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Spree (vs. Magento)
- Spree does not offer media management as a CMS function
- One page checkout is available on Magento, but not Spree
- Spree does not allow product Q & A functionality
- Magento provides extensive SEO capabilities, while Spree does not
- Spree does not have an RSS feed of products like Magento
- Magento offers product tagging and enables customers to search by tagging
- Spree does not support gift certificates
- Users cannot save their shopping cart in Spree
- Magento offers sales management tools; Spree does not
- Merchants can customize store appearance at the category or browsing level in Magento, but not in Spree
- Spree does not support multiple currencies

Spree can compete with a large number of Magento capabilities, but not in the core offering of the product.  The following features are available with Magento, but are only available through extensions for Spree:
- Product reviews/ratings
- Configurable product search
- Recently viewed products
- Product comparison
- Related items
- Wishlist
- Share product with a friend via email
- Blogging functionality
- Contact us form
- Real-time shipping rate lookup (UPS, USPS, FedEx)
- Free shipping
- Google Checkout
- PayPal Express
- Batch import/export of products
- Multi-store, single admin support
- System-wide SEO