Wholesale
Crate vs B2B Wave
Repeat wholesale ordering or a customer-led quote workflow?
Crate focuses on wholesale orders from an agreed catalog at customer-specific prices. B2B Wave documents a customer-led quote workflow, including quote requests, seller revisions and customer acceptance. If quotations are central to your business, that distinction matters more than the starting subscription.
Written by Crate. Reviewed September 29, 2026. Based on our product and the providers' published information, not a hands-on test of their services.
Why choose Crate
Choose Crate when customers already know their products and agreed prices, and need a straightforward place to place repeat wholesale orders.
When B2B Wave may fit better
Choose B2B Wave when customers need to request a quote before ordering, and your team needs to revise that quote for acceptance.
Compare the details.
Compare the workflows, limits and costs that matter to your business.
| Topic | Crate | B2B Wave |
|---|---|---|
| Request, revise and accept a quote | Order approval is supported, but Crate does not offer a customer-led request-quote, revise and accept workflow. | Customers can request quotes. Sellers can edit products and prices, and track draft and accepted quotes. Its documentation says to contact support to activate the feature. Source |
| Customer prices | Customer logins and custom wholesale prices. | Customer price lists support different prices for different accounts. Source |
USD subscription prices reviewed September 29, 2026. Payment processing and purchased shipping labels are separate. Crate Wholesale pricing.
Where Crate makes the difference.
Crate Wholesale starts at $50/month. Check B2B Wave's current regional pricing and the quote features you need. This comparison does not treat Crate order approval as equivalent to a quotation workflow.
Check it against your business.
- Will buyers reorder agreed products or request a price before each order?
- Can the demonstration show a complete request, revision and acceptance?
- Which catalog, inventory and invoice connections are required for your business?
How Crate connects
Keep the catalog you already maintain.
Your products are already in Square, Clover or Shopify. Connect that catalog to Crate instead of manually creating a second product list. Manage wholesale visibility, unlimited price lists and customer-specific prices in Crate while keeping your existing POS or online store.
- Square
- Bring in the Square catalog. Use Square invoices and linked payment updates when Square is selected for invoicing.
- Clover
- Bring in Clover products and inventory. Use Crate or another supported invoice system; Clover invoice and payment sync are not part of this connection.
- Shopify
- Bring in the Shopify catalog. Use draft-order invoice checkout and linked payment updates when Shopify is selected for invoicing.
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Sources and approach
This comparison is published by Crate. Buyer-fit recommendations are our assessment. We link to official product and pricing pages so you can check the details. An unverified capability is not treated as an unavailable one. Product names identify the services being compared; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.