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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ShipStation

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AShipStation is an order fulfillment and inventory management web-based shipping software designed for eCommerce businesses. It allows users to import, manage, and ship orders from multiple online selling channels while providing discounted rates and integrations with carriers like USPS, UPS, DHL Express, Canada Post, FedEx, Royal Mail, AUSPost, and more. ShipStation also offers workflow automation to speed up fulfillment, and branded package tracking, vital for enterprise and small businesses…

    $9.99

    per month

    Spree

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASpree Storefront is a modular, open source e-commerce platform with a large community, comprehensive API and integration features right out of the box. Spree is comprehensive enough for large ecommerce stores and easy enough for small online merchants.N/A
    Pricing
    ShipStationSpree
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $9.99
    per month
    Bronze
    $29.99
    per month
    Silver
    $59.99
    per month
    Gold
    $99.99
    per month
    Platinum
    $149.99
    per month
    Enterprise
    $229.99
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ShipStationSpree
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ShipStationSpree
    Considered Both Products
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
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    Spree Commerce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    75%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    81%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ShipStationSpree
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of ShipStation and Spree
    Feature
    ShipStation
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    5.6
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings5.04 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings3.73 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of ShipStation and Spree
    Feature
    ShipStation
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    38% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of ShipStation and Spree
    Feature
    ShipStation
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of ShipStation and Spree
    Feature
    ShipStation
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    4.2
    4 Ratings
    59% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings4.23 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of ShipStation and Spree
    Feature
    ShipStation
    -
    Ratings
    Spree
    6.1
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings5.74 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ShipStationSpree
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ShipStationSpree
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (25 ratings)
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ShipStationSpree
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    I do - and have - recommended them to other businesses. If they had taken care of the USPS pickup option and started supporting Rollo printers again I would have given them a 10. But a year with no resolution is unacceptable. Everything else about them is excellent. When I do have issues I'm usually able to contact someone via live chat and get it resolved. They are glitchy on occasion, but what piece of modern technology isn't.
    Incentivized
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    Spree Commerce
    Spree is a great solution if you have a highly customized business idea and need a very robust eCommerce solution to support your very creative and detailed sales methods. Because it's an open source platform, there are a ton of ways that his platform can be customized to meet virtually any business idea that you can dream up. With that said, the platform requires dedicated development support to make sure everything is stable and supported at all times.
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    Pros
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • Integration: It works so well I forget that it is a 3rd party solution sometimes.
    • Automation: You can set nested rules based on order details, really cutting down on the little things that slow down your fulfillment process.
    • Management: We almost never log into the admin side of BigCommerce thanks to ShipStation. ShipStation handles all of our day-to-day needs.
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    Spree Commerce
    • Quick and easy access, nice interface when logging in.
    • Access to customer's info, easy to change user names and passwords when issues arise with login.
    • Easy to use for the most part - a lot of ways to search for information regarding customer's info.
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    Cons
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • For years users have requested UPS End of Day Report for Driver to Scan. Shipstation Refuses to offer this and it means that Claims with the carrier are next to impossible to process as there is no PROOF the carrier received your package.
    • Customer Service is Seriously Lacking within the last 6-12 months. Repeated outages, problems, and their front-tier support has no insight as to how long the system will be down. Poor Response times for even the most basic of issues such as error logs so our cart can troubleshoot from their end.
    • The Status Page is inaccurate. 5 of the last 6 times when we had major issues their status page shows as 100%. Not a reliable gauge of up-time.
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    Spree Commerce
    • For the ATS portion, ability to download applicants would be helpful
    • We have to use our developers to change some simple things on the web format
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    Usability
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    Its a very quick platform and being web based it does not require install for say viewing order's shipping status. For the shipping itself, there is a app that grabs data in near real time. Its an easy install and I have had next to no issues with the shipping aspect of the app.
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    Spree Commerce
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    I have quarterly calls with my account rep to discuss metrics and performance to ensure we are remaining consistent without fulfillment and transit times. He is super friendly and knowledgable. Whenever I have questions, if he can't answer them himself, he gets me in contact with the appropriate person almost immediately.
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    Spree Commerce
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    Alternatives Considered
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    ShipStation is mainly used for automating and streamlining our shipping process. It doesn't track inventory or deal with fulfillment. ShipBob, on the other hand, is a fulfillment and shipping provider. (in addition to automation) Because our e-commerce business is still small and we're operating from our brick-n-mortar store, we don't have a need for ShipBob at the moment.
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    Spree Commerce
    I don't want to knock other products but let's say that the more famous shopping carts, although they have great functionality off the peg, are limited in terms of branding ability and further customisation. Invariably you get a site which looks and feels like many others. This will suit many companies as a low cost option which is very competent. However the fully customisable front end that we need, and will continue to develop, is not possible with these turn-key solutions.
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    Return on Investment
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • It saves a lot of time being able to import the customer data.
    • It saves us money by finding us the best rate (e.g. when we offer free shipping on orders).
    • It can save data such as your most common box sizes.
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    Spree Commerce
    • Decent plugin ecosystem
    • Easily add and manage new products
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