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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenCart

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AOpenCart is an open-source eCommerce platform. It features support for unlimited categories and products, multiple currencies and languages, shipping, payments, and mobile access.

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    Square Online

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASquare Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.

    $13

    per month

    Pricing
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Personal
    $13
    per month
    Professional
    $16
    per month
    Performance
    $29
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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    Community Pulse
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Considered Both Products
    OpenCart
    Chose OpenCart
    Honestly, when consulting my clients, I would always recommend WooCommerce over OpenCart. Although I've had clients that had existing OpenCart websites and they were fairly happy with them, making additions/changes/customizations from a developer standpoint was not the easiest …
    Incentivized
    Block, Inc (Square)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.7
    8 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization8.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    6.8
    8 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    7.6
    31 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.631 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    9.4
    22 Ratings
    19% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings5.636 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings5.339 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings5.435 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.136 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of OpenCart and Square Online
    Feature
    OpenCart
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.626 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings9.636 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings9.621 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.333 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.430 Ratings
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    OpenCartSquare Online
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Joomla
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
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    User Ratings
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenCartSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenCart
    OpenCart is best suited for business owners looking to sell their products online. Building an OpenCart website requires no or minimal coding knowledge. Being a self-hosted system, it is not recommended for people who have no hosting plan or have no experience in hosting websites so it would be better to go with another platform that is hosted elsewhere.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    If you are having students create websites or information pages about something they are studying in class, this is a great option. The fact that students can spend less time getting situated and learning the app and get right to work researching and creating their pages is great. For middle to high school, this is a fantastic app to use. However, if you want more nuanced analytics or want students to focus on blogging more than webpage building, this is limited.
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    Pros
    OpenCart
    • OpenCart is well suited in cases where our eCommerce web development clients want a very specific design with very specific shopping cart functionalities.
    • OpenCart is very flexible in its native ability to work with a wide variety of payment processors and payment gateways.
    • OpenCart makes it both fast and easy to setup and configure a new shopping cart website, especially if you use one of the pre-made templates.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Drag and drop interface makes it very easy to add all types of content, including images, text, video (and YouTube videos), embeddable applications and more.
    • It's very easy to set up navigation features like cascading menus and sticky navigation (where the menu stays put - may depend on the template chosen though).
    • A technical backend is fairly straight-forward for setting up a fav icon, 301 redirects, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
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    Cons
    OpenCart
    • It's a very buggy platform. Although OpenCart developers release new versions time to time after fixing bugs every version of OpenCart has a different type of bug.
    • It should increase the security of the platform.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly doesn't have a lot of templates to choose from, so if you don't have any experience with CSS or HTML, it's hard to customize your site to an extent.
    • Weebly isn't fully SEO friendly. They don't allow you to add H1 tags to pages out of the box.
    • You can't create folder structures when it comes to web page URLs. You can put web pages under a main menu dropdown, but they don't allow you to put all sub-menu items in a structured folder (like site.com/folder/page-1 and site.com/folder/page-2).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenCart
    No answers on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
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    Usability
    OpenCart
    No answers on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenCart
    Honestly, when consulting my clients, I would always recommend WooCommerce over OpenCart. Although I've had clients that had existing OpenCart websites and they were fairly happy with them, making additions/changes/customizations from a developer standpoint was not the easiest compared to other systems. For very large shops, I always recommend Magento over anything else.
    Incentivized
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more user-friendly because you can drag and drop your design, which was very convenient for customizing your site. I didn't personally select Weebly, but it is user-friendly and nearly anyone comfortable with a computer could figure it out. Weebly support is also pretty good.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenCart
    • Clients loves the design which is easy to integrate to; you can integrate multiple themes.
    • Overall user experience is good, so number of conversions is good.
    Incentivized
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly has allowed our business to create a connection with our customers by offering home decor, cooking and styling tips.
    • Weebly gives us the chance to relay information to customers regarding merchandise, current sales and promotions, store hours and locations etc. Which has helped increase business.
    • Weebly has given our not very tech savvy business the opportunity to have a website and stay relevant with our competitors.
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    ScreenShots

    OpenCart Screenshots

    Screenshot of the dashboardScreenshot of dashboard iconsScreenshot of a customer dashboardScreenshot of a product, as it appears in OpenCartScreenshot of OpenCart settingsScreenshot of OpenCart quick checkout