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So far the only somewhat sane alternative is prestashop. At least I don't worry what breaks this time on a security update, which is a real PITA with magento.

by wila 8y ago

So far the only somewhat sane alternative is prestashop. At least I don't worry what breaks this time on a security update, which is a real PITA with magento. For updates to magento shops I schedule time, for updates to prestashop I press a button..

cepth 8y ago
We actually used to run our site off of Prestashop. The biggest reason that I saw to switch was because of the lack of integrations with some of our operations tech stack. For example, Freshdesk has an official extension/add-on for Magento, but on PrestaShop the only add-on is a $39.99 option made by a 3rd party developer. Prestashop is probably easier to administer than Magento, but that comes with tradeoffs because of its smaller developer ecosystem.
- wila 8y ago
  Understood, it might not fit for every shop. For quite a lot of shops it works quite well though. I guess that it wasn't so much that the add-on came at a cost, but more that it was: a) a 3rd party developer b) the only option As you said it was just one of your issues.
SahAssar 8y ago
Prestashop in my experience is not anywhere close to sane. The code is a shitshow, the transition to symfony/twig has been slow and chaotic, and even if you try to help fix issues you are met with nothing but silence. I'm not saying magento is better, but prestashop isn't in any way sane.
locusm 8y ago
A really solid alternative was Lemonstand, then they decided to do the SAAS dance and lost most of their fan base.
ctalmidge 8y ago
Sylius : the Symfony framework ecommerce offering is the only platform we've found to offer the proper combo of features, scalability (this was huge), flexibility, true framework backing in symfony, and a proper deployment model. It's a very exciting platform finally after having so many fall short for so many reasons; we really liked Lemonstand v1 but hated being forcedinto thei SaaS model which totally killed our app extension bundling applications business model. So, seriously check out Sylius.
beberlei 8y ago
Have you looked at Shopware? Having worked with many PHP-based ecommerce systems I like it the most.

by wila 8y ago

cepth 8y ago

We actually used to run our site off of Prestashop. The biggest reason that I saw to switch was because of the lack of integrations with some of our operations tech stack. For example, Freshdesk has an official extension/add-on for Magento, but on PrestaShop the only add-on is a $39.99 option made by a 3rd party developer. Prestashop is probably easier to administer than Magento, but that comes with tradeoffs because of its smaller developer ecosystem.

wila 8y ago
Understood, it might not fit for every shop. For quite a lot of shops it works quite well though. I guess that it wasn't so much that the add-on came at a cost, but more that it was: a) a 3rd party developer b) the only option As you said it was just one of your issues.

SahAssar 8y ago

Prestashop in my experience is not anywhere close to sane. The code is a shitshow, the transition to symfony/twig has been slow and chaotic, and even if you try to help fix issues you are met with nothing but silence. I'm not saying magento is better, but prestashop isn't in any way sane.

locusm 8y ago

A really solid alternative was Lemonstand, then they decided to do the SAAS dance and lost most of their fan base.

ctalmidge 8y ago

Sylius : the Symfony framework ecommerce offering is the only platform we've found to offer the proper combo of features, scalability (this was huge), flexibility, true framework backing in symfony, and a proper deployment model. It's a very exciting platform finally after having so many fall short for so many reasons; we really liked Lemonstand v1 but hated being forcedinto thei SaaS model which totally killed our app extension bundling applications business model. So, seriously check out Sylius.

beberlei 8y ago

Have you looked at Shopware? Having worked with many PHP-based ecommerce systems I like it the most.