Comparison of shopping cart software
The following is a comparison of the features of notable shopping cart software packages available. Some such shopping cart software is extensible through third-party software components and applications. As such, the features listed below may not encompass all possible features for a given software package. The software listed here is but a fraction of all such packages on the market.
General information
Basic information about the shopping carts including creator, software license and framework, and updates.Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
| Name | Creator | First release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Language | Web application framework | CMS extension |
| AbanteCart Software | Belavier Commerce, LLC | 2011 | Model-View-Controller | integrated, and 3rd party extensions | ||||
| Apache OFBiz | Apache Software Foundation | 2007 | 16.11.06 | 2019-08-27 | integrated, and 3rd party extensions | |||
| Batavi | Batavi | Continuous/SaaS | Continuous/SaaS | |||||
| Bigcommerce | Bigcommerce Inc | Continuous/SaaS | Continuous/SaaS | |||||
| CE Phoenix | osCommerce and Gary Burton | 2019-07-04 | 1.0.2.0 | 2019-08-14 | 4 | |||
| Drupal Commerce | Drupal Commerce | 2011-08-23 | ||||||
| KonaKart | DS Data Systems UK Ltd | 9.0.0.0 | 2019-08-26 | |||||
| Magento | Varien | 2007-08-13 | ||||||
| Miva Merchant | Miva, Inc. | 9.14 | 2019-08-07 | |||||
| nopCommerce | Nop Solutions Ltd | 2008-10-23 | ||||||
| OpenCart | OpenCart Ltd. | 1999-05-11 | ||||||
| osCommerce | osCommerce | 2000-03 | 2.3.4.1 | 2017-08-18 | ||||
| pimcore | pimcore GmbH | 2010 | ||||||
| PrestaShop | PrestaShop SA | 2007-08-15 | Model-View-Controller | |||||
| Shopify | Shopify | 2006 | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | ||||
| Spree Commerce | Sean Schofield | 2007 | ||||||
| SupaDupa | SupaDupa | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | |||||
| uCoz | uCoz Media | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | |||||
| VirtueMart | Max Milbers and Team | |||||||
| WooCommerce | WooThemes | 2011 | 3.8.1 | 2019-11-27 | ||||
| Zen Cart | Zen Ventures | 2003-06 | ||||||
| Creator | First release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Language | Web application framework | CMS extension |
Data storage
Information about what data storage system can be used.| Flat file | MySQL | MySQLi | PostgreSQL | MSSQL | Oracle | SQLite | Firebird | Apache Derby | MongoDB | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||||||
| Batavi | ||||||||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||||||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||||||
| Magento | ||||||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||||||
| OpenCart | ||||||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||||||
| pimcore | ||||||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||||||
| Shopify | ||||||||||
| Spree Commerce | ||||||||||
| SupaDupa | ||||||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||||||
| X-Cart | ||||||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||||||
| Flat file | MySQL | MySQLi | PostgreSQL | MSSQL | Oracle | SQLite | Firebird | Apache Derby | MongoDB |
General features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Source code provided | Ajax use | Digital downloads | eBay listing integration | eBay order import | Multiple skins | Point of sale order management | Subscriptions | Taxation | Template engine | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||||||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||||||
| Magento | ||||||||||
| pimcore | ||||||||||
| OpenCart | ||||||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||||||
| Shopify | ||||||||||
| SupaDupa | ||||||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||||||
| Source code provided | Ajax use | Digital downloads | eBay listing integration | eBay order import | Multiple skins | Point of sale order management | Subscriptions | Taxation | Template engine |
Customer features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Guest account | Customer testimonials | Featured products | Glossary, tool tip words | Image enlarge | Mini cart | Multiple addresses | Newest products | Newsletter | News | Next-previous product links | Polls | Popular products | Printing-friendly | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||||||||||
