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Product Comparison
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Familiar and easy to use Windows interface | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MS Access database | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| High performance MS SQL local database | No | No | No | Yes |
| Start-up and Design wizards to get started quickly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prompted backup and restore feature | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fast upload facility for Actinic Hosting and compatible specialist hosts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create multiple sites from a single licence | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-user option for catalogue management and order processing (up to 4 users) | No | No | Yes | No |
| Multi-user option for catalogue management and order processing (4+ users) | No | No | No | Yes |
| Manage user access to assign user roles and responsibilities | No | No | No | Yes |
| Site selection on start up | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Explorer-style ‘drag and drop’ style interface | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create multiple page layout options | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sell downloadable, digital products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create unlimited number of product sections and subsections | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add additional text or images in a pop-up window or supplementary page | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited product variations such as size and colour with prices assigned to each variant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Display product choices as radio buttons, drop downs or button grids | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Define additional components for each product | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add shopper definable fields for personalised products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Display prices in two currencies simultaneously, using a fixed exchange rate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enter and display product prices exclusive or inclusive of tax | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Specify delivery cost by weight, geography, order value, quantity and size of package | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export/import product and section data | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create links to external files or urls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hide products and information items from selected customers or customer groups | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Show different payment methods for online and offline orders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Set up different data fields for different types of product | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Real-time preview of your store as you build it | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple preview modes provide easy navigation and access to any part of your store | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Design Wizard to help you choose your site layout, buttons and colour scheme | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Select from a range of pre-designed themes or mix and match elements to create a unique design | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Complete flexibility to edit site colours, layouts and fonts | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Library of design snippets for use in creating a design | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create additional non-product content and information pages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in HTML code editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Import designs from and / or edit them with Adobe Dreamweaver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Built-in order-processing module processes orders from receipt to shipment | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Calculates shipping, handling and taxation costs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Full range of online payment options including Actinic Payments and PayPal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| One click order processing feature | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stock level monitoring with alerts for low stock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Print invoices, packing lists and address labels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create and view sales reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Set up email templates and generate customer emails | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Import customer account information | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order entry form for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customisable order entry form for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time card payment processing for mail and telephone (MOTO) orders (requires Actinic Payments account) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customise the order summary screen | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Make notes and add reminders to orders for actions on specific dates | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Barcode scanning to track orders | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order picker to speed up picking and packing | No | No | No | Yes |
| Real time stock control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Handle components independently | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Credit Card Shredder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Order Filter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quick find on orders | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Queue order email sending | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Add order number to custom emails | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Date defined by shopper on purchase | No | No | No | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Interface directly with Sage 50 Accounts system to transfer orders and import product and customer data | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interface directly to Actinic EPOS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dynamically link products to an external database | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Easily accessible MS SQL database for linking to external systems | No | No | No | Yes |
| Integration with Google Checkout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Generates search-engine-friendly web sites | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meta keywords, meta description, title tags and image alt tags are automatically generated and can be edited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create customer accounts to increase shopper loyalty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create Best Sellers list for publication to the web site | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create Related Product lists to encourage additional purchases | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatically generate a New Products list and publish to web site | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Generate email and mailing lists including labels, envelopes and reports | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Analytics integration (requires free Google Account) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apply discounts based on order value and display in the shopping cart | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customer feedback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ‘Condition’ Field for Google Product Feed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Recently viewed products | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Create Also Bought lists to show products other shoppers have purchased | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apply discounts based on quantity or specific products ordered | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apply discounts such as ‘buy one get one free’, date-expiring and multiple use coupons | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced mailing list generation allowing filtering based on a variety of criteria | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Set up a range of customer groups and apply specific criteria (discounts, messages, payment methods) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Automated site navigation features including menu bar, section list, site map and 'breadcrumb trail’ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic email confirmation of order | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remember me option for returning visitors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cart content summary visible on every page | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cart contents can be saved for later completion, or as a 'wish list' | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fast product search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search by product variants such as colour and size | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Postcode lookup on the web site for online orders (Postcode Anywhere account required) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Postcode lookup on the desktop for offline orders (Postcode Anywhere account required) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Streamlined checkout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Include product images in the checkout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Catalog | Business | Business Plus | Enterprise | |
| Free email support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 30 days free telephone support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online Knowledge Base | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Actinic Community forums | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated expert technical support team | No | No | No | Yes |