| Magento | Oscommerce | CRE Loaded | Zen Cart | X-Cart | OSCMax | VirtueMart | |
| Free | Yes | Yes | Yes, but has pay versions | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited Products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Supports SSL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edit Products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Edit Customers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Admin Can Edit Products In Order | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Spreadsheet Database Upload | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Product Attributes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple Product Images | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Coupons | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Costs Extra | Yes | No |
| Different Pricing Per Customer Groups | Yes | No | Costs Extra | Yes | Costs Extra | Yes | Yes |
| Graphic Template System | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Live Shipping Quotes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Checkout Pre-installed | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Paypal | Yes | Yes, but not IPN | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Paypal Pro | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Content Management System for Informational Pages | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SEO Tools for meta tags and URLs | Yes | No | Yes, URLs cost extra | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| One Page Checkout | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multi-Lingual Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Currency Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Store Support | Yes | No | No | No | Cost Extra | No | No |
| Web Hosting Requirements | Semi Dedicated $25/m - $100/m | Shared Hosting | Shared Hosting | Shared Hosting | Shared Hosting | Shared Hosting | Shared Hosting |