# OpenCart Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is OpenCart the right eCommerce solution for you? Explore 153 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/143516/OpenCart/reviews --- OpenCart 4.3 (153) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/143516/OpenCart/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of OpenCart Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Kavindu Githsara K System SpecialistE-Learning, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It offers a range of features, including product management, order management, and customer management, and has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for businesses to set up and manage their stores.“ December 29, 2022 BG Ben G ManagerComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The community is very helpful but the developers themselves are not very responsive.“ June 14, 2024 Serhat C Senior Software DeveloperBanking, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Being open source and free is one of the features that attracts me.“ July 2, 2023 Hayzweb T Animator Animation, Self-employedUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “There pricing is expensive along with there templates“ December 29, 2022 jj john j CEOInformation Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I've been using OpenCart for a variety of projects over the years and it just keeps getting better. “ April 11, 2024 CM Clive M IT AdministratorInformation Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The filtering of products is a problem“ February 6, 2022 Kavindu Githsara K System SpecialistE-Learning, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “OpenCart is an affordable e-commerce solution, making it a good option for small businesses on a tight budget.“ December 29, 2022 TC Tim C Marketing DirectorCivil Engineering, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “OpenCart has limited ability to do this.“ March 22, 2022 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 153 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Aris G. Web Developer Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "OpenCart is the easy option for e-commerce solutions" January 3, 2021 5.0 We use OpenCart for retail stores as well as wholesale (B2B) stores. Using the native functionality and OCMOD we can make OpenCart behave like a Swiss Army knife, from Retail store to Wholesale store. This is buying as a lot of time, because choosing another platform or writing a new one for the purpose of a wholesale store would be time consuming, and let's not talk about the time that customers will need to adjust the get trained to use their wholesale store on top of the retail store. So, using the same technology and habits of coding functionality and the same User Experience and User Interface buys us a lot of time of development, training and setting up. 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. Switched from [Adobe Commerce](https://www.capterra.com/p/227129/Magento-Commerce/) Because of the learning curve, the time needed to develop new features and server requirements. Review Source BB Bryan B. Owner/Manager Arts and Crafts Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awesome for Startups, Small Businesses and Medium Size Businesses" October 7, 2019 5.0 Overall, my experience with OpenCart has been very good throughout the years as it is one of the e-commerce software solutions that I can install and maintain without having to worry about it unexpectedly breaking in between periods of maintenance. 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 [Adobe Commerce](https://www.capterra.com/p/227129/Magento-Commerce/)[X-Cart](https://www.capterra.com/p/33849/X-Cart/) Reason for choosing OpenCart My main motivation for choosing OpenCart over the other solutions was its flexibility and the number of features that it offers out of the box that allow for businesses to quickly gain exposure when those features are used correctly and fully taken advantage of. Review Source Jelena U. Owner, CEO Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple and cheap e-shop system for small e-shops without marketing support." May 9, 2018 3.0 This product works well for my low and middle class e-shops which offer limited number of products, mostly in the same category, with a smaller budget for running and promotion. For the more advanced needs, this system cannot offer enough functions and there is not enough resources for customers. Free version is too simple. For some results, paid themes and plugins are needed. Then e-shop may generate some income. 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. Review Source MR Megha R. Web developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent MCV framework" October 21, 2022 5.0 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 Alternatives considered [Frontend Builder For Magento 2](https://www.capterra.com/p/173515/Frontend-Builder-For-Magento-2/) Reason for choosing OpenCart It is very easy to implement as well as faster than magento 2 Review Source AB Anwar B. Senior Tech Specialist Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "OpenCart Review" November 28, 2024 5.0 I found the overall experience was good, its easy to navigate around the system, its easy to manage inventory and OpenCart has the ability to be flexibly customised. Also, you can own and control the entire source code. 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. Review Source CM Clive M. IT Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A perfect solution for ecommerce" February 6, 2022 3.0 It covered most of my ecommerce requisites and is by far the best ecommerce platform. 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 Alternatives considered [Online Auction System](https://www.capterra.com/p/177650/Ecommerce-Marketplace-Solution/) Reason for choosing OpenCart It is a great ecommerce platform Switched from [WordPress](https://www.capterra.com/p/131687/WordPress/) Opencart is perfectly made for ecommerce and it is by far better Review Source BG Ben G. Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great eCommerce software, but better options are available" June 14, 2024 4.0 My experience with OpenCart was hit-and-miss, whilst it seems to focus more towards physical items, it does also work fine with digital. 