Yii vs Magento

	Yii	Magento
Category	Framework	Online Shop System
		Web application framework
Preference	(53% global votes)	(43% global votes)
Website	www.​yiiframework.​com	www.​magentocommerce.​com
License	New BSD License	OSL 3.0
System requirements
Operating system	Cross-platform	Cross-platform
Programming language	PHP	PHP
Memory recommended	?	512 MB
Memory minimum	?	256 MB
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Description	Yii is a high-performance, component-based PHP framework for developing large-scale Web applications rapidly. It enables maximum reusability in Web programming and can significantly accelerate your Web application development process.	Magento is a Dynamic & Robust eCommerce Platform
Tag	MVC	?
Multi-user system	Yes	Yes
Autofocus	Yes	?
Pingback	Yes	Yes
Extension/Plug-in	Yes	Conditional
Interpreter	Yes	?
Database	MySQL	MySQL
	SQLite
	MSSQL
	Oracle
	PostgreSQL
Trackback	Yes	Yes
Multilingual content	Yes	Yes
Database model	Relational	Object-relational
	Object-oriented
Transactions	Yes	?
Unicode	Yes	Yes
WYSIWYG-Editor	Yes	Yes
Multiple projects	Yes	Yes
Standard compliance	Yes	Yes
External pages	Yes	No
User statistics	Yes	Yes
Revision control	Yes	Yes
Atomicity	Yes	?
Isolation	Yes	?
Horizontal scalable	Yes	No
Template language	Mustache	PHP
	drupal
	Markdown
	Smarty
	Twig
	PHP
Target audience	Beginner	Web Development
	SMB
	Web Development
	Cloud computing
	Government
	App developer
	System Adminstration
Framework	Yii	Zend Framework
Full text search	Yes	Yes
Scaffolding	Yes	Yes
Design pattern	Active-Record	Model-View-Controller
	Model-View-Controller
	DAO
	HMVC
	Observer
Development principles	Convention over configuration	?
	Test-driven development
	Don't repeat yourself
Difficulty level	Intermediate	Intermediate
Application startup time	1 ms	1 m
Version number	1.1.14	1.8
Adobe Flash Support	Yes	Yes
PSR-0 compliant	Yes	?
Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)	Yes	Yes
Popularity	(60% global votes)	(67% global votes)
Machine Code Generation	Yes	Yes
Documentation level	★★★★☆	★★★☆☆
Multi tasking	Yes	?
RESTful	Yes	Yes
Wastebag	Yes	?
Code Generation	Yes	?
Dynamic typing	Yes	Yes
Composite keys	Yes	?
Programming paradigm	Object-oriented	Object-oriented
	Event-driven
Comments	Yes	Yes
Multiple categories	Yes	Yes
Hierarchical menus	Yes	Yes
Scripting language support	JavaScript	Prototype
	PHP	JavaScript
Free to use	Yes	Yes
Backend	PHP	PHP
Active	Yes	Yes
Database Connection Pooling	No	Yes
Separate Service Layer	Yes	?
Web Flows	Yes	?
Heroku Support	No	?
Creation Date	Jan-08	2008
Community Driven	Excellent	Basic
Wizard	Yes	?
WSDL	Yes	?
Reliability	★★★★★	★★★☆☆
Versioning	Good	Basic
Custom queries	Excellent	Basic
Input Widgets	Yes	?
Layout Structure Template	Yes	Yes
File Assets	Yes	Yes
API	Good	Good
Compiled language	No	?
XML Aware	Good	Good
Client/Server code reuse	Model-View-Controller	?
Batch Processing	Yes	?
Cloud platform support	Amazon EC2	?
	Amazon S3
	digital ocean
	ucloud biz
	OpenShift
	Windows Azure
	Linode
Admin Generator	Yes	Yes
Compiler	No	?
Library file size	10 MB	?
API comprehensibility	★★★★☆	★★☆☆☆
Webmail	Yes	Yes
Jobs Oportunities	★★★★☆	★★★★★
Implementation flexibility	(49% global votes)	(0% global votes)
Out-of-the-box functionality	(53% global votes)	(25% global votes)
Throttling	Yes	?
Bundle system	Yes	Yes
Annotation Support	Yes	?
LDAP	Yes	No
Query Cache	Yes	Yes
Realtime	Yes	?
Data Security	Yes	Yes
Community feedback	★★★★★	★★☆☆☆
Ease of use	★★★★★	★★★★☆
Malicious Injection Prevention	Yes	?
Openshift Paas Support	No	?
Copy, Cut and Paste Support	Yes	?
Free for commercial use	Yes	?
ORM	Yes	?
Realtime Server Push	Yes	Yes
Easy of Use	Yes	?
Sexiness	100	101
Open Source	Yes	Yes
Web Developer Toolbar	Yes	?
XQuery Support	No	?
Websocket Support	No	?
Maven support	Yes	?
Resource File Processing	Yes	?
Partial Classes	Yes	?
Perfomance	★★★★★	★★★★☆
Database migrations	Yes	Yes
I like it	Yes	Yes
Debug Mode	Yes	Yes
Static Typing	Yes	?
Click & Edit in Place / WYSIWYG	Yes	?
Autocomplete Code	Yes	?
UI framewrok	8	?
Makes you angry	No	Yes
Test	3 g	?
Easy to Learn	Yes	No
Ajax	Yes	?
User management	Yes	?
ORM Join Support	Yes	?
Object-Oriented Views	Yes	?
Object Oriented Models	Yes	?
Mobile ready	Yes	?
ACL	Yes	?
Requests per second	851	?
Operating system server	Cross-platform	?
Package Manager	Yes	?
Easy Setup	Yes	?
Jquery	Yes	?
Costanzia	Yes	?
Grey	50 m	?
Protein	?	18
Browser support	?	Firefox
		Internet Explorer
		Chrome
		Safari