Which is the best CMS for Ecommerce Shopping Cart Solutions? The
below mentioned detailed comparison of the four most popular Ecommerce systems
helps you to find out the best one for your online store. Always keep your
business goal in mind when selecting relevant CMS for your website development.
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Prestashop
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Magento
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OpenCart
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VirtueMart
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CMS
Release Date
|
August
2007
|
March
2008
|
May
1999
|
September
2009
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Started
By
|
Igor
Schlumberger and Bruno Leveque
|
Varien
|
Daniel
Kerr
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jenkinhill
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Number
of versions
|
7
|
15
|
28
|
27
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Latest
Version
|
1.5.4.1
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1.8.0.0
|
1.5.6
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2.0.24c
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Number
of Plugins and Extension
|
Around
25000
|
Around
1500
|
Around
9000
|
Around
3500
|
Number
of Online Stores
|
Over
1,25,000+
|
Over
100,000+
|
NA
|
Over
269,000
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Popular
Websites Using this Platform
|
Vusion
Glasses, eGolf-Balls, Archiduchesse
|
NorthFace,
Behr, Nike AU & UK
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Aight
Shop, Anycart-Elegant, Alpha Shop
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Shogren,
Envirocon, Digital DJ
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Number
of Twitter Followers
|
11,268
|
33,776
|
421
|
937
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Number
of Facebook Likes
|
27,915
|
6939
|
2009
|
2493
|
Type
of Software
|
Open
Source
|
Open
Source
|
Open
Source
|
Open
Source
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Most
Popular in which Countries
|
France,
Spain, Indonesia, Czech Republic
|
India,
Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine
|
Ukraine,
Indonesia, Russia, Czech Republic
|
USA,
Russia, Germany, Italy, India
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Monthly
Maintenance Cost(Average)
|
Low
|
Medium
|
Low
|
Low
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Global
Monthly Google Searches (Exact)
|
165,000
|
201,000
|
90,500
|
50,000
|
Total
number of Searches on Google
|
16,700,000
|
43,100,000
|
10,800,000
|
3,20,000
|
SEO
Friendly
|
4.5/5
|
5/5
|
4.5/5
|
3.7/5
|
Ease
of Installation
|
Easy
|
Moderate
|
Easy
|
Difficult
|
Ease
of Customization
|
Easy
|
Moderate
|
Easy
|
Difficult
|
Number
of Features
|
Over
300
|
Over
350
|
Over
100
|
Over
500
|
Suitable
Hosting Solution
|
Shared,
Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
|
Shared,
Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
|
Shared,
Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
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Shared,
Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
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PCI
Compliance Support
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
No
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Recommended
For
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Store
owners, Developers, Designers
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Store
owners, Developers, Enterprises
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Store
owners, Developers, Designers
|
Store
owners, Developers, Designers
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