Magento Comunity Edition (CE) vs Enterprise Edition (EE)
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| Feature | CE | EE |
|---|---|---|
| License | Free / Open Source | Yearly fee / Open Source |
| Code Access | Yes | Yes |
| Web Service API | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile theme included | Yes | Yes |
| Extensions | Free and commercial | Free and commercial |
| Themes | Free and commercial | Free and commercial |
| Multiple Stores | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Store Views | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent Shopping Cart | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing Rules | A lot of options – Buy one item and get the second one for 50% off – Buy one item and get the second one for free – Buy two items and get the third one for free – Free shipping for order over a value – Free shipping for an item – Discount all items in a category – Catalog price rules – Shopping cart price rules |
A lot more options |
| Analytics and Reportings | Standard reporting – Sales totals – Best selling products – Abandoned carts – New Customers |
A lot more |
| Layered navigation | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple languages | Yes | Yes |
| Shipping | DHL UPS etc A lot of modules Custom options |
A lot |
| Payment | Many default options and modules available | A lot |
| Product Configuration | Name Price Minimum advertised price Product cost Tier price Special price Short description Long description SKU Images Page title Meta description Downloadable Weight New URL key Gift message Custom Attributes |
The same |
| Up-sales | Yes | Yes |
| Cross sales | Yes | Yes |
| Related products | Yes | Yes |
| SEO | Auto generate sitemap Google sitemap Page title Meta description |
The same |
| Coupons and promotions | Coupon for discount Discount for related product Free shipping for any order or orders of minimum amount Coupon time frame Coupon usage times |
The same |
| Customer account | Edit shipping address Change password |
The same |
| Order management | Update status Shipped Partially shipped |
The same |
| Large catalogs | Handles | Handles better |
| Re-indexing catalogs | Standard re-indexing | Improved re-indexing 80% faster |
| Full page caching | No | Yes |
| Version control of CMS | No | Yes |
| Version control of category page | No | Yes |
| Version control of product page | No | Yes |
| Scalability / Different servers for different services | Can be done | Code base designed to be scalable |
| Tax configuration | Basic | Advanced |
| Administrator roles | Basic | Advanced Per-site admin Log admin activity |
| Manage customer attributes | Standard | Advanced Quick and easy attributes update |
| Gift wrapping | No | Yes |
| Advanced marketing segmentation | No | Yes Treat customers by activity Display items based on past purchases Customer segmentation based on address Private Sales |
| PCI Compliant | No | Yes |
| Gift registry | No | Yes |
| Gift points | No | Yes |
| Store credit/Gift cards | No | Yes |
| Return Management Authorization (RMA) | No | Yes |
| Solr search | No | Yes |
| Automated emails | No | Yes Abandoned shopping cart Second day order email Automated email triggering |
| Custom landing pages | Yes | Yes – Advanced Page information Design Meta data Content with version control |
| Cross sell / Up sell / Recommended | Manual | Automatic |
| Customer assisted shopping | No | Yes Manage customer shopping cart Apply discount codes |
| Technical support from Magento | No | Yes |
| Auto-generated custom coupons | Basic | Advanced |
| Banners management | Basic | Advanced Display specific banners based on shopping cart rules |