Many ecommerce site owners prefer to use the Magento Community edition as it is free to use. But after a while, when the business will grow, this free edition will not scale up to meet the requirements of large scale ecommerce activities. Let\u2019s know the underlying differences between the Magento Community Edition and Magento Commerce (Enterprise) edition.<\/p>\n
If you want just a startup and looking for a free version of an ecommerce development platform then you must try the Magento community edition. You just need to hire a Magento development company<\/a> like us who can set up the ecommerce store on this platform.<\/p>\n On the other hand, Magento Commerce is being used by medium or large scale enterprises that have established their online business. It is a paid edition of the Magento and comes with many existing additional features. As a store owner, you don\u2019t need to worry about the server and can forget all queries related to speed and performance while in the Magento open-source you have to look after for all the security and performance of hosting infrastructure. You will have to work with the hosting provider to create a plan which can meet sudden traffic surges while Magento Commerce cloud<\/a> has been designed to scale fast. Instead, you just have to pick up your phone or send a mail.<\/p>\n It will also take a lot of time to do this deep-level research. Hence, in this article, we have listed down all the advanced features which are only present in the Magento Commerce and not in Magento open-source<\/a>. We hope that this features list will help you while choosing between both these editions.<\/p>\n At Emizentech, the best Magento development company in India, we are a team of highly experienced Magento certified developers. We have developed more than 440 Magento stores<\/a> in Magento 1 & Magento 2 from scratch. We believe in developing highly captivating ecommerce stores with interactive features and functionalities. Go through our regular articles, blogs and stories to stay updated with the latest trends of the ecommerce<\/a> industry.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s go through the list of exciting features which are only present in the Magento Commerce:<\/p>\n Let\u2019s discuss each of these points in more details.<\/p>\n After approving the company account, the Company Administrator can set up the Company Structure, add Users and Teams, assign Roles and Permissions, and manage the Company Profile all from the storefront.<\/p>\n But these catalogues will be available for particular customer groups, and custom catalogues will be created visible to only specific company accounts.<\/p>\n The Support Tools come with Data Collector and System Report which can help in finding known issues in the system if any issue arises.<\/p>\n These tools can also help in development and site optimization<\/a>. You can use them as a diagnostic tool for Magento’s support team for identifying and resolving issues.<\/p>\n The merchants can schedule imports and exports using Scheduled Imports\/Exports on a monthly, weekly or even daily basis. It is highly useful after integrating 3rd party services.<\/p>\n The import feature includes Advanced Pricing, Products, Customers, and Addresses, Customers Main File, and Customer Addresses. The export functionality includes Products, Customers Main File, and Customer Addresses.<\/p>\n The log detail includes admin user data and related changes made during the action.<\/p>\n A credit memo will make a refund, once the order is paid and invoiced. However, a credit memo differs from a refund. It goes back to the customer account where it can be used for future purchases.<\/p>\n RMAs are often issued for simple, grouped, configurable, and bundle product types. However, RMAs are not available for virtual products, downloadable products, and gift cards.<\/p>\n There are many additional payment methods<\/a> such as PayPal<\/a>, Braintree, Klarna, Amazon Pay, etc. which you can integrate into your Magento Commerce store.<\/p>\n The merchants can offer a points-based loyalty program using the Rewards & Loyalty features. The customers can get points for different instances such as creating an account, placing an order, submitting product reviews<\/a>, etc. The site admin can manage points, allowing merchants to control point allotment, balance, and expiration.<\/p>\n Using the Related Product Rules, merchants can specify which related products, up-sells, and cross-sells<\/a> will be displayed in the product pages<\/a> conditionally instead of manually. The rules are mostly associated with a customer segment for dynamic targeting. It is one of the most powerful time-saving features of Magento Commerce.<\/p>\n The merchants can create exclusive sales events for customers using Private Sales & Events. As a merchant, you can also make events to visible only for the registered or logged-in customers. But the events are time-bound; the Event Ticker displays a countdown to the event end.<\/p>\n GTM or Google Tag Manager lets the merchants manage tags (javascript \u201cpixels\u201d, or code snippets) for tracking customer activity, personalize content, measure engagement, and other marketing initiatives. Google Tag Manager support and Google Analytics Enhanced eCommerce are provided natively only in Magento Commerce.<\/p>\n For showing the content such as banners and promotions (shipping cart price rules) to particular customers you have to segment them using Customer Segments functionality. You can segment the customers on particular attributes like address, order history, shopping cart contents, etc.<\/p>\n The information gets continuously updated, thus the customers become associated and vice versa from the segment as they make purchases.<\/p>\n The Banner option has been replaced by Dynamic Blocks in Magento Commerce. You can create rich, interactive content from price rules and customer segments. Unlike carousels, these dynamic blocks cycle in a specific sequence or random orders. This allows merchants to create slide-show campaigns.<\/p>\n<\/span>Comparison Of Features<\/span><\/h2>\n
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You can find multiple resources on the official Magento site for understanding the differences between Magento Open-Source and Magento Commerce. There is a PDF by which you can compare both editions and outline the entire feature set of Magento Commerce. However, while making a purchasing decision, these files will make you more baffled. Even after reading multiple guides, you have to painstakingly search through each User Guides<\/a> for differences.<\/p>\n<\/span>Who We Are?<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>30 Features Present Only In Magento Commerce<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span>1. B2B Requisition Lists<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The B2B customers<\/a> can maintain the Requisition lists which are almost similar to wishlist but the products can\u2019t be removed after being purchased. Requisition lists are used for\u00a0 making easier the reordering of products. For instance, the requisition list items can be easily added to a shopping cart or moved or copied from one requisition list to another.<\/p>\n<\/span>2. B2B Payment on Account<\/span><\/h3>\n
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This is an additional offline payment method by which companies can make purchases up to a specified limit as per their profile. You can enable this feature globally or for a particular company. After enabling it, it will display at the checkout instant. Also, on using Payment on Account as a payment method, a message will appear at the top of the order indicating account status.<\/p>\n<\/span>3. B2B Quotes<\/span><\/h3>\n
