Comparison of shopping cart software
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The following is a comparison of the features of notable shopping cart software packages available. Some such shopping cart software is extensible through third-party software components and applications. As such, the features listed below may not encompass all possible features for a given software package. The software listed here is but a fraction of all such packages on the market.
General information
Basic information about the shopping carts including creator, software license and framework, and updates.
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
| Name | Creator | First release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Language | Supported databases | Web application framework | CMS extension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Apache Software Foundation | 2007 | 18.12.16 | 2024-09-03 | Apache 2.0 | Java | Apache Derby, MSSQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL | Apache OFBiz | integrated, and 3rd party extensions |
| BigCommerce | BigCommerce Inc | ? | Continuous/SaaS | Continuous/SaaS | Proprietary | PHP | Firebird, MySQL | ||
| Drupal Commerce | Drupal Commerce | 2011-08-23 | 2.40 | 2024-08-22[±] | GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Microsoft SQL Server (module), MongoDB (module) | Drupal | |
| KonaKart | DS Data Systems UK Ltd | ? | 9.6.0.0 | 2022-08-31; 19 months ago | GNU LGPL | Java | DB2, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL | ||
| Magento | Varien | 2007-08-13 | 2.4.8-p4 | 2026-03-10[±] | OSL 3.0 | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL | Zend Framework | |
| Miva Merchant | Miva, Inc. | ? | 9.14 | 2019-08-07 | Proprietary | MIVA Script | |||
| nopCommerce | Nop Solutions Ltd | 2008-10-23 | 4.90.4 | 2026-03-16; 32 days ago | GPL | C# | MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL | ASP.NET MVC | |
| OpenCart | OpenCart Ltd. | 1999-05-11 | 4.1.0.3 | 2025-03-24; 12 months ago | GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server, PostgreSQL | ||
| osCommerce | osCommerce | 2000-03 | 4.13 | 2023-10-13 | GNU GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL | ||
| pimcore | pimcore GmbH | 2010 | 12.3.4 | 2026-04-08; 9 days ago[±] | BSD | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, Percona Server, AWS Aurora | Symfony | pimcore |
| PrestaShop | PrestaShop SA | 2007-08-15 | 9.1.0 | 2026-03-23; 25 days ago[±] | OSL 3.0 | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL | Symfony | |
| Shopify | Shopify | 2006 | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | Proprietary | Ruby | Ruby on Rails | ||
| Spree Commerce | Sean Schofield | 2007 | 5.4.1 | 2026-04-14; 3 days ago | AGPL v3 | Ruby | PostgreSQL, MySQL | Ruby on Rails | |
| SupaDupa | SupaDupa | ? | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | Proprietary | Ruby | Ruby on Rails | ||
| uCoz | uCoz Media | ? | Continuous/SAAS | Continuous/SAAS | Proprietary | Perl | |||
| VirtueMart | Max Milbers and Team | ? | 4.2.18 | 2024-08-20; 19 months ago | GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL | Mambo or Joomla! | |
| WooCommerce | WooThemes | 2011 | 6.2.1 | 2022-02-22 | GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL | WordPress | |
| Zen Cart | Zen Ventures | 2003-06 | 2.0.1 | 2024-05-19[±] | GPL | PHP | MariaDB, MySQL | ||
| Creator | First release date | Latest stable version | Latest release date | License | Language | Supported databases | Web application framework | CMS extension |
General features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Source code provided | Ajax use | Digital downloads | eBay listing integration | eBay order import | Multiple skins | Point of sale order management | Subscriptions | Taxation | Template engine | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenCart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Add-on | Add-on | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Add-on | Add-on | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| SupaDupa | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Source code provided | Ajax use | Digital downloads | eBay listing integration | eBay order import | Multiple skins | Point of sale order management | Subscriptions | Taxation | Template engine |
Customer features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Guest account | Customer testimonials | Glossary, tool tip words | Image enlarge | Mini cart | Multiple addresses | Newest products | Newsletter | News | Next-previous product links | Polls | Printing-friendly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Add-on | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3rd party | No |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Add-on | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Add-on |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| osCommerce | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Add-on | Yes | Add-on | No |
| OpenCart | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Add-on | 3rd party | No | Yes |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupaDupa | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Add-on | Add-on | No | Yes | No | Add-on | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Guest account | Customer testimonials | Glossary, tool tip words | Image enlarge | Mini cart | Multiple addresses | Newest products | Newsletter | News | Next-previous product links | Polls | Printing-friendly |
| Product image attaching | Product rating | Product reviews | Quotes | Reordering | Returns | Search as user types | Search cloud | Site map, viewable | Social bookmarking | Tell friends | Wish list | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | 3rd party | 3rd party | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Add-on | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3rd party | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupaDupa | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Add-on | 3rd party | No | Yes | Add-on | Yes | Add-on |
| Product image attaching | Product rating | Product reviews | Quotes | Reordering | Returns | Search as user types | Search cloud | Site map, viewable | Social bookmarking | Tell friends | Wish list |
Customer reward features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Coupons | Gift certificates | Membership discounts | Membership-only categories | Membership-only products | Reward points | Special offers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3rd party | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Enterprise Edition) | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | Add-on | Add-on | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupaDupa | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Add-on | Add-on | Yes | Yes |
