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Criteria	Nexternal	Magento
Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video	Yes. Dedicated Customer Service Rep. Unlimited support and training.	Support plans available starting at $500.
Setup / Installation Watch the Video	Turnkey.	Highly technical. Requires knowledge of PHP and server software installation.
Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Uses Rich Snippets on Product Pages for SEO Watch the Video	Yes. Conforms with Schema.org Product format.	No.
Dashboard Watch the Video	Yes.	Yes.
Facebook Like & Save Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Drop Ship Feature Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales) Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video	Yes.	No.
MailChimp Integration Watch the Video	Yes.	Yes.
Dynamic Cart Messaging	Yes. Message in shopping cart can change based on price or number of items to encourage upsell.	No.
Includes Updated Tax Tables	Yes.	No.
Support for FedEx® SmartPost	Yes, Rates and Labels.	No.
Security	Managed by Nexternal.	Responsibility of Merchant.
PCI Compliance	Yes.	Depends on hosting environment configuration.
McAfee SECURE	Yes. Scanned daily. Merchants can display badge.	Not included with Magento.
Backups	Managed by Nexternal. Includes data backup to off-site location.	Responsibility of Merchant or Web Host.
Reliability	Nexternal hosts and maintains the application with 24/7 monitoring.	Magento is hosted by a third party. Reliability and speed vary depending upon host.
Load Balancing	Yes.	No, software sits on a single server.
Software Updates	Automatic and frequent.	Merchant must download and install. Can also pay Magento Professional Services.
Per Product Shipping Rate Overrides	Yes.	No.
Post Order Sharing on Facebook and Twitter	Yes.	No.
eGift Certificates	Yes.	No.
Marketplace Feeds	Automated - run daily.	Must manually create and submit data files.
Supports Multiple Ship From Locations	Yes.	No.
Batch Order Processing	Yes.	No.
Affiliate Program	Yes.	No.
Multiple Ship To	Yes.	Yes.
Customer Select Preferred Delivery Date	Yes.	No.
QuickBooks Integration	Order data can be exported to a QuickBooks .iif file.	Not Available.
Automated Review Reminders	Yes.	Must Purchase Seperate Module.
Product Inventory Kits/Bundles	Supported	Supported.
Security Certificate	Included.	Separate charge.

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