ChannelAdvisor vs. Sendoso

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChannelAdvisor
Score 4.6 out of 10
N/A
ChannelAdvisor is a provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable retailers and manufacturers to integrate, manage and optimize their merchandise sales across hundreds of online channels including Amazon, Google, eBay, Facebook and more.N/A
Sendoso
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Sendoso is a gift sending platform designed to support B2B sales and ABM, and provide a sales accelerant.N/A
Pricing
ChannelAdvisorSendoso
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChannelAdvisorSendoso
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ChannelAdvisorSendoso
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
6.2
7 Ratings
21% below category average
Sendoso
-
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Product catalog & listings1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Sendoso
-
Ratings
eCommerce security10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
2.4
6 Ratings
103% below category average
Sendoso
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
2.8
7 Ratings
94% below category average
Sendoso
-
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Multi-site management9.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing1.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping1.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ChannelAdvisorSendoso
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(10 ratings)
8.8
(172 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(3 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(21 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChannelAdvisorSendoso
Likelihood to Recommend
ChannelAdvisor
Excellent for marketplace sellers with a lot of products - or those with a high turnover of SKUs. Not well suited to the small seller with only a few SKUs to promote. Also probably not suited to someone who only cares about a single marketplace. The real strength of it comes from managing multiple marketplaces through a single system.
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Sendoso
For the most part when we have been curating our own swag and having it sent to the warehouse we have had great luck at keeping our costs minimal and then curating a holiday or themed swag box for our staff to be sent. The ease at which we can set up a build your own box and have it curated how we like is fantastic and super helpful. We love the touch of the "handwritten" notes as well! Our team always say they love these. There have been a few instances where we had issues with Sendoso and how something was handled. One example is when we created and ordered glass travel mugs from KeepCup to be sent to our team. Some of them arrived damaged and they were rejected before we could even do anything about it, we were told after the fact and not given any ability to work with the Vendor for replacements and Sendoso with a plan to use the cups that were still in tact. Through this we lost 4 boxes of inventory and hundreds of dollars of swag for our team and clients - which doesn't sound like a lot but w are a small company and this has a bit impact on us. Not to mention resolving this issue then took 5+ months of admin power and time. In the end we didn't get much resolve and being the customer in the situation felt like we were in between two companies and their policies, KeepCup did all they could to work with us for a resolution but Sendoso didn't. We felt like we got the short end of the stick in this instance
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Pros
ChannelAdvisor
  • Complex, Yet Simple Navigational Interface: ChannelAdvisor is a beast, but navigating through their platform is relatively straightforward. The overall heirarchy is very well put together.
  • One Feed to Rule Them All: With ChannelAdvisor, all we have to do is connect our inventory to their system once. Instead of having to construct and connect dozens of different product feeds to our internal inventory system, we simply connect to ChannelAdvisor and use the same single feed to build out all others' website templates.
  • Product Mapping Made Easy: Mapping product attribute data across a multitude of unique online marketplaces and digital marketing sites can seem like a daunting task. ChannelAdvisor does a great job of simplifying this process, providing easy-to-understand and manage feed templates containing helpful descriptions and categorization.
  • Business Rules and Lookup Lists: I use these all the time when "transforming" our raw inventory data to the specifications of any given feed. They are extremely helpful and super easy to build.
  • Efficient Product Optimization: Instead of having to deal with the time-consuming task of making minute changes to thousands and thousands of skus, ChannelAdvisor allows you to automate these changes in a matter of minutes. It's much more scalable for our business.
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Sendoso
  • The Custom Brand Shop has been a real game-changer.
  • Easy to place curation requests and quick responses.
  • The ability to send items through Amazon but also include inventoried items is great for higher value gift bundles and lets you avoid having to source items that you may not be 100% sure about the quantity needed.
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Cons
ChannelAdvisor
  • Lack of customization, documentation, tutorials, support for the premium webstore
  • Lack of innovation. My client was told that the basic web store was being replace by the premium web store so they needed to upgrade. In my opinion the basic web store was actually much more flexible and robust than the premium web store. Now (it has been less than 2 years) they are making my client switch from the premium web store to "Shopify" and they are charging more money for this. My client was charged to upgrade each time and the process to upgrade was expensive, time consuming, and very convoluted. ChannelAdvisor needs to invest in their technology and migrate data for ChannelAdvisor changes technology. But the experience as an end user is very frustrating since the way of doing things keep changing and not always for the better result for the customer.
  • Channel Advisor needs better support. Help Desk, knowledge base, etc. there are a lot of things you can do with ChannelAdvisor but it is my experience that nothing is very straight forward and there are many different potential problems you will run into and ChannelAdvisor points the finger at "Google" or "Amazon" or "Ebay" instead of helping solve a problem from end to end.
  • It is quite expensive for what it does. I would not have advised my customer to use their product but they were so entrenched that they had no other choice.
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Sendoso
  • Elements of the interface to setup Touches could be improved so there is not so much scrolling on pages
  • It would be nice to have a reporting options that shows all "status" EXCEPT delivered; so you can review all of them (in the Analytics area)
  • Allowing users to edit all inventory (even those setup by Sendoso on client's behalf)
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Likelihood to Renew
ChannelAdvisor
