CS-Cart Multi-Vendor vs. Squarespace

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
Score 8.6 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
Squarespace
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.
$25
per month
Pricing
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
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
Core
$36
per month
Plus
$56
per month
Advanced
$139
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
Features
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.6
10 Ratings
10% above category average
Squarespace
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding8.710 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration8.69 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization8.710 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS8.810 Ratings00 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
Squarespace
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings00 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
Squarespace
-
Ratings
eCommerce security8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.4
9 Ratings
9% above category average
Squarespace
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO8.49 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
8.0
10 Ratings
0% above category average
Squarespace
-
Ratings
Multi-site management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management6.510 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
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CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
-
Ratings
Squarespace
8.2
67 Ratings
0% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
-
Ratings
Squarespace
6.5
58 Ratings
17% below category average
API00 Ratings7.151 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.937 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
-
Ratings
Squarespace
7.7
99 Ratings
1% below category average
WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.184 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.378 Ratings
Admin section00 Ratings7.498 Ratings
Page templates00 Ratings7.399 Ratings
Library of website themes00 Ratings7.596 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.195 Ratings
Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.186 Ratings
Form generator00 Ratings6.780 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
-
Ratings
Squarespace
6.3
89 Ratings
16% below category average
Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.376 Ratings
SEO support00 Ratings6.780 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings5.951 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.565 Ratings
Community / comment management00 Ratings6.067 Ratings
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User Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(10 ratings)
8.4
(100 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(7 ratings)
8.5
(14 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(7 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CS-Cart Multi-VendorSquarespace
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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Squarespace
Squarespace is one of the best solutions out there for building a website or web experience that looks good, has great functionality and is cost-effective, even for smaller businesses. Although most people in marketing will find most of the elements intuitive, if the creator is struggling with any of the functionality, there are many, many support options and other users who can offer assistance.
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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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Squarespace
  • Stupid simple to use. I know very creative people who cannot code and this is probably the easiest ever platform for them!
  • Pretty website templates and great functionality with showing off portfolios.
  • They've already figured out what are the problems that non-coding people have when creating websites and they've figured out a simple solution for all of it.
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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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Squarespace
  • Customizing the sites can be highly UN intuitive
  • Navigation for editing the sites can be difficult and frustrating
  • Squarespace has different versions and it's hard to know which version you're on. You can't switch after you start making a site with one version.
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Likelihood to Renew
CS-Cart
No answers on this topic
Squarespace
Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
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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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Squarespace
It's simple to use for someone who is really good with computers as well as those who are not. I've been using my personal squarespace for years and have also helped clients build a starting page which they are later able to manage theirselves.
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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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Squarespace
Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
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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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Squarespace
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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Squarespace
Squarespace was quicker to set up and more accessible to manipulate the theme, pictures, and content. The page layouts are more versatile and fluid. With WordPress, more time-consuming efforts go into making a template work the way you want it to (because of the lack of the drag-and-drop grids that Squarespace has).
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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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Squarespace
  • The cost is reasonably decent. My client says they spent about $20 a month or $240 a year. I asked her if she could add Google AdSense to her blog one day, and they believe they can. They said a custom site would cost them $3000-10,000 depending on who does it. And I agreed, but I found the website they created was on the lower end of that range.
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ScreenShots

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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