PrestaShop vs WooCommerce
PrestaShop or WooCommerce? If you haven't decided yet, scroll down to find out which online store builder best fits for you and your business!
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PrestaShop
WooCommerce
Customizability
Great possibilities in terms of customization
Strong technical skills needed
Interface
User-friendly
User-friendly
Design
+2,500 templates
28 templates
Ecommerce features
+4,000 modules
638 modules
Pricing
Free download and installation
No monthly fees
Free download and installation
No monthly fees
Commissions per sale
No commissions on your sales
No commissions on your sales
Multiple languages supported
Back office in +75 languages
Need to install paid extensions
SEO
SEO friendly
SEO friendly
Support
FAQ, documentation, paid support plans
No official support
What are the main differences between PrestaShop and WooCommerce?
Technology
PrestaShop is an ecommerce software created specifically to sell online. WooCommerce is a plug-in for WordPress (blog platform whose initial goal is not online sales) which offers the possibility to turn a website into an ecommerce.
Design
With any PrestaShop theme, your online store will display recognizable elements of an ecommerce website. On the contrary, in WordPress, a number of themes compatible with WooCommerce do not look like an ecommerce, which can be confusing.
Characteristics and configuration
PrestaShop was created in order to offer an efficient online sales platform with over 600 features. Many of these features aren’t available with WooCommerce and you’ll need to use specific plug-ins to manage pricing, multi-language or multi-store support, catalog mode, product comparison, data importation, and others.
An evolving solution
By handling very large catalogs (over 100,000 products) and high number of orders, PrestaShop is here to make your business scale. WooCommerce is not adapted for large catalogs. As such, if your activity grows, you will quickly run into problems related to stock management, order processing, customer service, etc.
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Why choose PrestaShop vs WooCommerce
Unleash your business potential with a professional design
Unlike the high technical requirements needed to run WooCommerce, PrestaShop provides you with an ergonomic back office enabling you to launch and manage your ecommerce website easily and fast.
Reduce your Time to Market
While with WooCommerce you need to install multiple plugins to build your online store, PrestaShop provides you with over 600 features enabling you to launch and run your business easily and fast.
Sell cross-border
PrestaShop gives you the opportunity to set currencies, create multi-language product sheets and to ensure that your checkout process is compliant with European laws.
Get support when you need it
Unlike WooCommerce, PrestaShop proposes a customer support plan, which gives you access to personalized technical help. Training courses, webinars and tutorials are also available to teach you the ins and outs of the software.
The whole PrestaShop universe by your side
Ecommerce websites
selling online with PrestaShop
Community members
ready to help and give you advice
PrestaShop contributors
making the CMS evolve every day
PrestaShop partners
to help you build your online store
Additional resources to help you
Help Center
Documentation, tutorials, technical support, trainings... visit our Help Center to find everything you need to run your business.
Expert Partners
Agencies, developers and technological partners... PrestaShop offers over 250 partners available to help you create your online store.
FAQ PrestaShop vs WooCommerce
What is a CMS?
A CMS (Content Management System) is a software that helps you create and modify the content of your website without any coding skills required.
As CMS solutions, both PrestaShop and WooCommerce will simplify the task of creating your virtual store without having to code it on your end.
What is open source?
PrestaShop and WooCommerce are both open source ecommerce CMS which means that their source code, design plans, or content can be accessed, studied, modified, or redistributed.
Does PrestaShop and WooCommerce provide hosting?
PrestaShop and WooCommerce do not include hosting. However, PrestaShop in collaboration with IONOS offers you in just a few clicks a pre-installed and secured hosted solution, perfectly compatible with your PrestaShop store.
You can find all PrestaShop hosting partners here.
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