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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Square Online

    Score7.8 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

    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AQuickBooks Commerce (or TradeGecko) was a cloud-based Order and Inventory Management platform. TradeGecko was acquired by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2020, and plans to sunset the resulting product were announced June 2021. It was discontinued the following year, and is no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Personal
    $13
    per month
    Professional
    $16
    per month
    Performance
    $29
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Free
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing decreases when paid annually: Personal - $10/Month Professional - $12/Month Performance - $26/MonthMonthly and yearly subscriptions available to meet your business' needs. Cancel at anytime. Basic - $99/month Business - $249/month Business Premium - $449/month Enterprise - $999/month
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    Community Pulse
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    60%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    60%
    Happy with the feature set
    3 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    60%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    3 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Square Online and TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Feature
    Square Online
    7.6
    31 Ratings
    8% below category average
    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.631 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Square Online and TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Feature
    Square Online
    9.5
    22 Ratings
    20% above category average
    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    API9.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language9.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Square Online and TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Feature
    Square Online
    6.5
    43 Ratings
    19% below category average
    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor5.536 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness5.239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section8.839 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates6.043 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes6.143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design8.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow5.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator7.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of Square Online and TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Feature
    Square Online
    9.3
    40 Ratings
    21% above category average
    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Content taxonomy8.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support9.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions9.433 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Square Online and TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Feature
    Square Online
    -
    Ratings
    TradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    9.9
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Automation rules00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting and analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Fulfillment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Backorder management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Bill of materials management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Accounting integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Point of sale integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Umbraco CMS
    Score7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Joomla
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    RWS Tridion Sites
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (44 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Square OnlineTradeGecko / QuickBooks Commerce (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    Using TradeGecko requires to the company to make compromises. Which compromises depends on the business, what they are using for other 3rd party applications and what they sell. You need to be very good with excel since you are able to upload and modify most files, which gives you major control over your data. They however need to modify the way in which new inventory items get loaded, as it is quite awkward if you use variants. 'Reports' as has been described prior has improved dramatically and most if not all can be downloaded in CSV/Excel format. This allows you to build your own reports with the data from the system. If your business is very complex in nature, TradeGecko probably isn't the system for you. If you are doing thousands of transactions a day, again this is not the system. However, if you are a small to smaller mid-sized business, the system, its cost and the 3rd party applications make it worth a first second and third look.
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    Pros
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • Interface with WooCommerce.
    • Interface with Xero.
    • Maintain Perpetual Inventory (less than 0.001% difference in value of inventory in TG and Xero).
    • Works with ShipStation extremely well.
    • Works with major EDI vendors (with reservations).
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    Cons
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • - Couldn't integrate with existing QBO account. Had to set up a new QBO account and transfer all data, create lots of journal entries - was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Caused some financial discrepancies to resolve.
    • - Have to process returns on Amazon and Shopify orders manually
    • - Tax-inclusive is not allowed - European sales are tax inclusive - can't import order with VAT included. Looks like the software is suitable for US only. Have to create such orders manually in Commerce and then manual journal entries in QBO
    • - Supports accrual accounting method only. In cash - it's a mess
    • - Support - not knowledgeable enough - I could only call for support (now they have chat) and they always had to get with the back-end and every call was not less than 1 hour. At the end I would get a link for the training materials
    • - Inventory not synching timely sometimes - I have a screenshot proving that inventory on our Amazon account was 0 but Commerce still had quantities, I had to manually press synch
    • - Shipping line from Shopify orders is not coded to Shipping income account but goes together with Sales of product income account
    • - When partial of the PO is received, not able to create a bill for the partial. There're only 2 settings: either bill created at the time of PO creation (for the whole PO amount - which increases your AP right away) or at the time the whole PO received. It works only when PO is shipped as a whole.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Discontinued Products
    TG works well for us.
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    Usability
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    TG is good and easy to use, but could be improved
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    Support Rating
    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Support team just sends links to blog posts that are often out of date.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Discontinued Products
    Each of the applications has a specific place. We select and implement the best solutions for our clients based on their budget and requirements. This is often determined by integration requirements. We like to say that every application with do a different 95% of what you need it to. There will always be a different 5% to forgo between applications.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Discontinued Products
    • No real ROI - we're stilling pulling reports from multiple platforms.
    • Positive - segregation of wholesale and DTC orders in Shopify.
    Incentivized
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