osCommerce vs OpenCart

Posted by Paul on November 16, 2012

Not so long ago, osCommerce was the platform to be on when it came to open source ecommerce solutions. How does it compare to OpenCart, our favourite ecommerce platform?

Feature OpenCart osCommerce

Multiple Stores

Yes Free Extension

Multi-language

Yes Yes

Multi-currency

Yes Yes
Search Engine Friendly Yes  

Product Configurations

Yes  

Mobile Commerce

Yes  

Web Services API

   

Strong Data Encryption

Yes

PCI Compliant

Yes ?

Customer Groups

Yes  

Reward Points & Store Credit

Free Extension [1]  

Content Management System

1 Level [2]  

Site Access Permissions

Yes

Yes Very Good

Full Page Caching

Yes Yes

Online Demo

Yes  

opensourcecms.com Rating

4.30 3.74
Consulting Services Yes [3] Yes 

Multiple Licenses

Yes Yes 
Total 20.30 11.74


Conclusion
While osCommerce used to be at the front of the pack, it's fallen rapidly behind as new pace of new feature development accelerates on the other platforms. This leaves osCommerce looking extremely clunky and incapable compared to the other open source solutions out there.

Sources
[1] 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

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

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