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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    nopCommerce

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    nopCommerce is an open-source eCommerce solution that is iASP.NET (MVC) based with a MS SQL 2008 (or higher) backend database. The vendor says their shopping cart solution is uniquely suited for merchants that have outgrown existing systems.N/A

    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

    Shopify Plus

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AShopify Plus is an eCommerce solution built for enterprise-level companies that enables them to sell online and offline across social channels like Facebook , Pinterest, and marketplaces like Amazon and eBay.

    $2,300

    per month with a 3-year commitment

    Pricing
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    3-year term
    $2300
    per month
    1-year term
    $2500
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIt's an open-source and free productPrices are in Euros.
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    Community Pulse
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Considered Multiple Products
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    Chose nopCommerce
    nopCommerce gives us the flexibility to create solutions for our customers that can grow as their business grows. You'll never feel boxed in. The core nopCommerce solution comes with a solid selection of shipping and payment providers, and has a marketplace for a host of …
    Incentivized
    Chose nopCommerce
    NopCommerce offers you more flexibility where it comes to customization and scaling your application. The customization and extension is easy as well as the theme and plugin structure adds a large value to the overall system.
    The API's introduced by nopCommerce makes it more …
    Incentivized
    Chose nopCommerce
    Because it is very easy to customize to every kind of needs and it has some unique enterprise features, like multi-warehouse or multi-vendor.
    Incentivized
    Chose nopCommerce
    [We have] So many clients moving from Magento, WordPress and other e-commerce shopping carts to nopCommerce because it's free, open source, with a big active community which provides free support 24/7. With nopCommerce you can go live in one day.
    Incentivized
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    Shopify
    Chose Shopify Plus
    A direct connection to our ERP sets Shopify Plus apart for other platforms we've evaluated. The integration with our ERP eliminates manual data entry, reduces fulfillment errors, and ensures accurate stock visibility company-wide.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of nopCommerce and PrestaShop and Shopify Plus
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Shopify Plus
    8.4
    45 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.110 Ratings9.75 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Product management9.110 Ratings7.75 Ratings8.644 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.79 Ratings5.04 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    Branding9.110 Ratings5.04 Ratings8.442 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.110 Ratings9.75 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    Product variations9.19 Ratings5.04 Ratings7.443 Ratings
    Website integration9.19 Ratings9.85 Ratings8.239 Ratings
    Visual customization9.19 Ratings6.04 Ratings8.343 Ratings
    CMS6.89 Ratings7.85 Ratings8.940 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of nopCommerce and PrestaShop and Shopify Plus
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Shopify Plus
    8.8
    44 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings6.03 Ratings8.842 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.110 Ratings7.95 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of nopCommerce and PrestaShop and Shopify Plus
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    9.1
    10 Ratings
    8% above category average
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Shopify Plus
    8.6
    42 Ratings
    3% above category average
    eCommerce security9.110 Ratings7.85 Ratings8.642 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of nopCommerce and PrestaShop and Shopify Plus
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    4% above category average
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Shopify Plus
    8.6
    44 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Promotions & discounts9.19 Ratings7.95 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.49 Ratings5.14 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    SEO8.610 Ratings6.912 Ratings8.643 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of nopCommerce and PrestaShop and Shopify Plus
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Shopify Plus
    8.2
    43 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing9.110 Ratings8.85 Ratings8.743 Ratings
    Inventory management8.29 Ratings9.65 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    Shipping9.19 Ratings10.04 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.19 Ratings8.75 Ratings8.142 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    8.8
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    nopCommercePrestaShopShopify Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    nopCommerce is an ideal solution for businesses that want to tailor the customer journey for discovering and purchasing products. The nopCommerce solution is designed to adapt to you, not the other way around. The platform works best when you partner with a solution provider like ourselves. It also works well if you have a team of in-house .NET developers. A one-person shop will likely find less value in a platform like this if they're looking to spin up a small ecommerce site with just a few button clicks.
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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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    Shopify
    Shopify Plus makes order management simple and less error prone. Connecting our ERP allows us to seamlessly manage our product listings, fulfill orders, and sync customer data. Limitations to the number of product variants requires attention from our staff to make sure our products sync without issue. Other than being arbitrary, there's really no need to limit the number of product variants.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • As I came from Microsoft .Net technical experience with more than 15 years in IT industry, the nopCommerce .Net based open sourced framework is the best eCommerce framework in terms of architectural perspective - such as incorporating with Entity Framework code first approach, Domain Driven Architecture, using ASP.Net MVC, Unit Testing, ...etc.
