--- title: OpenCart Reviews meta\_title: 'OpenCart Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 106 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how OpenCart works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 106 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: E-Commerce url: https://www.g2.com/categories/e-commerce --- # OpenCart Reviews & Product Details Opencart is an easy to-use, powerful, Open Source online store management program that can manage multiple online stores from a single back-end. Administrative area simply by filling in forms and clicking “Save”. There are many professionally-written extensions available to customize the store to your needs. An OpenCart store can be ready to take orders soon after installation. All you have to do is have it installed for you (any web hosts do it for free), select a template form the many free or low-cost template sites, and your product descriptions and photos, click a few settings, and you are ready to begin accepting orders. Our free Installation & Quick Start chapters show you how. The public side or “Storefront” of OpenCart looks very professional and ready to sell almost as soon as it is installed. * * * Seller [OpenCart](https://www.g2.com/sellers/opencart) Discussions [OpenCart Community](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/discuss) Languages Supported Afrikaans, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English, Estonian, Basque, Persian, Finnish, French, Irish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Armenian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Georgian, Central Khmer, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Nepali, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Serbian, Swahili, Swedish, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Tibetan, Maltese, Samoan, Xhosa Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Andy Tsang Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 7 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![PrestaShop](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PrestaShop") PrestaShop 4.3/5(160) ](https://www.g2.com/products/prestashop/reviews) [ ![osCommerce](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "osCommerce") osCommerce 3.4/5(31) ](https://www.g2.com/products/oscommerce/reviews) [ ![Zen Cart](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Zen Cart") Zen Cart 3.9/5(42) ](https://www.g2.com/products/zen-cart/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 106 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Samet D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Samet D.") SD Samet D. Araştırma Görevlisi Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/18/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Balanced e-commerce builder" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? -Free to download -Well-designed UI -Highly customizable -Numerous integrations -Open Source -Locally or cloud based installation -A lot of extensions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? -Difficult to update (Some extensions can be incompatible to new version) -Some extensions is too expensive -Needs a bit of development skills Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? As i am a developer, i like opencart because it's open source and free. I optimized it as my needs. Opencart has many extensions that meets your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/19/2021 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![jonathan s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "jonathan s.") JS jonathan s. Web Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/9/2020 "OpenCart truly open source and truly user friendly!" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? so lets have a look at the pros of OpenCart and it's features and benefits: It's OpenSource - What does this mean? Well when we look at online web applications or software we see a lot of vendors out there most are using a model of pay monthly/weekly or annually, with OpenCart the model used is free and the only costs involved are the additional plugins or add on scripts and templates that extend the core functionality of the base system. The code is also accessible this can allow you to modify the look and layout of the template files easily yourself or if you hire a designer or developer to do it for you. The layout system is easily understood as they template files in organised folders and these are known as TPL files which is of course short for template. It's free! This means you have no up front costs from the outset unless you need to modify the core code, the good thing is if you do not want to go down the route of hiring a developer or designer to do it for you, if you have confidence and time it is completely possible to do all manner of modifications if you understand even a little PHP. Don't worry though if you get stuck their forum and it's users are very helpful and searching the internet can help with a lot of modifications that can be carried out on the application. The Dashboard/Admin section Let's now look at the most useful functions of the software/application, it's very comprehensive dashboard tracks a lot of the activity on the site managed by the software. If we look at some of these features like the amount of registered users, tracking visitors and pages they visit the obvious section that is most sought after is the sales, returns and refunds section not only is this accessible from the dashboard but you get a very comprehensive overview which is essential in any online store. Products, when we look at the products section or when adding products you have a good base for basic stores with functions like: 1) standard products 2) Variable products 3) Digital products 4) Sizes/colours or other attributes of some products Add on scripts or plugins can extend the base functionality of the products in the store depending on your needs. Theme the store! So when a lot of shopping cat software users look for software they look for the ease of creating your own look so your store can be unique. Well! OpenCart is so simple to theme once you get your head round the Template system, it can be a small learning curve but once you spend a little time on this you reap the rewards and can give yourself a pat on the back. You can create a great store out of the box or go for a unique store