PrestaShop
The technology behind your ecommerce success
- Also known as
- prestashop
What is PrestaShop?
Open-source ecommerce platform available in two deployment models: Classic (self-hosted with free source code download) and Hosted (managed cloud service). Includes integrated payment solutions, marketing, shipping, and social commerce features.
What PrestaShop does
The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Platform type
- -
- Open-source
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Free / open tier
- ✓
- Transaction fees beyond plan
- -
- Payments model
- Built-in payments
- Headless / API-first storefront
- -
- PCI-DSS compliance provided
- -
- Multi-currency / multi-language
- -
- B2B / wholesale features
- -
- POS / omnichannel
- -
- App / extension ecosystem size
- PrestaShop Marketplace with themes and modules
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (11)
Independently observed- PayPal
- Stripe
- Alma
- Klarna
- Viva.com
- Airwallex
- Click to Pay
- Klaviyo
PrestaShop alternatives
Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- BigCommerceCommerce built for momentummedium · 64%
- WooCommerceThe most flexible ecommerce platformlow · 31%
- SwellNext-level commerce for everyonelow · 48%
- MedusaThe best commerce platform for agents and developerslow · 37%
- Ecwid#1 Ecommerce Shopping Cart & Online Storelow · 48%
- ShopifyThe All-in-One Commerce Platform for Businessesmedium · 63%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for PrestaShop, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 16.00 | 925.0 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 92 | 10.00 | 922.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 30.00 | 898.5 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 75 | 5.00 | 373.8 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 0 | 14.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 9,176 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"self_hostable":true,"payments_model":"built_in","extension_ecosystem":"PrestaShop Marketplace with themes and modules"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | PHP | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 14 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |