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Octopia Marketplace platform review · Enterprise marketplace platform

Established

“Full marketplace ecosystem”

Octopia ranks 23rd of 43 in our ranking of marketplace platforms for the UK and Europe, with a score of 50.6/100.

Cdiscount subsidiary offering a Marketplace-as-a-Service SaaS solution for retailers, plus seller network, dropshipping, ads and fulfilment services.

Stated by the vendor: Octopia was created in 2021 as a subsidiary of Cdiscount and cites 10K sellers and 160+ partners connected via REST API.

Key facts

Product
Octopia Marketplace as a Service
Solution type
Enterprise marketplace platform
Headquarters
France
Founded
2021
Deployment
SaaS
Marketplace models
B2C, Dropship & curated catalog
Pricing
Quote-based (pricing on request)
Public pricing
No
Address
120-126 quai de Bacalan, 33000 Bordeaux, France

Marketplace capabilities

“Not stated” means the vendor's public pages do not mention it, which is not the same as a no.

  • Seller onboarding Yes
  • Catalogue management Yes
  • Order management Yes
  • Commission management Yes
  • Split payments and seller payouts Not stated
  • Dropship support Yes
  • Multi-currency Yes
  • Headless API Yes
  • Retail media (seller advertising) Yes
  • Native mobile apps Not stated
  • Returns management Not stated
  • Seller performance scoring Not stated
  • B2B buying features Not stated

Key features

  • One-click seller onboarding with KYC
  • Multi-seller order monitoring
  • Commission rate settings
  • Seller catalog mapping
  • Octopia Ads sponsored products
  • Fulfillment and dropshipping
  • REST, SOAP and Operator APIs

AI features

  • Octopia Ads machine-learning positioning algorithm and automated campaigns (products, keywords, CPC)

What Octopia says it delivers

Claims made by the vendor, reported as such.

  • Access to a community of 10,000 international sellers (vendor claim)
  • 20 years of marketplace experience
  • 150 ms API response time and 1.5M products added per week (vendor claim)
  • Average launch cycle of 6 to 9 months (vendor claim)

Who it is for

  • E-commerce sites and e-tailers becoming marketplace operators
  • Marketplaces and retailers
  • Brands and sellers

Customers named by Octopia

Joom · Fyndiq · CDON · Kingfisher

Integrations, payments and security

HQ regions

Target customers

Pricing models

AI capabilities

Octopia: frequently asked questions

Is Octopia a good marketplace platform?

Octopia ranks 23rd of 43 marketplace platforms in our 100-point ranking, with a score of 50.6/100, in the enterprise marketplace platform category. The score adds seven criteria, each built from public, dated sources.

How much does Octopia cost?

Octopia does not publish a price list. Pricing as described by the vendor: Quote-based (pricing on request).

Which companies use Octopia?

Customers named by Octopia on its own website or in its press releases include Joom, Fyndiq, CDON, Kingfisher.

What are the best alternatives to Octopia?

The highest-scoring alternatives of the same type are Mirakl (90.1/100), Origami Marketplace (71.1/100), Marketplacer (68.6/100).

Platforms to compare with Octopia

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Sources

Every value on this page comes from one of these public pages, read on the date shown above. Ratings come from G2 and Capterra.

  1. octopia.com — Tagline, Notable customers
  2. octopia.com — Product name, Deployment, Headless API, Highlight
  3. octopia.com — Founded year, Highlight
  4. octopia.com — Address
  5. octopia.com — Dropship support, Marketplace model
  6. softwareadvice.com — Pricing model, Multi currency
  7. g2.com — G2 rating, G2 reviews
  8. octopia.com — Retail media, AI features
  9. capterra.ie — Capterra rating