PrestaShop
vs. NexternalAre you spending time trouble shooting your ecommerce application when you should be marketing and merchandising your online store?
| Nexternal | PrestaShop | |
| Dedicated Account Manager Watch the Video
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Yes. Dedicated Nexternal Account Manager. Unlimited support. | No. Support Forums. |
| Create Shipping Labels? Watch the Video
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Yes. Create UPS, FedEx, USPS, or DHL Labels from Order Management System. | No. |
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Facebook Like & Save Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
| Always Onscreen Shopping Cart Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
| Drop Ship Feature Watch the Video
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Yes. Complete drop-ship automation capabilities. | Supplier email alert available for purchase as add on module. |
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Turnkey Salesforce.com Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | No. |
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Search Engine Optimized Watch the Video
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HTML Title Tags, Image Alt Tags, Meta descriptions, and Meta Keywords completely editable. | Various modules available for purhcase to do these independently. |
| Social Commerce (Tipping Point Sales) Watch the Video
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Yes. | Various modules available for purhcase. |
| Preferred Delivery Date Watch the Video
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Yes. | Add-on module. |
| MailChimp Integration Watch the Video
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Yes. | Yes. |
| Mobile Commerce | Yes. Mobile Friendly Catalog & Checkout. | Available Through 3rd Party Add-on. |
| Bulk Email Wizard | Yes. | No. Integrations available for purchase as add-on modules. |
| Software Updates | Free and automatic. | Merchant's responsibility to install. Certain modules built to certain releases, so may cause incompatibility. |
| Load Balancing | Yes. Nexternal uses a large network of servers. | No. Software sites on one server. |
| Hacker Safe / Scan Alert. IP address blocking, security level by country. | Included with Shopping Cart. | Ability to block IP addresses and countries - add on module available for purchase |
| Security Certificate | Included/Installed. | Must purchase and install. |
| Reliability | Nexternal hosts and maintains the application with 24/7 monitoring. | PrestaShop is hosted by a third party. Reliability varies. No built in monitoring. |
| Currency Converter | Included. Exchange Rates Automatically Updated. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Marketplace Feeds | Automated - run daily. (Google Merchant Center, Shopzilla, Pricegrabber, etc.) | Add-on module available for purchase. Not automated. |
| Multiple Ship To | Customers can place one order and ship items to multiple locations. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Integration Capabilities | Nexternal offers an XML Toolset for real-time data integration. | No XML tools included. Some XML import add-ons available for purchase. |
| Back In Stock Notifications | Yes. Automatically emails customer when backordered products are instock. | Add-on Module available for purchase. |
| Product Review and Ratings | Included. Also able to set automated review reminders. | Add-on module available for purchase. Review reminders not available. |
| Inventory Kits/Product Bundles | Supported. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Direct Checkout | Yes. | No. |
| Packing Slips | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Low stock notification | Yes. Set low stock level to generate notification email to administrator. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| eGift Certificate | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer cleanup (merge/de-dupe) | Yes. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Country of origin / primary language | USA - English | France - French |
| Product Export, bulk product and inventory updates | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer Type Product Pricing | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Product Visibility by Customer Type | Included | Not Available. |
| Hide price/call for price | Included | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Customer export, product export, order export | Included | Each is a separate add-on module available for purchase. |
| IP address check - fraud security | Included. Order is flagged when shipping or billing country mismatch with IP order placement country. | Add-on module available for purchase. |
| Dynamic Cart Messaging | Yes. Message in shopping cart can change based on price or number of items to encourage upsell. | No. |
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