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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    GoDaddy

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AGoDaddy Web Hosting provides users with storage, email addresses, and unlimited bandwith.

    $9.99

    per month

    Spree

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASpree 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
    GoDaddySpree
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    as low as $6.99
    per month with an annual term
    Basic
    as low as $10.49
    per month with an annual term
    Premium
    as low as $13.49
    per month with an annual term
    Commerce
    as low as $14.99
    per month with an annual term
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GoDaddySpree
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual subscription.—
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    Community Pulse
    GoDaddySpree
    Considered Both Products
    GoDaddy
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    Spree Commerce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    76%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    75%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    76%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    GoDaddySpree
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of GoDaddy and Spree
    Feature
    GoDaddy
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    5.6
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings3.73 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of GoDaddy and Spree
    Feature
    GoDaddy
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of GoDaddy and Spree
    Feature
    GoDaddy
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of GoDaddy and Spree
    Feature
    GoDaddy
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    4.2
    4 Ratings
    59% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings4.23 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of GoDaddy and Spree
    Feature
    GoDaddy
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    6.1
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings5.74 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GoDaddySpree
    Small Businesses
    WebWave
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    10Web
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    GoDaddySpree
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (57 ratings)
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GoDaddySpree
    Likelihood to Recommend
    GoDaddy
    Good for transferring over an existing site. Truth be told, I haven't used it for building a brand new site-- I know that this is a fairly common thing but I just never needed it. For what I've used it for, it has worked well. For a small business with anyone with a little bit of technical skill, it's surprisingly good.
    Incentivized
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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
    GoDaddy
    • Registering a domain - I've found their site to be the easiest to navigate
    • Website builder - their website builder is user friendly
    • Email hosting - easy to set up and use, wether in an email app or online email.
    • Wordpress hosting - I have multiple wordpress sites I use under one account
    • Their customer service is always very helpful and easy to contact.
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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
    GoDaddy
    • Support agents are woefully undertrained, even in knowledge of their own products.
    • Support agents will always try to upsell you, even when you're dealing with an urgent, high-impact issue.
    • There's no guarantee of uptime, and there will often be gaps in service as part of normal procedures.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    GoDaddy
    We can't really choose anyone else and the cost/effort of moving all of the hosted data would be extremely large, and we just have to stick to them, and hope they improve service
    Incentivized
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    Spree Commerce
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    GoDaddy
    Some integration could be much cleaner and smoother. Seems it used to be easier. Plus, they took away the catch all email feature.
    Incentivized
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    Spree Commerce
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    GoDaddy
    I think a lot of companies can learn from GoDaddy's support team. I have found:
    • Chat or phone support is almost always available.
    • Their agents are friendly and helpful.
    • Their agents seem to care and be knowledgeable about a wide range of issues.
    • I rarely have to escalate my problem to get the support that I need.
    • If they can't help me, then they can tell me why something is happening and direct me to resources that can fix my problem.
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    Spree Commerce
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    GoDaddy
    We use Wix currently for our online store. It is nice and easy to use, but they don't offer the email domains as well (the last time we checked). They have pretty decent customization of the web page, but still limited. We're going to try it with GoDaddy, since we have other services from them already. It just doesn't make sense to pay two different companies for something we can do with one.
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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
    GoDaddy
    • GoDaddy reduces our ROI by costing me in non-billable hours. I don't charge clients for sitting on the phone with tech support to power cycle the server or fix the php.ini file, so my $/hr takes a hit.
    • Their nickel&dime strategy requires I have an additional conversation with clients about their max recurring fees. Small as they are, I need approval for upping their bill. GoDaddy is only the cheap option if you don't value security, stability, or performance.
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    Spree Commerce
    • Decent plugin ecosystem
    • Easily add and manage new products
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