The Best Ecommerce Platforms Comparison
Shopify, Magento, and Woo Commerce are the major players in this industry. So, why will you choose us instead of them? The simple reason is that we provide several unique functionalities and features that they don’t and that too at a nominal cost. Here are some features that make us stand out:
| OFFERINGS LIST | AEROCART | WOO COMMERCE | MAGENTO | SHOPIFY |
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Built in basic e-commerce features
Catalog, cms, store settings, bulk info upload etc…
| Readily available | Only few are available, rest to be integrated via Plugins | Only few are available, rest to be integrated via Plugins | Platform itself is paid. |
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Hosting Type
Cloud or shared or dedicated
| In Built available. Generally Cloud but we can set up a dedicated instance on client demand | Not available. High costing for shared hosting too. | Not available. High costing for shared hosting too. | Available but hosting charges are high |
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Pricing based on no of Product SKUs
Generally the e-commerce platforms charge custmers on the total product SKUs that are added into system
| Basic plan itself has provision to add 200 Product SKUs. Also afforadale plans availble for upgrading product SKU limits | Very low limit for Product SKUs. Upgradation price is higher | Very low limit for Product SKUs. Upgradation price is higher | Very low limit for Product SKUs. Upgradation price is higher |
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Bundled Products
Bundle a few products together, offer them at a discount, put special price to them, add time frame for offer etc
| Readily available | Costs around 49$ per month | Costs around 49$ to 100$ per month | Costs around 49$ to 75$ per month |
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Coupons and discount system
Creating coupons and offering discounts on products
| Readily available | Not available. Plugin needs to be purchased | Available but at additional charges | Limite coupons can be created and additional charges for upgradation |
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Add on product features costing
Any add on features to the existing platform ( for ex : Editing product prices in a single window)
| Low charges | High costing for every add on | Need to hire a developer or consult some expertise and pay them | Need to hire a developer or consult some expertise and pay them |
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Managing the responsiveness
Built in layout, with a theming suitable for any e-commerce business.
| Available and easily managable | Specific and manual. Everytime the responsiveness has to be customized by someone, very basic order flow and not compliant with ecommerce laws. | Specific and manual. Everytime the responsiveness has to be customized by someone | Specific and manual. Everytime the responsiveness has to be customized by someone |
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Resource allocation for customization and fee
Customization like themes, UI changes
| Pricing : Fixed rate for customization and product upload and included image processing features as well. | 50 - 100$ to be paid to the resource per hour | Need to hire a developer or consult some expertise and pay them. Costing can be anywhere between 50 to 200 $ per hour | Need to hire a developer or consult some expertise and pay them. Costing can be anywhere between 50 to 200 $ per hour |
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Application can operate on multiple currency & multiple countries
Currency localization feature based on the geography that the applicatioon operates
| Readily available | Additional charges between 100 - 500 $ are there | Additional charges between 100 - 500 $ are there | Additional charges between 100 - 500 $ are there |
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Integration of payment gateways
API Based payment gateway integration
| Minimum 2 payment gateways can be integrated for any country that the application operates. Will be additional charges post that. | Needs a plugin and it many cost 100$ | Limited plans and plugins. Plugin is not a one time purchase, need to renew on a subscription plans | Payment Gateways are available but Integration is difficult. |
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Geography based specific pricing for products
You can set different prices for same products, if your application operates in different countries
| Available | Not available. Custom coding to be done and requires an expert resource | Not available. Custom coding to be done and requires an expert resource | Not available. Custom coding to be done and requires an expert resource |
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Built in Mobile and IOS apps
Coding for mobile apps is a separate task for any e-commerce platform
| Apps are available. Have to do minimal level customization and can on board very quickly. Included in the first month of operation itself. | Need to develop from scratch and an expert resource is needed for this job | Need to develop from scratch and an expert resource is needed for this job | Need to develop from scratch and an expert resource is needed for this job |
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Version update of Mobile and IOS apps
Applications get enhanced in coding level and version of the mobiles need to be upgraded
| Can be done smoothly and continuously | Needed some effort to test the work flow, audit and version upgrade is also complex | Needed some effort to test the work flow, audit and version upgrade is also complex | Needed some effort to test the work flow, audit and version upgrade is also complex |
| Agile Tested functional workflows, deployments web and mobile apps | Functional work flows of product features are thoroughly tested and documented | No documentation available | No documentation available | No documentation available |
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Multiple store management (Market place support)
One large company having multiple distributors and it can giving independent e-commerce stores to its distributors
| Possible | Additional charges between 1000 to 2000$ needed for plugin | Not available and need an expert resource | Additional charges between 1000 to 2000$ needed for plugin |
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Open platform
API based application that can be integrated with any other platforms
| Yes. Integrations with platforms like Live chat etc… are possible | Plugins to be purchased | To be developed | Plugins available but at additional charges |
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Delivery zones management and shortest path routing
Customers can own their delivery chain by setting up delivery zones, assign executives and perform intelligent routing.
| Available | Not Available. Needed to spend 5000 to 10,000 $ for this feature approximately. | Not Available. Needed to spend 5000 to 10,000 $ for this feature approximately. | Not Available. Needed to spend 5000 to 10,000 $ for this feature approximately. |
| Google Analytics support | Available for Advance integration | Needed a dedicated resource | Needed a dedicated resource | Needed a dedicated resource |
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Dashboard Analytics
Customers wanted to witness some important data in a single glance. Generally we have this in statistical graphs on dashboard
| Coding done and readily available, SaaS platform, and completely scaleable. | Needed plugins to be purchased | Needed plugins to be purchased | Only basic paramters are shown. Rest all to be purchased via plug ins |
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Advanced reports like Product Low Inventory
Customers get to know if the stock is reaching to minimal level
| In Built feature available | Needed to code from scratch or plugins to be purchased | Needed to code from scratch or plugins to be purchased | Needed to code from scratch or plugins to be purchased |