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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Square Online

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASquare Online (formerly Weebly) is a basic content management system with blogging and eCommerce features. It can be utilized for building standard websites or specialized webpages for online stores.

    $13

    per month

    Pricing
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Editions & Modules
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Personal
    $13
    per month
    Professional
    $16
    per month
    Performance
    $29
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices are in Euros.Pricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/Month
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    Community Pulse
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Considered Both Products
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration9.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO6.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management9.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    7.6
    31 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.631 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    9.4
    22 Ratings
    19% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.417 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    17% below category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings5.636 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings5.339 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.739 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings6.143 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings8.242 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings5.435 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings7.136 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of PrestaShop and Square Online
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    Square Online
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings8.626 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings9.636 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings9.621 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.333 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.430 Ratings
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    PrestaShopSquare Online
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Joomla
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PrestaShopSquare Online
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    If you are having students create websites or information pages about something they are studying in class, this is a great option. The fact that students can spend less time getting situated and learning the app and get right to work researching and creating their pages is great. For middle to high school, this is a fantastic app to use. However, if you want more nuanced analytics or want students to focus on blogging more than webpage building, this is limited.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Drag and drop interface makes it very easy to add all types of content, including images, text, video (and YouTube videos), embeddable applications and more.
    • It's very easy to set up navigation features like cascading menus and sticky navigation (where the menu stays put - may depend on the template chosen though).
    • A technical backend is fairly straight-forward for setting up a fav icon, 301 redirects, SEO, Google Analytics, etc.
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    Cons
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly doesn't have a lot of templates to choose from, so if you don't have any experience with CSS or HTML, it's hard to customize your site to an extent.
    • Weebly isn't fully SEO friendly. They don't allow you to add H1 tags to pages out of the box.
    • You can't create folder structures when it comes to web page URLs. You can put web pages under a main menu dropdown, but they don't allow you to put all sub-menu items in a structured folder (like site.com/folder/page-1 and site.com/folder/page-2).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly is consistently adding features that line up with our needs. The ease of use makes it the perfect program for us since we have users of multiple age brackets and knowledge of web design. We love that we can give users access to only the pages they are affiliated with
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Very easy to use and intuitive to design after all of our business needs. From the website and POS system to how we represent ourselves internally and to our customers... Square is second-to-none in helping our business and others in our same boat become the kind of businesses we want to be when it comes to our inventory and sales of these kinds of products.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Weebly's designs, plugins, and customization options are a little more advanced in some cases than other similar programs. WordPress requires a different level of expertise and knowledge of code, keywording, and plugins, so I wouldn't even compare them. Wix is a little more user-friendly because you can drag and drop your design, which was very convenient for customizing your site. I didn't personally select Weebly, but it is user-friendly and nearly anyone comfortable with a computer could figure it out. Weebly support is also pretty good.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    PrestaShop
    This is the best example of "If it's not broken, don't fix it!".
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Weebly has allowed our business to create a connection with our customers by offering home decor, cooking and styling tips.
    • Weebly gives us the chance to relay information to customers regarding merchandise, current sales and promotions, store hours and locations etc. Which has helped increase business.
    • Weebly has given our not very tech savvy business the opportunity to have a website and stay relevant with our competitors.
    Incentivized
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