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<\/a>Let\u2019s have a brief walk through the features of Prestashop and Opencart and hope you can find the one that utilize your business opportunities in the best manner.
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Prestashop<\/b> is an award winning free open source e-commerce shopping cart platform with a huge online community, over 125000 online stores and extensive feature list including:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/b><\/a> OpenCart is free open source e-commerce platform for online merchants who is looking to mark up their shop with a professional look and feel. OpenCart is enriched with the following functionalities:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Did you know about this?<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Briefing Features that will give you a better idea on OpenCart & PrestaShop<\/b><\/p>\n 1.Content management<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:<\/b> Open Cart is a solid, yet simple cms\u00a0for non-product pages within your web site, known as \u2018Information\u2019 rather than \u2018Pages\u2019 in the administration panel.<\/p>\n PrestaShop<\/b>: Content management, when\u00a0compared to Open cart is pretty simple and is a bit more advanced\/less basic.<\/p>\n 2.Administration panel<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart: <\/b>OpenCart\u2019s administration panel is simple\u00a0to use, as it does include a lot\u00a0of dead-ends and odd design decisions which can give simple tasks a frustrating user experience (e.g., having to add a \u2018model number\u2019 to an item whether you want it\u00a0or not).<\/p>\n PrestaShop<\/b>:\u00a0PrestaShop\u2019s administration panel\u00a0is much easier and simpler when compared to Open cart.<\/p>\n 3.Theming and Available Extensions<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:\u00a0<\/b>OpenCart\u2019s default theme improved very well between versions 1.4 and 1.5, but old\u00a0\u00a0in terms of abstraction of data; expect for a lot of PHP snippets in your HTML code.<\/p>\n PrestaShop<\/b>:\u00a0PrestaShop themes are more advanced\u00a0and user appealing, with their default theme being a bit\u00a0more attractive.<\/p>\n when it comes to add-ons, both the 2 software’s comes with a wide range of add-ons\u00a0and extensions, making sure that\u00a0users are able to add more features to their stores.<\/p>\n 4.Range of available add-ons\/extensions<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Both OpenCart &\u00a0Prestashop has got a fantastic extension support and has got more common features that you want to add to your store like blogs, Twitter,LinkedIn and Facebook integration.<\/p>\n 5.Documentation<\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:<\/b> Opencart has a wide range of online documentation available and also an active community discussion forum to guide those who are new to Opencart.<\/p>\n PrestaShop:<\/strong> PrestaShop being a Paris-based company, most of the documentation are in French language, though this is being slowly resolved.<\/p>\n 6.Search engine friendliness<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:<\/b> In OpenCart you can create SEO\u00a0friendly URLs for the products and pages.<\/p>\n PrestaShop<\/b>:\u00a0PrestaShop search engine features are similar to OpenCart, but can take lot of to time to configure \u00a0in order to get search-engine friendly URLs.<\/p>\n 7.Scalability<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:\u00a0<\/b>Opencart can handle a\u00a0huge\u00a0number of product easily, as it is able to order by manufacturer and attributes like color, size etc. An Opencart store can have more than\u00a01500 products in it, with a good performance in the development server.<\/p>\n PrestaShop<\/b>:\u00a0PrestaShop is developed for scalability. PrestaShop claims that it has no limitation in the quality of products and attributes that can be displayed and sell in their users’ store.<\/p>\n 8.Checkout process<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n OpenCart:<\/b>\u00a0Opencart has a guest feature available for the customers. The customers can simply enter the minimum amount of details required to process their orders and don\u2019t have to sign up for an account.<\/p>\n PrestaShop:<\/strong> Prestashop offers a one-page checkout amount features, which enables the users to customize the fields to collect certain information. From designing to shipping, Prestashop checkouts makes purchasing easier for its customers.<\/p>\n 9.Multi-Store<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Both Opencart and Prestashop, have multi-store functions\u00a0that allows the end users to manage the multi stores from its admin panel. The users can have the following benefits by setting up a multi stores:<\/p>\n 10.\u00a0Shipping & Support<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n Both Opencart & PrestaShop allows flexible shipping modules, which provides the customers with reliable shipping options and the ability to include custom message. With this software, users are capable of controlling logistics such as fees, weight, shipping retractions etc.<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n With highly developed open source eCommerce platforms, both PrestaShop & OpenCart has got all the features you need, from product, category listings and support of payment gateways.<\/p>\n I hope now you got a better view of Prestashop vs Opencart and how it can effectively manage your business activities.<\/p>\n Confianz Global Inc. is a leading\u00a0Odoo ERP Development Company in USA<\/a>. Get in touch with us for\u00a0Odoo ERP Customization<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Implementation<\/a>. 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\n <\/td>\n Prestashop<\/td>\n OpenCart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Release Date<\/td>\n 2007<\/td>\n 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Started By<\/td>\n Igor Schlumberger & Bruno Leveque<\/td>\n Daniel Kerr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Technology Summary<\/td>\n PHP & based on Smarty Template Engine with MySQL<\/td>\n PHP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Latest Versions<\/td>\n 1.6.0.8<\/td>\n 1.5.6.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n System Requirements<\/td>\n Apache 1.3\/2.x, Nginx, Microsoft IIS, PHP 5.1.x, and MySQL 5.0.x<\/td>\n Apache, PHP 5.2.x, MySQL and Curl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n No: of Plugins\/ Extensions<\/td>\n Over 25,000<\/td>\n Over 9,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Popular Sites using this platform<\/td>\n Vusion glassesPlanet SushiThe fab shoes<\/td>\n British red crossChristmas ChopComputer Store<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Most Popular in countries<\/td>\n France
Spain
Indonesia
Czech Republic<\/td>\nIndonesia
Czech RepublicUkraine
Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n Average monthly maintenance cost<\/td>\n Low<\/td>\n Low<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Global monthly google search (Approximately)<\/td>\n Around 165000<\/td>\n Around 90500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ease of Installation<\/td>\n Easy<\/td>\n Easy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Ease of Customization<\/td>\n Easy<\/td>\n Easy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n No: of features<\/td>\n Over 310<\/td>\n Over 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Suitable hosting Solutions<\/td>\n Shared
Cloud
VPS
Dedicated<\/td>\nShared
Cloud
VPS
Dedicated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n PCI compliance support<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Recommended for<\/td>\n Store OwnersDevelopers
Designers<\/td>\nStore OwnersDevelopers
Designers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n