🆚 PrestaShop vs. VirtueMart

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

E-commerce platform
E-commerce platform

About

PrestaShop is an open-source e-commerce platform based on PHP and MySQL.

It offers a customizable storefront, multi-channel selling capabilities, integrated SEO tools, and a marketplace with 3,000+ modules and 2,000+ themes to extend store functionality.

VirtueMart is an open-source e-commerce extension for Joomla! CMS that has been actively developed since 2002.

Headquarters

Paris, France
Dresden, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Open source
Hosted€29/month
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #3
E-Commerce › Rank #32

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PrestaShop e-commerce platform is 14 times more popular than VirtueMart.
Total websites

Market share

E-Commerce

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PrestaShop is more popular in France, Spain, and Italy, while VirtueMart is more popular in Russia, Vietnam, and Belarus.
France
Spain
Italy
Poland
Czech Republic
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Romania
United Kingdom

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

PrestaShop is more popular than VirtueMart in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Sports
Software/Hardware
Internet Services
Recreation/Hobbies
Entertainment
Alcohol

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#4,632
#10,536
#11,311
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Name
Rank
#78,579
#82,706
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