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Overview

What is Spree?

Spree 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.

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You can build virtually anything with Spree!

Rating: 7 out of 10
February 18, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Spree is being used by our eCommerce department. We built our online store on this platform and we utilize it to support re-sellers and wholesale customers as well. Our busine...
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Steven Duran
Director - Sales
Platform Director - Saint Joseph Communications
5 Stones
Spree4 years of experience

Great way to collect info - easy to use!

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 26, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use Spree for all of our website transactions. It is basically the shopping cart function that allows a customer to pay for goods, then the funds are transferred to our acc...
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Colin Darcy
Project Manager - Customer Service
Dealer Services Manager (Canada) and Eastern United States
Nidecker SA
Spree3 years of experience

ATS perspective

Rating: 3 out of 10
May 21, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Spree is used as our e-commerce platform and applicant tracking system. Our marketing and selling department manages the e-commerce side, while HR is in charge of posting and ...
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Aurora Dolan
Project Manager - Human Resources
People Operations Strategist
Sightglass
Spree1 year of experience

How we use Spree

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 15, 2016
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Spree is a shopping cart and is used on our website Lovemomiji.com. We are an e-commerce business selling Momiji dolls globally from two hubs at the time of writing - UK &...
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Cameron Read
Director - Other
Co-Founder
MomijiHQ
Spree1 year of experience

Easy to get up and running.

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 11, 2015
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Spree is used as the storefront for our website.
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Technician
Spree13 years of experience
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What is Spree?

Spree 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.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Product Details

What is Spree?

Spree Features

  • Supported: Modular Platform
  • Supported: Easy Customization
  • Supported: Large Open-Source Community

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Spree Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Spree 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.

Reviewers rate Visual customization and Custom functionality highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of Spree are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Spree Commerce is widely used as an e-commerce platform by businesses selling products globally. Its primary use case is serving as a storefront for websites, allowing customers to make transactions seamlessly. According to user experiences, Spree is utilized by marketing and selling departments to efficiently manage their e-commerce operations. The platform also extends its functionality to HR departments, enabling them to post and track job applications effectively.

In terms of its core function, Spree excels in facilitating website transactions and providing quick access to payments. This has been highly appreciated by users who rely on the platform for seamless and secure financial transactions. Moreover, Spree's support for resellers and wholesale customers makes it suitable for businesses dealing with both physical and non-physical media items.

While Spree offers customization options, it's worth noting that technical skills may be required to fully leverage these capabilities. Additionally, some users have mentioned that the customization options provided by Spree are relatively limited compared to other e-commerce platforms. Nevertheless, the platform continues to be a popular choice due to its overall effectiveness in managing e-commerce operations at a global scale.

Highly Customizable Platform: Many users have praised Spree Commerce for its highly customizable platform that allows them to create visually appealing and unique online stores. They appreciate the ability to customize various aspects of their store's design and layout, giving them a competitive edge in the e-commerce market.

Flexibility and Scalability: Several reviewers have highlighted the flexibility and scalability offered by Spree Commerce. This makes it easy for businesses to adapt their online store as their needs change and grow over time. Whether it's adjusting product listings, adding new features, or expanding into new markets, Spree Commerce provides the necessary tools to support business growth and evolution.

Open-source Advantage: Developers find Spree Commerce particularly useful due to its open-source nature, which provides them with more freedom and control over the software. It also fosters collaboration within the developer community, enabling knowledge sharing and continuous improvement of the platform.

Limited Design Customization: Some users may find the design customization options on Spree Commerce challenging, particularly if they have limited technical knowledge or resources. This can make it difficult for them to personalize their online store according to their specific preferences and branding.

Lack of Innovation in Design: The design options on Spree Commerce may be limited compared to other e-commerce platforms. This can be a drawback for businesses that require more complex or unique designs to stand out from competitors and provide a visually appealing shopping experience for their customers.

Clunky Return Process: According to user feedback, the return process on Spree Commerce can be cumbersome and frustrating at times. Users have reported difficulties in initiating returns, tracking progress, and receiving timely updates. Improvements in streamlining this process would greatly enhance the overall user experience.

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You can build virtually anything with Spree!

