Azure App Service vs. CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure App Service
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
The Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.
$9.49
per month
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Score 8.6 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
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Editions & Modules
Shared Environment for dev/test
$9.49
per month
Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
$54.75
per month
Standard Run production workloads
$73
per month
Premium Enhanced performance and scale
$146
per month
Standard
$660
per year
Plus
$1,320
per year
Ultimate
$3,300
per year
Unlimited
Contact Sales
one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsFree and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.
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Community Pulse
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Features
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Platform-as-a-Service
Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
6.5
7 Ratings
18% below category average
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
-
Ratings
Ease of building user interfaces7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability7.27 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform management overhead7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow engine capability6.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform access control7.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Services-enabled integration6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment creation6.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Development environment replication6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue monitoring and notification6.47 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue recovery4.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Upgrades and platform fixes5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
-
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 Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
-
Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.4
10 Ratings
10% 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 Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
-
Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.9
9 Ratings
7% above category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
-
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 Product A and Product B
Azure App Service
-
Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.0
10 Ratings
0% 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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Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
Shopify Plus
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Red Hat OpenShift
Score 9.2 out of 10
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IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(9 ratings)
8.6
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure App ServiceCS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
You may easily deploy your apps to Azure App Service if they were written in Visual Studio IDE (typically.NET applications). With a few clicks of the mouse, you may already deploy your application to a remote server using the Visual Studio IDE. As a result of the portal's bulk and complexity, I propose Heroku for less-experienced developers.
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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.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Extremely easy to deploy and update from Visual Studio
  • It integrates seamlessly with other Azure PaaS resources
  • It has an in-depth integration with AppInsights, so you can understand errors and their root cause easily.
  • Easy to create and delete, what is not the same case in a IaaS resource
  • It escalates based on CPU workload and some other resource variables.
  • Configuration changes are almost immediate
  • Offers an excellent abstraction from hardware backend of the platform
  • That's updated very often, saving time and the risk of a self-performed update over a IaaS
  • That's really easy to develop for Web Apps
  • It supports Function Apps and Web Apps into the same "cost black box"
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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
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Jumps between resource sizes can get expensive
  • You may wind up putting a lot of eggs in one basket--not necessarily a con but something to keep in mind (most of your data will likely be managed and processed through Microsoft products/services if you fully commit to Azure App Service).
  • Learning new technology. If you're moving from on-premises to Azure App Service (or any cloud solutions), you'll likely have to rethink how things are done to achieve the same end results (and/or resources may become expensive quickly).
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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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Usability
Microsoft
I have given this rating because Azure App Service performs very well in terms of speed, reliability, and reducing overhead, and improves overall team productivity, with a little scope for improvement in complex testing scenarios and configurations, scalability concerns in a large setup, and similar tracking and audit needs.
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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
Microsoft
Microsoft has always been known for providing a high standard in terms of customer support and Azure App Service (and as a matter of fact the whole Azure Platform) is no exception. Azure App Service never caused us any issues and we only contacted their customer support for questions regarding server locations and pricing. I feel pretty satisfied with how they treat their customers.
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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.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
CS-Cart
Mostly extremely easy to implement, both back-end logic as well as styling. Great addon marketplace helped, particularly around payment options.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
When we chose it, we did so because of its integration with Microsoft applications; now we need to integrate with AI, and Azure doesn't offer a good integration. That is the main reason to change it. It is still great to develop Windows- and Microsoft-based applications, but if we need to integrate with AI, Google wins by far.
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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
Microsoft
  • Deployment of ASP.NET apps at the organization has been sped up.
  • An option to offer access to the version control system on a third platform so that we could easily deploy our apps.
  • Because of Azure App Service's scalability capabilities, the costs of running the services are kept to a minimum. As a result, we may save hundreds of dollars each month compared to the expenses of traditional servers by using fewer resources during slack periods.
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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
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ScreenShots

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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