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CS-Cart
by CS-Cart

What CS-Cart is
CS-Cart is a paid, self-hosted ecommerce platform for multichannel selling. It supports digital products, abandoned-cart recovery and an app marketplace, with no transaction fee listed. Because hosting is self-hosted, merchants operate the store environment themselves. Standard costs $725 a year, billed annually, with no restrictions on product or user numbers. Plus costs $1,449 a year, billed annually, and lists the same product and user allowances. Ultimate costs $3,599 a year, billed annually, and includes unlimited storefronts. Unlim is listed at $19,990 a month, billed once, with five years of free updates and five years of free access to mobile application source code. There is no free plan. CS-Cart, founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Diego, California, is identified as the maker.
Who it suits
It suits merchants that need self-hosted, multichannel ecommerce with digital products and abandoned-cart recovery. The plans target stores choosing unrestricted catalog and user counts, multiple storefronts or extended update terms.
What it does well
- Self-hosted deployment
- Multichannel sales support
- Digital products supported
- No transaction fee listed
- App marketplace included
What to know first
- No free plan
- Hosting is self-managed
- Starting price is $725 a year
- Unlim is listed at $19,990.00 USD billed once
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | billed annually · No restrictions on number of products · No restrictions on number of users | $725 a year |
| Plus | billed annually · No restrictions on number of products · No restrictions on number of users | $1,449 a year |
| Ultimate | billed annually · Unlimited storefronts | $3,599 a year |
| Unlim | billed once · 5 years of free updates · 5 years of free access to mobile application source code | $19,990, paid once |
As cs-cart.com lists them, read 20 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
CS-Cart provides self-hosted commerce capabilities with multichannel selling and no listed transaction fee. Its annual tiers differ mainly by storefront and included source-code or update access.
Facts from CS-Cart's own pages
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Yes · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- App marketplace
- Yes · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Digital products
- Yes · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2005 · cs-cart.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- No · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California, United States · cs-cart.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Hosting model
- self-hosted · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Sales channels
- multichannel · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
- Transaction fee
- none · cs-cart.com, 20 Sept 2026
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