# Is Shopware a system I should use?

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/is-shopware-a-system-i-should-use/55842>\
**Category:** Installation/Einstieg\
**Created:** [19. Oktober 2018 um 07:43 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/is-shopware-a-system-i-should-use/55842 "2018-10-19T07:43:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robinmalhotra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Robinmalhotra](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Robinmalhotra)\
**Post date:** [19. Oktober 2018 um 07:43 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/is-shopware-a-system-i-should-use/55842/1 "2018-10-19T07:43:20Z")

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Hi guys, I have to evaluate if our company could use shopware for our next shop project. We are normally a “Drupal 7-only” company but can’t use it this time.

I searched the subreddit for opinions but couldn’t find any.&nbsp;&nbsp;At first sight it looks like a really nice system. Its based on Slim and uses a lot of other nice features like Smarty, LESS etc.

Does anybody here have experience with it? What are pitfalls?

I know about other options like Magento (didnt like it, used it in one project), Sylius (too new / too much extra work involved), Drupal commerce (lots of experience but doesn’t play nice with the customers sofware) etc.

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![SW5Nutzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@SW5Nutzer](https://forum.shopware.com/u/SW5Nutzer)\
**Post date:** [19. Oktober 2018 um 07:51 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/is-shopware-a-system-i-should-use/55842/2 "2018-10-19T07:51:24Z")

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It’s great and it’s fast.

We use it for shops with several thousand items and the import/export functionality is the best i’ve seen for hooking it up  
to external inventory software and order processing.&nbsp; Product-Streams (filtered results) for cross-selling items was the selling point for me.

The update cycles are brilliant, and they really do make improvements with every release.

The downside is: you’re either a programmer or you can expect to spend at least a grand buying various \*plugins\*&nbsp;

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All-in-all… i’d say it depends on how many products you’re selling… if you only have a hundred then ShopWare is probably overkill.

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