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Platform comparison: X-Cart and Magento

X-Shops offers X-Cart and Magento - the most complete e-commerce solutions on the market that include all the necessary tools required to build a successful online store. The following is a comparison of these platforms. If you are in doubt choosing a platform, do not hesitate to contact us to ask a question.

Features X-Cart 4.4 Magento 1.5
General Features
Source Code Provided Yes Yes
Digital Downloads Yes Yes
eBay Listing Integration 3rd-party add-on -
eBay Order Import 3rd-party add-on -
Multiple Skins Yes Yes
Subscriptions Yes Yes
Taxation Yes Yes
Template Engine Yes Yes
Facebook shopping cart Yes -
Customer Features
Customer Testimonials Qualiteam Extras
3rd-party add-on		 Yes
Featured Products Yes Yes
Glossary / Tooltip Words Yes -
Image Enlarge Yes Yes
Mini Cart Yes Yes
Multiple Addresses Yes Yes
Newest Products Qualiteam Extras
 Yes
Newsletter Yes Yes
News Yes -
Next / Previous Product Links Qualiteam Extras
 -
Polls Yes Yes
Popular Products Yes Yes
Printer Friendly Printing Yes -
Product Image Attaching Yes Yes
Product Rating Yes Yes
Product Reviews Yes Yes
Quotes - -
Reordering Qualiteam Extras
 Yes
Returns Yes Yes
Searching Yes Yes
Search as you Type - Yes
Search Cloud - Yes
Site Map (Viewable) Yes Yes
Social Bookmarking - Yes
Tell a Friend Yes Yes
Wish List Yes Yes
Customer Reward Features
Coupons Yes Yes
Gift Certificates Yes Yes
Membership Discounts Yes Yes
Membership Only Categories Yes Yes
Membership Only Products Yes Yes
Reward Points Yes -
Special Offers Yes Yes
Administration Area Features
Product Import / Export Yes Yes
Statistics Yes Yes
Stock Control Yes Yes
WYSIWYG Editor Yes Yes
SEO Features
HTML Catalog Yes Yes
Meta Tagging Yes Yes
RSS Feeds Yes Yes
SEO URLs Yes Yes
Site Map (XML) Yes Yes
Security Features
Access Control List Yes Yes
Form CAPTCHA Yes -
Staff Action Logging Yes Template:Enterprise
Payment gateways
2Checkout Yes Yes
Authorize.Net AIM Yes Yes
Authorize.Net SIM Yes Yes
Barclaycard CPI Yes Yes
Barclaycard MPI Yes Yes
HSBC API Yes Yes
HSBC CPI Yes Yes
Nochex Yes -
PayPal Standard Yes Yes
PayPal Pro Yes Yes
PayPal Payflow Link Yes Yes
PayPal Payflow Pro Yes Yes
Protx Form Yes Yes
Protx Direct Yes Yes
USA ePay Yes Addon ($175.00)
WorldPay Yes Yes
Offline Processing Yes Yes
Offline Methods Yes Yes
Real Time Shipping Calculation
Australia Post Yes -
Canada Post Yes Yes
City Link - -
DHL Yes Yes
FedEx Yes Yes
Intershipper Yes -
United States Postal Service Yes Yes
UPS Yes Yes
Shipment Tracking Integration
Australia Post Yes -
Canada Post - -
City Link - -
DHL - Yes
FedEx Yes Yes
Intershipper - -
United States Postal Service Yes Yes
UPS Yes Yes
Other
Server environment: PHP/MySQL PHP 4.3 or above
MySQL 3.23 or above		 PHP 5.2
MySQL 4.1.20 or above
License time-limited free
Performance n/a n/a

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