OpenCart vs Magento

Posted by Paul on August 24, 2012

"Which shopping cart should I use?"

It's a great question that's asked a lot on business and ecommerce forums alike. While the answer will of course depend to some extent on what is being sold, two platforms that often come up are Magento and OpenCart.

Well let's put them head to head:

Feature	OpenCart [1] (free)	Magento [2] Community (free)	Magento [2] Enterprise (£9,000+/year)
Multiple Stores	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-language	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-currency	Yes	Yes	Yes
Search Engine Friendly	Yes	Yes	Yes
Product Configurations	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mobile Commerce	Yes	Yes	Yes
Web Services API		Yes	Yes
Strong Data Encryption	Yes		Yes
PCI Compliant	Yes	Yes	Yes
Customer Groups	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reward Points & Store Credit	Free Extension [3]		Yes
Content Management System	1 Level [4]	1 Level	Yes
Site Access Permissions	Yes	Free Extension	Yes
Full Page Caching	Yes	[5]	Yes
Online Demo	Yes	Yes	Yes
opensourcecms.com Rating	4.30	2.78	[7]
Consulting Services	Yes [6]		Yes
Multiple Licenses	Yes		Yes
Total	20.30	13.78	19.78

In conclusion?

If you're comparing OpenCart to the free version of Magento, there isn't really any contest.

Compared to the £9k/year version it's closer but based on the features above OpenCart still wins.

Sources

[1] OpenCart features listed here:
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=feature/feature

[2] Magento version features listed here:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/compare

[3] This extension, developed by one of the main OpenCart team, provides store credit:
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=5049

[4] OpenCart CMS extensions are relatively low cost:
http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension&filter_search=cms

[5] Perhaps this is why there are so many reports of Magento running slowly?

[6] We are one of many companies that provide this service, click here for more.

[7] No rating available so "2.78" was used.

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