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An authorized buyer can be added using B2B quotes. The buyer will now able to initiate a price quote from the shopping cart. From the admin interface, the merchants can manage quote requests, check out communication history between buyer and seller, save views, and export data.<\/p>\n<\/span>4. B2B Company Credit<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can give a credit line to B2B customers using the B2B company credit, who may then make purchases on their account up to their allowed credit limit. There is a Credit Activity dashboard from where the merchants can monitor issued and utilized credit.<\/p>\n<\/span>5. B2B Quick Order<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The customers can add products to the cart by just entering SKU and quantity information in the Quick Order interface or by just uploading a CSV file.<\/p>\n<\/span>6. B2B Company Accounts<\/span><\/h3>\n
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In this feature, the visitor on the Magento store can request opening a company account, or the admin can create a company account.<\/p>\n<\/span>7. B2B Shared Catalogs<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can create “shared” catalogues with custom pricing, products, and permissions using the B2B Shared Catalogs feature.<\/p>\n<\/span>8. Support Tools<\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/span>9. Scheduled Import\/Export<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>10. Action Logs Report<\/span><\/h3>\n
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You can get an informative report of all admin actions using the Action Logs Report. Each record is time-stamped and records the IP addresses and user’s name.<\/p>\n<\/span>11. Customer Attribute Manager<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can add additional customer details using Customer Attribute Manager. It supports the order, fulfilment, and customer management processes. You can add custom attributes to the Account Information, Address Book, and Billing Information sections.<\/p>\n<\/span>12. Store Credit<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can refund customers for cash purchases using the Store Credit functionality. The customers can, later on, use this credit for making purchases, and track the status of refunds from the account dashboard.<\/p>\n<\/span>13. Shopping Assistance<\/span><\/h3>\n
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A customer who has registered for an account can get assistance through Shopping Assistance. The merchants can edit customer’s shopping cart contents in real-time from the Admin interface. Also, the customer service representatives can check the customer’s shopping cart content while the customer is in communication with him.<\/p>\n<\/span>14. Returns<\/span><\/h3>\n
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RMAs, or Returned Merchandise Authorizations, let the customers make refunds or replacements of their orders. In the Order and Returns interface, the customer can enter order and return details to request a return. After approval, a unique RMA number will be assigned for return product identification. You can enable RMA for all products or some specified products.<\/p>\n<\/span>15. Order By SKU<\/span><\/h3>\n
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This functionality allows users to add products to cart just by entering SKU and quantity information. Or, you can upload a CSV file from within a customer account.<\/p>\n<\/span>16. Order Archiving<\/span><\/h3>\n
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For cleaning their workspace, the merchants can archive orders regularly using the Order Archiving Functionality. It will not just keep the admin interface clean but will also improve the performance of the store.<\/p>\n<\/span>17. Gift Options<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The customers can add gift options for their products before checkout using this functionality. It can be a special message, gift wrapping, or the user can add a gift receipt, printed greeting card etc. You can even charge the customers for gift wrapping and printed gift cards.<\/p>\n<\/span>18. Additional Payment Methods<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>19. Wishlists<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Wishlists features will allow you and the customers to manage the wishlists on their account. By using the Wishlist Search widget, site visitors can search for any public wishlist. The feature is quite comparable to the gift registries search widget, but an item purchased from a public wishlist isn’t removed from the original wishlist.<\/p>\n<\/span>20. Visual Merchandiser<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can merchandise through Visual Merchandiser. It means defining the products to appear within a category. It can be done through a drag-and-drop interface, or by applying rule-based conditions powered by \u201cSmart\u201d attributes.<\/p>\n<\/span>21. Rewards & Loyalty<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>22. Related Product Rules<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>23. Private Sales & Events<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>24. Google Tag Manager<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>25. Gift Registries<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The customers can create gift registries for special occasions. They can invite their kith and kin for purchasing gifts through Magento Commerce Gift Registry Search Widget. It will let the customer search for another customer’s registry.<\/p>\n<\/span>26. E-mail Reminders<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Sending automated e-mails<\/a> on different instances such as leaving cart abandoned, wishlist activity, is a basic need for ecommerce stores. E-mail reminders functionality of Magento Commerce will encourage the customer to return on site and make a purchase. Abandoned cart (or wishlist) emails can be automatically sent based on triggers such as \u201cnumber of days abandoned\u201d, \u201cnumber of line items\u201d, \u201citem quantity\u201d, \u201ccart total\u201d, and more.<\/p>\n<\/span>27. Customer Segments<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>28. Page Hierarchy<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Page Hierarchy allows merchants to organize content pages within a hierarchy and add pagination, navigation, and menus with an easy to use drag-and-drop admin interface.<\/p>\n<\/span>29. Content Staging<\/span><\/h3>\n
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The merchants can create, preview, and schedule new content to different sections of their website such as Products, Categories, Promotions, Widgets, etc. using Content Staging. It is highly useful while scheduling on-site marketing for a new promotion which must be published at a specific time. Magento Commerce also provides an easy-to-use visual dashboard for scheduled content, the Staging Dashboard, which displays active and upcoming \u201ccampaigns\u201d in a timeline view.<\/p>\n<\/span>30. Dynamic Blocks<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/span>31. Advanced Catalog Search<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Category Permissions allow merchants to limit access to browse categories, view pricing, or add to cart for products within a category based on customer group.<\/p>\n