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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Elastic Beanstalk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAWS Elastic Beanstalk is the platform-as-a-service offering provided by Amazon and designed to leverage AWS services such as Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).

    $35

    per month

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is an eCommerce marketplace software for SMBs available in cloud (No-Code) and self-hosted (On-Premises) versions. It allows users to open an online marketplace, where the user is the admin, and all the others—invited sellers. Each seller has his or her own micro-store with a customizable storefront, categories, filters, and search. Just like in Amazon. In the CS-Cart Multi-Vendor marketplace platform, managing vendors is designed to be simple:…

    $660

    per year

    Pricing
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Editions & Modules
    No Charge
    $0
    Users pay for AWS resources (e.g. EC2, S3 buckets, etc.) used to store and run the application.
    Standard
    $660
    per year
    Plus
    $1,320
    per year
    Ultimate
    $3,300
    per year
    Unlimited
    Contact Sales
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    CS-Cart
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    7.8
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability7.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    -
    Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.910 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.39 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.710 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.59 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.69 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings8.710 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    -
    Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.29 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    -
    Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    -
    Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings8.49 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Feature
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    -
    Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings6.510 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings7.39 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Red Hat OpenShift
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (28 ratings)
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AWS Elastic BeanstalkCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    I have been using AWS Elastic Beanstalk for more than 5 years, and it has made our life so easy and hassle-free. Here are some scenarios where it excels -
    • I have been using different AWS services like EC2, S3, Cloudfront, Serverless, etc. And Elastic Beanstalk makes our lives easier by tieing each service together and making the deployment a smooth process.
    • N number of integrations with different CI/CD pipelines make this most engineer's favourite service.
    • Scalability & Security comes with the service, which makes it the absolute perfect product for your business.
    Personally, I haven't found any situations where it's not appropriate for the use cases it can be used. The pricing is also very cost-effective.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    For quickly setting up a most intuitive online marketplace, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is the best one. The software is very well suited for those who have some basic knowledge about backend customization, installation, server setup, proper server configuration etc. Though I'm sure the support team will get you up and running. Only few third-party service providers are very professional, provide honest service and will help you to run your business smoothly. I would highly recommend to use CS-Cart Multi-Vendor.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Getting a project set up using the console or CLI is easy compared to other [computing] platforms.
    • AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports a variety of programming languages so teams can experiment with different frameworks but still use the same compute platform for rapid prototyping.
    • Common application architectures can be referenced as patterns during project [setup].
    • Multiple environments can be deployed for an application giving more flexibility for experimentation.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    • Quick and easy set up of a multi-vendor marketplace
    • Very easy-to-use page designer
    • Huge marketplace of add-ons to cover pretty much anything you need
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Limited to the frameworks and configurations that AWS supports. There is no native way to use Elastic Beanstalk to deploy a Go application behind Nginx, for example.
    • It's not always clear what's changed on an underlying system when AWS updates an EB stack; the new version is announced, but AWS does not say what specifically changed in the underlying configuration. This can have unintended consequences and result in additional work in order to figure out what changes were made.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    • The high cost of the platform itself and plugins.
    • Unavailability of the mobile application in the basic version of the platform.
    • Relatively difficult process of installing updates if you are new to IT.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    As our technology grows, it makes more sense to individually provision each server rather than have it done via beanstalk. There are several reasons to do so, which I cannot explain without further diving into the architecture itself, but I can tell you this. With automation, you also loose the flexibility to morph the system for your specific needs. So if you expect that in future you need more customization to your deployment process, then there is a good chance that you might try to do things individually rather than use an automation like beanstalk.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    The overall usability is good enough, as far as the scaling, interactive UI and logging system is concerned, could do a lot better when it comes to the efficiency, in case of complicated node logics and complicated node architectures. It can have better software compatibility and can try to support collaboration with more softwares
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    The software consists of most of all e-commerce related features. Also, there are plenty of third party addons are available in the market which can improve our business. There are a lot of powerful themes available in the cs cart market which improve the look and feel on the front store. If CS-cart adjusted the price on their software license cost, controlling the third party addon cost and provide more freelancers with cheaper hourly rate for the customization on the cs-cart multi vendor software, the cs-cart company can be a master among other e-commerce software companies in the world.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    As I described earlier it has been really cost effective and really easy for fellow developers who don't want to waste weeks and weeks into learning and manually deploying stuff which basically takes month to create and go live with the Minimal viable product (MVP). With AWS Beanstalk within a week a developer can go live with the Minimal viable product easily.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    inside of the support subscription, they give me all the time a fast answer and you can ask in a community forum also other users. But i miss a free support/chat like other solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    - Do as many experiments as you can before you commit on using beanstalk or other AWS features. - Keep future state in mind. Think through what comes next, and if that is technically possible to do so. - Always factor in cost in terms of scaling. - We learned a valuable lesson when we wanted to go multi-region, because then we realized many things needs to change in code. So if you plan on using this a lot, factor multiple regions.
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    Mostly extremely easy to implement, both back-end logic as well as styling. Great addon marketplace helped, particularly around payment options.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    We also use Heroku and it is a great platform for smaller projects and light Node.js services, but we have found that in terms of cost, the Elastic Beanstalk option is more affordable for the projects that we undertake. The fact that it sits inside of the greater AWS Cloud offering also compels us to use it, since integration is simpler. We have also evaluated Microsoft Azure and gave up trying to get an extremely basic implementation up and running after a few days of struggling with its mediocre user interface and constant issues with documentation being outdated. The authentication model is also badly broken and trying to manage resources is a pain. One cannot compare Azure with anything that Amazon has created in the cloud space since Azure really isn't a mature platform and we are always left wanting when we have to interface with it.
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    CS-Cart
    It's a one-time payment and the entire CMS is in your control, can list unlimited products and vendors. no need to depend on an e-commerce platform to pay huge commissions. promote your own brand globally. change the looks of your listing with multiple themes, there are vast add on and page themes to enhance look and controls.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • till now we had not Calculated ROI as the project is still evolving and we had to keep on changing the environment implementation
    • it meets our purpose of quick deployment as compared to on-premises deployment
    • till now we look good as we also controlled our expenses which increased suddenly in the middle of deployment activity
    Incentivized
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    CS-Cart
    • Positive impact in learning to set up a shopping cart
    • ROI is questionable, as we are still building our business model
    • Positive impact on our business model and direction
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace storefrontScreenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace product pageProduct screenshot