of your own. Hey! but what if I want to use a bought template? This is simple too, you can buy from their template section of their website some really good templates that are easily added if you can use FTP or Cpanel or something similar by uploading it to your server in the correct folder, this may seem daunting but is usually documented with the template you buy or instructions given in their user doc's. I have been using OpenCart for shopping cart design for over 8 years and have used it since the early days of inception, I would highly reccomend this software for it's ease of use and simplicity to setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? Cons? Not many although some may see the cost of some of the add on that they may require from the add on section of their website to be a bit expensive, if you look at the possible return for that investment it then is very much worth it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: I would advise anyone wanting to use opencart to read the documentation, yes I know everyone says this but a lot of the questions you may have when installing and using can be answered there as well as on their community forum. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? when running a web design business and development business sometimes it is better to use a solution you are comfortable with rather then reinvent the wheel as this saves time and money, I have used this software for many years since the early days and have seen it evolve into a great application worthy of the highest praise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/15/2020 Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic RB Richard b. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/21/2020 "E-commerce made simple with OpenCart" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? Very simple to set up and is free to user by any one. this features allows us to save a buck on implementation cost and even someone without a development background can have a shop within a matter of hours. this has helped us put our content online for free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? its poorly customized and has few themes to work and play with Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: For any business that is starting out this is the best way to get started out in the e-commerce industry, it will allow you to learn a lot without incurring huge costs in setting up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? Content distribution, it is helping us reach that far to reach client who we would not find and show our products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rajesh Kumar Y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rajesh Kumar Y.") RY Rajesh Kumar Y. Technical Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/7/2020 "OpenCart is easy to integrate, maintain and use" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? - Easy to use - Easy to maintain - Easy to theme - Easy to add extra features by using plugins. - It's very popular - File size is not huge - Can be deployed to any server (cPanel) as codebase is php - Provides free themes and plugins too. - It has MVC architecture and separation of concerns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? Lack of default features, there should be most of the features which are essentials should be part of opencart directly instead of using plugin. Admin panel should have option to choose to activate it or not based on the requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: Easy to use, give a try! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? Theming, I think a better look and feel is most important for making first impression with the users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nick P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nick P.") NP Nick P. [Stealth] Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/18/2020 "Mature, capable and open-source" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? Opencart is a very mature platform with lots of features and a huge collection of extensions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? File management, assigning images to products and advanced SEO tools require third-party extensions (often free) to satisfy everyone's needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: Make sure you have a developer that knows how to modify it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? Opencart can be up and running in minutes. Setting up a basic store with payments and shipping functionality can be done in less than a day. The huge number of extensions (free and paid) allows everyone to customize and tweak pretty much every aspect of it. The open-source nature and technologies it's based on (PHP, MySQL) guarantees maintainability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Stefan C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Stefan C.") SC Stefan C. IT Assitant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/13/2020 "Extensive and easy to use" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? Plenty of options for extensive customisation and personalization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? Can become a little unstable when pushing the limits of what can be achieved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? works for exactly what we need currently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Himanshu S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Himanshu S.") HS Himanshu S. