Compare CactuShop to the Rest

Compare CactuShop to any other cart on the market. The language and config systems were CactuShop firsts and our competitors have tried to copy them. But no other ASP cart gives you anything like CactuShop's skinning system or its intuitive back end.

Scan through the list below and try competitor carts. We're confident you won't get a better looking, better working cart for anything close to the price of CactuShop.

CactuShop	Competitor Carts
W3C standards-compliant front end adheres to the recommended XHTML specification	One competitor's package produces over 50 errors on the W3C validator - and that's the home page of their own product demo
Optional cookie-less sessions with per-session cookie backup, all stored in the database for configurable timeout (irrespective of server settings)	ASP sessions which rely on per-session cookies and timeout after 20 minutes
Provides a sophisticated FREE data import and conversion program to help you upgrade from previous CactuShop versions, transition to a different database format or import data from a spreadsheet	Forget it and start from scratch, or a tortuous list of manual changes to upgrade your data. No tools to upgrade to MS SQL or MySQL.
Multiple tax options for tax-inclusive and exclusive pricing and display, EU VAT and tax exemption for overseas customers	Tax? What's that?
Comprehensive options and versions support including stock tracking/availability	Basic options functionality if you're willing to forget about tracking stock levels
Modular class-based checkout design including callback routine to make developing new gateway support quicker and simpler for experienced developers, including built-in support for many common payment systems	Basic support for payment gateways, many lacking callback functionality and widespread code duplication to make maintenance a nightmare
Search engine optimized thanks to parameterized URL masking (hides google-unfriendly URLs behind friendly ones) PRO*	At best a basic version of the HTML generator CactuShop has had for years
Sophisticated built-in search engine that can search categories, products and versions and highlight search text in results. Search options are extensible via 'attributes' PRO*	Basic keyword and category search
Database-driven multiple language system that lets customers change the language from almost any page and lets the admin change text via the back end area using powerful search tools	Text files that need to be downloaded and edited via FTP, even for correcting typos and language selection only available from home page
Multiple currency support that lets you control whether the currency has decimals (some like Japanese Yen don't) and whether the symbol appears before or after the value. An XML rates feed is available under support coverage.	Basic multi-currency support without proper format control and no easy way to update rates.
XHMTL skinning system with full CSS control over page elements giving pixel-perfect control over page elements from a single template	Include files for headers and footers or multiple complex templates for various pages that require ASP code to be hacked
My Account section containing full order history, downloadable items, wishlists, saved baskets and mailing list preferences	Basic user account system to login and check an order
Promotions system for 'buy one get one free', buy X get Y% off, etc. PRO*	Primitive 'offers' functionality for basic discounts.
Custom configurable attributes such as ISBN, manufacturer, language, that can be made searchable and used for a side-by-side product comparison with other items PRO*	Nothing even close

View the features in action on our online demo.

PRO*

  Pro version only