a lot of server performance, its learning curve is steep, updates can be complex, and many advanced features depend on paid extensions. Additionally, official support is limited as it is open source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DB
Dana B.
CRM & Loyalty marketing manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"super customizable ecommerce platform!"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

If you’re looking for a flexible and powerful eCommerce platform, I’d definitely recommend Magento Open Source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

regular updates and maintenance take time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Everything went smooth"
0/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

An excellent choice for building an online store. What impressed me the most was its flexibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

A bit of technological setup is required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RAKESH S.
RS
RAKESH S.
L2 Product Technical Support Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Head of eCommerce store means Magento"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Magento is a robust application development framework for eCommerce store. With the help of it, developers can deliver a ready eCommerce store in a very short period. Having its robust admin panel can help its admin user to add categories, products and it's images. The admin can also configure payment and shipping methods. It's easy to integrate third-party module inside Magento. I was working as Magento eCommerce developer in emipro technologies , rajkot in 2016-2018 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

In the latest version elastic search sometimes causes issues, but rest all good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Farzeen M.
FM
Farzeen M.
Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Magento Open Source Review: A Powerful eCommerce Platform with Flexibility and Challenges"
5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Product Managment, Customization and Multi language and multi currency support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

Complexity and learning curve, Slow loading and high hosting costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sonal G.
SG
Sonal G.
Business Development Representative
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best platform for ecommerce website"
5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

Magento Open source id free to use and having all the capability for any type of ecommerce business website. its feature can be extended easily by adding avalible 3rd party plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

The main disadvantage of Magento open source is there is no support from Adobe team, and code complaxity, its difficult to learn and develop.

another disadvantage is its speed, but we can overcome if we use Magento as backend and go with any headless FE Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pawan C.
PC
Pawan C.
Inventory and Catalog Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to integrate Magento..."
5/5
What do you like best about Magento Open Source?

I just used Magento for my clients and they provide us a good feedback Magento open source is user friendly easy to integrate and also Magento is seo friendly, mobile friendly. Reporting and analytics are also very good and also they provide good security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Magento Open Source?

I don't dislike anything regarding Magento I used they latest version and I am happy with their services.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.