TomatoCart V1.1 vs. Prestashop V1.3.1.1

Preface

Prestashop is a free open source shopping cart developed in France. The exquisite

interface and powerful functionality make it renowned outside the hometown. The

design of Prestashop, blended with the France romanticism, is fascinated.

Likewise, TomatoCart is developed based on osCommerce which should be

considered as the origin of open source shopping cart. Robust foundation, all-out

innovation and incomparably comprehensive functionality enable TomatoCart

become one of the most promising shopping cart software.

This article is written for those who are not familiar with TomatoCart or those who

can’t make a decision when facing the two eCommerce solutions. Focusing on

functionality comparison, the content of the article is objective with no

discrimination.

Essentials:

Both carts are quick to install and easy to learn. The requirements of two carts

indicate low cost on hosting. However, different from the interface of Prestashop,

TomatoCart applies the modern web 2.0 technology such as RIA (Rich Internet

Application), Ajax, which provides a familiar windows operation environment and

boosts the operation efficiency.

Admin Panel of Prestashop

Admin panel of TomatoCart

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RequirementsPHP5.1.6+

MySQL4.1.13+ or 5.0.7+

PHP v5.0+

MySQL v5.0+

Open Source

Unlimited products

Fee none none

SSL support Full or shared SSL full or shared SSL

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Knowledge level for

codingintermediate intermediate

Ease of use easy easy

Site Management:

Site management, generally speaking, should include all the basic tools to

organize your sites and it decides the performance of your sites and the flexibility

of your site settings. In addition to those basic site management tools, TomatoCart

has created its unique tools such as separate mail system, in which case you

needn’t worry about missing any emails..

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Multi-Lingual

Multi-Currency

Tax

Zone/Country

WYSIWYG

Separate Web Mail

Email template

Newsletter Management

Watermark Tool

Tab management

Aliases

Backup Manager

File Manager

Import/Export Import Only

Subdomains

Roles Permission

ManagementLimited

Reports

Captcha

Maintenance Mode

Department Management

CMS:

CMS, simplifying your publication of web content, is a special and indispensable

part of shopping cart software. If you wanna make your site attractive, impressive

and distinctive, you should turn to help of CMS. Ranging from simple article to

indicative video, high-end CMS is capable of doing nearly anything you comes up

with. But it doesn’t absolutely indicate the more, the better. It’s up to your

demand. Never be too greedy, which always run counters to your desire.

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Article

Guest Book

Polls

Slide Images/Image Menu

Product Slider

Product Scroller

Videos

Template Management

Catalog Management:

As a proverb says, effort doubled, result halved. I do believe a clear catalog layout

makes your work simple! Compared with TomatoCart, Prestashop’s product

management seems a little simpler without individual upcoming product and

featured product management system.

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Category management

Variant

Attribute

Manufacture

Specials

Reviews&Ratings Limited

Upcoming Product

Management

Popular Search Terms

Featured Product

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Management

Product Management:

TomatoCart is featured with a sleek experience of adding new products. Different

from TomatoCart, Prestashop hold all the steps to add a product, no matter

upcoming or featured product in one page, which seems a little complicated and

messy.

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Upcoming Product

Featured Product

Downloadable Product

Multi-image

Batch Add

Duplicate

Customization

Attachment

Cross-sell

Accessory

Short Description

Image Zoom

Reports

Customer Management:

How to manage your customers? Treat them all the same? Definitely not! Different

treatment is needed here to boost your online sales. For example, you can divide

them into several customer groups and give them different discounts according to

their order records. In a word, a perfect customer management is also a powerful

marketing tool.

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Add/Edit in admin

Batch Add

Customer Group

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IP

Status

Wishlist

Store Credits

Order Management:

Sometimes, orders will be taken by phone, which requires the shopping cart

system with a manual order-adding functionality. Sometimes, customers may

return a product. And sometimes… There are a lot of exceptions you have to take

into consideration. Let’s see whether your shopping cart software has thought of

the exceptions in advance!

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Add orders in admin

Reorder

Multiple invoices and

shipping addresses

Order status

Return Request

Abandoned Cart

Track Order

Store Credits/Credit Slips

Promotional Tools and SEO:

Nowadays, Marketing is considered as a key to popularity and success. Without

exception, it is also a significant part of shopping cart software. Built-in

promotional tools not only cut down on the cost but also boost your revenue.

Aside from promotional tools, SEO brings you a good result when customers are

searching store or product via search engines.

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Gift Certificate

Coupon

Customer Groups

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Customer Loyalty Program

Catalog Promotional

Discount

Quantity Discount

Add to Compare

Tell a friend

Cross Sell

Accessory

Newsletter

Google sitemap

RSS Feed

Search Engine Friendly

URLs

Checkout:

Checkout determines the sales conversion. Customers will be bothered by

complex check out processes and limited choices.

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Ajax Shopping Cart

Delivery/Billing Address

One-page Checkout

Guest Checkout

Shipping to multiple

addressed

Gift Wrapping

Payment Gateways:

People all around the world definitely have different favored payment methods.

What if they can’t find the gateway they are looking for or there is no other

alternative payment gateway? What a frustrating shopping experience!

Consequently, multiple choices of payment methods should be prepared to satisfy

all kinds of need.

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Amazon IPN

Authorize.net Credit Card

Authorize.net eCheck

Bank Wire

Credit Card

Cheque

ChronoPay

eWay Payment Credit Card

Google Checkout

Hipay

Moneybookers

NOCHEX

PayPalAPI

PayPal IPN

PayPal Website Payment

Pro(US/UK) Direct

PayPal Website Payment

Pro(UK) Express

PayPal Express Checkout

PayPal Website Payments

Standard

PayQuake Credit Card

Safepay Credit Card

Safepay Bank Transfer

Safepay Virtual Terminal

Western Union

Wire Card Credit Card

Wire Card EFT

PayQ