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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

    WordPress VIP

    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Wordpress VIP, from a team at Automattic, is enterprise WordPress hosting with customer or digital experience features for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    Editions & Modules
    PrestaShop Hosted
    $24
    per month
    PrestaShop
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices are in Euros.—
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    Community Pulse
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    Considered Both Products
    PrestaShop
    No answer on this topic
    Automattic
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 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
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of PrestaShop and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.3
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    -
    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 WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    10% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    -
    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 WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    7% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of PrestaShop and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    6.6
    12 Ratings
    15% below category average
    WordPress VIP
    -
    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 WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WordPress VIP
    -
    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 WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of PrestaShop and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    7% below category average
    API00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of PrestaShop and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of PrestaShop and WordPress VIP
    Feature
    PrestaShop
    -
    Ratings
    WordPress VIP
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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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
    Square Online
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (13 ratings)
    7.2
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (21 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PrestaShopWordPress VIP
    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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    Automattic
    WordPress VIP really changed the game when it comes to WordPress CMS and Content Management. A one-stop shop for all our client's business needs. We are focusing on Content Management instead of technicalities. The big advantage is the security features covering all recent vulnerabilities that any WordPress developer/user wastes lots of precious time fixing/updating. Performance-wise, WordPress VIP is definitely up there. We’ve been doing lots of optimization work over the last few years. Every client wants to score 100. With WordPress VIP we decreased the time spent on optimization significantly and now feel confident with taking more performance optimisation work than we did before. Lastly, maybe the most important for every business is the support quality. WordPress VIP runs a superb support team with phenomenal knowledge and expertise. Quick to respond and solves issues here and now. It is definitely recommended.
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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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    Automattic
    • Keeps us informed of upcoming releases/patches associated with the Wordpress Platform.
    • Introduces us to products/companies/Wordpress plugins as necessary when new business needs arise.
    • Amy and Allie are excellent at managing the relationship; speaking with them on our monthly calls is a pleasure.
    Incentivized
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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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    Automattic
    • Too many different dashboard formats
    • Everything should have the same look and feel.
    • The admin portal looks different than the user content portal
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PrestaShop
    Considering the problems we had and still have, 0.
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    Automattic
    It's true enterprise ready hosting framework providing unparalleled hosting infrastructure for WordPress. Where an organisation has high load needs, but with stability and scale VIP delivers. It provides complete peace of mind that the hosting, security and scalability are taken care of and organisations can focus on developing out their website strategies
    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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    Automattic
    There is documentation for everything you might need.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    PrestaShop
    100s of implementation and so far no major security breaches.
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    Automattic
    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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    Automattic
    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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    Automattic
    The people who work for WordPress VIP clearly are passionate about representing the organisation. Therefore when support is required, they do go above and beyond what you may expect in terms of overall support. They take security very seriously, and due to the nature of VIP, it's rarely a concern for the end-user, if at all.
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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.
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    Automattic
    Our team manages 4 different brands' websites and before WordPress VIP we were using multiple different hosts including DreamHost and AWS. These were convoluted and didn't offer the enterprise features for our organization that WP VIP was capable of. We also considered Pantheon, but they were not Wordpress-centric enough for the direction we were going.
    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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    Automattic
    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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    Automattic
    • Working as a WordPress VIP gold partner has helped our business grow from 12 staff to 28 staff in 2 years. They have brought many projects to the table that are always the right ones for us and they really understand our goals as a business.
    Incentivized
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