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/7/2020 "OpenCart is awesome and easiest way to a setup eCommerce site. within no time" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? OpenCart is easiest way to a setup eCommerce site. within no time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? OpenCart database is very large. it can not handle 1 lakh product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: yes, I wan to recommend it because it is very quick to set up an eCommerce site. within no time. its modules are very cheap and affordable which is helpful for affordable customization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? it is very quick to set up an eCommerce site. within no time. its modules are very cheap and affordable which is helpful for affordable customization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer & Network Security](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer & Network Security") AC Verified User in Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/20/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Easy and User friendly" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? MVC structure, SEO friendly, & Easy setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? Debugging can be frustrating for view pages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? E-commerce marketplace, single stores can be easily setup for small business, open source therefore pocket friendly, can be customised to great lengths Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aleksei J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aleksei J.") AJ Aleksei J. Java Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/6/2020 "OpenCart Api integration" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? I remember that time when I used OpenCart in quite specific case... It was integration of OpenCart in my Digital Signage system based on C# ASP.NET API allows to operate with CRUD functions And OpenCart is very suitable for such sort of things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? May be it takes more time than I expected when I work with details of API Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: Grow up and never give up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows vendors to show own products properly in my system. it was very helpful for me at that stage of development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite HB Hamzeh B. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/7/2020 "Best open-source script for commercial websites!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenCart? I really like the popularity of the OpenCart script and the availability of plugins, themes, and add-ons. I also like that it's open-source with no cost at all which is the best first steps to build a commercial website for those who's have low-budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenCart? I actually dislike the speed of the checkout process, unfortunately it offers a slow checkout process for some customers. Also, when i started to using it, I've faced some problems importing my products to the inventory list. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenCart: You can start building your commercial website with this powerful script, I totally recommend to use it as a starting way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenCart solving and how is that benefiting you? Drop-shipping, selling retails and building websites to customers. And it have really impacted my work because of the majority of acceptance from people for using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about OpenCart? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about OpenCart ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/discussions/new) ![Chike I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Chike I.") CI Chike Igwegbe • Last activity about 4 years ago Can you do something about your Captcha? 1 Upvote 2 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12169-can-you-do-something-about-your-captcha) GU Guest User What advice would you give to others considering OpenCart for e-commerce solutions? 0 Upvotes 0 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-advice-would-you-give-to-others-considering-opencart-for-e-commerce-solutions) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/discuss) ## Pricing Insights Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 7 months ### Average Discount 10% [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/pricing) OpenCart Comparisons ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_920f3ddbd3b24feb0ebcb1d3ae81afc5/prestashop.png "Product Avatar Image") PrestaShop 4.3/5(160) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/opencart-vs-prestashop) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_1aba276e034491a3eb521afe9ed1de8b/nopcommerce.png "Product Avatar Image") nopCommerce 4.5/5(106) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/opencart-vs-nopcommerce) ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/small_square/small_square_61bcc8ef23c7ae782110c3bb77645be7/codeigniter.png "Product Avatar Image") CodeIgniter 4.4/5(58) [ Compare Now ](https://www.g2.com/compare/codeigniter-vs-opencart) ##### ##### OpenCart Features Administration Reporting Cart Management Shipping Information Collection Integrations Payment Gateway Integration E-commerce Platform Integration Email Integration Cart Management Multi Cart Products Customizable Templates [ View More Features ](https://www.g2.com/products/opencart/features) ##### Categories on G2 [Shopping Cart](https://www.g2.com/categories/shopping-cart) ##### Explore More [Which mobile app debugging platforms are best rated by engineers for avoiding steep initial setup pain?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-mobile-app-debugging-platforms-are-best-rated-by-engineers-for-avoiding-steep-initial-setup-pain)[Appian vs Nintex for a team that wants to build internal process applications without needing a dedicated developer for every workflow change?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/appian-vs-nintex-for-a-team-that-wants-to-build-internal-process-applications-without-needing-a-dedicated-developer-for-every-workflow-change)[What VR collaboration platform data privacy and security features matter most for enterprise team communication?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-vr-collaboration-platform-data-privacy-and-security-features-matter-most-for-enterprise-team-communication) [What platform integrates screen capture with cloud storage?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-platform-integrates-screen-capture-with-cloud-storage)[Is a programmatic job advertising platform worth it for a mid-size recruiting team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-a-programmatic-job-advertising-platform-worth-it-for-a-mid-size-recruiting-team)[Which exit interview management platforms enable truly anonymous feedback to capture genuine employee concerns?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-exit-interview-management-platforms-enable-truly-anonymous-feedback-to-capture-genuine-employee-concerns) [Show MoreShow Less](javascript:void(0);)