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Choosing Between Drupal Commerce and Woo Commerce

Written by Manish Sharma | Jun 2, 2017 11:40:00 AM

If you are someone looking to build an eCommerce store, selection of the right shopping cart software is one of the most crucial decisions you need to take. The software you choose should not only be suitable for your business unique requirements but also needs to be easy to use, should be well-supported, and needs to offer high quality & high performance.  

You have likely that you have heard of the names WooCommerce and Drupal Commerce. These are two of the most popular software which enjoy a very high user satisfaction feedback rate. No one size fits all. The selection of technology purely depends on your business requirements. In this blog, let us try to understand the difference between the two. 

Drupal Commerce

Drupal plus Drupal Commerce is one among the best solutions for an eCommerce platform. When it comes to choosing the best and flexible CMS for your site, it is undeniably Drupal! Drupal commerce enforces strict development standards as well as leverages the greatest features of Drupal for maximum flexibility. Hire Drupal developers and utilize all the functions and features of Drupal commerce, which contributes to the overall success of the business.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce is another preferred choice for businesses who want to develop the online store, whether using their existing WordPress platform or building from scratch. It is developed using the best practice of WordPress on the front & back end. This robust eCommerce plugin boasts enterprise-level quality & features.

You can explore the real difference of Drupal and WordPress.

WooCommerce Vs Drupal Commerce

 

 

                   

    WooCommerce

 

                           Drupal Commerce

 Product Information

 

WooCommerce is an eCommerce toolkit, which helps you transform any WordPress website into an online store.

 

Drupal Commerce is designed to help you create versatile  eCommerce websites and applications based on Drupal.

Slogan

   

Toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.

 

   The Drop is Always Moving.

Ease of Use

 WooCommerce is extremely easy to use and does  not require familiarity with WordPress.

 

The use of Drupal Commerce requires basic understanding and knowledge of Drupal. For those who do not have Drupal understanding can use Drupal Commerce distribution, Drupal Kickstart, which comes with default store settings and content types.

 

Who is it for?

WooCommerce is considered to be more suitable  for the Small/medium size businesses.

 

 

Drupal Commerce can be considered for enterprise Commerce applications as Drupal can be used as the Content  Management Framework along with Drupal Commerce.

 

Core Features

 Rating, Review, Shipping, and Discount are the core  features. It also offers flexible customization of  these features as per the business need.

 

Drupal Commerce comes with default features such as  Custom Product type with Custom Attributes, Tax Calculation,  and VAT Support. Since Drupal Commerce is built as an  application, it is highly customizable.

 

Price

 

WooCommerce is a free shopping cart plugin. If  your eCommerce site requires more than basic  features, there are also priced license upgrades,  extensions, and updates.

 

 Drupal Commerce is open-source and is free to use.

 

Supported Operating Systems

 Web-based, iPhone/ iPad,  Android, Windows, Mac

 

 

 Web-based, iPhone/ iPad, Android, Windows, Mac

 

 

SEO Support

 

Both Drupal Commerce and WooCommerce are SEO friendly with additional plugins/modules contributed by the  community.  The various SEO plugins/modules supported include Google Analytics, URL management meta-tag  systems and a site map generator.

 

Integrations

 

With their extensible nature, both WooCommerce and Drupal Commerce integrate with a variety of service providers such as  Xero, SagePay, FreshBooks, Stripe, PayPal, Amazon Payments, FedEx, USPS, and UPS

 

Key Benefits

  • Powered by WordPress
  • Fully open source
  • A wide range of add-on features such as payment gateways, advanced tax calculators, subscription management, anti-fraud, shipping calculators for specific countries etc.  

 

  • Created on an enterprise CMS platform Drupal
  • Fully open source
  • Highly modular and customizable as per the business requirements
  • A great fit for marketing-driven commerce where non-IT experts are involved in the administration and configuration of the system
  • Highly scalable and flexible

 

Key Features

  • Pre-installed payment gateways
  • Robust tax settings and options   
  • Simplified coupon system

 

  • Mobile optimized
  • Support for multiple languages and currencies
  • Compliance to international standards

Limitations

  • Limited support for languages and currencies
  • Limited scalability
  • Lack of a variety of shipping methods
  • Usability issues
  • Needs technical expertise – difficult to set up for non-technical users
  • Limited documentation

Support

     

Ticket-based

 

      Ticket-based and phone support

 

Hope the above comparison helps you in selecting the right platform for your requirements. Both platforms are new and continuously developing. They both offer basic eCommerce features and continue to add advanced functionality regularly.