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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Commerce Layer

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACommerce Layer is a headless commerce platform and order management system that enables users to add global shopping capabilities to any website, mobile app, chatbot, or IoT device. It is a CMS that can be used to create shoppable content through its API on a global scale.

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    QuickBooks Commerce

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Commerce (formerly TradeGecko) is a cloud-based Order and Supply Chain Management platform. TradeGecko was acquired by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2020, and plans to sunset the resulting product were announced June 2021 (it will be discontinued as a standalone product in June, 2022).N/A
    Pricing
    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $649
    per month (annual commitment)
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Startup
    Free
    100 orders/month included, then $0.90 for any extra order
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Monthly and yearly subscriptions available to meet your business' needs. Cancel at anytime. Basic - $99/month Business - $249/month Business Premium - $449/month Enterprise - $999/month
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    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
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    Commerce Layer
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    Intuit
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    Key User Insights
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    60%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    60%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Commerce Layer and QuickBooks Commerce
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    Ratings
    QuickBooks Commerce
    9.9
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automation rules00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting and analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Fulfillment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Backorder management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Bill of materials management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Accounting integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Point of sale integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Commerce LayerQuickBooks Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Commerce Layer
    Commerce Layer is a great choice, if you want to build a tailored system. The flexible API allows to build all kinds of applications around commerce, but you also need to deep dive a bit into the structure. If you want to set up a simple store and sell a few SKUs, you're probably rather a Shopify customer, but if you want to build great customer experiences and tailer the software to your business, Commerce Layer is a very good choice.
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    Intuit
    Using TradeGecko requires to the company to make compromises. Which compromises depends on the business, what they are using for other 3rd party applications and what they sell. You need to be very good with excel since you are able to upload and modify most files, which gives you major control over your data. They however need to modify the way in which new inventory items get loaded, as it is quite awkward if you use variants. 'Reports' as has been described prior has improved dramatically and most if not all can be downloaded in CSV/Excel format. This allows you to build your own reports with the data from the system. If your business is very complex in nature, TradeGecko probably isn't the system for you. If you are doing thousands of transactions a day, again this is not the system. However, if you are a small to smaller mid-sized business, the system, its cost and the 3rd party applications make it worth a first second and third look.
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    Pros
    Commerce Layer
    • Flexibility
    • True headless (based on MACH principles)
    • Integrated sales/shipments solution
    • Seamless integration (extensive API, webhooks, etc.)
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    Intuit
    • Interface with WooCommerce.
    • Interface with Xero.
    • Maintain Perpetual Inventory (less than 0.001% difference in value of inventory in TG and Xero).
    • Works with ShipStation extremely well.
    • Works with major EDI vendors (with reservations).
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    Cons
    Commerce Layer
    • Specific POS features are on the roadmap (we're using now a market per store, which works but creates some issues with it)
    • Payment flexibility (as we're using it fully as a POS solution)
    • Flexibility in order editing after approval of order
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    Intuit
    • - Couldn't integrate with existing QBO account. Had to set up a new QBO account and transfer all data, create lots of journal entries - was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Caused some financial discrepancies to resolve.
    • - Have to process returns on Amazon and Shopify orders manually
    • - Tax-inclusive is not allowed - European sales are tax inclusive - can't import order with VAT included. Looks like the software is suitable for US only. Have to create such orders manually in Commerce and then manual journal entries in QBO
    • - Supports accrual accounting method only. In cash - it's a mess
    • - Support - not knowledgeable enough - I could only call for support (now they have chat) and they always had to get with the back-end and every call was not less than 1 hour. At the end I would get a link for the training materials
    • - Inventory not synching timely sometimes - I have a screenshot proving that inventory on our Amazon account was 0 but Commerce still had quantities, I had to manually press synch
    • - Shipping line from Shopify orders is not coded to Shipping income account but goes together with Sales of product income account
    • - When partial of the PO is received, not able to create a bill for the partial. There're only 2 settings: either bill created at the time of PO creation (for the whole PO amount - which increases your AP right away) or at the time the whole PO received. It works only when PO is shipped as a whole.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Commerce Layer
    Commerce Layer is at the core of our operations
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    Intuit
    TG works well for us.
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    Usability
    Commerce Layer
    The new apps are great, but in our case, we built so specific functionalities around it that we built our own admin tool. Based on the complexity (especially for after sales processes), no off the shelf tool would have been able to do this.
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    Intuit
    TG is good and easy to use, but could be improved
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    Support Rating
    Commerce Layer
    We're in regular contact with Commerce Layer and regularly also discuss issues directly with the tech team
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    Intuit
    Support team just sends links to blog posts that are often out of date.
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    Implementation Rating
    Commerce Layer
    The Commerce Layer data model is very flexible, which also creates a certain complexity. It's important to understand how the data model works and how relationships between them are built.
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    Intuit
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Commerce Layer
    Real headless solution, fully SaaS. In comparison to all other solutions, Commerce Layer has an integrated order management which is lean, but very flexible. With all other solutions, we would have needed a separate OMS which would have increased both the complexity and the cost of the solution.
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    Intuit
    Each of the applications has a specific place. We select and implement the best solutions for our clients based on their budget and requirements. This is often determined by integration requirements. We like to say that every application with do a different 95% of what you need it to. There will always be a different 5% to forgo between applications.
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    Return on Investment
    Commerce Layer
    • Reduction of support staff by 2/3 as we could implement a full self-service solution
    • 1-2 days faster delivery of glasses to customers due to automated lens ordering (built into Commerce Layer)
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    Intuit
    • No real ROI - we're stilling pulling reports from multiple platforms.
    • Positive - segregation of wholesale and DTC orders in Shopify.
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