What sets Wave Grocery apart from Mercatus.
Starts at just $299/month. Know precisely what you're paying for with no hidden fees, with our pay-as-you-grow model.
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.
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.
Your business and customer data is always secure with GDPR and PCI DSS compliance.
Weighed products allow you to sell per piece or weight, cutting options to sell slices, grated, or whole blocks of cheese.
Moving platforms shouldn't disrupt operations. Our team handles the migration end-to-end data transfer, integrations, and go-live so you can switch with zero data loss and minimal downtime.
What we migrate
Our 5-step migration process
Discovery & migration plan
We map your setup, integrations (ERP/CRM/POS), catalog structure, and fulfillment workflows.
Data import & configuration
We migrate your catalog and configure weighted items, cutting options, substitutions, and delivery logic.
Integrations
We connect Wave Grocery to your systems and validate real-time stock and pricing sync.
Testing & training
QA on ordering, picking, delivery, and admin flows. Your team gets training and a go-live checklist.
Go-live & hypercare
We launch and monitor performance closely, with fast support to resolve anything immediately.
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.
Most teams underestimate the true cost of running grocery on a general ecommerce stack. Beyond subscription fees, costs often include:
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:
Mercatus offers a white-label mobile app too, but doesn’t share any information about its mobile app’s performance.
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.
These features are not natively included in Mercatus and may require additional customization or development
What Wave Grocery includes that Mercatus typically requires extra work to achieve
Both platforms serve grocery, but Wave Grocery is built to launch fast with a complete set of grocery workflows included from day one-ordering, picking, delivery, loyalty, and performance-focused storefront experiences.
Built for fast time-to-value
- Go live with grocery workflows out of the box
- Reduce custom work and implementation delays
- Scale performance without rebuilding your stack
Flexible fulfillment: choose the tools you need
Wave Grocery offers modular apps and workflows so your operation stays efficient as volume grows-without forcing a one-size-fits-all approach.
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.
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.
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.
Mercatus’ loyalty software, integrated into AisleOne, focuses on basic engagement strategies, it lacks the gamification elements that Wave Grocery offers.
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
FAQs
What’s the best Mercatus alternative for online grocery?
If you want a platform built for grocery with clear pricing, fast implementation, and proven performance outcomes, Wave Grocery is a strong Mercatus alternative-especially for teams that want to avoid hidden costs and long onboarding.
Does Wave Grocery include mobile ordering?
Yes. Wave Grocery offers a white-label mobile app built for grocery, designed for reorders, real-time availability, and delivery scheduling.
How does Wave Grocery handle weighted items and substitutions?
Wave Grocery supports weighted products and grocery-specific substitution workflows natively, so customers get the experience they expect and teams reduce manual work.
How long does it take to migrate?
Most grocers can migrate in around 30 days depending on integrations and catalog complexity. We manage the migration end-to-end.
Can Wave Grocery integrate with our existing systems?
Yes. Wave Grocery supports integrations with ERP/CRM/POS systems to keep pricing and stock accurate across channels.
