OpenCart Accelerators Comparison
| Lightning | Nitro | IPS | Page Cache | |
| Price | $78 | $110 | $89 | $80 |
| Demo scores | 100/100 | 87/95 | Broken
The demo is completely broken
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62/76 |
| DB Cache | + | Partial
Only certain queries, doesn't cache queries from 3rd-party extensions
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+ | – |
| Page Cache | + | + | – | + |
| Pages Cache pregeneration | + | Sitemap only | – | |
| Pages Cache update on product update | + | Partial
Only when products card is modified in admin area
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– | |
| 304 / Not Modified Tracking | + | + | – | – |
| JS/CSS optimization | + | + | + | – |
| JS load defer | + | Wrong
Creates new JS file for every single page, making real pages load even slower
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Experimental
More likely will cause JS errors
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| Images optimization | + | + | – | – |
Lightning-only Features
| Free trial (7 days) | + |
| Performance warnings and notifications | + |
| Live HTTP requests display | + |
| Engine optimization | + |
| Optimized for large number of products & categories | + |
| Works with JOURNAL Theme Popups / Notifications | + |
| Page Cache for logged user / items in basket | + |
| Live modules (i. e. Recently Viewed) AJAX load | + |
| AJAX Requests Caching | + |
| Critical CSS generation & preload | + |