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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

    Podia

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APodia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $660
    per year
    Plus
    $1,320
    per year
    Ultimate
    $3,300
    per year
    Unlimited
    Contact Sales
    one-time fee
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    Considered Both Products
    CS-Cart
    No answer on this topic
    Podia
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Podia
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product management8.910 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Branding8.710 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product variations8.59 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Website integration8.69 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visual customization8.710 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CMS8.810 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Podia
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Podia
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security8.99 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Podia
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.49 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and Podia
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.510 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory management6.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.99 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorPodia
    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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    Podia
    In my experience, Podia has been well suited in every way! I am a small company with a couple of independent contractors, and I don't know how to build my own website. I am not very techy. I get lots of compliments on how my website looks! I have had some people support me with setting up my group emails for my email list and setting up automations, and these techy people complained that they needed to do more customization in the email formatting and programming, so I switched to Mailchimp for those needs. Otherwise, I have been very happy with Podia and I am grateful to have a platform that offers so many services/features. It's affordable and user friendly. My clients and students are happy using it, too
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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
    Incentivized
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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
    Incentivized
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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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    Podia
    • I sometimes wish there was more that I could customize on my website and digital programs
    • I wish their email service (for broadcasts/group emails) had more features and customization
    • I would like to use my brand font
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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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    Podia
    It has a great user interface, it's fast to edit and create courses, to edit and create emails, to find chats, to develop the website. Support has been friendly and I haven't found anything that hasn't worked. It also has basically all the tools you need outside if a complete blog platform
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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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    Podia
    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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    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Podia
    Kajabi had lots of features all in one place. I liked their digital course creator program. I liked the ease of their their membership site program/host, too. It had an app for my clients to use. There were some problems with not being able to customize the look of pages, but they allowed coding/programming if you had training, so I sometimes hired someone to do that for me. I couldn't figure out how to use their website builder, so I didn't do much there. When it came down to it, I could use Podia and it was cheaper and easier to use. GoDaddy was my website host for a few years. I did a lot on there. It was my website builder and host and I liked it. It was easy to use. My website looked great. It had more features than Podia with blogging and connecting to social media. I had a storefront but it wasn't great for selling digital products. Back then, it wanted to show my inventory and shipping options, which don't apply for services and digital products. I did a little with my digital courses on there, but in the end, I liked other sites better for this. It didn't work out. Weebly was just a starting point for me when I create my first digital course. I liked how it looked and it was easy to build, but there are better options for this sort of thing now.
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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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    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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    ScreenShots

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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