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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

    Score8.6 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is an eCommerce marketplace software for SMBs available in cloud (No-Code) and self-hosted (On-Premises) versions. It allows users to open an online marketplace, where the user is the admin, and all the others—invited sellers. Each seller has his or her own micro-store with a customizable storefront, categories, filters, and search. Just like in Amazon. In the CS-Cart Multi-Vendor marketplace platform, managing vendors is designed to be simple:…

    $660

    per year

    X-Cart

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AX-Cart is an eCommerce and shopping cart platform built through PHP code.

    $199

    per month

    Pricing
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $660
    per year
    Plus
    $1,320
    per year
    Ultimate
    $3,300
    per year
    Unlimited
    Contact Sales
    one-time fee
    Platform
    Starting at $199
    per month
    Auto
    Starting at $299
    per month
    Marketplace
    Starting at $399
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Considered Both Products
    CS-Cart
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and X-Cart
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    X-Cart
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.810 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Product management8.910 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.39 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Branding8.710 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.08 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Product variations8.59 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Website integration8.69 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Visual customization8.710 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    CMS8.810 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and X-Cart
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    10 Ratings
    9% above category average
    X-Cart
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.29 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.510 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and X-Cart
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    X-Cart
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    eCommerce security8.99 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and X-Cart
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    X-Cart
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Promotions & discounts8.89 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.09 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO8.49 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of CS-Cart Multi-Vendor and X-Cart
    Feature
    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor
    8.0
    10 Ratings
    0% below category average
    X-Cart
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Multi-site management8.78 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Order processing8.510 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Inventory management6.510 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Shipping7.39 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.99 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CS-Cart Multi-VendorX-Cart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CS-Cart
    For quickly setting up a most intuitive online marketplace, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor is the best one. The software is very well suited for those who have some basic knowledge about backend customization, installation, server setup, proper server configuration etc. Though I'm sure the support team will get you up and running. Only few third-party service providers are very professional, provide honest service and will help you to run your business smoothly. I would highly recommend to use CS-Cart Multi-Vendor.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
    X-cart uses Smarty Templates in a PHP environment which means there are many developers who could probably pick it up relatively quickly to provide new features. The smarty template engine is very robust and well documented, and the cost of x-cart is very low which makes it easy for anyone to get started with their e-commerce business. It is a really great e-commerce software and suitable for every business. I actually cannot find any serious objection to what it does. They regularly update it, add new features, fix flaws, offer support. The software itself offers many integrations for shipping and payments, everything you need for sales. Although it covers many things, there will always be something missing, because many things happen in between customer visit and final delivery. Therefore, if you plan to expand your business, also plan to expand your X-Cart - but do not worry, it won't be hard.
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    Pros
    CS-Cart
    • Quick and easy set up of a multi-vendor marketplace
    • Very easy-to-use page designer
    • Huge marketplace of add-ons to cover pretty much anything you need
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    • For everyone. From small to huge business you get everything out of box. Just setup company details, payment and shipping methods and you are ready to go.
    • Upgradable. There are many plugins one can integrate with X-Cart. Over time, many of them became part of the software, and you are one click away to enable them.
    • Well organized code. It uses Smarty template engine, which I find great, specially for debugging (famous Webmaster mode).
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    Cons
    CS-Cart
    • The high cost of the platform itself and plugins.
    • Unavailability of the mobile application in the basic version of the platform.
    • Relatively difficult process of installing updates if you are new to IT.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
    • Creating new plugins the way X-Cart wants is maybe not complicated, but hard to implement because there are no hooks. One has to manually change each file. This is similar to patching the core and therefore one has to know basics of web development.
    • Even if you get everything styled correctly with base skin, there is a bunch of unused styles you have to cope with. Start skin should be much cleaner. You may find thousands excess lines of code.
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    Usability
    CS-Cart
    The software consists of most of all e-commerce related features. Also, there are plenty of third party addons are available in the market which can improve our business. There are a lot of powerful themes available in the cs cart market which improve the look and feel on the front store. If CS-cart adjusted the price on their software license cost, controlling the third party addon cost and provide more freelancers with cheaper hourly rate for the customization on the cs-cart multi vendor software, the cs-cart company can be a master among other e-commerce software companies in the world.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
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    Support Rating
    CS-Cart
    inside of the support subscription, they give me all the time a fast answer and you can ask in a community forum also other users. But i miss a free support/chat like other solutions.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
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    Implementation Rating
    CS-Cart
    Mostly extremely easy to implement, both back-end logic as well as styling. Great addon marketplace helped, particularly around payment options.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
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    Alternatives Considered
    CS-Cart
    It's a one-time payment and the entire CMS is in your control, can list unlimited products and vendors. no need to depend on an e-commerce platform to pay huge commissions. promote your own brand globally. change the looks of your listing with multiple themes, there are vast add on and page themes to enhance look and controls.
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    CS-Cart
    • Positive impact in learning to set up a shopping cart
    • ROI is questionable, as we are still building our business model
    • Positive impact on our business model and direction
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    Qualiteam eBusiness Solutions
    • Flexibility in presentation as well as functionality
    • Full open source software allows for unlimited possibilities with the store function, though some developers who create modules do encode their modules which have errors in their code which therefore can't be fixed
    • A fully functional professional level application at a fraction of the cost of similar applications such as magento.
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    CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace storefrontScreenshot of Multi-Vendor marketplace product pageProduct screenshot