Since Magento launched Magento 2.0 in November 2015, there has been a lot of confusion out there about the differences between Magento 1EE and Magento 2EE, and the benefits for merchants of migrating their sites across.
The below table outlines the features in each platform and demonstrates where Magento have invested in 2EE to improve architecture, scalability, performance and site management, not to mention the feature enhancements on the front allowing merchants to provide a better user experience for their customers.
We have also included a column showing the differences between Magento 2 Community Edition and Enteprise edition. For further information, please contact Screen Pages on 01932 359160 or email info@screenpages.com
| Feature | Magento 1 Enterprise Edition | Magento 2.1 CE | Magento 2.1 EE |
| ARCHITECTURE | |||
| Platform: | Magento 1, PHP 5.6, Zend 1 | Magento 2, PHP 7, Zend 2 | Magento 2, PHP 7, Zend 2 |
| Support till: | 2018 | approx 2025 | approx 2025 |
| Modular code base for making fine-grain customizations and easily adding or removing functionality to meet merchant needs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Theming and layout framework to quickly create and maintain site variations for seasonal campaigns, new product lines, and market expansions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extensive and efficient APIs, including new ones for promotions and taxes, to connect and operate at scale with any third party solution | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automated testing to improve code quality and speed up the QA process for a faster time to market | Only External | Built in | Built in |
| Multisite, multi currency, multi language (on single platform) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Completely different sites and stores on single platform | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HTTPS for checkout only, for admin panel, or for all site | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) | n/a | No | Yes |
| SOLR search | Yes | Extension | Elastic search |
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PERFORMANCE |
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| Client-side optimizations, such as minimizing and bundling JavaScript, compressing images, and improving the use of browser caching for static contentContent that does not change frequently. See also dynamic content. to decrease page load times. | yes | yes | yes |
| Server-side improvements, such as integrating Apache Varnish caching, enable faster performance out-of-the-box with minimal tuning. | No | yes | yes |
| Full-Page Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deferred Stock Updates | No | Extension | Yes |
| Scalable Backend Product Management | n/a | n/a | Yes |
| Order Archiving | Extension | Extension | Yes |
| Standalone databases for key subsystems like order management, product management and checkout; combined with support for MySQL Cluster, enable Magento to scale to handle rapid growth. | no | yes | yes |
| Comprehensive backend improvements enable larger teams to make product updates and process orders at the same time without diminished performance. | no | yes | yes |
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CMS - ADMIN |
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| The modern Magento Admin user interface is intuitive and easy for new team members to learn, and allows users to efficiently monitor business performance and manage daily tasks. | Old Magento interface | Yes | Yes |
| The ability to effortlessly customize and save different Admin panel views saves time when managing products, analyzing customer data, and processing orders. | Extension | Yes | Yes |
| Setting up products is faster with a new step-by-step product creation tool and improved product data import capabilities that are 4x faster than before. | No (old Magento import and product creation) | Yes | Yes |
| Content Staging Workflow (ability to switch campaigns or change one campaign to another automatically) | Extension | Extension | Yes |
| Version control for CMS | No | Extension | Yes |
| Admin action log | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cron (scheduled tasks) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LDAP, Single Side-On | Extension | Extension | Extension |
| Adding a language | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Adding a currency with exchange rates with importing from third part source | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Widgets | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simple LOGO change in Magento backend | Extension | Yes | Yes |
| User Roles and Permission Schemas | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Permission | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Return Management Authorization (RMA) | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Scheduled Import/Export Functionality | Yes | Extension | Yes |
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CMS FRONTEND |
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| Captcha, Session validation, Encription keys | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WEB POS | Extension | Extension | Extension |
| Multistock | Extension | Extension | Yes |
| Mobile commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Respinsive Layout | By creating/buying a new theme | Yes | Yes |
| CUSTOMERS | |||
| CUSTOMERS - SHOPPER EXPERIENCE | |||
| Checkout steps qty | 5+ steps, old-fashion | 3 steps | 3 steps |
| Order without register | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatically recognize existing users | Extension Only | Yes | Yes |
| Shoppers can conveniently create an account with one click from the order Thank You page, enabling merchants to encourage customer registrations without interrupting the checkout process. | Extension | Yes | Yes |
| Reward points | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Multiple wishlist | Yes | Extension | Yes |
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TAXES |
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| Fixed Product Tax | Extension only | Yes | Yes |
| Tax Classes with country linking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Price display configuration (with/without taxes) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tax by destination | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tax by product class | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Value Added Tax | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible Tax Classes, Rates, Rules | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VAT ID Validation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Verify the list of EU Member Countries | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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SEO |
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| Automatically rewrite (301) if product or category URL changed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flexible rewrite table with managing tools | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meta tags (description, keys, title) for CMS, category, products | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Schema.Org, Rich Snippets | Extension | Yes | Yes |
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Product |
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| Related products, cross-sells and upsells | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatically linked related/cross-sells/up-sells (rule-based on category, attribute set and so one) | Yes | Extension | Yes |
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Marketing and promotions |
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| Customer Segmentation, Targeted Promotions & Merchandising | Yes | Extensions | Yes |
| Customer Attribute Management | Extensions | Extensions | Yes |
| Visual Merchandiser | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Transaction Email with WYSIWYG interface | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automated Email Marketing Reminder | Yes | No | Yes |
| Gift Registry | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Gift Options | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| Marketing rules for catalogue | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coupons | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | |||
| Elastic (former ElasticSearch) for catalog and searching | Extension | Extension | Yes |
| Category View and Purchase Permissions per Customer Group (Limited Catalog Access) | No | Extension | Yes |
| Adding to cart by SKU | Yes | Extension | Yes |
| INTEGRATION | |||
| oAuth | Extension Only | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paypal | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Authorize.Net | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DHL | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WorldPay | Extension | Extension | Yes |
| SalesForce | Extension | Extension | Extension |
| CyberSource | - | Extension | Yes |
| BrainTree | Extension | Yes | Yes |
| Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager (GTM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Import and Export on CSV/XLS files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Import product images fron network | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Product import history | No | Yes | Yes |
| Using a CDN | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Product information from PIM (Akeneo, etc) | Extension | Extension | Extension |
| Any Shipping service integration if no extension exists | Cost subject to requirements | Cost subject to requirements | Cost subject to requirements |
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