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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EvolutionX

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AEvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A

    Shift4Shop

    Score1.2 out of 10
    N/AShift4Shop (formerly 3dcart) is a customizable eCommerce platform designed to build an online store. Some features include Level 1 PCI security compliance, the same level used by banks and large financial institutions, along with search engine optimized templates and no transaction fees. The former 3dcart was acquired by Shift4 Payments in November, 2020.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Platform Fee
    $39
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.Shift4Shop offers a free enterprise-grade plan for US customers who use their payment processing.
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    Community Pulse
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Shift4
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    0%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    0%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    17%
    Happy with the feature set
    1 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    0%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    0 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    0%
    Implementation went as expected
    0 Answers
    Features
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of EvolutionX and Shift4Shop
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.9
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Shift4Shop
    1.0
    9 Ratings
    155% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.713 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Product management7.613 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.412 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Branding7.013 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.112 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Product variations7.313 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Website integration8.612 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Visual customization7.613 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    CMS8.711 Ratings1.08 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of EvolutionX and Shift4Shop
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Shift4Shop
    2.0
    9 Ratings
    117% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.712 Ratings2.07 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.313 Ratings2.09 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of EvolutionX and Shift4Shop
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.3
    10 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Shift4Shop
    2.0
    9 Ratings
    122% below category average
    eCommerce security8.310 Ratings2.09 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of EvolutionX and Shift4Shop
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.2
    13 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Shift4Shop
    1.7
    9 Ratings
    128% below category average
    Promotions & discounts8.612 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.511 Ratings2.98 Ratings
    SEO8.412 Ratings1.09 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of EvolutionX and Shift4Shop
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Shift4Shop
    2.9
    9 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Multi-site management8.48 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Order processing8.813 Ratings6.88 Ratings
    Inventory management8.910 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Shipping8.512 Ratings4.98 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.913 Ratings1.08 Ratings
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    EvolutionXShift4Shop
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
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    User Ratings
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (13 ratings)
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EvolutionXShift4Shop
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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    Shift4
    At this point I would recommend looking elsewhere - 8 years with a platform and finally have to switch due to the unreliability is not something a business likes to do! They should sell the platform to a company that actually cares about owning an ecommerce builder. Research Shift4 - the parent
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Very easy to onboard products
    • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
    • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
    • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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    Shift4
    • In my opinion, charge you too much for what it is worth
    • In my opinion, tech support is always blaming client and end up fixing it own issues
    • In my experience, make you believe client is important
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
    • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
    • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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    Shift4
    • Page structure is all over the place. It can be difficult to find where to go to make page edits.
    • Base platform isn't very robust and requires multiple add-ons in order to add CRM, Taxes, and other capabilities
    • Reporting isn't very strong, necessitating outside analytics
    • File system is also pretty wonky and feels very primitive
    • Customer service and technical help leaves MUCH to be desired.
    • Not as many supported add-ons/plug-ins as other platforms, and many of them cost additional fees. Many of them also don't seamlessly integrate, meaning you'll need to dev the integration yourself.
    • In general, what you see in the WYSIWYG is not what you get.
    • Order System is not very intuitive for the modern era
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    It is a good platform with good customizable features for our customers.
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    Shift4
    Not applicable - as a franchisee, the franchiser took over the web site and shopping cart capabilities, so I no longer need the tool. But I would recommend it.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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    Shift4
    If you are looking for ultra basic interface ...
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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    Shift4
    regular updates braking our site
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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    Shift4
    You always manage to fins someone, but, in my experience, resolving issues are not an easy task. Why do we pay for a service , and then spend time trouble shooting constantly with them ?? In my experience, they eliminate features , send you an email what you can use instead, with instructions most people cant do without an IT guy . It feel more like an open source than a true integrated service.
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    In-person training was not an option for us.
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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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    Shift4
    Initially it was difficult to manage the UI to the client, and then hard to change anything , unless you used the boring and too generic templates . Their template selection is very limited , that are basically all the same with different background images and colours . If you are unfortunate to have been a long-time client, you will have to completely rebuild your store, because old templates are not supported anymore
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their catalogue by Fusion Data via EVOX. PrestaShop is all added by spreadsheet and there is no pre-populated catalogue ready to add which means it relies on our in-house capabilities or the supplier to provide feeds to import which not many of them have
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    Shift4
    We used them for 2 years and had minor problems up until the end. For the last 2 months, customers were unable to checkout, or connect to our payment processor. We put in like 3 to 5 hot tickets to get fixed and day after day nothing was fixed and support got ruder and ruder with us! We lost thousands of dollars online with this company and now they are chasing us for a renewal payment! Simply put, this is bad software with a poor customer care staff!
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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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    Shift4
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
    • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
    • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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    Shift4
    • We have seen an increase in sales of 440% since starting with 3D cart.
    • We find that the 3D features of promotions, coupon codes, rewards points all make customers want to come to us or come back to us.
    • They made mobile conversion pretty easy, and our mobile traffic went from 33% to 54%.
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    ScreenShots

    EvolutionX Screenshots

    Screenshot of EvolutionX admin and customizable dashboardScreenshot of EvolutionX user rolesScreenshot of EvolutionX product overlay featureScreenshot of EvolutionX marketing badgesScreenshot of EvolutionX labels for segmentationScreenshot of EvolutionX pricing tools

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