Mercatus Alternative: Wave Grocery

Built exclusively for online grocery success. Wave Grocery is the only platform packed with every grocery-specific feature you need, right out of the box.

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What sets Wave Grocery apart from Mercatus.

Clear and transparent pricing

Starts at just $299/month. Know precisely what you're paying for with no hidden fees, with our pay-as-you-grow model.

Proven success

Wave Grocery contributed to a 50% year-on-year increase in sales and 7x online order fulfillment. A testament to how we help real businesses get real results.

Go live in 30 days

Launch your online grocery store without expensive setup costs or long onboarding periods. Wave Grocery is designed for quick deployment, with grocery-specific features available out of the box.

Top-tier security

Your business and customer data is always secure with GDPR and PCI DSS compliance.

Grocery-specific features

Weighed products allow you to sell per piece or weight, cutting options to sell slices, grated, or whole blocks of cheese.

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Wave Grocery vs. Mercatus: Which platform fully meets your grocery needs?

A detailed feature-by-feature comparison to help you choose the best solution for your online grocery business.

Wave Grocery
Wave Grocery
Mercatus
Mercatus
Pricing (per month)
Pricing (per month)
Transparent pricing starting at 299€.
Transparent pricing starting at 299€.
No public pricing, hidden costs possible.
No public pricing, hidden costs possible.
Weighed Products
Weighed Products
Cutting Options
Cutting Options
Advanced Gamification
Advanced Gamification
Smart Search Bar
Smart Search Bar
Customizations
Customizations
Expert Support
Expert Support
Mobile app
Mobile app
Picking app
Picking app
Delivery app
Delivery app
Grocery Loyalty Software
Grocery Loyalty Software
Provided
Not provided
Needs customizations

No suprises. Just clear pricing.

Wave Grocery provides transparent pricing starting at 299€ per month with no hidden fees or implementation costs. Our pay-as-you-grow model ensures that as your business scales, your costs grow proportionally.

The Mercatus ecommerce platform doesn’t share its pricing model or costs, leaving you in the dark. Choose a platform that gives you clarity from the start.

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Complete and flexible solutions that Mercatus cannot match.

A white-label Mobile app with proven results

Wave Grocery offers a white-label mobile app that stands out with:

6.2
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Conversion rate (3 points higher than the industry average)
4.7
App stores average rating

Mercatus offers a white-label mobile app too, but doesn’t share any information about its mobile app’s performance.

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Advanced Web Storefront features for your store

While both platforms are designed specifically for grocery stores, only Wave Grocery offers advanced features that come readily available for modern online grocery stores, such as weighted products, cutting options, and a smart search bar.

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These features are not natively included in Mercatus and may require additional customization or development

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Flexible order fulfillment solutions tailored to your business needs

Wave Grocery offers greater flexibility with modular apps tailored to your needs. Choose the Picking App, the Delivery App, or both, so you only invest in the tools that optimize your fulfillment process.

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Mercatus bundles these features into a single solution, limiting flexibility, increasing costs, and withholding delivery performance data—leaving businesses uncertain about cost savings or efficiency gains.

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Engage and retain customers with our Loyalty Software

Wave Grocery’s Loyalty Software drives engagement and repeat purchases while building long-term loyalty through flexible loyalty schemes, digital loyalty cards, and advanced gamification features.

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Mercatus’ loyalty software, integrated into AisleOne, focuses on basic engagement strategies, it lacks the gamification elements that Wave Grocery offers.

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Integrate with your existing systems and transfer your data with ease.

Both platforms offer 40+ integrations with payment gateways, loyalty systems, last-mile delivery services, and all the necessary tools to have an end-to-end grocery ecommerce platform that covers all the steps from order to fulfillment.

Wave Grocery provides great integration flexibility with Easily accessible APIs, Detailed documentation for quick and smooth onboarding and Integration with existing CRMs

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We’re here to support you at every stage.

Both platforms offer dedicated, expert support tailored to the grocery industry.

Wave Grocery’s team understands the unique pain points of online grocery stores and can provide technical expertise to ensure your success in bridging the gap between technology breakthroughs and industry insights.

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Switch to Wave Grocery in 30 days.

Ready to experience the difference? Contact us for a live demo and learn more about how Wave Grocery can take your grocery ecommerce to the next level.

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