Comparison of free Shopping Carts - 2009

This is a comparison of free -mostly open source- "shopping carts" / "e-commerce systems": Magento, osCommerce , Virtuemart (+ Joomla), Ubercart (+ Drupal), X-Cart , Zen Cart , ShopCMS , CS-Cart , Cube Cart , eCommerce Framework G5 (ECF), Ecommerce Templates , FlyingCart, Go Ecommerce EShop Builder , Interspire Shopping Cart , iScripts Multicart , JadaSite , JShop , LiteCommerce , PhPepperShop, PrestaShop, ProductCart , Ecommerce Shopping Cart Software , VP-ASP Shopping Cart , WebAsyst Shop-Script , Zeus Cart (AJ Shopping Cart).

Common Features:

Most of shopsystems have features like search, templates & themes, unlimited products, digital downloads, product images, product rating & reviews, product import / export, statistics, stock control, WYSIWYG Editor, SEO URLs.

osCommerce

osCommerce("open source Commerce") is a popular free shopping-system under GNU/GPL.
Features: Compatible with all major browsers, multilingual, automatic web-based installation, unlimited number of products and categories, automatic setup of e-commerce payment systems: Authorize.net, 2Checkout.com, iPayment.de, PayPal.com, PsiGate.com, SECPay.com, and TrustCommerce.com; Many other add-on ecommerce payment systems, off-line (manual) credit card payments) and on-line payment processing, multi-currency support via manual update from exchange rate server, Support for dynamic images (one image per product), supports physical products and digital product downloads, web-based administration module, Database backup and restore, temporary and permanent shopping carts, SSL support, multiple shipping options including by weight, price, or destination, real-time shipping quote integration with UPS, USPS, Zone-based shipping options as well as a free shipping option as part of Order Totals Module, full tax functionality, included compounded taxes, different zones for different products

Magento

Magento is an open source(Open Software License) shop-system which is based on Zend Framework. Some parts of Magento are licensed under the Academic Free License version 3.0(since version 1.1.7). There is also an enterprise Edition for large companies.

Features: CMS like Management, Mobile eCommerce, Marketing Promotions and Tools, International Support, SEO, Checkout, Shipping, Payment, Order Management, Customer Service, Customer Accounts, Catalog Management, Catalog Browsing, Product Browsing, Analytics and Reporting, Customer Reviews, Cross-Selling, Customer Tags, Compare Products, Wishlists, Google Base Integration, Google Website Optimizer Integration

Cube Cart

CubeCart (formerly "eStore") is not Open Source but a free-to-use eCommerce solution. Custom licensing model allows for customisation of the code.

Features: Template-system, SEO, Gift Certificates, Plug & Play Shipping/Gateway/Affiliate Modules, Tax by State/Zone or Country, Multi Currency Support, Email Marketing, Inventory Stock Control, Digital Content delivery system

PrestaShop

PrestaShop™ is a free e-Commerce shopping cart software.

Features: Top sellers on homepage, New items on homepage, Featured products on homepage, 'Free shipping' offers, Cross-selling (Accessories), Product image zoom, Order out-of-stock items, Customer subscription & user accounts, Unlimited payment methods, Payment by bankwire, Google™ Checkout module, Cash-On-Delivery (COD), Preconfigured for Paypal™, Product tagging, Sale of digital goods, Newsletter opt-in, Wishlist, Affiliate program, Customer product reviews

Zeus Cart

Features: unlimited categories, SEO, products images, Realtime Update, tagged search, related items, multi currency system

Zen Cart

Zen Cart is an e-commerce system under GNU/GPL, which is basen on osCommerce but developed as a seperate software.
Features: unlimited products & categories, discounts, sell digital files, XHTML template system, ad banners, multiple shipping payment options, newsletter, discount coupons, gift certificates, featured items, quantity discounts