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| Latest version | 9.1 | 1.6.0.6 | 1.9.0.1 | SaaS | 2.2.3 | SaaS | 1.5.5.1 | 9.3.0 | Flox 3 | ||||
| Release date | Apr. 2nd 2013 | Jul. 5th 2012 | Sep. 28th 2011 | Jan. 22nd 2013 | May 2nd 2015 | ||||||||
| Supported databases | Web Hosted solution | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MySQL | MYSQL | MySQL | ||||||
| Open source | No | Yes | Yes | - Commercial software with open source code | No | No | Yes | - Partially Encrypted | |||||
| License | No license: Hosted ecommerce solution | Open-Source Licence 3.0 (OSL) | Open-Source Licence 3.0 (OSL) | SaaS | Commercial license | No license required as solution is web-hosted | GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) | ||||||
| Platform | Web Hosted solution | PHP5 | PHP, Zend framework | PHP 5.1 & MySQL 4.1 | Web-Hosted Solution | PHP (at least 5.2) | PHP, Lamp Stack | ||||||
| Community members | 23 | 350,000 | 44,000 | 10,000 | 4,600 | ||||||||
| Pricing | |||||||||||||
| Free trial period | Yes 15 day trial | Yes free to download | Yes free to download | Yes 14 days | Yes 1 month | Yes 30 days | Yes free to download | - Free Demo | Yes 14 days | Yes free plan + 30 day trial | |||
| Pricing | Starting at $9.99/month | Free to download (but you need to install and host the solution yourself) and also you need to buy a lot of tier-applications, components | Free to download (but you need to install and host the solution yourself) | Transaction fees and
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| 30 days free trial. Lowest package is $14.97 per month inclusive of hosting. | Free to download (but you need to install and host the solution yourself) | $999 (one time payment) |
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| FrontOffice Features | |||||||||||||
| Multi-language | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Multi-stores | - | Yes | Yes | - This feature is coming soon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
| Multi-currency | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Multiple Tax Rates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Product Features | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Product Variants & Options | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Product Variants lets you create options on your products like size or color and modify the price, shipping weight, and item number based on the selections made by the customer. | Yes | ||||||||
| Product Reviews | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Product Image Zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Number of product photos | unlimited | Unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | |||||||||
| Related Products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Free shipping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Sales Reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Printable Invoices | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Backup & Restore | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Web-Hosted Solution | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Wholesale | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Wish List | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Testimonials | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | - optional modules | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Track order | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||||||
| F.A.Q | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Recently Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
| Points | Yes Reward points | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | Yes | ||||||
| Product Comparison | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | Yes | ||||||
| Affiliate | Yes | No | - plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Memberships | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | - Optional Module | ||||||
| One-page Checkout | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | - | Yes | ||||
| Order Barcode | Yes Optional | No | No | Yes | No | No | |||||||
| Merchandise return (RMAs) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | ||||||||
| Tags | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - optional module | Yes | ||||||
| Downloadable Products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Promotional Tools | |||||||||||||
| Live Chat Software | Yes | Yes | No | - Currently in beta | Yes Free for download and integrated with every store | - optional modules | Yes | Yes easy to implement your own modul | |||||
| Facebook Social Store | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes no additional fee | |||||||||
| Ebay Integration | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Post on twitter | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Post on facebook | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Gift Certificate | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes since v1.5.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Discount Coupon System | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Cross Sell Products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Built in Google Adwords | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Send to friend | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||||
| Best Sellers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| News & Events | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Newsletters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
| Daily deals | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Polls | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| RSS Feed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||||||
| SEO Tools | |||||||||||||
| Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes SEO Wizard | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Redirect Dead URLs with 301 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Custom URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
| Google Site Map | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Automatic XML for Google, Yahoo and Bing | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Meta-information for products and categories and homepage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Mobile Version | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes no additional cost | Yes | ||||||||
| BackOffice Features | |||||||||||||
| Templates system | HTML5 Responsive Themes | Smarty | Zend framework | Smarty | Drag and drop new template system along with fresh new template designs | PHP | Change the template with number of colors | AmeriCommerce offers highly customizable design, allowing you to define your own templates and take advantage of the point-and-click, WYSIWYG abilities of the storefront design Theme Manager. | |||||
| Access Restrictions | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Bulk Product Add | Yes | - Can be done with the Store Manager application | No | Yes | Yes | No Optional free module | Yes | ||||||
| Bulk Category Add | Yes | - Can be done with the Store Manager Application | No | Yes | Yes | Yes Optional free module | Yes | ||||||
| Bulk Approve Orders | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Statistics | Yes | - Plugin | - Plugin | Yes | Yes | Yes Google Analytics | No | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Shipping Methods | Real-time USPS, FedEx, UPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, AU Post, Freight carriers, flat rate shipping, local delivery | UPS, FedEx, USPS, Canada Post | UPS, FedEx, USPS, Canada Post, Australia Post, DHL and custom shipping methods | Citylink, Flat rate, Free shipping, Per item, Parcelforce 48, Pickup From Store, Royal Mail, UPS, United States Postal Service, Weight Based Shipping | ShipStation, AfterShip | FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL. | |||||||
| Shopping XML feeds | Yes | Yes | Yes Submit daily updates for your catalog to over 40 of the web's most popular shopping feeds such as Froogle, Google Base, Yahoo Shopping, ShopZilla, BizRate and many others. | Yes | |||||||||
| Payment gateways | |||||||||||||
| PayPal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Cheques | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Bank Transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Cash On Delivery | Yes | - via plugins | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Other Payment Gateways | 160 integrated payment gateways | Authorize.Net, Moneybookers | Google Checkout, 2Checkout, Authorize.Net, SagePay, eWay, LinkPoint, MoneyBookers, HSBC and over 70 more. The complete list is here cs-cart.com/... | Over 50 payment gateways that are used worldwide are integrated with our shopping cart with popular ones like Google Checkout, 2CheckOut,Authorize.net and many more. | 2Checkout, LiqPay, WorldPay, Authorize.Net, Moneybookers, PayPoint, eWay (UK, AU, NZ), SagePay, Authorize.Net (AIM), Paymate, AlertPay, Perpetual Payments, Collect in store | PayUmoney, Stripe Connect, Paytm, Amazon Payments, khipu, 2cc checkout. Omise, Razorpay, stripe, citrus, cc avenue, authorize.net, Paypal Payout, etc | Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, 3 Delta Systems, ACH Payments, Bank of America, Cyber Source, ECHOnline, eProcessing, FirstData / CardService International, Innovative Gateway, iTransact RediCharge HTML, LinkPoint, Merchant Partners, Merchant e-Solutions, Network Merchants, Paymentech Orbital (Salem / Tampa), PayPal PayFlow Pro, PayPay Website Payments Pro, Plug 'n Pay, PSIGate XML Interface, RTWare, SkipJack, USA ePay, YourPay | Bitcoin payment gateway | |||||
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