Virtue Mart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution for Joomla. It offers a large number of features to support a full scale ecommerce operation.

In comparison, Easy Paypal is much simpler, and it is much easier to setup.

Here are Easy Paypal's advantages:

1. Easy to setpup


2. As a plugin, you have great control over how and where do you want to see the Paypal buttons.


3. There is no need for end user to register and provide detailed personal information

Here are Easy Paypal's disadvantages:

1. Replies on Paypal Only, and do not support other payment gateways


2. Does not have catalog that can be easily displayed

In addition, Easy Paypal can be used, in conjuction with Virtue Mart to provide a nice catalog, without cumbersome user registration process. In order to do this, you need to enable plugin support in Virtue Mart