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If Magento Were Iron Man and Shopify Were Batman, Who Do You Think Would Win?

So our ongoing series of ecommerce showdown (also this one) has gained much fanfare, and this time around, we tried to spice things up a little. With that thought in mind, we decided to pit the two giants of ecommerce against each other giving them identities from two comic universes and asked experts and users who they think would win. Even though the title gives away what we are doing, here’s what we suggested:

If Magento were Iron Man and Shopify were Batman, who do you think would win?

We weren’t expecting so many people to take part, but many people did, and we thoroughly enjoyed the answers. We simply love how enthusiastic so many people are not just about Batman and Ironman, but our esteemed platforms as well. So here we are with all the feedback we got, and if you want, you can pitch in your own view on the matter through email and we’ll add them to this list! Let’s dive in: Here’s what Magento Influencers and Experts had to say on the matter:

Marcel Hauri

Hah, good question. I would say if you need a solution which is simple and works out of the box, like switching on the Bat-Signal and Batman will rescue your city, then go for Shopify.

If you want to customize your shop to your specific needs, then use Magento. Both Superheroes have their own strengths and weakness, as well as Magento and Shopify.

Well said, Marcel. But we want war.

Ben Crook

Ironman as I’ve never used Batman :P what do you think?

Great. Thank you, Ben, we support Ironman too for some reason.

Daniel Sousa

Can’t magento be the Batman ? :D

Daniel, if Magento will win, then why not?

Christian Münch

Magneto wins!

Hands down.

Shoaib Rehman

Ironman for sure. :)

We thought so too.

Mathew Beane

That is a tough question overall apples to oranges in many ways. Shopify is GREAT for the small guys and Magento is a pain for them. BUT, then once they get to a certain point (revenue), they need a LOT more. Business features become more important on the site etc, and shopify becomes a hindrance to that. At that point they need to INVEST into magento, or something like it so they can start to build out the more complex parts of their business into an ecommerce platform. A small business, that does say 500k of revenue, most likely, is better off in Shopify.. unless they have the tech skills to maintain and grow a magento site themselves.

Magento is a growth platform, you can easily go from 1 million to 5 million with magento, and beyond… but with Shopify, you will start to run into back office and integration issues that really slow you down.