Is Magento free or paid?

If you guys are developing an eCommerce website, Magento should be the first choice of all. But did you ever wonder is Magento free or not? First, we need to know what is Magento. So Magento is a free (open source) platform to create your eCommerce website. It is an open-source eCommerce platform written in PHP.

The open-source platform is useful for beginners and Magento offers lots of free themes and extensions which help you to grow your business and eCommerce store.

Basically there are two types of Magento pricing, you can check them out as below:
Magento Community Edition ( free)

Magento Community Edition is the perfect platform for an emerging small business site, or if you want to experiment and learn how to build an online store from the ground up. Magento boasts the largest and most active community of developers and merchants in the world.

Is Magento free?

Magento Enterprise Edition (Premium)

Magento Enterprise edition is the premium paid version of Magento.

It is mostly used by bigger online stores that need advanced features and more customizable options.

The Enterprise edition is completely backed by the Magento team. Subscribers get full support by phone and email. Pricing also includes security updates, special features and exclusive product enhancements.

The cost is $15,550/year.