There are following below Difference Between Magento 2 & Shopify
| Magento 2 | Shopify | |
| Founder | The founders are Roy Rubin and Yoav Kutner under Varien Inc. | The founders are Tobias Lutke, Daniel Weinland, and Scott Lake |
| Headquarters | San Jose, CA | Ottawa, Canada |
| Released Year | Magento 1 was released in 2007 and then followed by the launch of Magento 2 in 2015. In June 2018, Magento was acquired by Adobe for $1.68 billion. | Shopify is a Canadian SaaS(Software as a Service) eCommerce platform that was founded in 2004. |
| Language | PHP | Ruby |
| Versions | [1] Magento 2 Community Edition [2] Magento 2 Enterprise Edition[Paid] (Adobe Commerce Enterprise Edition[Paid]) [3] Magento 2 Enterprise Cloud Edition[Paid] ( Adobe Commerce Cloud Edition [Paid]) | [1] Shopify [2] Shopify Plus |
| No. of Live Sites | 250,000+ | 500,000+ |
| Where Used | For Enterprise or Large-scale businesses | For Medium or Small-scale businesses |
| Server Need | Required Dedicated or Cloud Server | Self Dedicated or Cloud Server |
| B2B | Features included in Commerce edition: B2B Quote, Quick Order | Lack Quick ordering & Quote system |
| Security | [a] Magento Security Scan [b] Security extensions [c] PCI Compliant | [a] Fraud analysis [b] SSL Certificates are available for every Shopify sites [c] PCI Compliant [d] GDPR Compliant |
| Multiple languages | Supports Multiple languages with Inbuilt multi language features | Need to install third party multi language extension |