CS-Cart Multi-Vendor vs. Optimizely Customized 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:…
$1,250
per year
Optimizely Customized Commerce
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Optimizely Customized Commerce is a headless PaaS commerce solution built to scale commerce results for enterprise brands.N/A
Pricing
CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
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-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
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
Optimizely Customized Commerce
7.5
26 Ratings
2% below category average
Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings8.525 Ratings
Product management8.910 Ratings4.825 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings8.721 Ratings
Branding8.710 Ratings5.223 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings7.020 Ratings
Product variations8.59 Ratings7.021 Ratings
Website integration8.69 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Visual customization8.710 Ratings8.623 Ratings
CMS8.810 Ratings8.925 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
Optimizely Customized Commerce
8.6
19 Ratings
13% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings8.615 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings8.619 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
Optimizely Customized Commerce
8.8
17 Ratings
6% above category average
eCommerce security8.99 Ratings8.817 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
Optimizely Customized Commerce
7.1
25 Ratings
5% below category average
Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings8.421 Ratings
Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings8.421 Ratings
SEO8.49 Ratings4.421 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
Optimizely Customized Commerce
8.1
25 Ratings
4% above category average
Multi-site management8.78 Ratings8.620 Ratings
Order processing8.510 Ratings8.819 Ratings
Inventory management6.510 Ratings8.815 Ratings
Shipping7.39 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Custom functionality8.99 Ratings5.723 Ratings
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CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized Commerce
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(10 ratings)
8.6
(26 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(7 ratings)
7.3
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(7 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
2.7
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CS-Cart Multi-VendorOptimizely Customized 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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Optimizely
Our experience may be unique because we opted for an Epi core team to implement our website/console set-up and connection to our PIM and ERP. The experience may have been different with a 3rd party or it may not have. That said, we have been live with our primary website for almost 2 years and I still do not consider it was ever "done". We have been going back and forth on functionality issues and bugs since launch. I have low confidence that changes made the previous day will 100% be online the next - so my team rechecks the work they did the previous day to ensure everything is online. The addition of a second channel and enhancement requests have compounded the issues. I feel this product would work fine with singular or less complex market SKU offerings.
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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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Optimizely
  • Episerver has a robust discount engine. This engine, combined with "visitor groups" allow our marketing department to categorize customers and offer a variety of discounts to targeted customers at specific times.
  • Episerver has a full-featured, storefront experience that can handle everything you might want for an e-commerce website.
  • Episerver offers A/B testing that can be helpful for trying out new content ideas and tracking the results.
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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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Optimizely
  • Support. Episerver used to have direct support and access to the tech team to discuss and resolve issues. The new support portal is not enough for developer needs.
  • Quality Assurance. We find issues in the Episerver code that should have been resolved in QA before release.
  • Sales. Episervers sells the framework as a solution while showing Alloy. While it helps Episerver sell more, it puts the implementation partner into trouble as the client thinks they bought the solution. Episerver does not provide a solution. It provides a framework that you can build a solution on.
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Likelihood to Renew
CS-Cart
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Optimizely
Really want to be able to spend more time and resources on rolling out new things with Episerver but at the moment we seem to be fixing alot of issues and pain points with the way our system was setup.
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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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Optimizely
The administrative interface is largely intuitive and relatively easy to use. The complexity of business needs and ability to customize can affect this (i.e. you have to set up and develop with the user in mind), but the basic structure is largely solid. There are some areas of redundancy (such as Commerce Manager overlapping with other administrative areas) that can sometimes cause confusion or offer some functions in one place, whereas other related functions are managed on a completely different page.
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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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Optimizely
We had an incredible team at Episerver Supporting us with the go live, reviewing our integration, and pushing our integration partner to deliver a quality product
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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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Optimizely
Fully understand what is OOTB feature of the platform before proceeding to develop. Then implement a customization of key features once you can prove they are working as OOTB to make them more user friendly and productive for the business. Eg pre order and e gift card
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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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Optimizely
Optimizely Commerce Cloud offers a very wide range of features for admin users. There is less a need for an IT specialist or programmer to be involved when changes need to be made.
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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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Optimizely
  • Positive: We have a usable website - better than what we had before and we are seeing a constant increase in adoption.
  • Positive: Counter associates are using the website to help customers.
  • Negative: Too much time being spent QCing previous work.
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ScreenShots

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

Screenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace storefrontScreenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace product pageScreenshot of

Optimizely Customized Commerce Screenshots

Screenshot of Customizable checkout workflow to tailor customers checkout experience and increase conversions.Screenshot of Catalogs, custom attributes, UOM, catalog restrictions, and multiple sites are managed at once.Screenshot of Personalized promotions based on user web activity to drive conversion and increase average order value.Screenshot of Customized Recommendations ReportingScreenshot of Personalization