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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

    WebWave

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AWebWave — an alternative for agencies and freelancers for creating custom websites for clients with the support of CMS. Using CMS with no sacrifices WebWave is a CMS platform that gives a designer precision up to 1 px in every single detail just like in more sophisticated graphic programs such as Photoshop while remaining a drag and drop software. This is to make creating websites much faster without loosing on details. Spend less time talking WebWave…N/A
    Pricing
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Editions & Modules
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$7 per month
    Additional DetailsPrices are in Euros.—
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    Community Pulse
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Considered Both Products
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    WebWave
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    51 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    50 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    48 Answers
    Features
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of PrestaShop and WebWave
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WebWave
    -
    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 WebWave
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    WebWave
    -
    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 WebWave
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WebWave
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of PrestaShop and WebWave
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    WebWave
    -
    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 WebWave
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WebWave
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Wix
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    10Web
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PrestaShopWebWave
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    9.6
    (53 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PrestaShopWebWave
    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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    WebWave
    Well suited: Small businesses and entrepreneurs: WebWave is an excellent option for small businesses and entrepreneurs who need a professional-looking website without spending a lot of time and money. It's easy to use, customizable, and offers fast load times and responsive design. Less appropriate: Large e-commerce websites: If you're looking to create a large e-commerce website with a vast number of products and advanced features, WebWave may not be the best option. Its e-commerce functionality is limited compared to other website builders, and it may not be able to accommodate the needs of a large-scale online store. Also, if you need much coding, you would rather have it with something that is wordpress-based.
    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.
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    WebWave
    • WebWave's site builder is the platform's truly innovative feature. I've never come across another service that deploys a layer-based approach in web design, as most of them usually deploy a grid-based system. This is an incredible alteration that ensures WebWave behaves much like a traditional graphic design tool, thereby resulting in an experience that is a lot more intuitive and instinctive. I believe this has the potential to radically change the way people approach no-code web design.
    • WebWave provides automatic, daily backups and a free SSL certificate for every website. This results in excellent security.
    • WebWave's support team is first-class! I had some teething-issues in the beginning, but the support team quickly got me back on track.
    • WebWave's community/forum is an excellent place to vote and request new features. This proves the development team is committed to making WebWave better by listening to their users.
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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.
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    WebWave
    • Some scope for improvement in UX (colors are not very appealing). It is simple to use but design is a little dated. Especially in the builder section, I'd like to see modern design for buttons and maybe gradients also: as this is where visual motivation is also important
    • Some edits take effect only after pressing OK. That should be eliminated as it's an unnecessary addition. It's also kind of annoying to do that again and again, which can add up to a lot as we do so many small tweaks while building the website.
    • Few things (maybe glitches) in design. The rectangle below the footer was uneditable for me. I spent quite some time trying to figure it out so I'm convinced it's a glitch.
    • Website speed should be increased.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    WebWave
    No answers on this topic
    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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    WebWave
    Very easy to use, intuitive, has many options and plug-ins, and is cheap.
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    Reliability and Availability
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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    WebWave
    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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    WebWave
    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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    WebWave
    1. The support person does not seem to understand the issues, and seems like they go off to talk to somebody and revert back every 5 to 10 minutes. It takes up a lot of time. 2. There is a lack of reading material to address simple issues like changing the website name in the dashboard, pasting a code, etc.
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    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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    WebWave
    WordPress is a more flexible and adaptive content management system than Webwave. In addition to the functionalities that are already built-in, I am unable to add any customizable plugins or add-ons. However, in the majority of cases, the inherent features of Webwave are sufficient for developing a website that serves its intended purpose. Webwave also makes it possible for you to add animations and the appearance of each of your design elements, whereas WordPress builders require additional plugins in order for users to access most of such capabilities. Webwave has several essential design features available internally, thus saving money and time.
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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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    WebWave
    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.
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    WebWave
    • saved 30 hours per year per site (previously I had to manually run updates and check if everything is fine)
    • earns money for me without a touch (thanks to automatic billing of my customers for hosting and support) - additional (ca.) 120 USD per year per site
    • no negatives so far
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