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| CMSMatch.com ID | 1348 | 1354 | 1326 | 1425 | 1343 | 1381 | 1330 | 453 | 1286 | 1387 |
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| Software Homepage Url | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage | Homepage |
| Stability | Stable | Mature | ||||||||
| Version | pr4 | 5.04 | 8.1 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 11.5 | Gold | 1.3.8 | - Not Known - | 1.0.4 |
| User Rating | ||||||||||
| Meta Score | 100 | 94 | 78 | 93 | 90 | 96 | 100 | 49 | 81 | 91 |
| Completed Listing | 10% | 10% | 23% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 95% | 10% | 10% |
| Cost Estimate | $0.00 | $299.00 | $99.00 | $600.00 | $495.00 | $1500.00 | $199.00 | $0.00 | $795.00 | $695.00 |
| Available Languages | 46 | |||||||||
| Learning Curve | Flat | Intermediate | ||||||||
| License | Commercial / One-time Cost | GNU General Public License (GPL) | ||||||||
| One-Click Updates | Yes | No | ||||||||
| Standards Compliance Level | High | Low | ||||||||
| Site Setup Wizard | Yes | No | ||||||||
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Catalog Management |
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| Bulk Product Operations | Limited | |||||||||
| Bundled Products | Limited | |||||||||
| Catalog Batch Import-Export | Yes | |||||||||
| Configurable Products | Yes | |||||||||
| Custom Attribute Sets | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Custom Attributes | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Custom Product Options | Limited | |||||||||
| Downloadable Products | Yes | |||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Grouped Products | Yes | |||||||||
| Low Stock Reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Yes | ||||||||||
| Personalized Products (Text) | Yes | |||||||||
| Tax Rate Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Third Party Tax Plugins | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | No | No |
Checkout, Payment & Shipping |
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| Checkout Without Account | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Create Account at Checkout | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Gift Messages | Yes | Yes (Paid) | ||||||||
| Gift Wrapping | No | Limited | ||||||||
| Multi-Step Checkout | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| One-Page Checkout | Yes | Limited (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Ship to Multiple Addresses | No | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Shipping Estimates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | Yes | Yes |
| Track and Trace Shipments | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| World Shipping Table Rates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Content Management |
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| CMS Integration | Limited (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Content Staging and Merging | No | |||||||||
| Content Tagging | No | |||||||||
| Content Templates | No | |||||||||
| Printer, Email and PDF Versions | Limited | |||||||||
| Revisions and History | No | |||||||||
| Scheduling | No | |||||||||
| Tag Cloud | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
Core Applications |
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| Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||||
| Affiliate Tracking | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar | No | |||||||||
| Chat | No | |||||||||
| Contact Form | Yes | |||||||||
| Contacts Management | Yes | No | ||||||||
| Events Management | No | |||||||||
| FAQ Management | No | |||||||||
| Forms and Surveys | No | |||||||||
| Limited | ||||||||||
| Graphs and Charts | No | |||||||||
| Guestbook | No | |||||||||
| Helpdesk / Ticketing System | Limited | |||||||||
| HTTP Proxy | No | |||||||||
| Internal Search Engine | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lightbox (or variants) | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Link Management | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Live Chat | No | |||||||||
| Media Gallery | Limited | |||||||||
| Sitemap | No | |||||||||
| Streaming Audio Management | No | |||||||||
| Streaming Video Management | No | |||||||||
| Tests, Quizzes and Raffles | No | |||||||||
| XML Sitemap for Search Engines | No | |||||||||
Flexibility |
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| Interface Localization (l10n) | Yes | |||||||||
| Internationalization (i18n) | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Language Negotiation | Limited | |||||||||
| Multi-Site from 1 Codebase | Limited | |||||||||
| Multi-Site from 1 Database | Limited | |||||||||
| Multiple Currencies | Yes | |||||||||
| Multiple Domains Management | Limited | |||||||||
| Right to Left Language Support | Yes | |||||||||
Interoperability |
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| CGI Mode Support | No | |||||||||
| Content Syndication (RSS) | Limited | |||||||||
| Database Query Editor | No | |||||||||
| Database-to-Web External Databases | No | |||||||||
| FTP Support | Yes | |||||||||
| iCal | Yes | |||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Text Browser Support | No | |||||||||
| Third Party Accounting Integration | No | |||||||||
| Third Party CRM Integration | Limited | |||||||||
| Third Party ERP Integration | No | |||||||||
| UTF-8 Support | Yes | |||||||||
| W3C XHTML Compliant | Limited | |||||||||
| WAI Compliant | Limited | |||||||||
| Web Services API | Limited | |||||||||
| WebDAV Support | No | |||||||||
Layouts, Design and Templates |
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| No | ||||||||||
| Drag and Drop Layouts | No | |||||||||
| Limited | ||||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Style Wizard | No | |||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Template Language | No | |||||||||
| Theming / Skinning | No | |||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Web-based Template Management | Yes | No | ||||||||
Marketing Tools |
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| Catalog Price Rules | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Category Access Control | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| No | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Customer Loyalty Program | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | No | Yes |
| Featured Products | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Free Shipping Option | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | Yes | Yes |
