While waiting for more suggestions regarding a speedy and lightweight Magento theme, I decided to do a quick check to ensure I‘m still on the right path. The default Magento frontend is dated and without using a different one (like Hyva) or modified one (like Breeze), it is hard to achieve good results when it comes to site loading speed. Perhaps there are other open source e-commerce platforms I should consider as well?
I do research from time to time to keep track of how the most popular platforms perform and about the popularity they gain or lose.
The most important factors when selecting an e-commerce software for me is the ability to customize any area when needed (thus considering open source only), to find solutions to problems (which depends on how big and active community is), and to make it perform fast. As there is not much to hallucinate about, ChatGPT sumarizes it well enough, when asked about Magento, PrestaShop and OpenCart:
Feature | Magento | PrestaShop | OpenCart |
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Customizability | Highly customizable but requires advanced coding and development | Moderately customizable, more user-friendly but less extensive | Simple to customize, but with fewer options |
Community Size | Large and professional community with abundant resources and developer availability | Medium-sized community, good for SMBs but fewer high-end developers | Smaller community with limited high-level developer support |
Speed | Powerful but resource-heavy, slower without optimization | Fast with decent performance for most stores | Lightweight and fast, ideal for small to mid-sized stores |
I didn’t include Woocommerce here, as it wouldn’t be apples-to-apples comparison, though I have websites build using it.
Then ChatGPT added few more suggestions:
Platform | Customizability | Community Size | Speed | Best For |
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WooCommerce | High (WordPress ecosystem) | Very large | Fast for small stores, slower with many plugins | Small to medium stores, WordPress users |
Spree Commerce | High (Rails-based) | Medium (developer-focused) | Fast and scalable when optimized | Developer teams, highly customizable stores |
Bagisto | High (Rails-based) | Medium (developer-focused) | Fast and scalable when optimized | Developer teams, highly customizable stores |
Sylius | High (Symfony-based) | Growing (developer-focused) | Fast with optimization | Developer teams, custom projects |
Drupal Commerce | High (Drupal-based) | Large (Drupal community) | Resource-intensive but scalable | Content-heavy stores needing advanced CMS |
OroCommerce | Very high (B2B-focused) | Small but active (B2B) | Resource-heavy but scalable | B2B stores with complex requirements |
I do like Drupal and liked Joomla also, but using e-commerce plugins is not that I’m after. I saw Sylius performing really good, but headless platform is not yet an option for me – I need to minimize the time spent to build a frontend.
So what are your thoughts?
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