Magento or Squarespace or Shopify?

Neither Magento nor Squarespace offers their own POS system for their customers. Squarespace uses Square’s POS. However, Shopify POS allows you to have advanced inventory features, customize your staff permissions, and provide unified reporting.

Unlike Magento and Squarespace, Shopify has its own public-facing app: Shop. Your customers will be able to track, pay, and shop using the shopping assistant to simplify their experience ordering from your website.

Like Squarespace, Shopify offers a drag-and-drop functionality that lets you easily design, build, and run your online store. Experienced developers can edit code files if they like, but you don’t need coding experience to use Shopify, unlike with Magento.

When comparing Magento vs. Squarespace in terms of testing, only Shopify gives you a subdomain to play around with. You can even use this subdomain as your main store to generate sales. You don’t need to buy a domain name with Shopify, but you can if you’d like.

Shopify Capital can help fund your business for inventory, staffing, or marketing. No personal credit checks or lengthy applications needed. You’ll need to use a third-party credit lender, like PayPal’s partnership with Magento. With Squarespace, you’ll need to find your own lender.

Shopify is certified Level 1 PCI DSS compliant. All payment gateways on the platform are also compliant, meaning you can securely manage debit and credit card transactions for your business. Magento and Squarespace aren’t PCI DSS compliant, but their third-party payment gateways are.

When comparing Magento vs. Squarespace, who has more apps? Magento. However, Shopify has about 2,000 more apps than Magento. Shopify has over 6,000 commerce-related apps you can install to design, build, and market your store.