{"id":2823,"date":"2017-09-14T09:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T04:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/?p=2823"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T09:19:08","slug":"magento-drupal-or-opencart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/ecommerce\/magento-drupal-or-opencart\/","title":{"rendered":"Magento, Drupal, or Opencart?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magento<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drupal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drupal<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenCart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opencart<\/a>, so which is the best <strong>content management system<\/strong> that you can pick for your <strong>e-commerce<\/strong> website?<\/p>\n<p>One can find plenty of options when it comes to a CMS. Always remember, a content management system has to be chosen based on the business and project requisites.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_content_management_frameworkcontent_management_system\"><\/span>What is a content management framework\/content management system?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018A CMS is a software application that is used in the creation and management of digital content.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The core functions of a content management system (CMS) are,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Format Management<\/li>\n<li>Indexing, search, and data retrieval<\/li>\n<li>Feature Revisions<\/li>\n<li>Publishing, management, and documentation of content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article, we are going to study different aspects of each of these content management systems to determine the optimum one for building a successful e-commerce business.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Magento\"><\/span>Magento<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Considered as one of the best E-commerce platforms, Magento is built on <strong>open source technology<\/strong> and is rich with a good number of built-in features.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAGENTO &#8211; STATS &#038; FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusively built CMS for Ecommerce<\/li>\n<li>Magento powers 28% of websites across the internet (Source: cminds)<\/li>\n<li>According to reports, the Magento platform managed 101 billion dollars in transaction volume in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Magento has 237,834 of active sites(Source: builtwith.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features of Magento<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Built-in SEO Tools<\/li>\n<li>Built-in E-commerce features<\/li>\n<li>Modular architecture<\/li>\n<li>Multilingual &#038; multi-currency support<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Browser support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Drupal\"><\/span>Drupal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another open-source content management framework, Drupal is used for creating and managing websites.<\/p>\n<p><em>What does Drupal contain?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A development framework and content management platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DRUPAL- FACTS &#038; STATS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4.7% websites around the world utilize Drupal.<\/li>\n<li>Drupal has approx 1 million users.<\/li>\n<li>100,000+ sites were created in 6 months under Drupal 7.<\/li>\n<li>Drupal.org witness 1.5 million unique visitors &#038; 300,00 downloads every month.<\/li>\n<li>Drupal 8 has approx. 17 external JS libraries and 27 external PHP libraries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Drupal: Features you should know<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is a platform, database, and web server independent CMS.<\/li>\n<li>Support for multiple content types.<\/li>\n<li>Flexible taxonomy and menu structures.<\/li>\n<li>Granular user management.<\/li>\n<li>Search engine optimized platform.<\/li>\n<li>Standards compliant Templating and Theming.<\/li>\n<li>WYSIWYG Content Editing.<\/li>\n<li>Built-in search engine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"know-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/get-a-quote\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/call-ad.png\" alt=\"call ad\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opencart\"><\/span>Opencart<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A PHP based online cart system; Opencart is open-source and is perfect to develop a customized e-commerce website.<\/p>\n<p>Opencart is easy to setup, cost-effective, and moreover, gives you a complete control over your <strong>e-commerce<\/strong> business website.<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u2019s learn more about how this platform is allowing online entrepreneurs in building a prominent business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OPENCART- FACTS &#038; STATS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>318,317 business websites are built on Opencart (source: builtwith)<\/li>\n<li>During last 6 years, Opencart export has grown 10X.<\/li>\n<li>Opencart import decreased by 3 times in 2016 as compared in 2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important features of Opencart<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Easy for development: Based on Model View Controller (MVC) pattern.<\/li>\n<li>User-friendly administrative dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Opencart has virtual file structures: VQMOD &#038; OCMOD.<\/li>\n<li>Supports automatic image resizing and is search engine optimized.<\/li>\n<li>One admin interface and supports multiple stores, languages, and currencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_how_to_choose_the_right_content_management_system\"><\/span>So how to choose the right content management system?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Actually, it\u2019 neither tedious nor you have to dig out your brains. Factors are factors, so keep these points in mind and choose your platform.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How much time do you have to spend on your website development?<\/li>\n<li>Are you an amateur or experienced programmer?<\/li>\n<li>How large should be your social network reach?<\/li>\n<li>What are the features that will be implemented on your website?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"calltoaction\">\n<h4>Call Adroitte<\/h4>\n<p>Contact us to discuss your e-commerce related requirement. Call us today on <a href=\"tel:917760487777\">+91 7760487777<\/a> or <a href=\"tel:08041127377\">08041127377<\/a> or message us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/contact-us.html\">contact form<\/a> and we will reply back ASAP. We can discuss how we can strategically implement e-commerce successfully for your organization.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magento, Drupal, and Opencart, so which is the best content management system that you can pick for your e-commerce website?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[393],"tags":[404,244,350,405],"class_list":["post-2823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecommerce","tag-drupal","tag-e-commerce-website","tag-magento","tag-opencart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2823"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5160,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2823\/revisions\/5160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adroitte.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}