OpenCart

Pros

As a developer, I like the Model-View-Controller design pattern, it's easy to seperate things and understand the code, as well as reuse different controllers or models through the development of new extensions, as a result it's easy to make what it looks like native extensions, without breaking the software functionality if you follow the coding standards already used by the OpenCart developers. I think that the OCMOD system is the most intelligent way to extend OpenCart's functionality and I admire the developer who invented it. As for the UI, it's easy to use because all sections are seperated and grouped on the left column menu. Moving from other platforms to Opencart or moving from older OpenCart versions to newers is very easy especially from v2 to v3. From a user's point of view, OpenCart is like using an app, it's that easy. Labels and hints make it easier for new users to adapt as well as new customers to buy.

Cons

Even though OpenCart is stable since the beginning, I think we need more functionality that other platforms are having and would be nice if we could move them to OpenCart too. Not major functionality, but different minor things that will improve the workflow of an e-commerce owner, such as a summary page that will show products missing images, products with broken images, categories with no products, products with no descriptions or products missing translations etc. I think in the era of Javascript it would be nice if we could convert some pages that the administrator spends a lot of time to AJAX functionality or even Single Page Application so that we can make more and massively in less time. Although, that would break some 3rd party extensions obviously.

Pros

One of the things that I like the most about OpenCart is the multitude of options available for tailoring it towards my business needs. I have found that many of the modules and extensions that other e-commerce software solutions charge for are included out of the box with OpenCart and for free. For the extensions that are not included out of the box, they can usually be found in the OpenCart marketplace either for free or for a nominal price that allows even startups to realize a profit on their business even faster.

Cons

One of the things that I like the least about this software is the filter function for products in the admin area. Rather than allowing for products to be filtered by a single identifying keyword within a title, you have to remember the beginning word of the title and continue to add keywords in order to help filter down to a manageable number of products fitting the criteria you are looking for.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to OpenCart

Pros

OpenCart is not as demanding as other e-shops in terms of resources. It doesn't use server sources as high as other apps. You can run it on standard on a shared hosting.
There is fairly simple interface so it is easy to setup a shop, very simplified. It can be used by beginners. Simple UI on the back-end and fairly descent front-end makes it easy to use.
Easy backup.

Cons

Very hard to update or modify. It can just break down and not work even if you roll out backup of the previously working site.
SEO is terrible even with paid plugins. To make addresses and descriptions work is so hard. Never made it to work completely as it would on standard shops Magento, or Wordpress.
One-page shopping is not working well even with paid plugins.
Marketing options are very limited and hard to find, such as follow up emails, up-sell, cross-sell, promo codes, tracking. E-shop are used for selling primarily so one would need to offer as much as possible to clients, similar products, suggested products, to give reward points and to send customized offers.
Discounting options are not working well in case client changes anything or finish shopping in a few steps. (75% of shopping carts with free shipping lose their function and have to be edited manually)
There are no easy integrations, such as Zappier, MailChimp, login via social network accounts etc.

Pros

Its user friendly, has community support available and has great 3rd party integration. it also supports over 20 payment systems.

Cons

lack of scaleability mainly, but wasnt a big issue for us.

Pros

It is very easy to understand admin panel even for non-developer person

Cons

Opencart 3 Is little bit slow. Otherwise it is very good

Pros

The themes are good and the functionality is great.Their Model-View-Controller(MVC) makes development way cooler as one can analyze and edit code easily. Upgrades are easy to implement. It is not also resource hungry as other e-shops.It is also easy to backup.Built in extensions are also easy to implement and help in making a powerful e-store.

Cons

It is a bit difficult to use if you are a beginner. Fewer plugins as compared to other systems.The bugs are a bit difficult to work on.The filtering of products is a problem

Pros

OpenCart is a very decent software that offers extensive features for both digital and physical marketplaces, if you are selling tangible or intangible items there are various categories you can use. A wonderful community behind it to support you thorugh it and make things available that were not necessarily available before. It is also a really decent way to collect funds and allow your clients a decent experience to implement your own commercial marketplace of any sort of product.

Cons

I was not fond of the design, or the lack of real support at times. The community is very helpful but the developers themselves are not very responsive. I ended up using a different eCommerce software.

Pros

Open cart is a brilliant solutions for e-commerce. However is not still update and don't have enoughe integrations with other tools so it make it useless.

Cons

The easy to use and is affordable in the setting up

Alternatives Considered

Pros

All modules can be configured and if there is a module that I have a problem with, I can intervene with php. In addition, many hosting companies have ready-made opencart services and this makes my job easier. The options in the cargo module are very suitable for our country, for example the "pay at the door" option. Being open source and free is one of the features that attracts me. Lastly, their reports are very useful to me. Because it is very diverse and understandable

Cons

A little weak on SEO. Pages can have multiple URL addresses at the time of design. To prevent this, I need to develop with PHP.

