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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is an eCommerce marketplace software for SMBs available in cloud (No-Code) and self-hosted (On-Premises) versions. It allows users to open an online marketplace, where the user is the admin, and all the others—invited sellers. Each seller has his or her own micro-store with a customizable storefront, categories, filters, and search. Just like in Amazon. In the CS-Cart Multi-Vendor marketplace platform, managing vendors is designed to be simple:…

    $660

    per year

    Duda

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ADuda, the eponymous platform from the company in Palo Alto, is a web design platform for companies that offer web design services to small businesses. The company serves customers from freelance web professionals to digital agencies, all the way up to the large hosting companies, SaaS platforms and online publishers.

    $25

    per month

    Square Online

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASquare 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.

    $13

    per month

    Pricing
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $660
    per year
    Plus
    $1,320
    per year
    Ultimate
    $3,300
    per year
    Unlimited
    Contact Sales
    one-time fee
    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Team
    $39
    per month
    Agency
    $69
    per month
    White Label
    $199
    per month
    Custom
    Contact Sales
    Personal
    $13
    per month
    Professional
    $16
    per month
    Performance
    $29
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—25% discount available for annual pricing.Pricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Considered Multiple Products
    CS-Cart
    No answer on this topic
    Duda
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    Block, Inc (Square)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Duda
    -
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    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management8.910 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding8.710 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.69 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization8.710 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS8.810 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Duda
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    -
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    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Duda
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security8.99 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Duda
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.49 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Duda
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management6.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping7.39 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.99 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    -
    Ratings
    Duda
    8.6
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Square Online
    7.6
    31 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.69 Ratings7.631 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    -
    Ratings
    Duda
    9.2
    8 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Square Online
    9.4
    22 Ratings
    19% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.07 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.37 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    -
    Ratings
    Duda
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Square Online
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.09 Ratings5.636 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.38 Ratings5.339 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings9.09 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.89 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings9.09 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.29 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.88 Ratings5.435 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings8.08 Ratings7.136 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Duda and Square Online
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    -
    Ratings
    Duda
    7.7
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Square Online
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.49 Ratings8.626 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings8.69 Ratings9.636 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings6.88 Ratings9.621 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings7.29 Ratings9.333 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings8.37 Ratings9.430 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorDudaSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CS-Cart
    For quickly setting up a most intuitive online marketplace, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is the best one. The software is very well suited for those who have some basic knowledge about backend customization, installation, server setup, proper server configuration etc. Though I'm sure the support team will get you up and running. Only few third-party service providers are very professional, provide honest service and will help you to run your business smoothly. I would highly recommend to use CS-Cart Multi-Vendor.
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    Duda
    Duda is great for agencies. There is a good client management area. It's even good for small businesses. They can choose a template and build out their own site. It's easy to customizes a website from a barebones template. There are many customizations in the each widget. The pricing is good for all size businesses. There is no tech headache with updates and backups.
    Incentivized
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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
    CS-Cart
    • Quick and easy set up of a multi-vendor marketplace
    • Very easy-to-use page designer
    • Huge marketplace of add-ons to cover pretty much anything you need
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    Duda
    • Very easy to learn and master
    • Builds beautiful, feature rich and easy to maintain cool websites
    • Provides an efficient management platform for agencies
    • Has a very good and responsive support team
    • Is continually expanding features and new add-on partners
    Incentivized
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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
    CS-Cart
    • The high cost of the platform itself and plugins.
    • Unavailability of the mobile application in the basic version of the platform.
    • Relatively difficult process of installing updates if you are new to IT.
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    Duda
    • Ecommerce can use some improvement--but this should be taken care of in 2023
    • A more robust app marketplace
    • More custom widgets
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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
    CS-Cart
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    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    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
    CS-Cart
    The software consists of most of all e-commerce related features. Also, there are plenty of third party addons are available in the market which can improve our business. There are a lot of powerful themes available in the cs cart market which improve the look and feel on the front store. If CS-cart adjusted the price on their software license cost, controlling the third party addon cost and provide more freelancers with cheaper hourly rate for the customization on the cs-cart multi vendor software, the cs-cart company can be a master among other e-commerce software companies in the world.
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    Duda
    Again, this platform has to be one of the easiest web development sites I have ever used in my life. From creating pages to linking buttons, hiding pages, and more, it makes it so much easier to develop websites for clients, including forms and custom membership login portals. It really is the best.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
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    Support Rating
    CS-Cart
    inside of the support subscription, they give me all the time a fast answer and you can ask in a community forum also other users. But i miss a free support/chat like other solutions.
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    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    CS-Cart
    Mostly extremely easy to implement, both back-end logic as well as styling. Great addon marketplace helped, particularly around payment options.
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    Duda
    No answers on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
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    Alternatives Considered
    CS-Cart
    It's a one-time payment and the entire CMS is in your control, can list unlimited products and vendors. no need to depend on an e-commerce platform to pay huge commissions. promote your own brand globally. change the looks of your listing with multiple themes, there are vast add on and page themes to enhance look and controls.
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    Duda
    I can't speak to why my agency selected Duda, but I can say from personal experience that building a website in Duda is much easier, and backed by better support than any other website builder I've used. Duda allows me, as a web designer, to still create great looking and unique websites. I find that other platforms, while they may provide nice templates, make it very difficult to deviate from the guardrails they put in place. Through the years, even the most basic site that I've built in Duda is significantly better than those built in other platforms
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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
    CS-Cart
    • Positive impact in learning to set up a shopping cart
    • ROI is questionable, as we are still building our business model
    • Positive impact on our business model and direction
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    Duda
    • Much faster project turnaround
    • Easy for non-tech staff to handle some of the work
    • Costs are lower than we were paying for less capabilities before we switched to Duda
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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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    ScreenShots

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace storefrontScreenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace product pageProduct screenshot