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AbanteCart vs Reaction Commerce

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted e-commerce platforms options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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AB AbanteCart Free PHP shopping cart for small businesses VS RE Reaction Commerce Headless GraphQL commerce microservices platform
FeatureAbanteCartReaction Commerce
CategoryE-commerce PlatformsE-commerce Platforms
LicenseOSL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguagePHPJavaScript
Setup difficultyEasyHard
Min. RAM256 MB2,048 MB
Deploymentbare-metal, sourcedocker, kubernetes, source
GitHub stars★ 151★ 12,400
First released20112013
ReplacesShopify, OpenCartShopify, commercetools

Why pick each one

Choose AbanteCart if…

  • Easy shared-hosting install
  • No transaction fees
AbanteCart details

Choose Reaction Commerce if…

  • Cloud-native design
  • Highly scalable
Reaction Commerce details

Frequently asked questions

Is AbanteCart or Reaction Commerce better?

Neither is universally better. Reaction Commerce has the larger community, while AbanteCart is simpler to set up (easy difficulty). Choose based on the comparison table above and your own setup.

Are AbanteCart and Reaction Commerce free and open-source?

Yes. AbanteCart is licensed under OSL-3.0 and Reaction Commerce under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run AbanteCart and Reaction Commerce with Docker?

AbanteCart: check the project docs for container support. Reaction Commerce: yes.

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