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It's Open Source, free, with a massive database of plugins for free, works out of the box, and includes practically everything you'll need to start your online store. It is maintained regularly, and the forum is a great source of information and to get help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There's not much integration with new apps in the market, so it's difficult if you want to sync or connect to those apps. Lack of good free templates. Some modules should have been integrated with the core code years ago, but they still not doing it (even with some plugins that were developed by a team member of ZC). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Good for large businesses, I wouldn't recommend for smaller ones
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The community and true open source ethos of Zencart are what made it a great choice for small-medium e-commerce startups. The core system is easily extendible for additional functionality, unlike other cart systems where these addons (plugins, extensions, modules - whatever you will call them) are chargeable, Zencart provides all plugins listed on their site freely. There is a great community spirit and developers actively help without reward. Without naming - there are a fair few other cart systems which have community forums, however, it's difficult to watch new users get lambasted over genuine questions. Zencart has to be one of the most friendly and helpful communities I've worked on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Zencarts development cycle is my main dislike. New versions are rarely released, as an example version 1.5 has been going now for the past 11 years! Granted they have released sub-versions with small updates (including support for newer versions of PHP and MySQL which was lacking). I had been looking forward to getting my hands dirty with ZC 2.0 however this has been touted since 2014 and may have been abandoned or put on hold.
Certain fundamental aspects that were lacking are now available, either included or through third-party plug-ins.
Zencarts aesthetics are not modern, this becomes apparent after the initial installation - Although it is an extremely good card system, it takes a fair amount of work to bring the look and feel up to today's responsive/clean standards (both Customer/Admin side). However, there are plugins and themes which help get things going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I appreciated the fact that Zen Cart flat worked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Zen Cart was a bit basic, some of the more advanced features I would like in an e-commerce site were not readily available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easy to start. Easy to setup and customise. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like to follow the established brands, like Flipkart, Amazon... I like their flow during a purchase and how they engage customers to purchase a product. Apart from technical aspect, I also see from business aspect, i.e., I just not like to build a ecommerce, I like to build a ecommerce that will convert in a brand later... So, looking from this perspective, I find some limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Zencart is the best software. easy to use. There is plenty of plug-ins available. Easy to install. It is opensource, so it is budget-friendly. it has an active user base that helps customer to solve any problem. It is easily scalable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes the problem with code. Breakdown etc. It has not been as robust as other software. Need to be lots of updates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Zen cart should be the first preference for anyone who wants to start their ecommerce business. Zen cart provides all the tools required to start the ecommerce business and run it smoothly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I just feel the need of more customizations in the Zen Cart platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
In the beginning, the websites made with zencart was not responsive. But as new updates come they introduced responsiveness in the website. This feature revolutized the zencart. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The user dashboard should be updated and make it more easier to find the things. Most of the time, the options are not visible. So make things clear, cleaner and sober. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is very simple to work ZEN CART. Installation, configuration, customization all are very easy, simple, user friendly and well managed. Admin panel is also easy to operate by any non technical person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Few configurations in the admin panel about product attributes, need to be improved and takes little time to understand and to work on. Multi-store functionality should be introduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
ZenCart is very easy to customize. We build a Saas out of it, in merely 4months of time to accommodate hundreds of stores and more than 500 vendors at once. Managing Catalog, Order, Customer and integrating Payment methods are very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Code maintenance can be improved, keeping the development still simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Open Source
- Complete Control
- all eCommerce Features
- Good in Performance
- Secure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
- Layout is not good
- You will not easily upgrade
- A non-technical user cannot customize
- Not much user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
