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Magento Open Source vs WooCommerce: catalog facts
Magento Open SourceWooCommerce
Free

Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.

Free

The core plugin is free and open source; extensions and themes are offered through its…

Web, Self-hosted Android, iOS, Self-hosted
  • Widely used platform with a large contributor community
  • Active development and regular releases
  • Runs on any WordPress host with any payment provider
  • Very large range of extensions and themes
  • Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition
  • Official website focuses on the commercial product
  • Requires running and maintaining a WordPress site
  • Many features depend on separate extensions
Self-hosted Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: OSL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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