PrestaShop to Shopify migration

Shopify vs PrestaShop

PrestaShop and Shopify are two popular e-commerce platforms for online shop owners.

While PrestaShop is an open source platform, which means that it can be customised and modified according to the user’s needs, Shopify is a cloud-hosted platform that offers an all-in-one e-commerce solution in SaaS mode.

Although PrestaShop has its advantages in terms of customisation, migrating from PrestaShop to Shopify can be a good option, as we have done if you want to forget about technology and focus on what’s important, your business.

With PrestaShop you have to have a hosting to host your online shop and manage it. In addition, you have to take care of updating the shop with new versions to keep it in good condition and secure, as well as the modules and templates you have installed. All of this is a lot of work as you know, or a lot of money if you hire an agency to do it for you.

Shopify is a SaaS software solution. This means that the shop you hire on a pay-per-use basis is like a rental. This has disadvantages, but also many advantages. You don’t own it, but in return, you don’t have to take care of the hosting, as Shopify takes care of hosting your shop on its infrastructure, which is based on Google Cloud. In addition, you forget about the technology, you don’t have to do system updates, Shopify does it for all customers.

While PrestaShop can be more customisable as you have access to all the code, Shopify, although you don’t have access to the code of the application, you can access the code of the template, but you can make many customisations, enough to have a very visually appealing shop. In addition, the Shopify app marketplace has as many options available as PrestaShop Addons.