Shopware vs OXID eShop - comparison of the store systems
Today's e-commerce market offers many store systems for every taste, more precisely - business size, requirements, business logic, etc.
Shopware and OXID - both are exceptional in terms of usable functions and extremely popular on the German market. Both Shopware and OXID were developed in Germany and place great emphasis on quality. In this article, we compare the community editions of both systems - what do they have in common, how do they differ, for whom is each software solution better suited and what costs should you expect?
OXID Community Edition
OXID eShop is also a German e-commerce solution from OXID eSales AG, based in Freiburg im Breisgau. This store software has been developed especially for beginners in the e-commerce sector and is aimed more at small and medium-sized enterprises with the Community Edition.
Source: BuiltWith https://trends.builtwith.com/shop/OXID-EShop-Community
Explanation of the scheme: TOP 10K, 100K, 1m - means: TOP of websites according to traffic, i.e. among the 100K most popular websites, for example, the websites based on OXID in 2022 took about 30. Among the TOP 1m in the same year - about 90.
Advantages of OXID Community Edition
- Clear checkout with many payment methods
- Internationalization possible without any problems
- Many extensions and plug-ins
- Modular software architecture
- Well scalable online store solution
- Many online marketing tools
- Unique customer experience thanks to wide range of features
- Strong performance
- Integrated, automated business processes
- Omnichannel-Integration
- Full certification by Trusted Shops
- Maximum transparency
- Numerous interfaces to third-party providers (ERP, CMS, CRM, PIM, POS systems)
Disadvantages of OXID Community Edition
- Multishops only from the Enterprise Edition
- Multi-client capability only from the Enterprise Edition
- The backend is not very intuitive and confusing
- Numerous extensions require a commercial license
- ERP interfaces in all editions are subject to a charge
- Manufacturer support in all editions is also subject to a charge and quite expensive
- Small Community
Costs for OXID Community Edition
The previously open-source free OXID Community Edition (CE) has been subject to a fee since August 2022 - this event in the German e-commerce world is now on everyone's lips. Small projects that wanted to try their hand at online retail and did not have complicated requirements and business logic were welcome to use the Community Edition for free. License costs at OXID eShop are now 111 euros per month.
Shopware Community Edition
Shopware is the leading platform in Germany, which is making a big leap in the global market and is widely used by agencies for e-commerce. It is a modular online store system with over 91,000 customers worldwide that was first released as open source software in 2004. With this e-commerce solution, online retailers can design their own online store flexibly and freely.
Source: BuiltWith https://trends.builtwith.com/shop/Shopware
Explanation of the scheme: TOP 10K, 100K, 1m - means: TOP of websites by traffic, so among the 100K most popular websites in 2021, for example, Shopware-based websites took almost 125. Among the TOP 1m in the same year - over 1000.
Advantages of Shopware Community Edition
- With over 55,000 satisfied customers, the system is precisely tailored to the needs and requirements of the German market.
- Clear and easy-to-use backend
- Viele responsive Templates
- Shopping worlds
- Integrated blog
- Intuitive and clear structure in the front end
- Affiliate and voucher system
- Effective Google ranking
- Multi-shop and multi-language capable
- Product variants, stock levels, availability status and prices can be adapted or added flexibly and quickly.
- Integrated payment methods and shipping methods. You can read more about this in ourArtikel.
- Numerous plugins in the Shopware Store that extend the store functionality. You can read more about this in our article “The most popular plugins for Shopware 6 at a glance”.
Disadvantages of Shopware Community Edition
- Some important functions are only available in paid plugins
- A special server or web hosting is required
- High Prices for the support of Shopware AG
- Special technical knowledge is required for the installation of Shopware, and an experienced Shopware programmer should also be hired for the Community Edition.
Costs forShopware Community Edition
The Shopware Community Edition is open source and free of charge, there are no license fees or other costs for the use of Shopware CE.
Conclusion
In terms of pricing and functionality, Shopware CE is better than OXID CE and can meet the requirements of small to medium-sized companies perfectly. Our OXID eShop agency has been working with various e-commerce software solutions for years. As a powerful Shopware 6 agency, we are happy to advise you on all matters relating to Shopware and other e-commerce software. As a conversion optimization agency, we offer services in this area. Our references say more about us.