    • When my client asked for an eCommerce portal, the whole team was struggling from designing a database to identifying the requirements. nopCommerce has everything we need. All the industrial standard eCommerce features are included. It saves hours of database design, application design and also the client's requirements are easily fit into nopCommerce's features.
    • The cost of nopCommerce- the last time we paid was a $200 one time cost for using the production site. It was ridiculously cost effective. As it is opened source, the whole community is supporting and constantly making this framework better and better.
    • I set up a web site within a week using nopCommerce to sell my own products online. It was so easy to use, deploy, and set up.
    Incentivized
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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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    Shopify
    • Syncs directly with ShipBob WMS.
    • Shopify Scripts and the Script Editors allows us to tailor our checkout screen.
    • Gives us advanced sales reporting, showing trends, performance, year to year, and even projections.
    • Scalable for high volume, handles spikes in traffic without downtime.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • More community templates would be great.
    • Some of the pricing can be a bit tricky, especially configured items... there is a likelihood of mispriced items with the current structure
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    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
    Read full review
    Shopify
    • When linking to our communication service some customers have several emails with orders and only one email generates orders. It would be nice if we could combine all of this information into one account.
    • If a customer has multiple accounts you are also unable to edit the email address as it is already used, another reason merging accounts would be helpful.
    • Some of the processes in Shopify are too easy to complete. I’m certain scenarios a peony of “are you sure you would like to complete(this action)” would be extremely helpful and avoid mistakes that are not reversible.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    Shopify
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    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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    Shopify
    It is extremely easy for merchants to get to know how Shopify Plus works. Comparitive to other platforms such as Magento and WooCommerce it is extremely lean and easy to operate, meaning clients who migrate over to it find it very intuitive to use. There is also a lot of guides and up to date information online
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
    Read full review
    Shopify
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    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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    Shopify
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    I have asked numerous questions and the team treats my random questions as if they are critical to the continued success of their product. They really take each users' questions to heart and strive to solve them. I cannot commend them enough on how fast they respond to questions as well as the follow-through given to things thay may or may not even be a part of their platform.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Shopify
    Always are quick to answer our questions and help us find a solution
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    Go for a plugin based development if you would like to extend nopCommerce. This approach will make it easier for you to upgrade the software.
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    PrestaShop
    No answers on this topic
    Shopify
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    NopCommerce offers you more flexibility where it comes to customization and scaling your application. The customization and extension is easy as well as the theme and plugin structure adds a large value to the overall system. The API's introduced by nopCommerce makes it more efficient when it comes to integrations and developing a mobile application on top of your eCommerce platform. The customer owns 100% of the source code without any extra fee.
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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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    Shopify
    Shopify had the quickest go-to-market and most robust API among the products we compared. CommerceCloud required a VERY LONG integration phase that we just didn't have time for. BigCommerce fell short on the number of features and API coverage that we needed. Overall Shopify gave us the most bang for the buck.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    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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    Shopify
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    • It has been our sole platform for developing online stores for the last 9 years and our business have been growing year to year.
    • The disadvantage of nopCommerce is that it is not as well known as other competitors, which makes it more difficult to sell.
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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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    Shopify
    • The pricing of Shopify Plus over the regular Shopify Account solution is about 10x if not 20x the cost. But with this cost comes the increased reliability and trust you have in your eCommerce Software solution/website. We still have a great ROI with the Shopify Plus Pricing.
    • With Shopify Plus, we have been able to drill deeper into a more robust eCommerce experience for our customers
    • With Shopify Plus, we have been able to customize our Website further with recommended apps, features, and customizations based on our Dedicated Account Reps expertise.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    Shopify Plus Screenshots

    Screenshot of The home screen of your Shopify admin, including proactive home cards and reporting and live view insights.Screenshot of Your Shopify Plus store is ready for mobile commerce. Customers can browse and buy from your store with an optimized experience on device.Screenshot of Editing products across sales channels.Screenshot of Easily edit colours, typography, settings, and drag and drop sections for each of your store's templates with the theme editor.