Compare CommerceUp и Miva

Benefits:

In Ecommerce Business, Daily there is new Requirement to customize. As far as other platforms like shopify, wordpress,magento there are Limitation ... Read more

In Ecommerce Business, Daily there is new Requirement to customize. As far as other platforms like shopify, wordpress,magento there are Limitation to add customization according to requirement but if we talk about Commerceup, We can customize it what Requirement needed to be implemented

Drawbacks:

There are Few areas which needs some improvements such as to give more authority to admin to manage more things without asking to support. Integrat... Read more

There are Few areas which needs some improvements such as to give more authority to admin to manage more things without asking to support. Integrations with third Party Application can be more Flexible.

Summary:

The Productivity became More. Process became easy Tracking of action which are taken by users are more specified. Most Importantly, User Experienc... Read more

The Productivity became More. Process became easy Tracking of action which are taken by users are more specified. Most Importantly, User Experienced increased comparatively to previous one

Benefits:

Miva is very easy to work with for any online marketer or ecommerce professional. I have worked with them for complex websites and they were able t... Read more

Miva is very easy to work with for any online marketer or ecommerce professional. I have worked with them for complex websites and they were able to handle very large sites and very complex rules with no issues.

Drawbacks:

Getting any third party to integrate with Miva is usually pretty expensive. Other ecommerce platforms like Magento and Shopify have simple apps for... Read more

Getting any third party to integrate with Miva is usually pretty expensive. Other ecommerce platforms like Magento and Shopify have simple apps for integration. The bigger Miva gets, the more this issue will go away. I just wish it would happen now! Integration fees a lot of the time are way too much and make it difficult to add new functionality to my website.

Summary:

It's incredibly easy to use. I always suggest new stores to use Miva whenever possible.

Benefits:

Miva has impressive tech support, and includes features that Shopify requires monthly subscriptions for. Additionally, Miva let's you choose a cre... Read more

Miva has impressive tech support, and includes features that Shopify requires monthly subscriptions for. Additionally, Miva let's you choose a credit card processor, which can potentially save you a ton of money vs. Shopify, which requires you to use their processor.

Drawbacks:

In order to receive a lower cost subscription for Miva, I had to sign a 3 year contract.

Summary:

I have hosted my business with Miva for over 20 years. Several years ago, I had a Magento site developed with the intention of switching platforms... Read more

I have hosted my business with Miva for over 20 years. Several years ago, I had a Magento site developed with the intention of switching platforms, but pulled the plug after seeing how slow Magento websites loaded. I just had a Shopify site developed, with the intention of switching platforms, and saving on the monthly fee that Miva charges. Shopify is deceptive because it advertises low monthly costs to host your business. These fees are just the tip of the iceberg though. Shopify has very little inherent functionality, and to build a high functioning website requires monthly subscriptions to dozens of apps. These monthly app fees add up quickly, making the cost much higher than Miva. Miva includes very sophisticated software that doesn't require monthly subscriptions, and while the cost is still high, it is much lower than a shopify site. I never appreciated the tech support that Miva offers until I tried to get ahold of Shopify tech support. BIG difference! Shopify does not offer phone in support, and their ability to assist is delayed through complicated forms that you must fill out, then a long wait for a low level tech to reply. Miva offers phone in support, and the turn around for an issue is quickly resolved.

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Summary:

we had been Miva users since Miva4 and recently upgraded to Miva9. It was a disaster in so many ways. I had to pay a license for each of our staf... Read more

we had been Miva users since Miva4 and recently upgraded to Miva9. It was a disaster in so many ways. I had to pay a license for each of our staff of $50 per month called a seat license. So if 3 people work on your store concurrently during the day - shipping, customer service, admin-- that is $150 per month additional. Then there is the limit on band width. The more visits, the more you pay. If you have large images as we do, the bandwidth goes up as does your monthly fee. In today's world an commerce platform should not cost this much for what you are getting. Now for the image manipulation by Miva. They have this weird algorithm of resizing images and it does not necessarily fit within the scope of the product page. So our images did not blend well with one another which threw the whole design off. The SEO fields are weak. The categories are confusing to work with. We finally gave up on miva9 and went with another platform. Almost forget, their technical support is almost non existent. Took 3 days for an answer via email and you can never get through on the phone. Since leaving miva9 I have tried 2 other eccomerce platforms and their prices and performance have been superior to miva9.

Benefits:

Miva's ability to sync with QB's and ShipWorks is a valued feature. We just could not process our orders as efficiently without it.

Drawbacks:

It has been a challenge to get accustomed to each new upgrade. Each one comes with it's own learning curve and it can be time consuming for small b... Read more

It has been a challenge to get accustomed to each new upgrade. Each one comes with it's own learning curve and it can be time consuming for small business owners to understand. That said, the upgrade from Miva 5.5 to 9 was seamless.

Summary:

We have been using Miva Shopping chart for over a decade but just recently started using them as our webhost. We have been very pleased with their ... Read more

We have been using Miva Shopping chart for over a decade but just recently started using them as our webhost. We have been very pleased with their support team. The team is attentive and knowledgeable. They work quickly to resolve issues . This fact is very important to small internet store owners.