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Magento has a robust community of apps, plugins, etc. -- that is Magento's strength. There's something for EVERY need in the Marketplace. It's been around for a while, so there's plenty of technical resources out there that are well-versed in it. As one of the most widely used platforms, it's easy to find strategists with experience in it, as well. If you've got access to good technical resources, it's got a LOT of possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It seems like every site I've ever been on with Magento is outdated, and not everyone loves the updates. I've known of people who intentionally stuck to Magento 1 because they didn't love the features in 2. The catch to all the great plug-ins and apps is that you NEED to use them. I don't find a lot of warm fuzzies in the out-of-the-box capabilities. You really do need to have access to good dev resources, and multiple types of strategists, to get the most out of it. For that reason, I don't recommend it for small companies that have no in-house team and don't plan to bring in outside help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the open platform for developers to add critical mission applications at a fraction of the cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
the system is cumbersome and oftentimes feels overloaded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing about Magento is how much control you have and the ability to customize everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The installation isn't always the easiest. You have to make sure you have make you match each and every requirement. And it uses a lot of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best part of this tool is that it is opensource and it is easy to set up for eCommerce platform creation. it has amazing addon functionalities which makes it easier to create a perfect eCommerce creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Nothing to dislike as of now because have not faced any issues till now with this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The whole features and tools to manage e-commerce. The way we can create product categories and subcategories or product cross-category, the SKU ID numbers for the products, the complete infrastructure to manage really big online stores, the lateral bars to make surveys or inviting the users to subscribe for the newsletter, the data you are recollecting from the new customers or from the whole payments or transactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
You need a super huge hosting service to avoid getting a slow website, you need the basics of frontend if you want to modify something of the User Interface or even move or align something else on the pages. It's so difficult iterate the user experience because there aren't an easy to use builders or front ends editor like drag and drop tools, the time to learn to configure the payment mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that out of the box, Magento comes with so many features that other eCommerce platforms don't have or require you to buy additional plugins/modules to get. Magento helped us provide a set of features to clients that would've taken us a long time to implement or integrate with other eCommerce platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The admin panel can be very confusing to understand as it has so many details and functionalities in them. I know that having a lot of functionalities is a good thing, but when the client is not very tech-savvy, they find it a struggle. Also, as a developer, developing in Magento can be very slow as it requires a lot of compile work even for the little changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the best open source software out there. Helps us to understand the inner workings like a charm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
A lot of room for development. SDEs can do a little better at the programming level of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.