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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Which Ecommerce System is Best for Your Business? Prestashop vs. Magento vs. OpenCart vs. VirtueMart

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.


Prestashop
Magento
OpenCart
VirtueMart
CMS Release Date
August 2007
March 2008
May 1999
September 2009
Started By
Igor Schlumberger and Bruno Leveque
Varien
Daniel Kerr
jenkinhill
Number of versions
7
15
28
27
Latest Version
1.5.4.1
1.8.0.0
1.5.6
2.0.24c
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
Popular Websites Using this Platform
Vusion Glasses, eGolf-Balls, Archiduchesse
NorthFace, Behr, Nike AU & UK
Aight Shop, Anycart-Elegant, Alpha Shop
Shogren, Envirocon, Digital DJ
Number of Twitter Followers
11,268
33,776
421
937
Number of Facebook Likes
27,915
6939
2009
2493
Type of Software
Open Source
Open Source
Open Source
Open Source
Most Popular in which Countries
France, Spain, Indonesia, Czech Republic
India, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine
Ukraine, Indonesia, Russia, Czech Republic
USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, India
Monthly Maintenance Cost(Average)
Low
Medium
Low
Low
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
Shared, Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
PCI Compliance Support
yes
yes
yes
No
Recommended For
Store owners, Developers, Designers
Store owners, Developers, Enterprises
Store owners, Developers, Designers
Store owners, Developers, Designers