# Zen Cart: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/zen-cart

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Ecommerce platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/ecommerce-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 58 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Legacy Open-Source Scripts (e.g., older osCommerce, Zen Cart): ... these platforms lack modern API integrations" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Ecommerce)
- "Volusion / Zen Cart / osCommerce: These are very old platforms." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Ecommerce)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## In its own words

What Zen Cart's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: E-Commerce software with room to grow. (https://zen-cart.com/)
- For: merchants who want leverage, not lock-in (https://zen-cart.com/)
- Price stated: It's free (https://zen-cart.com/)
- Starting price: 0.00 (https://zen-cart.com/)
- Free plan or trial: It's free (https://zen-cart.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 2000 (https://zen-cart.com/)
- Certifications: PCI DSS

## What it publishes

Every page zen-cart.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3224 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 50 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 77 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.