Magento
Enterprise e-commerce platform: advanced marketing, SEO, mobile commerce and international support.
About Magento
What is Magento?
Magento is an open source enterprise e-commerce platform launched in 2008 and built with the Zend Framework. It offers advanced promotion and marketing tools, detailed analytics and reports, optimised SEO, complete catalogue management, mobile commerce, international support and payment and shipping processing.
Use cases
What is Magento for?
- A business with a large catalogue that needs advanced marketing, SEO and detailed analytics.
- A high-volume store that requires a robust, scalable enterprise platform.
- An international business that needs complete support for multiple countries, currencies and languages.
Benefits
Main benefits of Magento
Advanced promotion and marketing tools built in.
Optimised SEO and detailed integrated analytics.
Full international support with multiple currencies, languages and tax zones.
Enterprise-grade platform with high scalability.
Is it for you?
Who should use Magento?
Businesses with large catalogues or high sales volume that need a robust enterprise platform.
Is Magento right for you?
Is Magento the right choice for you?
It's a great fit if…
- If you have a large catalogue and need advanced marketing and SEO features.
- If you sell internationally and need full support for multiple currencies and tax zones.
- If your business generates high order volume and needs a scalable platform.
It might not be for you if…
- If you're just starting out or have a small catalogue, where PrestaShop or OpenCart require fewer resources.
- If your hosting has limited resources, as Magento takes up nearly 800 MB and uses more CPU and RAM than other platforms.
Installation
How to install Magento on your hosting
Open your hosting panel
Log into your miHosting professional hosting panel and open Softaculous, the application installer included with every plan.
Find Magento
Installs via Softaculous from the hosting panel, choosing domain and admin details; Softaculous sets up the MySQL database automatically.
Configure and go live
Choose the domain, language and admin details. Softaculous creates the database automatically and your install is ready in minutes.
Recommended hosting
Why install Magento on miHosting
miHosting's professional shared hosting includes Softaculous, PHP and databases already configured, NVMe storage with no artificial limits, free SSL and real technical support if you need help during installation or maintenance of Magento.
Choose your plan
Install Magento today
Choose the professional hosting plan that best fits your Magento project, or try it risk-free with the free plan.
Emprendedor
50% OFF118 $/yr 59 $/yr — free domain included
- ✓3 websites
- ✓1 free domain for the first year
- ✓Unlimited NVMe SSD storage
- ✓Softaculous — 400+ one-click apps
- ✓Free, automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt)
- ✓Free migration included
- ✓Real 24/7 technical support
Plus
50% OFF170 $/yr 85 $/yr — free domain included
- ✓15 websites
- ✓1 free domain for the first year
- ✓Unlimited NVMe SSD storage
- ✓Softaculous — 400+ one-click apps
- ✓Free, automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt)
- ✓Free migration included
- ✓Real 24/7 technical support
Webmaster
50% OFF198 $/yr 99 $/yr — free domain included
- ✓100 websites
- ✓1 free domain for the first year
- ✓Unlimited NVMe SSD storage
- ✓Softaculous — 400+ one-click apps
- ✓Free, automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt)
- ✓Free migration included
- ✓Real 24/7 technical support
Not sure which to choose?
For 1–3 of your own websites, the Emprendedor plan is more than enough. To manage client sites or multiple projects, the Webmaster plan is the go-to choice for agencies and freelancers.
Talk to a technician on WhatsApp →Not ready to commit yet?
Try it with the same NVMe infrastructure as the paid plans, no credit card and no fine print. When you're ready, upgrade to a professional plan with a 50% discount.
- ✓ No credit card required
- ✓ Softaculous included
- ✓ Upgrade whenever you want
Frequently asked questions about Magento
Is Magento suitable for small stores?
Magento is optimised for large catalogues and high volume; for small stores, platforms like PrestaShop or OpenCart require fewer resources and are easier to manage.
Is Magento Community Edition free?
Yes, the open source version (Adobe Commerce Community) is free; paid versions with support and additional features are also available.
Launch your project with Magento today
Professional hosting with Softaculous, real technical support and a 60-day money-back guarantee.