ChannelAdvisor vs. Zentail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChannelAdvisor
Score 4.6 out of 10
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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
Zentail
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Zentail is a commerce operations management (COM) platform that aims to simplify ecommerce. Features include PIM technology, listing, repricing, inventory management, supply chain and order management. Zentail integrates into various sales channels, like Amazon, eBay, Google Shopping, Walmart Marketplace and Shopify. Its AI-powered PIM tech (SMART Types) lets sellers adapt product data to each marketplace's requirements and avoid listing errors or incomplete data. The platform was named…N/A
Pricing
ChannelAdvisorZentail
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChannelAdvisorZentail
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans are annual and customized to each user's business requirements and customizations. Pricing is discounted for our beta partners.
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Community Pulse
ChannelAdvisorZentail
Considered Both Products
ChannelAdvisor
Chose ChannelAdvisor
I have learned my lesson and will never deal with ChannelAdvisor again. I am madder that I wasted a year of my life over this. I should have researched more, but they pushed me harder and harder to sign up.
Zentail

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Top Pros

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Features
ChannelAdvisorZentail
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
ChannelAdvisor
6.2
7 Ratings
21% below category average
Zentail
9.6
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Product catalog & listings1.07 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Product management1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload9.04 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Branding8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.24 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Website integration9.62 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Visual customization9.62 Ratings9.01 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
Zentail
-
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
Zentail
10.0
1 Ratings
29% above category average
Promotions & discounts1.06 Ratings10.01 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
Zentail
9.6
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Multi-site management9.64 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Order processing1.07 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Inventory management1.07 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Shipping1.07 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Custom functionality1.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
ChannelAdvisorZentail
Likelihood to Recommend
1.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChannelAdvisorZentail
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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
Having Zentail in your business or enterprise is an advantage regardless of the size and the company, since the mission of this software is to boost the income of your business by finding the right customers who are looking for your services or products as a solution, online marketing It has never been as rewarding as this program is, that is why we have no doubt that Zentail is one of the best programs to sell and manage and company in the cloud.
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
  • There are many pages and websites where this program gives you the opportunity to experience a business process with new customers interested in your business and the products you offer.
  • Zentail is a space where the best sellers can achieve new goals for their company, with the aim of seeing massive growth in their work and highlighting their position.
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
  • One of the things that makes it difficult for us is to fully understand the objective of each of the functions of this program and how it works correctly.
  • I would like a new update to improve and innovate with the presentation of images that we upload, I would like to be able to group them in a more attractive and interactive order for the client.
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
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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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HD Trade Services, Inc. (DBA Zentail Commerce)
  • Zentail is the main program that most expands the products of my department of work, as well as the main entrance of the commercial and economic processes.
  • We have been spectators of how, with the help of this program, the range of clients who are normally interested in investing in our products has expanded.
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