Comparison between Magento and CS Cart Ecommerce System

Each technologies has their advantages and disadvantages depend on usabilities. As per my point of view none of technologies is perfect in their field, but yes they are full fill requirement to using api, extensions, plugins and modules. Magento and CS Cart are two very well know name in online ecommerce system in php.Where Magento (Community version) is free available for download and CS-Cart coming with paid license purchase based.Both has advantages and disadvantages in their implementation, support, online document. We as ezeelive technologies (magento and cs cart developer india) implemented both the ecommerce system for our clients as per their requirements. Here is the main mention features wise main difference between Magento (community version 1.7) and CS-Cart (version 3.0):

A. Basic Magento CS Cart

1. Open source Yes(100%) Yes(100%)2. Framework Zend CS-Cart3. MVC Structure Good Good4. Frontend Speed Good Good5. Backend Speed Good Good6. Mobile Good Good7. Multi-store Pretty well Average8. Multi-vendor None Good

B. UED (User Environment Design) Magento CS Cart

9. Frontend Design Pretty well Not bad10. Backend Design Good Perfect11. Responsive/Adaptive Good None12. Easy Design None Pretty well13. AJAX-based Good Average14. Shopping Experience Good Good15. Admin Experience Good Pretty well

C. Catalog Magento CS Cart

16. Cross Selling Good Good17. Product Comparison Pretty well Pretty well18. Wishlist Good Good19. Intelligent Recommendations Not bad Not bad20. Product Reviews Not bad Bad21. Product Filters None Perfect22. HTML5 Image Uploader Pretty well None23. Import/Export Bad Good24. Bulk Product Update None Good

D. SEO Magento CS Cart

25. SEO Score 78% 95%26. URL Rewrite Pretty well Pretty well27. Canonical URL None None

E. Promotions Magento CS Cart

28. Coupons Good Perfect29. Gift Certificates None Good30. Free Shipping Not bad Not bad31. Discounts Not bad Perfect32. Affiliates None Good33. Newsletters Not bad Good34. Reward Points None Good35. Sell On Ebay Good None

F. CMS Magento CS Cart

36. News or Blog None Average37. Custom Contact Form None Perfect38. Polls None Not bad39. Banners Management Not bad Perfect40. Testimonials None Not bad41. Email Templates Bad Not bad

G. Order Magento CS Cart

42. Return Requests Not bad Good43. Recurring Plans None Good44. Packing Slips Average Good45. Order Statuses Pretty well Good46. Abandoned Cart None Average47. Multi-languages Pretty well Good48. Multi-currencies Good Good49. Multi-warehouse None Perfect50. Taxes Pretty well Pretty well51. Store Locator Pretty well Good

In above mentioned points CS-Cart in provided more functionalities in default

installation, here we are saying again“Not available or average provided functionalities can be make better or perfect using/implementing custom modules, extension and plugins”.

Note : The feature list and rating according design, development, implement and testing experience by magento and cs-cart experts team.

Written By : Ezeelive TechnologiesWebsite URL : www.ezeelive.com