CS-Cart Multi-Vendor vs. Spree

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
ScoreĀ 8.6Ā outĀ ofĀ 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 othersā€”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:ā€¦
$1,250
per year
Spree
ScoreĀ 7.4Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
N/A
Spree Storefront is a modular, open source e-commerce platform with a large community, comprehensive API and integration features right out of the box. Spree is comprehensive enough for large ecommerce stores and easy enough for small online merchants.N/A
Pricing
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Editions & Modules
Standard
$1,250
per year
Plus
$3,150
per year
Ultimate
$6,950
per year
Ultimate Lifetime
Contact Sales
one-time fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.6
10 Ratings
11% above category average
Spree
5.6
4 Ratings
31% below category average
Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings4.44 Ratings
Product management8.910 Ratings5.04 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Branding8.710 Ratings3.73 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Product variations8.59 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Website integration8.69 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Visual customization8.710 Ratings9.33 Ratings
CMS8.810 Ratings3.02 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.4
10 Ratings
10% above category average
Spree
5.2
4 Ratings
37% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings5.34 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings5.14 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.9
9 Ratings
7% above category average
Spree
9.1
4 Ratings
9% above category average
eCommerce security8.99 Ratings9.14 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.4
9 Ratings
12% above category average
Spree
4.2
4 Ratings
56% below category average
Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings4.03 Ratings
Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings4.23 Ratings
SEO8.49 Ratings4.43 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.0
10 Ratings
3% above category average
Spree
6.1
4 Ratings
24% below category average
Multi-site management8.78 Ratings5.12 Ratings
Order processing8.510 Ratings5.74 Ratings
Inventory management6.510 Ratings5.02 Ratings
Shipping7.39 Ratings5.44 Ratings
Custom functionality8.99 Ratings9.34 Ratings
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CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Small Businesses
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ScoreĀ 10.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 10.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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ScoreĀ 9.0Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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User Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(10 ratings)
7.4
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSpree
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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Spree Commerce
Spree is a great solution if you have a highly customized business idea and need a very robust eCommerce solution to support your very creative and detailed sales methods. Because it's an open source platform, there are a ton of ways that his platform can be customized to meet virtually any business idea that you can dream up. With that said, the platform requires dedicated development support to make sure everything is stable and supported at all times.
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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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Spree Commerce
  • Quick and easy access, nice interface when logging in.
  • Access to customer's info, easy to change user names and passwords when issues arise with login.
  • Easy to use for the most part - a lot of ways to search for information regarding customer's info.
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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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Spree Commerce
  • For the ATS portion, ability to download applicants would be helpful
  • We have to use our developers to change some simple things on the web format
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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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Spree Commerce
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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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Spree Commerce
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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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Spree Commerce
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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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Spree Commerce
I don't want to knock other products but let's say that the more famous shopping carts, although they have great functionality off the peg, are limited in terms of branding ability and further customisation. Invariably you get a site which looks and feels like many others. This will suit many companies as a low cost option which is very competent. However the fully customisable front end that we need, and will continue to develop, is not possible with these turn-key solutions.
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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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Spree Commerce
  • Decent plugin ecosystem
  • Easily add and manage new products
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ScreenShots

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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