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 18, 2020
SD
Steven Duran
Platform Director - Saint Joseph Communications
5 Stones (Media Production, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Spree
4 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Spree is being used by our eCommerce department. We built our online store on this platform and we utilize it to support re-sellers and wholesale customers as well. Our business sells physical media items like books, CDs, DVDs in addition to non-physical media items like MP3's, eBooks, and PDF downloads. This eCommerce platform is the primary tool that supports this line of business.
Pros
  • Adaptability of the platform
  • Open source code base.
Cons
  • Not enough out of the box options
  • CMS is clunky at times
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Spree Feature Ratings
Online Storefront (9)
55.55555555555556%
5.6
Product catalog & listings
40%
4.0
Product management
50%
5.0
Bulk product upload
80%
8.0
Branding
30%
3.0
Mobile storefront
40%
4.0
Product variations
80%
8.0
Website integration
50%
5.0
Visual customization
100%
10.0
CMS
30%
3.0
Online Shopping Cart (2)
40%
4.0
Abandoned cart recovery
40%
4.0
Checkout user experience
40%
4.0
Online Payment System (1)
100%
10.0
eCommerce security
100%
10.0
eCommerce Marketing (3)
40%
4.0
Promotions & discounts
40%
4.0
Personalized recommendations
40%
4.0
SEO
40%
4.0
eCommerce Business Management (5)
58%
5.8
Multi-site management
40%
4.0
Order processing
50%
5.0
Inventory management
50%
5.0
Shipping
50%
5.0
Custom functionality
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Allowed us to customize business practices
  • Expensive to support from a developer standpoint
Alternatives Considered
Spree is probably the most robust of the platforms that we evaluated. Because it is HIGHLY customizable, you can virtually build anything that you can dream up from a business perspective. At that point, you are probably going to need a very dedicated development team to support whatever business that you have created.
Other Software Used

Great way to collect info - easy to use!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
October 26, 2019
CD
Colin Darcy
Dealer Services Manager (Canada) and Eastern United States
Nidecker SA (Sports, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Spree
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Spree for all of our website transactions. It is basically the shopping cart function that allows a customer to pay for goods, then the funds are transferred to our accounts. We do not use it for wholesale business, only eCommerce. It helps us gain quick access to payments.
Pros
  • 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.
Cons
  • Searching by email is difficult sometimes. There is no way to sort customer lists by most recently logins, etc. It can cause lengthy searches when trying to locate.
  • Issues with hackers, security seems low at times - firewalls need to be improved.
  • There needs to be more search fields for things like phone numbers, addresses, etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
My favorite scenario is when a customer calls and doesn't know their login for our website. We sell snowboards, very seasonal, so people tend to forget login and password info quite a bit. No need to send a reset or anything along those lines - I can reset the password and immediately tell them the update. Super easy!
Spree Feature Ratings
Online Storefront (9)
42.22222222222222%
4.2
Product catalog & listings
60%
6.0
Product management
50%
5.0
Bulk product upload
50%
5.0
Branding
60%
6.0
Mobile storefront
N/A
N/A
Product variations
N/A
N/A
Website integration
90%
9.0
Visual customization
70%
7.0
CMS
N/A
N/A
Online Shopping Cart (2)
95%
9.5
Abandoned cart recovery
100%
10.0
Checkout user experience
90%
9.0
Online Payment System (1)
60%
6.0
eCommerce security
60%
6.0
eCommerce Marketing (3)
36.666666666666664%
3.7
Promotions & discounts
N/A
N/A
Personalized recommendations
50%
5.0
SEO
60%
6.0
eCommerce Business Management (5)
62%
6.2
Multi-site management
90%
9.0
Order processing
80%
8.0
Inventory management
N/A
N/A
Shipping
70%
7.0
Custom functionality
70%
7.0
Return on Investment
  • We've had some issues with hackers, Spree did a good job to improve security so that customer info is protected.
  • We can really cut down on phone time with customer info updates, allowing for us to on more important tasks
  • We can search for customers, previous orders, etc. With our old ERP system, we didn't have that option, we now have that on both Spree and Netsuite.
Other Software Used

