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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft 365

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a Microsoft Cloud subscription service that includes Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, and Access). The software can be installed across multiple devices and ensures that users always have the most up-to-date version of the included Office applications.

    $5

    Per User Per Month

    WooCommerce

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.

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    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    Business Basic
    $5.00
    Per User Per Month
    Individual
    $5.84
    *Per Month
    Business - Apps
    $8.25
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - F3
    $10.00
    Per User Per Month
    Business Standard
    $12.50
    Per User Per Month
    Business Premium
    $20.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E3
    $32.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise - E5
    $57.00
    Per User Per Month
    Woo Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*When billed annually.WooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Automattic
    Chose WooCommerce
    I haven't used Shopify's WP integration, but I have built a Shopify site through their own platform. I found the CMS of WP to be more straight forward and intuitive, but it may be because I have a lot of WP experience. Shopify's CMS is certainly not a WP clone...
    In terms of the …
    Incentivized
    Chose WooCommerce
    WooCommerce is just simply quicker to get an e-commerce website built and up and running than either OpenCart or X-Cart....overall administration is easier for website owners as well. WooCommerce allows much better customization as a self-hosted option to BigCommerce. I …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    198 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    142 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Microsoft 365 and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
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    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.0
    96 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.278 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.388 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.596 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.392 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Microsoft 365 and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.1
    91 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.359 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings6.991 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Microsoft 365 and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.5
    85 Ratings
    2% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.585 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Microsoft 365 and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.4
    94 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.591 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.374 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings6.583 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Microsoft 365 and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Microsoft 365
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings6.747 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.491 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings8.584 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.786 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Small Businesses
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Workspace
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft 365 Business Premium
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (262 ratings)
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (30 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (54 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft 365WooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 would be well suited for medium to large enterprises. This is where there are several hundreds or thousands of people. Since most everyone has used one of the applications the learning curve would be reduced. Another reason would be the ability to implement security measures to prevent access to sensitive data. This could justify the cost of an Enterprise license.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Chat with teams and the integrations with the other apps, and many more smaller ones, like to-dos, news, and the recent Outlook integration.
    • Easy embedding on SharePoint to broadcast all the content created in the different tools.
    • The office package is still robust with the good things from the past and new additions.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    • Free base package means I can use it when I need to and not pay for it when I'm not using it
    • I can customize the e-commerce options and integrate the calendar booking
    • Payment processing is quick and easy and I can choose my provider
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Slack is 1000x better than teams. Why put a 250 limit on a chat? Our company hasn't moved fully to channels and it's making us lose transparency. Plus, the teams channels we do have nobody is going to. 90% loss in visibility and engagement.
    • Teams for web meetings. I think the UI/UX should match Zoom which is the standard for all our customers. They don't like it when we use Teams.
    • Chats and Channels need to somehow be on one screen automatically without having to choose that view because majority of our company hasn't opened Teams Channels and only stays in chats.
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    Automattic
    • Because of how the Wordpress database is structured, WooCommerce isn't great for large or complex e-commerce sites.
    • More out-of-the-box options would be nice within the base software.
    • Because add-on plugins are developed by 3rd parties, sometimes you get conflicts that break things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    There are many features of Office that we cannot replicate in any other tool. Plus people know it already. It's not going away anytime soon.
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    Automattic
    Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft 365 is the gold standard for performing project tasks in a professional environment, enabling the quick transfer and exchange of files and ideas for team members who work locally and remotely. Its suite of tools is familiar and has evolved to being cloud based, allowing for files to be updated in real time from near and far.
    Incentivized
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    Automattic
    It is built on the Wordpress platform, so there are some quirks compared to a dedicated e-commerce product, but it is very intuitive and easy to use, especially for anyone with Wordpress experience. There are numerous great support articles and learning resources available. Significant customization can be achieved with plugins vs other eCommerce platforms, which may require more custom code and have fewer plugin options.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Over the past 8 years of using Microsoft 365, I have noticed that they change vendors often. This always leads to a poor experience in the beginning, then levels out after some time for the company to get things worked out. As a customer, it is really frustrating because I don't have time when something isn't working to have them "look into my issue" and get back with me. They have even closed a ticket I specifically told them to keep open. Your applications are only as good as the support.
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    Automattic
    not muh support
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Everything works and I use it all the time.
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    Automattic
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Its very user-friendly, collaborative and efficient that boosts productivity using cloud tools. their security is strong and it provides data protection. There are regular updates that shields us from attackers too. It offers a wealth of learning resources, including tutorials, help articles and video guide to help users make the most of the application and personally upgrade their skills.
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    Automattic
    We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • We have a lot of nonprofit users, so they have a good ROI.
    • I like the constant updates without having to purchase the software repeatedly.
    • I used to purchase each Office (insert year here) often, so the software was up to date and had the newest options and connectors. I think my return on investment would have been much better if Microsoft had updated those versions to keep them current; after all, we did pay for them.
    • Microsoft 365's offering a monthly fee or a discount for a year helps, and you can look at it as a free backup if you have everything set to back up to One Drive. (Cloud-based document filing you can access anywhere ( with an internet connection)—you Can't beat that!)
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    Automattic
    • Positive: low cost to start up, and allowed us to start selling right away.
    • Negative: better plug-ins have a high cost of entry. For example if you want to do subscriptions you need a paid plugin for it.
    • Positive: easily integrates with PayPal and Stripe.
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