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    commercetools

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/Acommercetools is a composable commerce and frontend eCommerce solution, supporting B2B and B2C online selling with a dynamic interface that handles complex catalogs.N/A

    FastSpring

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/AFastSpring is an ecommerce solution with features such as subscription billing and customer relationship management.N/A
    Pricing
    commercetoolsFastSpring
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    commercetoolsFastSpring
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    commercetoolsFastSpring
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of commercetools and FastSpring
    Feature
    commercetools
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of commercetools and FastSpring
    Feature
    commercetools
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of commercetools and FastSpring
    Feature
    commercetools
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    FastSpring
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of commercetools and FastSpring
    Feature
    commercetools
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    FastSpring
    -
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    Promotions & discounts8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of commercetools and FastSpring
    Feature
    commercetools
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    FastSpring
    -
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    Multi-site management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    commercetoolsFastSpring
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    WooCommerce Subscriptions
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Chargebee
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    Zuora
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    commercetoolsFastSpring
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    commercetoolsFastSpring
    Likelihood to Recommend
    commercetools
    Commercetools is generally a very flexible, smart platform for eCommerce business. It's an API enabled, cloud solution that makes integration seamless and quick to deploy. It's also a modern platform that utilizes API query languages like GraphQl. It lacks some functionalities in pricing and geographic variations of product portfolio but the platform is constantly improving and new functionalities are added.
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    FastSpring
    FastSpring will be well suited for a company that needs simple checkout solution. As a bonus, you'll get a nice checkout flow. If you're a company that doesn't have the time to concentrate and becomes an expert in data security, currency conversion, global tax management, or fraud detection – this will be a great fit. It's appropriate for anyone who doesn't want to waste time on managing support for their e-commerce business.
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    Pros
    commercetools
    • Very good documentation
    • Stabile and scalable Microservice-Architecture
    • Cloud Native Platform
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    FastSpring
    • FastSpring makes the process of selling ebooks from my website quite painless and virtually invisible for me. I let FastSpring handle all details of the transactions, and I rarely have to get involved directly with the customers who purchase the books.
    • FastSpring is very responsive with respect to technical and customer support. I have had a few occasions when a customer was having difficulty completing a purchase transaction, and FastSpring has always been responsive and helpful in resolving such problems quickly and efficiently.
    • FastSpring offers a flexible set of options for customizing ordering pages that can be included in my website. There are many options, such as promotional coupons, discounts, multiple file downloads, and others.
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    Cons
    commercetools
    • Pricing - Commercetools has pricing limitations with respect to customer/SKU combination. If an organization provides lots of custom/contract pricing for customers, Commercetools has difficulty mapping it in. They are working on this to make it more flexible.
    • Geographic variations in product portfolio - Commercetools has central product master that doesn't provide product activation/enabling based on different geographies/elevation/sales office structures. Some creative mapping skills are needed to overcome this limitation.
    • Data mapping limitations - Commercetools lacks in out of the box data mapping limitations to full fledged ERP platforms. Extensive data mapping workshops are necessary to fit the functionalities of an ERP platform from order, to delivery , to warehouse operations and billing.
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    FastSpring
    • They should work on integrations, just like other providers offering a script needs to be installed on the site, then the payment forms can be integrated easily
    • Interface seems old, maybe they can work on it
    • Sometimes, we saw duplicate payments on recurring payments
    • WordPress Integration
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    commercetools
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    FastSpring
    FastSpring provides an easier solution, and definitely a much better fit for our configuration, which doesn't require a lot of power, just an easy workflow with a single product to purchase, to provide the most straightforward experience to the user. With FastSpring we have been able to accomplish this task in few weeks of integration, and a great help from FastSpring support, which has been the greatest benefit of choosing FastSpring as a partner.
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    Return on Investment
    commercetools
    • We were able to successfully launch the ecommerce platform in under 4 months of starting development work.
    • Integrate the same APIs to different client facing solutions.
    • The total cost of platform recovered in 8 months of deployment.
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    FastSpring
    • FastSpring has been vital to my company's online ordering process. I have seen some other companies go out of business, leaving software developers scrambling to find new payment processors. I have no worries about the stability of FastSpring, they do a great job and deserve my business.
    • FastSpring makes it possible to me to have an online and professional looking web store - without writing all of the software myself.
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    Screenshot of the Merchant Center dashboardScreenshot of an orderScreenshot of the time zone selector