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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

    Squarespace

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASquarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Basic
    $25
    per month
    Core
    $36
    per month
    Plus
    $56
    per month
    Advanced
    $139
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIt's an open-source and free product28% to 36% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    Considered Both Products
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answer on this topic
    Squarespace
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.7
    10 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.2
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    9.1
    10 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Squarespace
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing9.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    8.4
    67 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.467 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    6.6
    58 Ratings
    17% below category average
    API00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings6.237 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    7.6
    99 Ratings
    3% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.284 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings6.878 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings7.398 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings7.099 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings7.296 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.195 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings8.386 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings6.580 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of nopCommerce and Squarespace
    Feature
    nopCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Squarespace
    6.1
    89 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.376 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings6.380 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings5.851 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings5.565 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings5.567 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.6
    (100 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    nopCommerceSquarespace
    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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    Squarespace
    Squarespace is one of the best solutions out there for building a website or web experience that looks good, has great functionality and is cost-effective, even for smaller businesses. Although most people in marketing will find most of the elements intuitive, if the creator is struggling with any of the functionality, there are many, many support options and other users who can offer assistance.
    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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    Squarespace
    • Stupid simple to use. I know very creative people who cannot code and this is probably the easiest ever platform for them!
    • Pretty website templates and great functionality with showing off portfolios.
    • They've already figured out what are the problems that non-coding people have when creating websites and they've figured out a simple solution for all of it.
    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
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    Squarespace
    • Customizing the sites can be highly UN intuitive
    • Navigation for editing the sites can be difficult and frustrating
    • Squarespace has different versions and it's hard to know which version you're on. You can't switch after you start making a site with one version.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    Squarespace
    Unless our website requires significantly more functionality in the future, I can't see us terminating our contract
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Nop Solutions, Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
    Squarespace
    It's simple to use for someone who is really good with computers as well as those who are not. I've been using my personal squarespace for years and have also helped clients build a starting page which they are later able to manage theirselves.
    Incentivized
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    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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    Squarespace
    Help is available directly from the back end and uses full sentence searching to find answers to questions others may have asked before. With a ton of articles and support questions documents, it is very likely that your question has been answered. If not each page has the ability to open a direct email to support. Each case has a number and can be followed. Responses are often quick and have links and directions clearly stated
    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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    Squarespace
    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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    Squarespace
    Squarespace was quicker to set up and more accessible to manipulate the theme, pictures, and content. The page layouts are more versatile and fluid. With WordPress, more time-consuming efforts go into making a template work the way you want it to (because of the lack of the drag-and-drop grids that Squarespace has).
    Incentivized
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    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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    Squarespace
    • The cost is reasonably decent. My client says they spent about $20 a month or $240 a year. I asked her if she could add Google AdSense to her blog one day, and they believe they can. They said a custom site would cost them $3000-10,000 depending on who does it. And I agreed, but I found the website they created was on the lower end of that range.
    Incentivized
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