Magento isn't for everyone. It has a steep learning curve on all fronts - administration, frontend development, and backend development. However, it completely dominates any other open-source eCommerce system when it comes to 1) featureset, and 2) enterprise-level extensibility. Magento's configuration-based architecture makes making code changes more complex, but it also allows you to customize almost any piece of the system, including fundamental core features.
Magento is not what you want to use if you have under a $25k budget and just want a good-looking, functional store. However, if your initial store budget is somewhere in the $50k-$250k range and you need an ecommerce solution that you can integrate tightly with backend ERP or fulfillment systems, and you can afford a significant ongoing maintenance budget, Magento is a very strong option.
Magento isn't for everyone. It has a steep learning curve on all fronts - administration, frontend development, and backend development. However, it completely dominates any other open-source eCommerce system when it comes to 1) featureset, and 2) enterprise-level extensibility. Magento's configuration-based architecture makes making code changes more complex, but it also allows you to customize almost any piece of the system, including fundamental core features.
Magento is not what you want to use if you have under a $25k budget and just want a good-looking, functional store. However, if your initial store budget is somewhere in the $50k-$250k range and you need an ecommerce solution that you can integrate tightly with backend ERP or fulfillment systems, and you can afford a significant ongoing maintenance budget, Magento is a very strong option.