Without ChannelAdvisor, our business wouldn't be where it is today so the idea of NOT renewing is out of the question. By not renewing we would have to hire more employees and have more of a workload for existing employees. By keeping costs low and employees effecient we have been able to grow exponentially.
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Sendoso
We're very sticky with Sendoso and would prefer to not train the entire sales org on a new platform! That and we've already sent up a plethora of gifts the team can send out (eGifts, physical branded items, treats, plants, etc.).
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Usability
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
The platform is continually being upgraded to make sure the platform is usable and prevents unnecessary errors. Once you get used to the platform you can get in there and build eGift touches, physical gifts, etc. quickly. You an also send quickly and in a variety of ways. The address confirmation feature makes sending when you don't know where your recipient lives is very helpful
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Reliability and Availability
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
Sendoso occasionally has downtime, but it's usually isolated to a single feature and doesn't effect the entire platform. They are responsive when it comes to intaking these outages and are quick to work to resolve them
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Performance
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
Their platform doesn't take a long time to load, and it typically isn't too buggy once a new feature has been out for a while. Reports are pretty quick to generate and are emailed to the user on file for use typically within ten minutes or so. I have not noticed Sendoso slowing down any of the software it integrates with at all
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Support Rating
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
They listened to the problem with delivery times but did not present a reasonable solution. Again, the shipping costs consumed too much budget. On one bulk send their support team agreed to take over a project for a few of the reps which is encouraging to see.
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In-Person Training
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
Our in person trainings were on zoom, but they are not recordings which is why I listed them as in person. You get a live person to walk you through integrations, how to use the platform, sendings best practices, setting up other users, etc. The customer success team will help you training staff users too. Ours even ran a contest for them to encourage them to send to prospects and they provided the prize!
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Online Training
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
These were CSM and Onboarding team zoom meetings where they hand-hold you, which is nice especially compared to other company onboardings. After that they have Zen desk articles and regular check-ins where you can get the training you need. I also am on a slack channel with Sendoso staff where I can ask additional questions or look for best practices.
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Implementation Rating
ChannelAdvisor
Better control of scope between the resources on both sides involved would allow for better change management.
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Sendoso
Get Sales and Marketing both involved in the implementation so you can strategize on how you'd want to use it across your organization. This will help your CSM roll it out the way you want instead of trying to piecemeal it after you've finished the onboarding process. Also I would recommend using a mix of Sendoso Direct, Inventory and eGift sends. Relying all on one or the other will not serve you well
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Alternatives Considered
ChannelAdvisor
Our brand is growing online at a rapid clip, and we wanted a platform that would scale accordingly. The feature that really sold us was the automatic workflows. If we want a certain type of product that's going to a customer in a certain state to ship a certain way, we could make that happen automatically without any human touch! Wow!
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Sendoso
Local vendors, including print & mail houses, are the only thing I can compare to Sendoso for similar services. Local vendors are good for ordering a bunch of swag to have at the office or [giving] away at conferences but if you are looking to send items to clients/prospects on-demand then a tool like Sendoso is a must.
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Scalability
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Sendoso
Sendoso has really improved here. Along with helping you train your staff, you can now clone gift touches, sync them with salesforce from the platform directly, and send out address confirmations using your own or their email sending platform - they also just released an option for you to white-label your own domain. helping you save time and get a lot off the ground quickly
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Return on Investment
ChannelAdvisor
  • We had zero ROI I found
  • I found that 7 months into the contract we couldn't get NetSuite to connect with CA
  • I believe they claimed they are fully compatible with SuiteCommerce. From what I've discovered it does not work.
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Sendoso
  • Hard to track ROI from gift giving and the true influence it had.
  • Same feedback for current customers and tracking ROI from those who decided to not churn and if this product aided.
  • Overall, folks are happy with receiving packages like the ones from Sendoso, but tough to say from an ROAS perspective whether this is worth it.
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ScreenShots

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Sendoso Screenshots

Screenshot of Sendoso Platform: Inspire action and drive revenue in every phase of the customer journey by sending personalized gifts, eGift cards, food and wine, and other Physical Impressions™ at scale.Screenshot of Cameo Videos: Make connections with key buyers that you didn’t think were possible. Send personalized Cameos recorded by popular celebrities.Screenshot of Address Confirmation: Feel confident packages will land in the hands of your recipients because you can request that they confirm or change the address of wherever they’re currently working.Screenshot of Send Tracker: Get a high-level, visual summary of where your eGifts or packages are in the process of sending and delivery with Send Tracker to time your outreach and follow-up at exactly the right moment.Screenshot of Analytics Dashboard: Know exactly how Sendoso is impacting open and closed-won opportunities. Filter by top 5 to see your best performing campaigns or recent 5 to see results for your latest campaigns. Plus, drill into individual campaign ROI to see how your costs stack up against closed-won opportunities.Screenshot of Sendoso Integrations: Create, click, and connect from wherever you already work. Sales, SDR, and CX teams can execute one-to-one sends from Salesforce and Outreach, while Marketing teams can automate sends to larger audiences from Marketo.