OpenCart vs PrestaShop

Likelihood to Recommend

OpenCart is great for web developers familiar with PHP who have clients who want very specific eCommerce functionalities. OpenCart is "open-source," meaning its source code is open to the public and downloadable and editable by anyone. This makes customizing its functionalities possible with nearly an infinite variety of possibilities. If you are not tech savvy and don't like to read documentation and configure advanced settings, then OpenCart is not the best solution for you.

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.Kim Murphy

Owner

Designz23Internet, 1-10 employees

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Prestashop offers a quick solution for companies who want a scalable solution in less time and with a low budget requirement. It's perfect for startup and pilot-projects. For example, it's very hard to put Prestashop in the middle of a multi-channel business due to security risks, difficult to exchange data from one database to another, API requests and more.

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

OpenCart

7.7

PrestaShop

6.1

Product catalog & listings

8.0

7.0

Product management

8.0

7.0

Bulk product upload

8.5

4.8

Branding

7.2

5.3

Mobile storefront

6.8

5.3

Product variations

7.5

6.4

Website integration

8.0

6.0

Visual customization

7.6

5.9

CMS

7.6

6.9

OpenCart

7.5

PrestaShop

7.2

Abandoned cart recovery

7.0

8.0

Checkout user experience

8.0

6.4

OpenCart

7.5

PrestaShop

6.9

eCommerce security

7.5

6.9

OpenCart

7.6

PrestaShop

7.0

Promotions & discounts

8.2

7.0

Personalized recommendations

7.6

8.0

SEO

7.0

5.9

OpenCart

8.0

PrestaShop

6.0

Multi-site management

8.4

3.9

Order processing

8.3

7.0

Inventory management

8.0

6.4

Shipping

7.4

6.9

Custom functionality

7.8

6.0

Pros

Supports a lot of modules like, Google Analytics, abandoned cart, payments, etc.
Very easy to go live using OpenCart and it is very user friendly.
Can customize website according to the personal/client need.

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Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Administration panel is easy and essential
Product configuration is ready to go and product page comes with lots of information
It doesn't require huge server resources

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Cons

OpenCart is free to download but you have to purchase modules to make it more user friendly and more economical.
In every new version you can find a lot of bugs, which you have to solve internally. Support system is BAD but you can find your answers in OpenCart forum.
Return and cancellation modules are very buggy.

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Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Since it starts as ready to go platform it's difficult to protect your store from being copied by someone else
Without a developer, you depend on Prestashop's modules marketplace that lacks free extensions
Since it isn't an enterprise level platform the use of Prestashop is strictly related to the size of your business

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Opencart and Magento both are very stable and easily useable. Learning OpenCart is often easier than learning Magento. Opencart also supports multi vendor websites using a single code, which is you with yearly upgrades. If you are not using open source like Shopify , you won't have ownership of your website. Also it is very difficult to build a Shopify website.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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From a developer point of view Prestashop offers more than other similar platforms.

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

User friendly, easily understandable, can get your queries answer fast in OpenCart forum.
Clients are happy with custom designed pages.
Multiple website integrations easily saves time and money for multiple website creation

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Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Prestashop requires a low investment, you can easily find an agency that could develop a project for less than $5,000
You yearly ROI should be assured

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Marco Casieri

Store and Project Manager

Blufin S.p.A.Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Recommend

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Feature Rating Comparison

Product catalog & listings

Product management

Bulk product upload

Branding

Mobile storefront

Product variations

Website integration

Visual customization

CMS

Abandoned cart recovery

Checkout user experience

eCommerce security

Promotions & discounts

Personalized recommendations

SEO

Multi-site management

Order processing

Inventory management

Shipping

Custom functionality

Pros

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Cons

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Alternatives Considered

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Return on Investment

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Screenshots

OpenCart

PrestaShop

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Additional Pricing Details

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