E-commerce platforms We sell Magento modules. And still sometimes advise against it.
Magento 2, Shopify Plus, WooCommerce or SAP Commerce: which one fits depends less on feature lists than on your pricing rules, your team and your integrations.
The usual candidates
Four platforms. Each with a catch.
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Magento 2
A fit when customer prices, company accounts and ERP sync shape purchasing. The catch: you need developers and someone to look after hosting and updates.
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Shopify Plus
A fit when a fast start and hosted operation matter more than deep customisation. Company accounts and price lists are there. The catch: custom processes hit limits sooner, and the monthly fee always runs.
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WooCommerce
A fit when content is at the centre and your team already knows WordPress. The catch: B2B comes through plugins, and every plugin is one more dependency to maintain.
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SAP Commerce
A fit when SAP is the backbone of your company anyway. The catch: license, project duration and budget are in a different league.
What matters
Four questions decide more than any feature list.
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How are your prices made?
One price for everyone, or per customer, quantity and contract? That alone rules out half the options.
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Who orders?
One buyer per company or ten, with their own rights and approvals?
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Who runs the shop?
Do you have developers in-house, or should the platform handle as much as possible itself?
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What is connected?
ERP, PIM, procurement systems via OCI or cXML: integrations take effort everywhere, but not the same everywhere.
Your shop system is as modern as a pager? Beep. Time for an update.
Whether you switch or stay: we first look at what your shop has to do today, and only then at what it runs on.
Honestly
We are Magento specialists. We would rather say so up front.
We have been developing for Magento for more than 15 years, and that is where our own modules live. If another platform suits you better, you will still hear it from us.