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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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    WorkArea

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AWorkArea (formerly WebLinc) is an e-commerce platform and services provider for fast growing online retailers. Its technologies and strategic expertise empower enterprise level companies running global, omnichannel commerce operations, B2C or B2B. It is a VTEX brand since the early 2021 acquisition.N/A
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    OpenCartWorkArea
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenCartWorkArea
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenCartWorkArea
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of OpenCart and WorkArea
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.7
    8 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WorkArea
    4.4
    1 Ratings
    56% below category average
    Product catalog & listings10.08 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Product management8.08 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.95 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Branding7.77 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.98 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Product variations7.27 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Website integration8.07 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Visual customization8.16 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    CMS10.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of OpenCart and WorkArea
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WorkArea
    2.0
    1 Ratings
    117% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery7.04 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.08 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of OpenCart and WorkArea
    Feature
    OpenCart
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    7% above category average
    WorkArea
    2.0
    1 Ratings
    123% below category average
    eCommerce security9.08 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of OpenCart and WorkArea
    Feature
    OpenCart
    6.8
    8 Ratings
    12% below category average
    WorkArea
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    63% below category average
    Promotions & discounts8.37 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.06 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    SEO5.06 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of OpenCart and WorkArea
    Feature
    OpenCart
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    1% above category average
    WorkArea
    1.8
    1 Ratings
    127% below category average
    Multi-site management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.08 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Inventory management7.67 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Shipping8.07 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.86 Ratings1.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OpenCartWorkArea
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.9
    (8 ratings)
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenCartWorkArea
    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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    VTEX
    At least in retail, I would only recommend using Weblinc for merchandising and uploading products.
    Incentivized
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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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    VTEX
    • Easy to set up
    • Responsive to feature requests
    • Great company to work with
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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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    VTEX
    • We were never able to delete categories/subcategories. And because of this inability, it was often difficult navigating the back-end. If we accidentally deleted a category/subcategory, it would create a problem on the front end.
    • Creating discount codes was a nightmare. It was easy enough to create, but the text/description area was so sensitive and often had a mind of its own. This sensitivity created problems on the front end as well, ranging from incomplete text showing up to the products tiling all in one row. Also, there wasn't an easy way to create a "complex" discount code (complex defined as any code that wasn't a % off)
    • In general, it was very buggy. We were constantly opening tickets.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenCart
    No answers on this topic
    VTEX
    Continuous wins with WebLinc make this an easy choice.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    VTEX
    Weblinc was more user-friendly and less confusing to work with.
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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.
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    VTEX
    • WebLinc solves ecommerce as a turnkey solution, avoiding the need to hire-up a department to build/manage this aspect of a business.
    Incentivized
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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