X-Cart And Volusion: Which One Will You Go With?

Are you looking for the right e-commerce platform solution that matches your specific requirements? If you are choosing between X-Cart and Volusion, you must be going through a tough time because both of them are powerful in their own ways.

In general, X-Cart is a powerful eCommerce platform for building and maintaining fully customizable online stores; Volusion is also a robust online store builder that provides everything a store owner needs to build, grow and manage an online store. To help you out, this article will provide you:

• An overview of X-Cart and Volusion
• A comprehensive comparison between these two eCommerce platforms

Ease of use

First of all, not only beginners but also experienced e-commerce entrepreneurs have the most concern which is the ease of use of a platform. In fact, a platform with a user-friendly interface and an easy-to-use function saves you a lot of time and effort.

Both e-commerce platforms have the same score in ease of use, around 3.9/5 (following capterra.com). Overall, all customers of X-Cart and Volusion had great experiences and considered that both of them offer an easy-to-use and professional tool. That means customers can easily edit and use e-commerce software with limitations to customization.

Pricing

Basically, Volusion offers three product packages and a free trial version for those who want to test and experience Volusion features. The pricing plans is ranging from 29$ to ~299$ monthly and from 26,10$ to 269,10$ annually.

In another hand, X-Cart provides for customers three different options, you can choose:

• A hosted cart which starts from 189$/month
• A downloadable solution that you can host on your own server.
• The package (license) that best suits your business requirements.

There are four main product packages available which are: Free edition (free); Business (495$); Multi-vendor (1,495$) and Ultimate (5,995$).

The difference is in the number and type of features each one offers a certain price. If you want to know more about which features are offered for a specific plan, you can visit Volusion Pricing and X-Cart Pricing for detailed information.

Features

Each platform, X-Cart, and Volusion, has the standard features built-in that you would expect to set up an online store, here are they:

• Inventory Management
• Promotions Management
• Customer Account Profiles
• SEO Management
• Email Marketing / SMS Marketing
• Catalog Management
• Channel Management
• Multi-Store Management
• Order Management
• Shopping Cart
• 24/7 support

Besides essential ones, there are many differences in product features between X-Cart and Volusion. For X-Cart, it concentrates on store maintenance and security features like product database, SEO, and online marketing and in creating a loyalty program for customers. Besides that, X-Cart has an app store-like installation of extensions and 100% open source which allows you full control over every element of your online store.

For Volusion, you can have an easy editor and customization storefront designs with a various number of free slideshows. And like X-Cart, some of the additional features are free but some are not, you have to pay to use them.

Integrations

In this part, X-Cart beats Volusion. In reality, X-Cart supports REST API which means X-Cart can be integrated with virtually software or service. It is readily integrated with a various number of integration systems, including:

• 400+ payment gateways.
• Shipping carriers and fulfillment companies.
• Fraud check and prevention.
• Accounting systems.
• Extra sales channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,..etc)
• Tracking and statistics (Salesforce, Mixpanel,..)
• Social media channels and messengers.
• Customers care systems and chatbots.

For Volusion, it supports the integrations with the business systems and applications below:

• Paypal
• ShipStation
• Vextras
• FedEx
• Norton
• Amazon Pay
• Authorize.net
• etc

Customer Support

Customer service is an important part of every business when you set up an e-commerce site. With good team assistance, not only can you get the job done faster and more easily but you can also make optimal use of the site’s functionalities when you are a first-time user.

Following are support options that both X-Cart and Volusion offer:

• 24/7 phone
• 24/7 live chat
• Email
• Help center
• Training

In addition to the above-mentioned, X-Cart also supports via Tickets and this could be the factor that puts X-Cart ahead of Volusion.

X-Cart migration and Volusion migration

You already have an online store built on an e-commerce platform but planning to move to X-Cart or Volusion? The most advanced solution to migrate from one shopping cart to X-Cart or to Volusion is to use LitExtension, we can make the migration quicker and easier than ever!

We provide you with two options to perform the migration as follows:

1. Basic migration: Follow these 5 simple steps:
   • Step 1: Register an account or Sign In on the LitExtension site
   • Step 2: Click “Create New Migration” at the top right button of the screen
   • Step 3: Select Source Cart Type and Target Cart Type. Then provide the source store’s URL into the blank bar.
   • Step 4: Choose entities you want to migrate.
   • Step 5: Perform Migration
2. All-in-one migration: Hire our experts to take care of the migration for you from top to bottom and perform every necessary customization.

Once the migration is started, it will run seamlessly on the server. Therefore, there’s no need to keep your PC on while the data is being transferred. It is completely safe to turn it off! Take a break, have a cup of coffee and you’ll be notified via email when the process is completed.

Based on a recent report from LitExtension, our customers usually move their store to X-Cart from those 4 platforms:

• Migrate from Magento to X-Cart
• Migrate from BigCommerce to X-Cart
• Migrate from 3dCart to X-Cart
• Migrate from PrestaShop to X-Cart

Conclusion

In conclusion, depending on your requirements, your objectives, and your business goals and preferences, you can choose the right better e-commerce platform, between X-Cart and Volusion, that will surely take your online business a level up. Volusion is great if you are just started to build a store with a small and medium business then X-Cart, alternatively, is a perfect choice for large enterprises with bigger budgets. However, both shopping carts are good for both selling and bringing profits for customers.

If you are ready for that, try our Free Demo migration here and now. Please contact our support agents via live chat on the website or via the support center for further information.

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