More expensive shopping carts are not more functional shopping carts. This chart compares NeuCart
and some popular shopping carts; with NeuCart's feature set and price, there is very
little comparison at all! Some of these carts include different price points for
different features, with prices reaching more than $1,000 per year! NeuCart is only
$85 for the installed
version, and only
$10 a month for the hosted version. Oh, and if you're looking for a "free" shopping
cart, you'll be paying more than you think.
| NeuCart (installed) | NeuCart (hosted) | 1ShoppingCart | Network Solutions | PayLoadz | Shopify | Volusion | |
| Monthly Cost | Free | $10.00(f) | $34.00 | $29.95 | $14.95(c) | $29.00 | $19.00 |
| Integrated Into Existing Site(a) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mobile-Optimized Display | Yes, built-in | Yes, built-in | No | $105.95/month | No | No | Yes |
| Multi-Lingual Support | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Adobe Flash Required | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Product Management | |||||||
| Maximum Number of Products | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 25 | Unlimited | 100 | 100 |
| Maximum Number of Categories | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 5 | N/A | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Product Options(b) | Yes | Yes | Yes | $105.95/month | No | No(e) | Yes |
| Product Information Bulk Upload | Yes | Yes | Yes | $105.95/month | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Digital Features | |||||||
| Digital Files Delivered via Email | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Digital Files Acquired via Secure Product Links | Yes | Yes | $99.00/month | No | Yes | No | No |
| PDF Watermarks | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Multiple Files for Single Product | Yes | Yes | No | No | No(d) | No | No |
| IP and Digital Abuse Tracking | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Restaurant Features | |||||||
| Specify Delivery or Take-Out Order | Yes | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | No |
| Specify Delivery or Pickup Time | Yes | Yes | No | No | N/A | No | No |
| Payments and Checkout | |||||||
| PayPal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Checkout | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Authorize.Net Credit Cards | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | N/A |
| In-Person Payments | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Coupons | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | $59.95/month | Yes |
| Advanced Coupons(g) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
(a)Cart Integration, in this case, refers to the
customer's experience. If the customer has to go to another website — even if the
look and feel of the other website is similar — the shopping cart fails this test.
(b)Product Options refers to the ability to configure items
with a size, color, or other attribute.
(c)PayLoadz fees: Free if your monthly sales
are under $50.00, otherwise $14.95/month plus transaction fees
(d)PayLoadz multiple files for
one product: This feature is available only for the $14.95/month
plan, not the free plan.
(e)Shopify Product Options: Shopify
claims to support
product options, yet products with options count as individual products, and count against
the total product count.
(f)NeuCart Hosting is $13.33/month if your site requires an SSL
certificate. SSLs are recommended, and they are required if you are using Authorize.Net.
(g)Advanced Coupons refers to coupon configurations
like "buy one get one free", "shipping is free with $50 purchase", "buy three CDs and get 50%
off two songbooks", etc.