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. Review Source Kavindu Githsara K. System Specialist E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Maximize Your Online Store Potential with OpenCart" December 29, 2022 5.0 OpenCart is a comprehensive e-commerce software solution that helps businesses create and manage online stores. It offers a range of features, including product management, order management, and customer management, and has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for businesses to set up and manage their stores. OpenCart also offers customizable options that allow businesses to tailor the solution to their specific needs. While it may be complex for some users and have limited support, it is an affordable option for small businesses looking to create and manage an online store. 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. Review Source Petrus V. Director of Strategic and New Development Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "OpenCart the way to go" April 17, 2019 5.0 I have had a tremendous experience... I can build my website the way I want, and once I pay for a OpenCart plugin, or theme, I add it to my box of tools that I can permanently use on any of my other sites. The initial setup can be a little daunting, but once you've built your first site, it's fantastic. The plugins and themes are very well priced, and the support is great. OpenCart have addressed previous security flaws in their software, and https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com/ scanned my site and gave it a clean bill of health. I recommend the 'Pavilion - Responsive OpenCart Theme by ThemeBurn | ThemeForest' as you do not need to know how to write a single line of code. It's responsive (re scales automatically) , so you do not have to worry about how it will look on a pc or mobile phone, and you can do almost anything you can think off. Granted that there is a HUGE learning curve, but it gets better as you learn how to work with the theme. Pros You control everything, and you can find plugins to add functionality you do not have... It is great if you want full control, and I have never found there is something I want that I cannot do without a plugin or a tweak here and there. Support is great and often the developers who create the plugins will help you install the plugin for free after you buy it. They normally even do small tweaks for free, and add extra functionality at a minimal cost. Yes, there are many ready built eCommerce platforms like shopify and squarspace, but you will have to pay a monthly hosting fee, including monthly plugin rental. If I could buy a plugin once off on shopify, I would perhaps reconsider, but most plugins are rental only. Shopify has a lot of features, but it does not have everything most people need. So you going to end up renting a lot of extra plugins. Take 10 different plugins on shopify, at a monthly cost of approx $20 each, and you 're going to pay $200 on top of your shopify costs. It all adds up. Bottom line, if you do not mind a learning curve, and you want to keep costs down in the long run, along with full control, OpenCart is the way to go! Cons Like most software, there is a learning curve. It can be painful all at once, but the more you use OpenCart, the better it gets. Review Source Md Jahan M. Digital Marketing | Web Development & Design Specialist - Freelance Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### ""A comprehensive and scalable eCommerce solution"" May 8, 2022 5.0 Pros OpenCart is a great CMS for creating eCommerce stores. It's really easy to use, includes multiple payment integration tools, and has a multitude of features that makes your store more user-friendly. It is very simple to deploy both domestically and on servers, and it is quick and simple for both administrators and consumers. Cons Not found any complicated issues, it's a wonderful CMS tool. Review Source DC Davide C. Ceo Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good cms but not the best choice " May 13, 2024 5.0 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 [PrestaShop](https://www.capterra.com/p/134005/PrestaShop/)[Shopify](https://www.capterra.com/p/83891/Shopify/) Review Source Sean C. President Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great option for needing customized ecommerce" December 9, 2019 5.0 We needed to be able to bolt on many additional services that were enabling our e-commerce capability. OpenCart has great API functionality that allowed us to do this. 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. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner - Web Designer/Developer/Marketer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Decent self-hosted e-commerce solution for small shops" January 28, 2019 4.0 For a basic e-commerce website for a small shop, OpenCart can be a decent solution for self-hosted. Clients are always happy with the easy to use administration and find intuitive. As a developer, its been fairly easy to modify code. I typically recommend other software over OpenCart, but overall it's a decent platform to start out with. 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. Review Source RQ Rizwan Q. Admin Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "OpenCart an easy and secure way to do business online." January 15, 2023 4.0 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. Review Source Vinh V. Administrator International Trade and Development Used the software for: 2+ years ### "OpenCart review" April 24, 2019 5.0 Pros It packs with a lot of important features and installation is quite straightforward Cons Upgrading from version to version might be a pain sometimes Review Source SS Shikhil S. