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FastSpring

FastSpring

8.4 /10
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FastSpring
8.4 /10

What is FastSpring?

FastSpring is the trusted ecommerce partner for companies that sell software around the world. Companies using FastSpring’s full-service ecommerce solution sell more, stay lean, and compete big. Founded in 2005, FastSpring is a privately owned company headquartered in Santa Barbara with an office in Amsterdam.

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Awards & Recognition

FastSpring won the following awards in the B2B eCommerce category

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FastSpring Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love FastSpring?

1% Negative
7% Neutral
92% Positive

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Payment Processing

87

Content Localization

86

Shopping Cart Management

85

ERP Integration

84

Catalog Management

83

Guided Selling

83

Order Management

82

Content Management

82

Integrated Search

81

Reporting and Analytics

80

Multi-Storefront

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

86

Vendor Support

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Quality of Features

83

Ease of Implementation

83

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Breadth of Features

81

Ease of Data Integration

81

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

79

Ease of Customization

78

FastSpring Reviews

Angel W.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

FastSpring the best for our payments and sales

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates FastSpring from other similar products?

This is a very complete software that has helped us to increase our sales thanks to the tools it gives us, such as the variety of payments it offers like online payments, mobile payments, email payments and more. It allowed us to expand our variety of payment methods, giving the customer more options for their purchase.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It allows us to integrate other payment methods such as PayPal, Amazon pay and many others, in addition to receiving payments in foreign currencies. We can invoice through the program and make payments automatically, it also gives us the option to send email to customers when they are late with their payments.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The software can be a bit complicated to set up, especially setting up with partner banks and payment platforms. It was a lengthy process, which with the help of the technical support we were able to accomplish. Also entering the products into the platform was a long and cumbersome process, I would have loved to have it done automatically.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This software is the perfect solution for payments, sales and invoices for any company, ideal for online stores. It is a simple software to use although complicated to configure, but once the whole system is installed and set up, all operations and management is done in an almost intuitive way.

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Caring
  • Saves Time

Josue H.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Machinery
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Stress-free tax collection

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates FastSpring from other similar products?

FastSpring is the way software and SaaS companies sell online in more places around the world. We handle all payment needs, from subscription management to tax collection, shipping and more, so your business can go further, faster.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

FastSpring helps you move quickly with global payments, allowing you to accept dozens of payment methods and currencies from the first day you use the platform. If a payment fails on the first attempt, the system retries using a secondary gateway, all without you or anyone on your support team having to intervene. Resulting in happier customers. Fewer emails about failed payments. And more revenue in your account.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A direct integration into native apps, not just web pages, the dashboard is outdated. Need to improve the customization section of the dashboard to provide more options and make it much easier to understand.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Free trials, tiered pricing models, the ability to pause subscriptions, self-service portals and more, all in one customizable tool, is a unique service available to SaaS, software and digital product vendors, anywhere in the world. It will increase approval rates, keep you compliant and respond to any sales tax or VAT related audits, so you don't have to.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Dio (Dionisios) F.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

FastSpring: Stable, reliable and functional

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates FastSpring from other similar products?

It is an ecommerce platform and payment processor specially developed for companies selling software. This tool provides an ecommerce software implemented in the cloud, meets the needs of subscriptions and SaaS, grants permissions and tickets for transactions, only digital without supporting stores with physical products. This is not a constraint on its growth prospects, as digital products are becoming increasingly diverse and in demand.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

FastSpring offers its users a free trial of its software. As for contracting its full services, a quote is prepared taking into consideration the type of currency, size of transactions and other related aspects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

FastSpring continues to grow and now handles much larger companies. They do not show the same interest in smaller companies as they did in the beginning. As a result, support and feature requests are not fulfilled. The dashboard is outdated. They need to improve the customization section of the dashboard to provide more options and make it much easier to understand.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The advancement of e-commerce gave this tool a challenge: permanence over time both in quality and technological edge. Due to the exponential growth of the demand for digital products, it was necessary to be adaptable and customizable for each customer, so there are no designed plans, but work based on budgets. But this expansion not only touched aspects such as the cost of services, but also the technical service and payment methods. As for the language of its software, it had to diversify and is now available in more than 15 languages.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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