| Batavi | ||||||||||||||
| Bigcommerce | 3rd party | |||||||||||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||||||||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||||||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||||||||||
| Magento | ||||||||||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||||||||||
| OpenCart | 3rd party | |||||||||||||
| pimcore | ||||||||||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||||||||||
| Shopify | ||||||||||||||
| SupaDupa | ||||||||||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||||||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||||||||||
| Guest account | Customer testimonials | Featured products | Glossary, tool tip words | Image enlarge | Mini cart | Multiple addresses | Newest products | Newsletter | News | Next-previous product links | Polls | Popular products | Printing-friendly |
| Product image attaching | Product rating | Product reviews | Quotes | Reordering | Returns | Searching | Search as user types | Search cloud | Site map, viewable | Social bookmarking | Tell friends | Wish list | |
| Apache OFBiz | |||||||||||||
| Batavi | |||||||||||||
| Bigcommerce | 3rd party | 3rd party | |||||||||||
| Drupal Commerce | |||||||||||||
| KonaKart | |||||||||||||
| nopCommerce | |||||||||||||
| Magento | |||||||||||||
| osCommerce | |||||||||||||
| pimcore | |||||||||||||
| PrestaShop | |||||||||||||
| Shopify | 3rd party | 3rd party | |||||||||||
| SupaDupa | |||||||||||||
| WooCommerce | |||||||||||||
| Zen Cart | 3rd party | ||||||||||||
| Product image attaching | Product rating | Product reviews | Quotes | Reordering | Returns | Searching | Search as user types | Search cloud | Site map, viewable | Social bookmarking | Tell friends | Wish list |
Customer reward features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Coupons | Gift certificates | Membership discounts | Membership-only categories | Membership-only products | Reward points | Special offers | |
| Apache OFBiz | |||||||
| Batavi | |||||||
| Bigcommerce | 3rd party | ||||||
| Drupal Commerce | |||||||
| KonaKart | |||||||
| Magento | |||||||
| nopCommerce | |||||||
| osCommerce | |||||||
| pimcore | |||||||
| PrestaShop | |||||||
| Shopify | |||||||
| SupaDupa | |||||||
| WooCommerce | |||||||
| Zen Cart | |||||||
| Coupons | Gift certificates | Membership discounts | Membership-only categories | Membership-only products | Reward points | Special offers |
Administration area features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Product import-export | Statistics | Stock control | WYSIWYG editor | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||
| Batavi | ||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||
| KonaKart | ||||
| Magento | ||||
| nopCommerce | ||||
| osCommerce | ||||
| pimcore | ||||
| PrestaShop | ||||
| Shopify | ||||
| SupaDupa | ||||
| WooCommerce | ||||
| Zen Cart | ||||
| Product import-export | Statistics | Stock control | WYSIWYG editor |
Search engine optimization features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| HTML catalog | Meta tagging | RSS feeds | SEO URLs | Site map, XML | GoodRelations RDFa | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||
| Batavi | ||||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||
| Magento | ||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||
| pimcore | ||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||
| Shopify | ||||||
| SupaDupa | ||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||
| HTML catalog | Meta tagging | RSS feeds | SEO URLs | Site map, XML | GoodRelations RDFa |
Security features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Access control list | Form CAPTCHA | Staff action logging | PA/DSS certified | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||
| Batavi | ||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||
| KonaKart | ||||
| Magento | enterprise | |||
| Miva Merchant | ||||
| nopCommerce | ||||
| osCommerce | ||||
| pimcore | ||||
| PrestaShop | ||||
| Shopify | ||||
| SupaDupa | ||||
| WooCommerce | ||||
| Zen Cart | ||||
| Access control list | Form CAPTCHA | Staff action logging | PA/DSS certified |
