PrestaShop a complete e-commerce solution that is free and opensource.
September 03, 2020
PrestaShop a complete e-commerce solution that is free and opensource.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PrestaShop
PrestaShop is a powerful and open-source free e-commerce solution. It is a great tool for building online shopping cart websites. PrestaShop is self-hosted meaning you need to have a hosting plan and some technical and coding knowledge to set it up. Customizing PrestaShop can get a little bit tricky especially if you need custom functionalities although there are plenty of third-party extensions and add-ons that you can implement into the platform.
- Free and open-source.
- Highly customizable with some coding knowledge.
- Tons of add-ons and third party extensions.
- Self hosted, full control on server files.
- Add-ons can get really expensive.
- Add-ons can interfere with each other and bugs may arise.
- Speed need to be improved.
- Global Online exposure.
- Selling products and services online.
- Online products management.
I often built websites for businesses and friends and I am experienced with different platforms out there. Some of my customers sometimes prefer one e-commerce solution over the other because it have some functionalities that they may be interested in, like shipping or payment methods. In my opinion PrestaShop has many shipping and payment gateways that are not found with other e-commerce solutions.