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commercetools vs Phorest

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commercetools

Software

The Digital Commerce AI Company

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Phorest

Software

Salon software that grows your business

From
$99/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: commercetools no pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link; Phorest no price is published for any of the seven plans, and every route ends at a quote request

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which commercetools and Phorest actually diverge.

Attributes where commercetools and Phorest differ
AttributecommercetoolsPhorest
Starting priceOn request$99/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android, Api
FoundedUnknown2003

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in commercetools

Nothing recorded that Phorest does not also cover.

Only in Phorest

  • Appointment booking
  • Client management
  • Point of sale
  • Marketing automation
  • Reputation management
  • Staff management
  • Inventory tracking
  • Business reports

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

commercetools

No use cases recorded yet. See the commercetools review.

Phorest

  • Salon and spa appointment booking with client recordsnot commercetools
  • Marketing, memberships and staff management for beauty businessesnot commercetools

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

commercetools

  • No pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link
  • Premium Support, Audit Log Premium, Advanced B2B APIs and additional regions are sold as separate paid add-ons rather than included in the base order-based price

Phorest

  • No price is published for any of the seven plans, and every route ends at a quote request
  • There is no free trial at all, which the company states plainly
  • The product is described as suited to 3 or more staff, so a solo operator is outside the intended range
  • The branded booking app requires the Ultimate plan, and two way SMS, memberships, lead management and the ads manager are all Elite only

Pricing, plan by plan

commercetools

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the commercetools review.

Phorest

$99/month
  • Grow$99/month
    • Appointment booking
    • Client management
    • POS
  • Elevate$179/month
    • Everything in Grow
    • Advanced marketing
    • Online booking
  • Innovate$299/month
    • Everything in Elevate
    • Multi-location
    • Advanced analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose commercetools if

Nothing in the data separates commercetools from Phorest on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

commercetools review

Choose Phorest if

  • You need appointment booking.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
  • You also want client management.
Phorest review

Questions people ask

Is commercetools or Phorest better?
Neither clearly leads. commercetools starts at On request and Phorest at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, commercetools or Phorest?
commercetools starts at On request and Phorest at $99/month.
Does commercetools or Phorest run on more platforms?
commercetools runs on Web. Phorest runs on Web, Ios, Android, Api.
What can commercetools do that Phorest cannot?
Phorest covers Appointment booking, Client management, Point of sale, Marketing automation.
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