ChannelAdvisor vs. Square Online

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
Square Online
Score 7.8 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.
$6
per month
Pricing
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Personal
$9.00
per month
Professional
$16.00
per month
Performance
$29.00
per month
Free
Free
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $6/Month Professional$12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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Community Pulse
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
6.2
7 Ratings
21% below category average
Square Online
-
Ratings
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
Square Online
-
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
Square Online
-
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
Square Online
-
Ratings
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
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
-
Ratings
Square Online
7.0
28 Ratings
14% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.028 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
-
Ratings
Square Online
7.9
19 Ratings
3% above category average
API00 Ratings6.014 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.915 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
-
Ratings
Square Online
7.1
40 Ratings
7% below category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings9.736 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings2.040 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings2.040 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.039 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.032 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
-
Ratings
Square Online
6.6
37 Ratings
10% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.123 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings4.033 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings4.018 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.030 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
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User Ratings
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(10 ratings)
9.0
(41 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChannelAdvisorSquare Online
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Usability
ChannelAdvisor
No answers on this topic
Block, Inc (Square)
It is simple to use and offers enough customization to make a website that is personalized. Templates are pretty standard and the help section is laid out well by topic with frequently asked questions. Some design knowledge is helpful, but through trial and error anyone can get a hold of the reins fairly quickly.
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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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Block, Inc (Square)
No answers on this topic
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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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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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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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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