| Gift Certificates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | No | No |
| Landing Pages | No | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Latest Products | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Newsletter Management | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | No | Yes |
| Polls | No | Limited (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Prices by Customer Group | No | Limited (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Private Sales and Events | Limited | |||||||||
| Quantity Discounts (Tier-Pricing) | Yes | Limited (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Related Products | No | Limited | ||||||||
| Send to Friend | No | No | ||||||||
| No | No | |||||||||
| Vouchers and Coupons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | Yes | Yes |
| Wishlist | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Limited | No | Yes |
Mobille Internet |
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| Device Groups | ||||||||||
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| SMS Support | ||||||||||
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Performance |
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| Limited | ||||||||||
| Automatic Meta Tags | Limited (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||||
| Database Optimization | Limited | |||||||||
| Database Query Caching | No | |||||||||
| Database Replication | No | |||||||||
| Friendly URLs | No | |||||||||
| Load Balancing | No | |||||||||
| Minify Javascipt | Limited | |||||||||
| Search Engine Optimization | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | No | Yes |
| Static Content Export | Limited | |||||||||
Product Editing |
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| Clipboard | No | |||||||||
| Copy / Paste from Office | No | |||||||||
| Email Content to Site | No | |||||||||
| External Editor | No | |||||||||
| Image Auto Thumbnails | Limited | |||||||||
| Image Editing | Limited | |||||||||
| Image Resizing | No | |||||||||
| Macro Language | No | |||||||||
| Server Page Language | Yes | |||||||||
| Spelling Checker | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Trash Bin | No | |||||||||
| Undo History | No | |||||||||
| WYSIWYG Editor | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
Security |
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| Audit Trail | Yes | |||||||||
| Captcha Anti-Spam | Limited | |||||||||
| Content Approval | No | |||||||||
| Database Backup/Restore | Yes | |||||||||
| Email Verification | Yes | |||||||||
| Error Reporting | Limited | |||||||||
| Kerberos Authentication | No | |||||||||
| LDAP Authentication | No | |||||||||
| Login History | Yes | |||||||||
| NIS Authentication | No | |||||||||
| NTLM Authentication | No | |||||||||
| Password Encryption | No | |||||||||
| PCI Data Security Standard Compliance | No | |||||||||
| Pluggable Authentication | No | |||||||||
| Sandbox | No | |||||||||
| Scheduled Backups | Limited (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Session Management | Yes | |||||||||
| SMB Authentication | No | |||||||||
| SSL Support | Yes | |||||||||
| Versioning | Yes | |||||||||
Site Administration |
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| Abandoned Cart Reports | ||||||||||
| Yes | ||||||||||
| Create Order from Backend | No | |||||||||
| Credit Memos | No | |||||||||
| Drag and Drop Interface | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| File and Document Manager | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Google Analytics | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Inline Content Administration | No | |||||||||
| Internal Search for Admin | Yes | |||||||||
| Link Checker | No | |||||||||
| Mass Upload | Yes | |||||||||
| Media Library | Limited | |||||||||
| Metadata | Yes (Add-on) | Yes | ||||||||
| Offline Maintenance Page | Yes | |||||||||
| Online Administration | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Personal Dashboard | No | |||||||||
| Site Navigation Management | Limited | |||||||||
| Statistics | Limited | |||||||||
| Transactional Emails Management | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Translation Strings Management | No | |||||||||
| Workflow Engine | Limited | |||||||||
| Zip Archive Support | Limited | |||||||||
Store Browsing |
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| Browse by Brand | No | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Browse by Category | Yes | Yes (Add-on) | ||||||||
| Compare Products | No | Yes | ||||||||
| Layered Navigation Filters | Limited | |||||||||
| Multiple Product Images | Yes | |||||||||
| Product Images Zoom | Yes | |||||||||
| Product Listing Modes | Limited | |||||||||
| Product Notifications | Yes | |||||||||
| Product Videos | No | |||||||||
| Recently Viewed Products | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Stock Availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Store Customers |
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| Address Book | No | |||||||||
| No | ||||||||||
| Create Customer from Backend | No | |||||||||
| Customer Dashboard | Limited | |||||||||
| Follow Order Status | Limited | |||||||||
| OpenID Login Support | Yes (Add-on) | |||||||||
| Order History | Yes | |||||||||
| Product Ratings and Reviews | Yes | |||||||||
| Registration Form | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Registration Form Custom Fields | Limited | |||||||||
| User Groups | Yes | |||||||||
| User Preferences | Limited | |||||||||
Support |
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| Certification Programme | Yes | |||||||||
| Code Skeletons | Yes | |||||||||
| Commercial Manuals | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Commercial Support | Yes (Paid) | Limited | ||||||||
| Community Forums | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Developer Community | Yes | |||||||||
| Issue Tracking | Yes | |||||||||
| Mailing Lists | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
| Online Help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support Network Subscription | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Trainings and Seminars | No | |||||||||
| User Conferences | Limited | |||||||||
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- No: feature not available; 0 points
- Limited (Paid): basic feature at extra cost; 1 point
- Limited (Add-on): basic feature, but as free plugin; 3 points
- Limited: free and included, but still basic; 5 points
- Yes (Paid): advanced but at extra cost; 6 points
- Yes (Add-on): advanced free plugin; 8 points
- Yes: the full works; 10 points