| Coupons | Gift certificates | Membership discounts | Membership-only categories | Membership-only products | Reward points | Special offers |
Administration area features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Product import-export | Statistics | Stock control | WYSIWYG editor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | add-on | Yes | Yes | add-on |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SupaDupa | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | add-on | Yes | Yes | add-on |
| Product import-export | Statistics | Stock control | WYSIWYG editor |
Search engine optimization features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| HTML catalog | Meta tagging | RSS feeds | SEO URLs | Site map, XML | GoodRelations RDFa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| osCommerce | No | No | add-on | Yes | add-on | Yes |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SupaDupa | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | add-on | Yes | add-on | add-on | add-on | No |
| HTML catalog | Meta tagging | RSS feeds | SEO URLs | Site map, XML | GoodRelations RDFa |
Security features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Access control list | Form CAPTCHA | Staff action logging | PA/DSS certified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | add-on | Yes | No |
| KonaKart | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | enterprise | No |
| Miva Merchant | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| osCommerce | Yes | No | No | No |
| pimcore | Yes | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| SupaDupa | Yes | No | No | No |
| WooCommerce | No | add-on | No | No |
| Zen Cart | Yes | add-on | Yes | No |
| Access control list | Form CAPTCHA | Staff action logging | PA/DSS certified |
Other features
Information about the features the shopping carts offer.
| Multiple store fronts | Affiliates | API (remote management functions) | Minimum orders | Multiple vendor support | Out-of-the-box shopping cart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| BigCommerce | No | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| pimcore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SupaDupa | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Zen Cart | add-on | 3rd party | No | add-on | No | Yes |
| Multiple store fronts | Affiliates | API (remote management functions) | Minimum orders | Multiple vendor support | Out-of-the-box shopping cart |
Payment gateway support
Information about which payment gateways are supported.
| Authorize.Net AIM | Authorize.Net SIM | Barclaycard CPI | Barclaycard MPI | HSBC API | HSBC CPI | PayPal Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| KonaKart | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| osCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| pimcore | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Authorize.Net AIM | Authorize.Net SIM | Barclaycard CPI | Barclaycard MPI | HSBC API | HSBC CPI | PayPal Standard |
| Skrill | Stripe | PayPal Pro | PayPal Payflow Link | PayPal Payflow Pro | Sage Pay Form | Sage Pay Direct | USAePay | WorldPay | Offline processing | Offline methods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| KonaKart | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3rd party | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| pimcore | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | add-on | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | add-on | Yes |
| Skrill | Stripe | PayPal Pro | PayPal Payflow Link | PayPal Payflow Pro | Sage Pay Form | Sage Pay Direct | USAePay | WorldPay | Offline processing | Offline methods |
Alternative checkout support
Information about which alternative checkouts are supported.
| Amazon Pay | Google Checkout | PayPal Express | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | No | Yes |
| Drupal Commerce | add-on | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | add-on | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | add-on | No | Yes |
| pimcore | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zen Cart | add-on | add-on | Yes |
| Checkout by Amazon | Google Checkout | PayPal Express |
Real-time shipping calculation
Information about if shopping carts have real-time shipping calculation built-in to allow calculating how much it will cost to ship an order in real time when the customer checks out an order.
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | Purolator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| KonaKart | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Magento | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| osCommerce | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | No | add-on | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| WooCommerce | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Zen Cart | add-on | add-on | add-on | add-on | Yes | add-on | Yes | Yes |
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | Purolator |
Shipment booking integration
Information about if shopping carts have shipment booking integration to allow staff to be able to book shipments for a number of orders at once via the control panel.
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| nopCommerce | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| osCommerce | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | webservice | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Shopify | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Zen Cart | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | OnTrac | United States Postal Service | UPS |
Shipment tracking integration
Information about if shopping carts have shipment tracking integration to show the customers the tracking information on the "View order" pages.
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | United States Postal Service | UPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache OFBiz | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BigCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KonaKart | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Magento | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| nopCommerce | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| osCommerce | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PrestaShop | webservice | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shopify | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WooCommerce | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Zen Cart | No | No | add-on | add-on | add-on | add-on |
| Australia Post | Canada Post | DHL | FedEx | United States Postal Service | UPS |