ATS perspective

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
May 21, 2018
AD
Aurora Dolan
People Operations Strategist
Sightglass (Food & Beverages, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Spree
1 year of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Spree is used as our e-commerce platform and applicant tracking system. Our marketing and selling department manages the e-commerce side, while HR is in charge of posting and tracking jobs and applications.
Pros
  • Simple platform to post jobs
  • Straightforward record of job applications
Cons
  • 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
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe it fits the needs of small businesses. I can't imagine our version supporting a larger enterprise, but I could be wrong about how it's used.
Spree Feature Ratings
Online Storefront (9)
N/A
N/A
Product catalog & listings
N/A
N/A
Product management
N/A
N/A
Bulk product upload
N/A
N/A
Branding
N/A
N/A
Mobile storefront
N/A
N/A
Product variations
N/A
N/A
Website integration
N/A
N/A
Visual customization
N/A
N/A
CMS
N/A
N/A
Online Shopping Cart (2)
N/A
N/A
Abandoned cart recovery
N/A
N/A
Checkout user experience
N/A
N/A
Online Payment System (1)
N/A
N/A
eCommerce security
N/A
N/A
eCommerce Marketing (3)
N/A
N/A
Promotions & discounts
N/A
N/A
Personalized recommendations
N/A
N/A
SEO
N/A
N/A
eCommerce Business Management (5)
N/A
N/A
Multi-site management
N/A
N/A
Order processing
N/A
N/A
Inventory management
N/A
N/A
Shipping
N/A
N/A
Custom functionality
N/A
N/A
Return on Investment
  • We are able to quickly post and update jobs with minimal implementation time

How we use Spree

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 15, 2016
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Spree is a shopping cart and is used on our website Lovemomiji.com. We are an e-commerce business selling Momiji dolls globally from two hubs at the time of writing - UK & USA.
Pros
  • Highly customisable. Allowed our developers to generate a unique and flexible front end and cart facility.
  • We handle 2 warehouses and plan to add several more.
  • We use 13 currencies to cater for our main markets.
Cons
  • No particular weaknesses reported by our developers. They are using Spree on other sites too.
  • Back end is visually ok rather than cutting edge design but functionality is all there.
Likelihood to Recommend
I can only really comment on our usage which is B2C where it is very good.
Spree Feature Ratings
Online Storefront (9)
74.44444444444444%
7.4
Product catalog & listings
100%
10.0
Product management
100%
10.0
Bulk product upload
100%
10.0
Branding
N/A
N/A
Mobile storefront
N/A
N/A
Product variations
80%
8.0
Website integration
100%
10.0
Visual customization
100%
10.0
CMS
90%
9.0
Online Shopping Cart (2)
100%
10.0
Abandoned cart recovery
100%
10.0
Checkout user experience
100%
10.0
Online Payment System (1)
100%
10.0
eCommerce security
100%
10.0
eCommerce Marketing (3)
90%
9.0
Promotions & discounts
90%
9.0
Personalized recommendations
90%
9.0
SEO
90%
9.0
eCommerce Business Management (5)
80%
8.0
Multi-site management
N/A
N/A
Order processing
100%
10.0
Inventory management
100%
10.0
Shipping
100%
10.0
Custom functionality
100%
10.0
Return on Investment
  • Spree is a shopping cart and so is back-office. The key point is that it allowed us to build a fully customised front end which has allowed us to increase sales dramatically as part of an overall marketing strategy.
  • It is robust and copes with our peak loading.
  • Promotions are flexible but may need initial developer input to customise for a particular business.
Alternatives Considered
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.
Other Software Used

Easy to get up and running.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
December 11, 2015
Verified User
Technician in Engineering
Retail Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Spree
13 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Spree is used as the storefront for our website.
Pros
  • Payment gateways.
  • Promotions.
  • Uses prevailing software patterns.
Cons
  • The return process is clunky.
  • Performance when changing the contents of the cart.
  • Needs very detailed documentation as to how calculations are made. For example, tax totals, shipping totals, etc.
Likelihood to Recommend
Spree is great if you're running a standard e-commerce business and want to have a customized site and experience. Deviating from in small ways is fine, but if you want to start slicing off functionality, like inventory, shipping, etc. it's a real pain.
Spree Feature Ratings
Online Storefront (9)
53.33333333333333%
5.3
Product catalog & listings
80%
8.0
Product management
80%
8.0
Bulk product upload
80%
8.0
Branding
80%
8.0
Mobile storefront
N/A
N/A
Product variations
80%
8.0
Website integration
80%
8.0
Visual customization
N/A
N/A
CMS
N/A
N/A
Online Shopping Cart (2)
80%
8.0
Abandoned cart recovery
90%
9.0
Checkout user experience
70%
7.0
Online Payment System (1)
80%
8.0
eCommerce security
80%
8.0
eCommerce Marketing (3)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Promotions & discounts
80%
8.0
Personalized recommendations
N/A
N/A
SEO
N/A
N/A
eCommerce Business Management (5)
42%
4.2
Multi-site management
N/A
N/A
Order processing
80%
8.0
Inventory management
N/A
N/A
Shipping
80%
8.0
Custom functionality
50%
5.0
Return on Investment
  • Decent plugin ecosystem
  • Easily add and manage new products
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