osCommerce
The facts below are what the maker publishes about osCommerce, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From osCommerce's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Open-source ecommerce platform · Storefront and administration backend · Zero platform processing fees |
| Free shopping cart | Free | Open source ecommerce software; zero platform processing fees · Free |
| Budget hosting | $4.99 a month | Up to 500 products; around 10 orders a day or 500 visits a day; no SSH access; unmanaged · $4.99 per month or $49 per year (2 months free) |
| Cloud basic hosting | $19.99 a month | Up to 2,000 products; around 25 orders a day or 1,000 visits a day; managed; SSH access · $19.99 per month or $199 per year (2 months free) |
| Cloud standard hosting | $34.99 a month | Up to 5,000 products; around 40 orders a day or 1,500 visits a day; managed; SSH access · $34.99 per month or $349 per year (2 months free) |
The facts
Each one read from osCommerce's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- B2C and B2B
- The product page says B2C and B2B customer support is available through an app.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Customization
- The platform can be configured and customized with more than 250 apps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Features
- The product page describes osCommerce as modular and upgradeable, with back-end management of settings, content and design requiring no or little code knowledge.checked 7 Oct 2026
- History
- The company page says osCommerce has been a leading open source ecommerce solution since 2000.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting and deployment
- The download page says users can install the software on their own server or choose hosting from osCommerce.com.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting model
- self-hostedchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The product page lists payment integrations including PayPal, Stripe and Klarna, and says Amazon, eBay, QuickBooks, Xero and Sage integrations require apps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The company says it provides ecommerce software for designers, developers, consultants and hosting providers to use for their clients.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Product
- osCommerce is an open source ecommerce platform with a shop frontend and administration backend.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sales channels
- The platform supports multiple sales channels and includes an API and import/export facility.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The product page describes osCommerce as GDPR compliant; its hosting plans list secure hosting and free SSL.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support options include forums, public chat, development partners and paid support plans; support plans require a minimum three-month contract per site.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Technology
- The product page identifies PHP and MySQL as its server technology.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Transaction fee
- nonechecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- App marketplace
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Company and location
- The maker is osCommerce Ltd, whose site lists its address in Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Gloucestershire, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Trial
- The hosted evaluation provides a free copy for one month, with no credit card required and access to a demo site's front end and back end.checked 7 Oct 2026
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