CS-Cart Multi-Vendor vs. Zoho Commerce

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
Zoho Commerce
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Commerce is a global e-commerce platform assisting merchants in over 30+ countries. Along with building an online store, it helps sellers to accept orders, track inventory, process payments, manage shipping, and market the brand without needing any coding knowledge.
$22
per month Billed Annually
Pricing
CS-Cart Multi-VendorZoho Commerce
Editions & Modules
Standard
$660
per year
Plus
$1,320
per year
Ultimate
$3,300
per year
Unlimited
Contact Sales
one-time fee
Commerce Starter
$22
per month Billed Annually
Professional
$60
per month Paid Annually
Advanced
$140
per month Paid Annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorZoho Commerce
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsZoho Commerce offers a free trial for 30 days, after which the software is available across 3 pricing tiers with competitive plans fitting every need, budget & scale-up requirements of budding entrepreneurs, ecommerce startups, small, and mid-sized businesses. Pricing details are outlined below: - Commerce Starter: $22/month (billed annually), $27/month (billed monthly), for 2,000 customer accounts & 2,000 products. - Commerce Pro: $60/month (billed annually), $75/month (billed monthly), for unmetered customer accounts & 10,000 products. - Commerce Advanced: $140/month (billed annually), $175/month (billed monthly), for unmetered customer accounts & 50,000 products.
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Features
CS-Cart Multi-VendorZoho Commerce
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
Zoho Commerce
9.3
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Product management8.910 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Branding8.710 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.59 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Website integration8.69 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Visual customization8.710 Ratings8.52 Ratings
CMS8.810 Ratings9.52 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
Zoho Commerce
10.0
2 Ratings
27% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings10.02 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
Zoho Commerce
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
eCommerce security8.99 Ratings10.02 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
Zoho Commerce
8.8
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings10.02 Ratings
SEO8.49 Ratings7.52 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% below category average
Zoho Commerce
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Multi-site management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing8.510 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Inventory management6.510 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Shipping7.39 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Custom functionality8.99 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorZoho Commerce
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(10 ratings)
8.0
(1 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-VendorZoho Commerce
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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Zoho
Zoho Commerce fits well in scenarios for our nutritional businesses have a quick setup for straightforward online sales, especially those already using Zoho tools like Inventory or Books. It shines for single-channel or emerging omnichannel retailers handling catalogs more than 1,000 SKUs, leveraging its drag-and-drop builder and basic automations. Also helps us to grow 5x in the last 6 months.
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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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Zoho
  • Inventory solution
  • Financial management
  • HRMS
  • Order fulfillment
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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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Zoho
  • Onboarding Challenges
  • Sometimes Inventory Shortcomings
  • At some platform Integration Issues but can be done via other sources
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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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Zoho
As I am user of Zoho Commerce and having great experiences with it, giving 8 because they need to improve lot because as in market lot of expensive software are presents like SAP and Oracles but that is cheaper than that with similar feature.
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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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Zoho
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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Zoho
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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Zoho
Zoho Commerce was chosen over Increff, Odoo & Unicommerce due to zero transaction fees saving 1-2% per sale, critical for thin-margin retail like 5x growth case. Good CS & IT services and product itself is detailed. Easy to download reports and easy to forecast. Since they are modifying yearly into their system as per customer needs.
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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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Zoho
  • After using Zoho Commerce sales growth has been improved 15 to 20 % because of clear inventory visibility
  • Consumer support has been improved which has increased retention of customer from 25% to 40 % compared when we were using different platform.
  • Subscription cost is lower than other platforms related to features
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ScreenShots

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

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