Pros

OpenCart is an e-commerce software solution that helps us to create and manage our online stores. OpenCart has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for us to set up and manage our online stores. It offers a wide range of features, including product management, order management, and customer management, making it a valuable tool for businesses of all sizes. Also It offers customizable options that allow us to tailor the solution to our specific needs. OpenCart is an affordable e-commerce solution, making it a good option for small businesses on a tight budget. Worth for money.

Cons

Sometimes it can be complex and overwhelming if you don't have any prior experience. Increasing more tutorials will may able to solve this issue.

Pros

Everyone loves free, but when free delivers with excellent results, that's even better. I've been using OpenCart for a variety of projects over the years and it just keeps getting better. Very good at payment processing and inventory tracking as well with their inventory management extension/add-on.

Cons

It could do more for fraudulent order tracking/management.

Pros

This was used with my past company and our team really enjoyed some of the "open-source" nature of OpenCart versus other competitors (such as Magento).

Cons

It isn't as robust in an enterprise standpoint as other options. However, I think the pro that I mentioned far outweighs this.

Pros

Website administration is easy-to-use and non-technical clients can easily find what they need. Great basic set of features making setup of website fairly easy to get going. And of course the best part of OpenCart, it's free to use as open-source software.

Cons

Extensive customization can get costly with extensions. Some security issues with some of the extensions, so choose wisely. Outdated templates/themes. Not a good choice for larger shops as it will slow down considerably.

Pros

Its easy to use and you do not need specific training to start with. Mostly its click and go.

Cons

There are not many options to integrate it with all payment processors.

Pros

1. OpenCart provide you complete environment to manage your products.
2. You can customize OpenCart as per your requirement.
3. You can edit OpenCart functionality if you have good web development skills .
4. Product listing , creation of product details , adding captions is easy.
5. Disable product , enable product is great features.
6. It has complete shopping cart features.

Cons

Customization of OpenCart is required web development skills .

Pros

Easy to setup, easy to rank, easy to customize. Great feedback from the community, being and active and responsive community. We were able to develop one online shop with easy and great performance

Cons

Not being the most developed online cart system it has his drawbacks, many upgrades and modules are not developed for opencart. Depending on your needs and expectation you should consider more options, depending on what you need.

Pros

Open Cart is an open source content management system. The development of the websites is an easy task using open cart. It is best for the development of E-Commerce websites.
These type of organization is best for medium-sized E-commercer sites. It is improving itself more and more and many users are adopting it.

Cons

It is for the medium sized users and hence it is light weight. These does not allow the search engine optimization at the next level. It also does not support full functionality in inventory.

Pros

It's easy to use and really fast. You can easily build a shop with thousands of product without paying a flrtune on hosting. It is SEO promising with built in SEO customization. Its also an independent framework by itself which I found pretty interesting as I am developer as well. Last but not least there is a big community supporting it.

Cons

Sometimes in a hurry on publish new releases which leads to bugs. And forum members (some of them) can be really aggressive .

Pros

OpenCart is easy to install, easy to deploy and easy to update. Modules/plugins are readily available to provide pretty much all the functionality you could want. The dashboard/user controls are easy to negotiate and quite intuitive to figure out without extensive study.

Cons

Since I run a "captive" online store for the company, the ability to integrate with third party product providers is critical. OpenCart has limited ability to do this.

Pros

The solution is very good and covers many pain points and functionalities required for running a simple online store.

Cons

It has few limitations the tech stack mainly is not very scalable

Pros

you can customize it.

Cons

I've been in ecommerce for 8 years on the admin side and this is by far the most difficult CMS I have ever used and thats including a system that was purely code. There are so many ways to get to the same thing but have seperate functionalities. then if you install a theme you have to go through the theme help. honestly a disaster.

Pros

It’s feee and has quite a bit of functionality out the box.

Cons

It’s not as widely used as Wordpress so many other apps have developed a plugin for Opencart yet.

Pros

It's a very straight-forward and easy to use platform. It's dedicated to e-commerce, so don't expect much on the CMS division. There's a ton of extensions you can download for free or a fee, which are easy to install. It's really fast, lightweight and easy to maintain.

Cons

Not so good in terms of upgrading and extending. You might find it difficult to go beyond the offered extensions and features.

Pros

Manage an online store in this system - a pleasure, because it is just for this case. It is possible to create reports, analyze customer behavior and much more. A strong Russian-speaking community, that is, you can quickly get an answer to any question. Let's just say, although I'm an IT specialist, but I've never dealt with CMS and site configuration before. And then I tried OpenCart and was able to appreciate it.

Cons

The downside of CMS is the impossibility of creating any other sites, except for online stores. And also there are many technical problems: remote pages are poorly indexed, sometimes duplicate files are created, and so on.

Pros

The easy to understand code;
The extensibility of the app;
It is relatively lighweight;
The forum comunity;

Cons

The integrated marketplace in opencart 3.x;
The integration of the twig templating system into opecart 3.x;