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Feature rich CMS with alot to do! Security could be better" September 12, 2017 5.0 \- Easy to manage products - Setting up a store in no time - Selling products online - Accepting payments online Pros \- Made for small and medium e-commerce shops - Alot of features - A number plugins available to do almost any tasks - The latest version enables customizations without much loss during updating Cons \- Security can be proved. OC is often a subject to malware attacks and credit card scammers - Community can be stronger like other CMSs like Magento/WordPress Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent for a start up e-commerce store" January 6, 2019 4.0 Pros Open cart is a great cms /e-commerce application for a quick online store set up. The back end is easy to learn and has all the functionality one requires to operate a profitable online store. Cons Customisation is not straight forward as far as creating your own themes and store designs. The application comes fit with great templates that can be used in the interim. Review Source kK kalaiselvan K. Integration Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "OpenCart Review" November 15, 2019 4.0 Overall it is good e-commerce application for online shops with very ease effort. Pros This is one of the best opensource e-commerce product available in market. we can do lot of customization stuff using the plugins. Administration and Maintenance is pretty painless one. It has good graphical user interface for managing the products. Installing the software is straight forward and easy. Cons Few plugins are quite expensive and upgrade is painfull. It requires, lot of learning curve to understand the products. Review Source NI Nibaruta I. Ceo Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "For easy deployment of ecommerce website" March 3, 2021 5.0 I managed to achieve what I wanted to do but the support system could be improved specifically on templated developed by freelancers out of open cart. But overall it's a recommendable platform. Pros I have used an opencart for my clients and it's one of those platforms that can help you save time and money. if you know what you want specifically on an e-commerce website they have a lot of options that you can just start and be live in no time. Free and premium ready-made templates to choose from and you can do custom work as well. Cons Some of the templates are a bit expensive specifically those done by freelancers. Should be looked into and no support for some of the free templates Review Source DC Desmond C. Systems Administrator Packaging and Containers Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Open Source all the way!" March 27, 2019 5.0 We were not able to sell our products online, but thanks to OpenCart we are now online. Pros What I like most about OpenCart is that it is open source, thereby it has a huge community. I like that OpenCart is easy to use and setup. Cons If you are setting up on your own you need some knowledge of web hosting in order to have it up and running. Review Source TH Tajammal H. Admin Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Setup your own online store to sell your products." May 31, 2018 5.0 I used the Open Cart for a long time to run my store online. Saved my time and money to develop self store using coding. Pros Open Cart is software to use create store online for sell products. It have approximately all required features which are necessary for a store owner. Open Cart is available in different languages and have a large amount of extensions to customize the store. Themes are also available or you can customize current theme. It gives you all controls over your store. Cons Some features hard to understand and handle. like mega menu is not easy to understand and without mega menu store looks not good in my thoughts. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Social Media Manager Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "OpenCart has provides a robust e-commerce solution! " July 12, 2018 4.0 Being able to build an e-commerce store with only limited knowledge in web design/development Pros OpenCart allows you to build an ecommerce store for your website in a simple fashion. There are set themes and templates available for you to choose from and then start adding content where prompted. Cons We have found limitations with the platform, for example when structuring a website. We've wanted to change a product structure for a client but there is a flaw in open cart which hasn't allowed this. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Founder Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Not heavy but really great" October 28, 2019 5.0 It was blast, i got to know a awesome ecom solution(selfhosted) and i learn many things i don't usually learn with other ecom solutions and the catalogue guide is so much easy and deatiled. Pros Its lightweight code and extensibility i mean you can literally do anything you want just with some knowledge of php and its working inside out(which can be done in less than a day), i was hired to create an ecom website for a client and i decided to give it a try just for fun but the final result was awesome and client liked the work and i appreciated it for making that time enjoyable for me. Cons The community support is lacking for this beautyful piece, and some plugins which i don't want to code cause they are not required for every needs are like over the roof i mean comeon whats the point of asking 100+ bucks for a plugin that only used once for a website is not reasonable i think. Review Source MA Michael A. IT Technician Retail Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "OpenCart is an eCommerce from the Future" March 9, 2018 5.0 This software is our go-to recommendation for companies that want the most customization without recurring fees impacting their monthly profit margins. Keep in mind it may be a little more pricey to start out with your necessary extensions, but you won't regret your choice (as long as you install extensions as instructed). Maintain your site and your site will maintain your income. Pros We absolutely love that it is initially a free platform. Competitors charge for the platform and then charge for features, but OpenCart has a wide range of extensions that perform what you want, the way you want. High-quality platform-wide access to have a large amount of customization and control over your store. Cons We do not favor how limited the base platform is on shipping integration, fraudulent order monitoring, or promotional sale control. These are all available as add-ons but are necessary for the majority of businesses, even when they are starting out as a new company. Review Source KP Kashif P. CEO Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use and understand." October 18, 2017 5.0 My online store growing day by day. Thanks to Opencart. Custom development is not very expensive. And Support is very friendly and when ever I ask question they answer promptly. Pros Free, open source and it is very easy to find its developers. Support is very friendly and when ever I ask question they answer promptly. 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