OpenCart
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| Nexternal | OpenCart | |
Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video  |
Yes. Dedicated Nexternal Account Manager. Unlimited support. | No. Support Forums. No live support. 3rd party support available for a fee. |
Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video |
Yes. Create UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL Labels from Order Management System. | No. |
Uses Rich Snippets on Product Pages Watch the Video |
Yes. | No. |
Facebook Like & Save Watch the Video |
Yes. | No. |
Drop Ship Feature Watch the Video |
Yes. Complete drop-ship automation capabilities. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video |
Yes. | No. |
| Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales)  Watch the Video |
Yes. | No. |
Preferred Delivery Date Watch the Video |
Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
MailChimp Integration Watch the Video |
Yes. | Yes. |
| Mobile Commerce | Yes. Mobile Friendly Catalog & Checkout. | Available Through 3rd Party Add-on. |
| Software Updates | Free and automatic. | Merchant's responsibility to install. Certain modules built to certain releases, so may cause incompatibility. |
| Currency Converter | Currency rates are updated automatically every night. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Marketplace Feeds | Automated - run daily. (Google Merchant Center, Shopzilla, Pricegrabber, etc.) | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| QuickBooks Integration | Included. | QB export can be purchased from 3rd party as add-on extension. |
| Multiple Ship To | Customers can place one order and ship items to multiple locations. | OpenCart does not support multiple ship to locations. |
| Integration Capabilities | Nexternal offers an XML Toolset for real-time data integration. | No XML tools included. Some XML import add-ons available for purchase. |
| Automated Review Reminders | Yes. | Must purchase and install seperate module. |
| Inventory Kits/Product Bundles | Supported | Not supported. |
| Dynamic Cart Messaging | Yes. Message in shopping cart can change based on price or number of items to encourage upsell. | No. |
| Bulk Email Wizard | Yes. | No. |
| Load Balancing | Yes. Nexternal uses a large network of servers. | No. Software sites on one server. |
| McAfee Secure Badge | Yes. Nexternal's network is scanned daily. | Not included. |
| Security Certificate | Included/Installed. | Must purchase and install. |
| Reliability | Nexternal hosts and maintains the application with 24/7 monitoring. | OpenCart is hosted by a third party. Reliability varies. No built in monitoring. |
| Back In Stock Notifications | Yes. Automatically emails customer when backordered products are instock. | No. |
| Packing Slips | Yes. | No. |
| Real-time Shipping Rates | Yes. | Add-on extension & UPS developer kit. |
| Package Tracking | Yes. Tracking info automatically entered, and included in customer email notification. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Low stock notification | Yes. Set low stock level to generate notification email to administrator. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Split package by weight | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Option to Specify Shipping Price Per Product | Yes. Can override global shipping calculator at the product level. | Only with purchased add-on module. |
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