Moonbase vs FastSpring
Choosing Moonbase over Fastspring brings a whole number of tools to increase revenue, and integrate better with your marketing stack.
“Using Moonbase as an alternative to FastSpring gives you a much more complete platform, not only handling payments. With our top-notch licensing suite and extensive marketing integrations, you get a platform built for selling software with unique tools to power loyalty-driven sales.”
Feature comparison
MoonbaseFeatures
| Feature | Moonbase | FastSpring |
|---|---|---|
| E-Commerce | Yes | Yes |
| Software Licensing | Yes | *No Can only generate key codes, no built-in licensing solution |
| Marketing Integrations | Yes | No |
E-Commerce & Payments
| Feature | Moonbase | FastSpring |
|---|---|---|
| Global Payments | Yes | Yes |
| Sales Tax Handling | *Yes Moonbase acts as a Merchant of Record to collect and remit sales tax world-wide | Yes |
| Embeddable Shopping Cart | Yes | Yes |
| Subscriptions | Yes | Yes |
| Rent-to-Own | Yes | No |
| User Accounts for Customers | Yes | Limited* Only a simple customer portal on the FastSpring hosted store |
| Coupon Codes | Yes | Yes |
Software Licensing
| Feature | Moonbase | FastSpring |
|---|---|---|
| Floating Licenses | Yes | No |
| Self-service Management | *Yes Customers can log in to your website to manage all their licenses | No |
| Offline Activations | Yes | No |
| Supports External Systems | Yes | Yes |
Marketing
| Feature | Moonbase | FastSpring |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter Integrations | *Yes Moonbase supports several popular newsletter platforms to sync data with | Limited* Relies on integrations going the other way, with varied data completeness |
| Campaign Revenue Tracking | Yes | No |
| Segmented Pricing & Discounts | *Yes Offer exclusive discounts to segments of your customers | No |
| Up-sells & Cross-sells | Yes | Limited* FastSpring only offers displaying offers, no incentives like discounts are supported |
| Affiliate Revenue Sharing | Yes | Partner* FastSpring relies on their partner "Impact" to power affiliates |
This is Moonbase
A platform built to sell downloadable software at scale, direct to consumer, with a complete set of tools to handle payments, licensing and marketing.
Kick-ass customer experience
Full-featured storefront on your website
Use our embedded storefront to add all the features you need to your own website in minutes, so that you can build your story & brand identity using the tools you know.
- Shopping cart:
- Make the shopping experience smooth by having a user-manageable cart, all integrated with native buttons on your website.
- Overlay checkout:
- Keep visitors on your own website by using our overlay checkout to decrease any friction towards payment.
- Customer authentication:
- Let your customers log in to get personalized discounts applied, as well as access to their owned products and licenses.
- Customize to make it yours:
- Can be themed to match your brand & identity, to feel like a native part of your website.
Fully integrated with your website
Software licensing without the hassle
Offer a product activation journey that customers won't even notice, fully automatic, integrated with your website.
- Time-limited trials.
- Offer customers a taste of your app by allowing time-limited licenses on-demand.
- Secure cryptography.
- Our licensing tech is based on strong RSA key cryptography using industry standard formats.
- SDKs for integrations.
- Get integrated in minutes using our SDKs for JUCE, .Net or JavaScript apps.
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