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Alternatives to OpenCart
24 e-commerce tools sit alongside OpenCart in this directory. Below is what separates each from OpenCart on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- OpenCart starts at
- Free
Why people look past OpenCart
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the OpenCart entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is only one tier
OpenCart publishes a single plan, Open Source at Free. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Hosted e-commerce platform that charges no transaction fee and no surcharge for third party gateways
- No free tier, where OpenCart has one.
- Starts $29.95 a month dearer, at $29.95/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
- 2 tiers to OpenCart's 1.
Powering the economy
- Sold on a freemium model rather than open-source.
- 2 tiers to OpenCart's 1.
Open core commerce platform, free as Magento Open Source and licensed by revenue as Adobe Commerce
- 2 tiers to OpenCart's 1.
Cloud-based POS for small businesses
- No free tier, where OpenCart has one.
- Starts $89 a month dearer, at $89/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than open-source.
- 3 tiers to OpenCart's 1.
Automate and scale your product data with an AI-powered open-source PIM.
Priced and rated the same as OpenCart on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Social resale marketplace with a flat fee on low-value sales and a percentage cut above that
- Sold on a Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price model rather than open-source.
Every OpenCart alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenCart (this page) | Free | Open-source | 1 | |
| BigCommerceEnterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants | $29.95/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| SquarePowering the economy | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| MagentoOpen-source ecommerce platform for enterprise retail | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| ShopkeepCloud-based POS for small businesses | $89/month | Subscription | 3 | vs OpenCart |
| UnoPIM | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Poshmark | Free | Free to list; tiered seller commission by sale price | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Instacart | Free | Free to download; item markups plus delivery and service fees per order, optional subscription | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| Mercari | Free | Free to list; 10 percent seller commission on sale price plus payment processing fee | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Depop | Free | Free to list; percentage plus per-order seller fee, separate payment processing fee | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Temu | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, heavy promotional discounting | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Shein | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order, optional paid loyalty tier | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| Wish | Free | Free to browse and use; pay per order | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Amazon Shopping | Free | Free to use; optional Prime subscription for fast shipping and bundled media | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| Vinted | Free | Free for sellers, no commission; buyer pays a variable Buyer Protection fee at checkout | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| Zendrop | Free, then $49/month | Freemium | 3 | vs OpenCart |
| Saleor | Free | Open-source | 4 | vs OpenCart |
| CJ Dropshipping | Free | Freemium | - | vs OpenCart |
| BackToMe | €25/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| Mollie | £0.3/transaction | Per transaction by payment method | 3 | vs OpenCart |
| Klarna | On request | Quote | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| Drip | $39/month | Per month by contact count | 3 | vs OpenCart |
| Memberful | $49/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OpenCart |
| FastSpring | On request | Transaction | 1 | vs OpenCart |
| SamCart | $79/month | Subscription | 2 | vs OpenCart |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the OpenCart badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
OpenCart is most often brought in for a merchant with volume high enough that a percentage transaction fee costs more than a developer, an agency building client stores where the client must own the code and the data outright, a store with unusual catalogue or pricing logic that a hosted platform will not permit, selling in a market where the local payment gateway is not supported by the mainstream saas platforms. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If OpenCart is broadly right and the question is cost, the OpenCart pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the E-Commerce category lists everything the directory holds, and best e-commerce tools ranks them.
OpenCart runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about OpenCart alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to OpenCart?
- 24 other e-commerce tools are listed in this directory, led by BigCommerce, Square, Magento, Shopkeep. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to OpenCart?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Square, Magento, UnoPIM, Poshmark, Instacart.
- Why do people look for an alternative to OpenCart?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from OpenCart?
- OpenCart is most often brought in for a merchant with volume high enough that a percentage transaction fee costs more than a developer, an agency building client stores where the client must own the code and the data outright, a store with unusual catalogue or pricing logic that a hosted platform will not permit, selling in a market where the local payment gateway is not supported by the mainstream saas platforms. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to OpenCart?
- Magento, UnoPIM, Saleor are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these OpenCart alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, E-Commerce, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare OpenCart against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against OpenCart covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every e-commerce tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the E-Commerce category, 24 tools beside OpenCart. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.