Other features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.| Multiple store fronts | Affiliates | API | Minimum orders | Multiple vendor support | Out-of-the-box shopping cart | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||
| Batavi | ||||||
| Bigcommerce | 3rd party | |||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||
| Magento | 3rd party | |||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||
| pimcore | ||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||
| Shopify | ||||||
| SupaDupa | ||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||
| Zen Cart | 3rd party | |||||
| Multiple store fronts | Affiliates | API | Minimum orders | Multiple vendor support | Out-of-the-box shopping cart |
Payment gateway support
Information about which payment gateways are supported.| Authorize.Net AIM | Authorize.Net SIM | Barclaycard CPI | Barclaycard MPI | HSBC API | HSBC CPI | PayPal Standard | |
| Apache OFBiz | |||||||
| Batavi | |||||||
| Bigcommerce | |||||||
| Drupal Commerce | |||||||
| KonaKart | |||||||
| Magento | 3rd party | ||||||
| nopCommerce | |||||||
| osCommerce | |||||||
| pimcore | |||||||
| PrestaShop | |||||||
| Shopify | |||||||
| WooCommerce | |||||||
| Zen Cart | |||||||
| Authorize.Net AIM | Authorize.Net SIM | Barclaycard CPI | Barclaycard MPI | HSBC API | HSBC CPI | PayPal Standard |
| Skrill | Stripe | PayPal Pro | PayPal Payflow Link | PayPal Payflow Pro | Sage Pay Form | Sage Pay Direct | USAePay | WorldPay | Offline processing | Offline methods | |
| Apache OFBiz | |||||||||||
| Batavi | |||||||||||
| Bigcommerce | |||||||||||
| Drupal Commerce | |||||||||||
| KonaKart | |||||||||||
| Magento | 3rd party | ||||||||||
| nopCommerce | 3rd party | ||||||||||
| osCommerce | |||||||||||
| pimcore | |||||||||||
| PrestaShop | |||||||||||
| Shopify | |||||||||||
| WooCommerce | |||||||||||
| Zen Cart | |||||||||||
| Skrill | Stripe | PayPal Pro | PayPal Payflow Link | PayPal Payflow Pro | Sage Pay Form | Sage Pay Direct | USAePay | WorldPay | Offline processing | Offline methods |
Alternative checkout support
Information about which alternative checkouts are supported.| Amazon FPS | Checkout by Amazon | Google Checkout | PayPal Express | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||
| Batavi | ||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||
| Drupal Commerce | ||||
| Magento | ||||
| nopCommerce | ||||
| osCommerce | ||||
| pimcore | ||||
| PrestaShop | ||||
| Shopify | ||||
| WooCommerce | ||||
| Zen Cart | ||||
| Amazon FPS | Checkout by Amazon | Google Checkout | PayPal Express |
Real-time shipping calculation
Information about if shopping carts have real-time shipping calculation built-in to allow calculating how much it will cost to ship an order in real time when the customer checks out an order.| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | Purolator | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||||
| Magento | ||||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||||
| PrestaShop | ||||||||
| Shopify | ||||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||||
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | Purolator |
Shipment booking integration
Information about if shopping carts have shipment booking integration to allow staff to be able to book shipments for a number of orders at once via the control panel.| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | |
| Apache OFBiz | |||||||
| Batavi | |||||||
| Bigcommerce | |||||||
| KonaKart | |||||||
| Magento | |||||||
| nopCommerce | |||||||
| osCommerce | |||||||
| PrestaShop | webservice | ||||||
| Shopify | |||||||
| WooCommerce | |||||||
| Zen Cart | |||||||
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS |
Shipment tracking integration
Information about if shopping carts have shipment tracking integration to show the customers the tracking information on the "View order" pages.| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | United States Postal Service | UPS | |
| Apache OFBiz | ||||||
| Batavi | ||||||
| Bigcommerce | ||||||
| KonaKart | ||||||
| Magento | ||||||
| nopCommerce | ||||||
| osCommerce | ||||||
| PrestaShop | webservice | |||||
| Shopify | ||||||
| WooCommerce | ||||||
| Zen Cart | ||||||
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | United States Postal Service | UPS |