Royce Reinger

Royce Reinger

1678706340

A Parallel, Multi-engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics

ARGoS

A Parallel, Multi-engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics

What is ARGoS?

ARGoS is a physics-based simulator designed to simulate large-scale robot swarms. Benchmark results show that ARGoS can perform physics-accurate simulation involving thousands of robots in a fraction of real time. ARGoS' main features are:

Multi-threaded and deeply modular architecture, more flexible than any simulator with equivalent features;

The possibility to run multiple physics engines at the same time;

The possibility to divide the physical space in region, and assign different regions to different physics engines.

Starting from version 3, ARGoS is released under the terms of the MIT license.

Downloading ARGoS

You can download a binary package of ARGoS from http://www.argos-sim.info/download.php. Alternatively, you can download the development sources through git:

$ git clone https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3.git argos3

Compiling ARGoS

Requirements

If you downloaded the sources of ARGoS and want to compile its code, you need:

A UNIX system (Linux or MacOSX; Microsoft Windows is not supported)

g++ >= 5.4 (on Linux)

clang >= 3.1 (on MacOSX)

cmake >= 3.5.1

If you want to compile the simulator, you need:

FreeImage >= 3.15

The OpenGL-based graphical visualization is compiled only if the following libraries are found:

Qt >= 5.5

freeglut >= 2.6.0

libxi-dev (on Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems)

libxmu-dev (on Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems)

If you want to create the Lua wrapper you need:

lua == 5.3

If you want to create the documentation you need:

To create the API:

Doxygen >= 1.7.3

Graphviz/dot >= 2.28

To create the HTML version of this README:

asciidoc >= 8.6.2

Debian

On Debian, you can install all of the necessary requirements with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake libfreeimage-dev libfreeimageplus-dev \
  qt5-default freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev liblua5.3-dev \
  lua5.3 doxygen graphviz libgraphviz-dev asciidoc

OpenSuse

On openSUSE 13.2, you can install all of the necessary requirements with the following commands:

$ sudo zypper ar -n openSUSE-13.2-Graphics \
  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_13.2/ \
  graphics
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install git cmake gcc gcc-c++ freeimage-devel \
  doxygen graphviz asciidoc lua-devel libqt5-qtbase freeglut-devel \
  rpmbuild

Mac OSX

On Mac, you can install all of the necessary requirements using HomeBrew. On the command line, type the following command:

$ brew install pkg-config cmake libpng freeimage lua qt \
  docbook asciidoc graphviz doxygen

Compiling the code

The compilation of ARGoS is configured through CMake.

Fast compilation instructions

Compiling the ARGoS simulator

$ cd argos3
$ mkdir build_simulator
$ cd build_simulator
$ cmake ../src
$ make

Compiling ARGoS for a robot

DO NOT EXECUTE THESE COMMANDS IF YOU ARE INSTALLING ARGOS ON YOUR LAPTOP. THESE COMMANDS ARE MEANT TO INSTALL ARGOS ON A REAL ROBOT.

$ cd argos3
$ mkdir build_myrobot
$ cd build_myrobot
$ cmake -DARGOS_BUILD_FOR=myrobot ../src
$ make

Compiling the documentation

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ make doc

ARGoS sources under Eclipse

To use Eclipse with the ARGoS sources, you must have the CDT installed. Optionally, you can also install CMakeEd to modify the CMakeLists.txt files comfortably within Eclipse.

To configure the ARGoS sources for Eclipse, it is better to avoid compiling the code in a separate build directory (for more details, see here). Thus, execute CMake as follows:

$ cd argos3
$ cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" src/

Now open Eclipse. Click on File → Import…​, select Existing project into workspace, and click on Next. Set the base argos3 directory as the root directory in the dialog that appears. Click on Next and you’re ready to go.

Advanced compilation configuration

The compilation of ARGoS can be configured through a set of CMake options:

VariableTypeMeaning [default value]
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPESTRINGBuild type (Debug, Release, etc.) [empty]
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIXSTRINGInstall prefix (/usr, /usr/local, etc.) [/usr/local]
ARGOS_BUILD_FORSTRINGTarget of compilation (simulator or robot name) [simulator]
ARGOS_BUILD_NATIVEBOOLEANWhether to use platform-specific instructions [OFF]
ARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOGBOOLEANUse or not the thread-safe version of LOG/LOGERR. [ON]
ARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADINGBOOLEANCompile (and use) dynamic loading facilities [ON]
ARGOS_USE_DOUBLEBOOLEANUse double (ON) or float (OFF) [ON]
ARGOS_DOCUMENTATIONBOOLEANCreate API documentation [ON]
ARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONFBOOLEANInstall the file /etc/ld.so.conf/argos3.conf [ON on Linux, OFF on Mac]

You can pass the wanted values from the command line. For instance, if you wanted to set explictly all the default values, when compiling on Linux you would write:

$ cd argos3/build_simulator
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
        -DARGOS_BUILD_FOR=simulator \
        -DARGOS_BUILD_NATIVE=OFF \
        -DARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOG=ON \
        -DARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADING=ON \
        -DARGOS_USE_DOUBLE=ON \
        -DARGOS_DOCUMENTATION=ON \
        -DARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONF=ON \
        ../src
ImportantWhen ARGOS_BUILD_FOR is set to simulator, ARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOG and ARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADING must be ON.
ImportantIf you want to install ARGoS without root privileges, remember to set ARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONF to OFF. Otherwise, installation will fail midway.
TipFor production environments, it is recommended to compile ARGoS with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE set to Release. If you want to debug ARGoS, it is recommended to set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Debug. The other standard settings (empty and RelWithDebInfo) are supported but should be avoided.
TipIf you want to squeeze maximum performance from ARGoS, along with compiling with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE set to Release, you can also set ARGOS_BUILD_NATIVE to ON. This setting instructs the compiler to use the compiler flags -march=native and -mtune=native. The code will run faster because you use the entire instruction set of your processor, but the generated binaries won’t be portable to computers with different processors.

