Author: Brian

I recently had my s corp taxes done by a Los Angeles accounting firm and was shocked when I got the bill of $3,000.

I was expecting something closer to $850, which is what I was previously billed by another firm. What was especially concerning was this was a very simple s corp 1120s return, which should have taken very little time.

After some googling, I found the average cost in LA of getting your s corp taxes filed is $764. That is 4 times lower than what my firm charged. After contacting them I was able to get a discount for my s corp taxes to something far more realistic.

FeedSpark is a UK based managed service feed company that focuses mostly on Google Shopping. They lack marketplace capabilities and tend to be very expensive, without providing 24/7 full-service support.

Feedonomics on the other hand is one of the best FeedSpark alternatives, with a global 24/7 support team and marketplace and order management capabilities.

What FeedSpark is also missing is customizable alerting capabilities when things go wrong in Google Merchant Center or with custom attributes in your feed.

Lengow is a self-service feed platform based in France with support for many French-specific marketplaces. Lengow also has long-term contracts and doesn’t have 24/7 support.

One of the leading Lengow competitors and alternatives is Feedonomics, which is US-based, full-service, and offers 24/7 support without requiring long-term contracts.

If you’re looking for lactation consulting services in any large city, you might be surprised at high costs of the first lactation consulting visit, which are around $274.

In ~2 hours the certified IBCLC lactation consultant basically makes on the order of $150/hour, but as Cost Examiner finds, there are hidden costs in the preparation work that the consultant has to do, including traveling to your house and writing up a nursing or feeding plan for you.

The right lactation consultant is definitely worth it, reducing the pain that new moms experience with breastfeeding. Simple adjustments in latching and cradling position can make huge improvements in comfort.

The best part is your insurance will often cover some or all of the lactation consulting fee making it a no brainer.

MerchantAdvantage was one of the first self-service feed platforms created in the early 2000s. In the last 5 years, it seems like nothing new has been added and it’s in maintenance mode.

MerchantAdvantage requires long-term contracts and charges based on data load fees.

Feedonomics on the other hand provides full-service, with 24/7 support, and doesn’t’ have long-term contracts. See a full comparison of the Best MerchantAdvantage alternatives and competitors here.

Godatafeed is a self-service feed tool that targets small and medium sized eCommerce stores.

Power users often find that certain tasks that can take 2-3 hours can take 15 minutes in more efficient and powerful feed platforms like Feedonomics.

There are other differences too, like Godatafeed offers limited support, while Feedonomics offers 24/7 full-service support.

See more Godatafeed alternative and competitor differences in features and service.

Shopping-Feed is a French self-service product listing and order tool. It doesn’t allow you to do very powerful optimizations with an unintuitive UI, and charges you a percent of revenue.

Not only are the rules very difficult to use, they aren’t very flexible, allowing you query one variable with another variable. That means you have to spend hours writing rules with workarounds.

Feedonomics is the best Shopping-Feed Alternative and Competitor

Solid Commerce is a self-service marketplace-centric feed and order syndication tool.

SolidCommerce has a UI that is not very inuititve and seems to have issues with larger data feeds and bugs. Their support isn’t rated very well with tickets that can take a long-time to get answers.

See a more complete feature comparison between SolidCommerce and Feedonomics, the best alternative.

Channable is a Dutch self-service feed platform, similar to GoDataFeed.

It lacks the ability to see and query your optimized data or have customizable Google Merchant Center Alerts. They only support 9-5 CET, which isn’t great if your’e not in Europe, like the US or Australia.

See more features compared for the best Channable alternative, Feedonomics, which offers full-service with 24/7 support.

Intelligent Reach is a UK feed platform that focuses on channels like Google Shopping. They have long-term contracts without 24/7 support.

See a more comprehensive comparison of Intelligent Reach to competitors and alternatives like Feedonomics here, with a comparative matrix of features and services.