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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MicroBiz

    Score8.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    MicroBiz is an eCommerce retail management solution butil around features such as inventory management, payment gateway, and purchase orders / receiving tracking.

    $60

    per month

    PrestaShop

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/APrestaShop is a free, open source e-commerce solution available under the Open Software License and officially launched in August 2007. The software is written in PHP and based on the Smarty template engine and is currently used by 165,000 shops worldwide. The PrestaShop group was founded in Paris, with a second Headquarters opened in Miami in 2011. PrestaShop is translated into 63 languages, with English, French, Portuguese, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Russian having full…

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Editions & Modules
    MicroBiz Cloud
    $60
    per month
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$200 per installationNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices are in Euros.
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    Community Pulse
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Considered Both Products
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answer on this topic
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of MicroBiz and PrestaShop
    Feature
    MicroBiz
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of MicroBiz and PrestaShop
    Feature
    MicroBiz
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of MicroBiz and PrestaShop
    Feature
    MicroBiz
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of MicroBiz and PrestaShop
    Feature
    MicroBiz
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings6.912 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of MicroBiz and PrestaShop
    Feature
    MicroBiz
    -
    Ratings
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Small Businesses
    Square POS
    Score9 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    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
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MicroBizPrestaShop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MicroBiz LLC
    Suitable for small and mid sized retail businesses. Many features to automate operations (bar code scanning throughout application, auto generate POS based on mix/max, stock look-up). May not be ideal for large retail stores. Lacks integrations with ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle. Missing some specialty features such as serialized inventory.
    Incentivized
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    PrestaShop
    This is a great system for small and medium businesses dealing from 1 product to 100,000 products. It is elegant to use and very stable. The system may not be great for converting into a marketplace and the handling of > 1million products. The system is also not suitable for services selling like events, registrations, subscriptions and ticket bookings etc.
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    Pros
    MicroBiz LLC
    • Ring up transactions and take payments
    • Manage inventory
    • Management Reporting
    • Discounts and promotions
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    PrestaShop
    • The PayPal button modality was integrated with the PrestaShop system, which helped our clients to complete payments digitally in just a few seconds, this integrated button allowed to streamline many transactions.
    • Performing inventory reviews and modifying the PrestaShop catalog was one of the things that I liked the most, I could make changes to the catalog, make changes to the conditions of the products in the catalog and all those changes were reflected on my website in a instant, no need to wait some time.
    • The PrestaShop system created a digital invoice for each client who made the advance payment of a property, which made it even easier to complete the property negotiation. Customers came to our company with the digital invoice for the advance payment and it was easy to identify the property that was paid, thanks to the digital invoice.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    MicroBiz LLC
    • Missing a couple helpful features (such as a free loyalty program)
    • The formatting on some screens is whacky and the font can be small
    • It could be easier to email receipts (need to set this before the transaction)
    Incentivized
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    PrestaShop
    • Not a lot of free templates.
    • Images can sometimes be too compressed and lose their full quality, so better settings for that could be introduced.
    • Being able to change the look of your automatic emails via default settings can also be introduced.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    Usability
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    The lack of performance and the unstable system make it very hard to use it for a serious e-commerce application.
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    Reliability and Availability
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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    Performance
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Some caching and optimization is definitely needed. However, it is not as bloated as other CMSs with lots of plugins needed.
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    Support Rating
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Since we use PrestaShop OpenSource there is only community support. What we found is that many other users fight with the same problems and there seems no solution or input from the PrestaShop developers' side.
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    Alternatives Considered
    MicroBiz LLC
    It was close but we just liked some of the features in microbiz better. Plus it was cheaper
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    PrestaShop
    It's a no-brainer for e-commerce stores. BigCommerce and Magento both far out-distanced PrestaShop in every major category. If you're just getting into e-commerce, I would highly recommend either BigCommerce or Magento. Their online documentation and support far outweigh any advantages you'd have over going with an open source software like PrestaShop.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    MicroBiz LLC
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    This is the best example of "If it's not broken, don't fix it!".
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    Return on Investment
    MicroBiz LLC
    • Really amazing value for the monthly fees. Less expensive than other serious cloud POS applications
    • Synch with QBO allows us to save time manually entering financial data into our accounting system
    • Bar code scanning in both the front end and back end saves time and money
    Incentivized
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    PrestaShop
    • It slowed down our Hosting service. Our website took a long time to fully load on our clients' devices due to the high consumption of the integration with the PrestaShop service.
    • It provided us with a fast billing service, where our clients obtained invoices in PDF mode for the electronic payments they made for the properties. These digital invoices helped us to recognize the property they wanted faster and streamlined the negotiation process.
    • The templates that had an optimized design, were too expensive, this caused that our catalog design was very simple and did not capture the interest of customers.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    MicroBiz Screenshots

    Screenshot of MicroBiz Cloud runs on iPads, Macs and PCsScreenshot of Register Screen - Ring Up Sales Quickly and Easily.  Quickly scan items into the register using bar codes – or add items with one touch. Discount individual items, groups of items or the entire transaction. You can do price checks and check inventory. It’s so intuitive that employees will be able to use the POS application with almost no training.Screenshot of Register Screen  - Add any items to a transaction with one touch – even non-inventory items such as service and delivery charges. The keys can be set to prompt for the price or the size or color of an item. You can set up an unlimited number of Quick Pick Panels, use colors to highlight keys and arrange them in any order that you choose.Screenshot of Customer Order Dashboard - Manage Layaways, Work Orders, Deliveries and Phone Orders. Use the Orders in Progress capabilities in MicroBiz to manage layaways, phone orders and orders in progress.  You can collect a deposit and set whether the order will be fulfilled via store pick-up, shipment or delivery.Screenshot of Filtered Product Search - Use multiple ways to search for products and add them to a transaction. In addition to the top product search bar, MicroBiz Cloud features a flexible advance search feature.  This feature allows you to search by item name, SKU, style, UPC or Alternate ID.  Search results can be displayed in table format or as product tiles.  Advanced filters allow you to view results by category, vendors, brand, color, size or other attribute.Screenshot of Product Record - Simple and Matrix Products and Flexible Pricing Schemes.  Products records are critical to a retail system – as the sale of products and services drives revenue.  Our product records make your job easier by offering all kinds of flexibility and capabilities around product type (simple products, matrix products, prompt for price, services, etc) and pricing strategies (discounts, promotions, customer-based pricing, quantity-based pricing).

    PrestaShop Screenshots

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