Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Affirm
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Affirm, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their dynamic payment system for ecommerce, supporting payments broken out into installments to accommodate shopper preference.N/A
Square Online
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Square Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.
$13
per month
Tumblr
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Tumblr is a very easy to use microblogging platform and social networking website, owned and operated by Tumblr, Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Personal
$13
per month
Professional
$16
per month
Performance
$29
per month
Free
Free
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Affirm
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Ratings
Square Online
7.0
31 Ratings
16% below category average
Tumblr
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Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Affirm
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Ratings
Square Online
8.6
22 Ratings
10% above category average
Tumblr
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Ratings
API00 Ratings8.617 Ratings00 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Affirm
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Ratings
Square Online
6.9
43 Ratings
12% below category average
Tumblr
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Ratings
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings6.536 Ratings00 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings5.739 Ratings00 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings8.339 Ratings00 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings6.243 Ratings00 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings6.443 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.542 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings5.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings7.236 Ratings00 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Affirm
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Ratings
Square Online
8.6
40 Ratings
14% above category average
Tumblr
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Ratings
Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings9.136 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings9.021 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.333 Ratings00 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings8.630 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Square Invoices
Square Invoices
Score 9.2 out of 10
ManageWP
ManageWP
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 8.9 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium
Medium
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Adyen
Adyen
Score 8.7 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Quora Blogs
Quora Blogs
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(4 ratings)
9.0
(44 ratings)
8.4
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Affirm
We use Affirm with a Woocommerce/Wordpress website and there is a plugin that integrates Affirm for us. We also use a payment method plugin that limits Affirms availability only to products that they support. Generally, we have had a good experience with integration and payments from Affirm to us are consistent and timely. People finance guitars, pedals, and amplifiers and it offers us a way to reach a customer base that may not otherwise purchase from us.
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Block, Inc (Square)
If you are having students create websites or information pages about something they are studying in class, this is a great option. The fact that students can spend less time getting situated and learning the app and get right to work researching and creating their pages is great. For middle to high school, this is a fantastic app to use. However, if you want more nuanced analytics or want students to focus on blogging more than webpage building, this is limited.
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Tumblr
Tumblr can be complicated when it comes to using it in a work setting. With the privacy options being somewhat limited, you will want to make sure that your staff are only sharing information that they are comfortable with in the public realm. You'll need to put some effort into designing an appropriate policy that covers the use of Tumblr and what content can be shared. If you're simply finding a way to engage staff and perhaps show outsiders what it is like to work at your organization, it can be used quite effectively, but you have to be mindful of how involved it gets.
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Pros
Affirm
  • Easy installation.
  • Great customer service.
  • Painless pay as you go software.
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Drag and drop interface makes it very easy to add all types of content, including images, text, video (and YouTube videos), embeddable applications and more.
  • It's very easy to set up navigation features like cascading menus and sticky navigation (where the menu stays put - may depend on the template chosen though).
  • A technical backend is fairly straight-forward for setting up a fav icon, 301 redirects, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
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Tumblr
  • Intuitive ease of use. It was easy to set up and get the account running immediately.
  • Simplicity. Adding text, pictures and video was easy.
  • Look & Feel. For the low maintenance approach we were aiming for, we were surprised that the site actually looked pretty slick.
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Cons
Affirm
  • We haven't had any issues as of yet, we are very happy with everything.
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Weebly doesn't have a lot of templates to choose from, so if you don't have any experience with CSS or HTML, it's hard to customize your site to an extent.
  • Weebly isn't fully SEO friendly. They don't allow you to add H1 tags to pages out of the box.
  • You can't create folder structures when it comes to web page URLs. You can put web pages under a main menu dropdown, but they don't allow you to put all sub-menu items in a structured folder (like site.com/folder/page-1 and site.com/folder/page-2).
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Tumblr
  • It can be hard to get followers, similar to Twitter.
  • Also similar to Twitter, its possible to get followers that are in no way interested in your business and seeking to promote themselves.
  • If you want to use Tumblr to promote your products online, it can be a trial and error process that can be frustrating for businesses that have little experience with photography.
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Likelihood to Renew
Affirm
No answers on this topic
Block, Inc (Square)
Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
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Tumblr
Because of its ease of use - both on desktop and mobile - and the perks of being able to schedule a post for future release, Tumblr is a tool that we plan to continue using in the long term. Despite feeling like a primairly one-sided tool, it can also start conversations online, which is something for which we are always striving.
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Usability
Affirm
Easy to use, simple to integrate, especially if you are using Shopify Plus. Putting everything live and active was easy. We did have to do some simple HTML/CSS to make everything look the way that we wanted it to, but that was very easy and something that we did in house. If you can do some simple style work, you won't have any issues at all.
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Block, Inc (Square)
Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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Tumblr
Tumblr is an easy to use tool. If you're looking for a simple platform that isn't complicated Tumblr works well. There are even ways to embed it to a company website.
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Alternatives Considered
Affirm
We have not used any payment plans before, this was the first for the company.
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Block, Inc (Square)
Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more user-friendly because you can drag and drop your design, which was very convenient for customizing your site. I didn't personally select Weebly, but it is user-friendly and nearly anyone comfortable with a computer could figure it out. Weebly support is also pretty good.
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Tumblr
Tumblr turns out to be better than Facebook Pages as it allows the pages to be in the form of customizable templates. It doesn't conform to specific rules for publications beyond the provided templates. Compared to WordPress, Tumblr is much simpler to use. It doesn't require any page management skills.
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Return on Investment
Affirm
  • Higher average order value.
  • Mores sales.
  • Better user experience.
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Weebly has allowed our business to create a connection with our customers by offering home decor, cooking and styling tips.
  • Weebly gives us the chance to relay information to customers regarding merchandise, current sales and promotions, store hours and locations etc. Which has helped increase business.
  • Weebly has given our not very tech savvy business the opportunity to have a website and stay relevant with our competitors.
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Tumblr
  • Tumblr has helped me meet new people with similar interests.
  • I used it for development blog postings for a game we worked on in college.
  • N/A- Not really business oriented beyond linking to pages, but I don't have one of those businesses. I've just seen people use it for that.
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