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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EvolutionX

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AEvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A

    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
    EvolutionXPodia
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EvolutionXPodia
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.—
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    Community Pulse
    EvolutionXPodia
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Podia
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    EvolutionXPodia
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of EvolutionX and Podia
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.4
    19 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.219 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product management7.419 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.118 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Branding7.418 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile storefront7.117 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product variations7.118 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Website integration7.816 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visual customization7.418 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CMS7.114 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of EvolutionX and Podia
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.8
    17 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery6.916 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.717 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of EvolutionX and Podia
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security8.315 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of EvolutionX and Podia
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Promotions & discounts7.017 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO7.517 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of EvolutionX and Podia
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-site management8.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing7.417 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory management6.714 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping6.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.917 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EvolutionXPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (19 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EvolutionXPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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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
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Very easy to onboard products
    • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
    • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
    • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
    • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
    • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    It is a good platform with good customizable features for our customers.
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    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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    Podia
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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    Podia
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    In-person training was not an option for us.
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    Podia
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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    Podia
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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    Podia
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their catalogue by Fusion Data via EVOX. PrestaShop is all added by spreadsheet and there is no pre-populated catalogue ready to add which means it relies on our in-house capabilities or the supplier to provide feeds to import which not many of them have
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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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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
    • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
    • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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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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