RMS eCommerce Shopping Cart - Back to Back Comparisons With Kosmos and Nitrosell

Ok, I've been doing some research and the primary players with proven software that works are actually Kosmos Central and Nitrosell. Store Front from what I'm hearing and talking to past storefront users is pure junk so, it's basically between Kosmos and Nitrosell. Does anyone have a back to back comparison of both providers?

1) Kosmos Non Hosted. You own the source code to the shopping cart and can modify the functionality and design 100%. 2) Nitrosell Hosted. No chance of breaking the code, since you can't modify it at all.

------------------------------------------- Both use Mercury Payment Systems and will integrate for FREE.

Does anyone have a more complete list?

1) What are the hosting cost comparisons? 2) What are the time frames for implementation? How easy or hard is it? 3) Support costs? 4) License Fees? 5) Custom design? Show me examples and cost estimates?

I have some costs already, but would like some help on this.

Jess

Hi Jess, you really are not comparing apples to apples. Even though these are two proven solutions they both are very different too. Like you stated one is hosted and you can't touch the code and the other isn't. We feel there's a lot more flexibility with our code since you can modify the design to look like any site out there and you can implement any new code into the cart. If you currently have a designer or design that you have already paid for Kosmos can integrate that design into the shopping cart for you too. You can also host on your own dedicated servers as long as it's configured properly to run our software. If you decide to host on your own servers and purchase the stand alone software there are no monthly or annual license fees either. The only fees at that point you'll incur is if you decide to upgrade to a newer version of RMS and then you'll have to pay the $300 to upgrade your Web Service by Kosmos etc., along with the upgrade fee for the Web Integrator that sits on your RMS. Since you have your own webmaster control panel your developers can easily do all the development on the shopping cart too. We also have a new product called DISPATCHER that we're beta testing with three clients currently that allows for even greater flexibility, and is more of enterprise level software that will allow customers to connect to different carts and web services. If you decided to host with us and wanted maintenance and support of your website the plans vary depending on your service level agreement.

Kosmos Hosting Plans:

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See our website for more information on the RMS eCommerce Solution:

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Alex