--- description: Get detailed information about CStore Essentials and how it can help you meet your business needs. Learn more about CStore Essentials price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Singapore. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: CStore Essentials Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra Singapore 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Convenience Store Software](/directory/30838/convenience-store/software) > [CStore Essentials](/software/145877/cstorepro) # CStore Essentials Canonical: https://www.capterra.com.sg/software/145877/cstorepro Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.sg/software/145877/cstorepro?page=2) > Back office management solution that enables convenience store and gas station managers to monitor and control sales and operations. > > Verdict: Rated **2.6/5** by 17 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses CStore Essentials? Web-based back office management solution that enables convenience store and gas station managers to monitor and control sales, transactions, refunds, price books, purchasing and other operations. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **2.6/5** | 17 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 2.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 40% | (4/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: PDI Technologies - **Location**: Sugarland, US ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$29.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Per store. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Barcode/Ticket Scanning - Fuel Management - Inventory Management - Inventory Tracking - Lottery Management - Loyalty Program - Price/Margin Management ## Category - [Convenience Store Software](https://www.capterra.com.sg/directory/30838/convenience-store/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The app is nicer than some of the others that I have seen. > > **Cons**: There is always room for improvement and this software is no exception. To being with, user permission levels are not customizable. They do give you a list of "levels" that have worked so far, but there is not a detailed list of what levels have for permissions, you have to kind of go about it through trial and error. When I asked CS about the different levels, the answer I received was that the levels name says it all, but that is not the case. The app that you can use on your phone has several faults.... When creating custom price or promo groups, you can not edit existing names or delete duplicates, which is EXTREMELY annoying. When adding new groups, you get an error, but I has really created the group, so not knowing any better in the beginning, I have multiple groups of the same nature. When making promo changes, you have to log into the website in order to send changes to promo groups, but you can send price changes directly from the app. On the website, multiple reports do not work properly if at all. It is very hard to customize the Day Closing feature. No customizable reports\!\! Scan Data is nice, but I keep having issues with RJR reports. > > I don't know how I would manage my business without the use of this app. ----- ### "Great program with even better management and support" — 5.0/5 > **Imran** | *1 June 2017* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: You can count on these guys. They have a wonderful onboarding process where they hold your hand through the installation and setup. I highly recommend this program as it is a complete system. Also Alvin is wonderful to work with. > > It is a complete program and make managing the business much easier. Everything is at your fingertips. Very well designed program and even better support staff. ----- ### "Horrible tech support" — 1.0/5 > **Manish** | *24 May 2023* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very nice software which can deliver all reports in no time. > > **Cons**: Horrible tech support for basic needs of inventory and margin. > > I been trying to reach the tech support since last one month. Contacted there tech support, chat support, sales team but no one willing to take the responsibilities and help. ----- ### "Best software, Worst customer service" — 2.0/5 > **Hitesh** | *9 November 2016* | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: software features, delivery scan , plu management, lotto report , lotto scan gas delivery gas price change etc > > **Cons**: seriously there is nothing I can point at it and say I don't like this section. > > I would say they have done an awesome job creating this software, I mean they have paid attention to all the detail work that, as an owner want in a software. I would say there is not that many company offer what they offer for a price and features. they had mess up in one department and that is their customer service. I mean really if you know that you had cover everything in your software and such an unprofessional service. that is totally unexpected by users. if you call or email their tech support you will not get an answer for few days and even if you call them and ask for the status they may not even remembered it and you might have to explain you problems over and over. in case if you get lucky enough, where they fixed your problem, they will not notify you that its been resolved. I would not bad mouth them at all , but I would tell them to pay attention to their customer service. for people I would say that this software is a one of a kind in c-store back office software industries. it got a bright future for sure if they take care their customer. ----- ### "C Store Pro" — 1.0/5 > **Nick** | *27 October 2016* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Awesome, can do lot. > > **Cons**: things changing on its own, which includes account payables. Paid bills change. > > I have been using for 4 years, service has gone from bad to worst. Used to friendly service and the owner himself was interested, have grown too large and they can not handle it. I WOULD NOT SUGGEST. Thay stretched themselves beyond capacity. you might have a question that why I am still with them ? Because of the owner's DAD, hell of a nice person and used to be very personalized service. Thinking about changing, hate do to it all again after this long period, but have no choice. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.sg/software/145877/cstorepro?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.sg/software/145877/cstorepro) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | ----- ## Structured Data