Using the ARGoS simulator from the source tree

ImportantYou can’t install ARGoS system-wide and run the source version at the same time. If you intend to run ARGoS from the sources, you must uninstall it from the system.

Running the ARGoS simulator

If you don’t want to install ARGoS on your system, you can run it from the sources tree. In the directory build_simulator/ you’ll find a bash script called setup_env.sh. Executing this script, you configure the current environment to run ARGoS:

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator
$ . setup_env.sh     # or 'source setup_env.sh'
$ cd core
$ ./argos3 -q all    # this shows all the plugins recognized by ARGoS

If you execute ARGoS with the graphical visualization, you’ll notice that icons, models, and textures are missing. This is normal, as ARGoS by default looks for them in the default install location. To fix this, you need to edit the default settings of the GUI.

On Linux, edit the file $HOME/.config/Iridia-ULB/ARGoS.conf as follows:

[MainWindow]
#
# other stuff
#
icon_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/icons/
texture_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/textures/
model_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/models/
#
# more stuff
#

On Mac, write the following commands on the terminal window to fix the paths manually:

$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.texture_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/textures/"
$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.model_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/models/"
$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.icon_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/icons/"
$ killall -u YOURUSERNAME cfprefsd

or use these commands to delete these paths and have ARGoS look for them:

$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS
$ killall -u YOURUSERNAME cfprefsd

Be sure to substitute /PATH/TO/ with the correct path that contains the argos3 folder, and YOURUSERNAME with your username as displayed on the terminal.

Debugging the ARGoS simulator

You can debug the ARGoS code using gdb. Since the code in scattered across multiple directories, you need a .gdbinit file. Luckily for you, this file is created automatically when you compile ARGoS. To use it, you just need to remember to run the ARGoS simulator from the build_simulator/core/ directory:

$ cd argos3/build_simulator/core
$ gdb ./argos3

Installing ARGoS from the compiled binaries

To install ARGoS after having compiled the sources, it is enough to write:

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ make doc           # documentation is required!
$ sudo make install

Alternatively, one can create a package. To build all the packages supported by your system, run these commands:

$ cd argos3
$ git tag -a X.Y.Z-release # give the package a unique version
                           # the format must be as shown
                           # X       = version major
                           # Y       = version minor
                           # Z       = version patch
                           # release = a textual label
$ cd build_simulator       # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ cmake .                  # let CMake read the newly set tag
$ make doc                 # documentation is required!
$ make                     # compile the code
$ sudo make package        # make the package

This typically creates a self-extracting .tar.gz archive, a .tar.bz2 archive, a .zip archive, and a platform-specific archive (.deb, .rpm, or a MacOSX package). You can determine which packages to create by setting the variables CPACK_BINARY_DEB, CPACK_BINARY_RPM, CPACK_BINARY_STGZ, CPACK_BINARY_TBZ2, CPACK_BINARY_TGZ, CPACK_BINARY_TZ.

Importantthe creation of source packages through the command make package_source is not supported.

An easier option is to install ARGoS from a package distributed at http://www.argos-sim.info/download.php.

Download Details:

Author: ilpincy
Source Code: https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3 

#machinelearning #cpluplus #robotics 

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A Parallel, Multi-engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics
Adaline Kulas

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Multi-cloud Spending: 8 Tips To Lower Cost

A multi-cloud approach is nothing but leveraging two or more cloud platforms for meeting the various business requirements of an enterprise. The multi-cloud IT environment incorporates different clouds from multiple vendors and negates the dependence on a single public cloud service provider. Thus enterprises can choose specific services from multiple public clouds and reap the benefits of each.

Given its affordability and agility, most enterprises opt for a multi-cloud approach in cloud computing now. A 2018 survey on the public cloud services market points out that 81% of the respondents use services from two or more providers. Subsequently, the cloud computing services market has reported incredible growth in recent times. The worldwide public cloud services market is all set to reach $500 billion in the next four years, according to IDC.

By choosing multi-cloud solutions strategically, enterprises can optimize the benefits of cloud computing and aim for some key competitive advantages. They can avoid the lengthy and cumbersome processes involved in buying, installing and testing high-priced systems. The IaaS and PaaS solutions have become a windfall for the enterprise’s budget as it does not incur huge up-front capital expenditure.

However, cost optimization is still a challenge while facilitating a multi-cloud environment and a large number of enterprises end up overpaying with or without realizing it. The below-mentioned tips would help you ensure the money is spent wisely on cloud computing services.

  • Deactivate underused or unattached resources

Most organizations tend to get wrong with simple things which turn out to be the root cause for needless spending and resource wastage. The first step to cost optimization in your cloud strategy is to identify underutilized resources that you have been paying for.

Enterprises often continue to pay for resources that have been purchased earlier but are no longer useful. Identifying such unused and unattached resources and deactivating it on a regular basis brings you one step closer to cost optimization. If needed, you can deploy automated cloud management tools that are largely helpful in providing the analytics needed to optimize the cloud spending and cut costs on an ongoing basis.

  • Figure out idle instances

Another key cost optimization strategy is to identify the idle computing instances and consolidate them into fewer instances. An idle computing instance may require a CPU utilization level of 1-5%, but you may be billed by the service provider for 100% for the same instance.

Every enterprise will have such non-production instances that constitute unnecessary storage space and lead to overpaying. Re-evaluating your resource allocations regularly and removing unnecessary storage may help you save money significantly. Resource allocation is not only a matter of CPU and memory but also it is linked to the storage, network, and various other factors.

  • Deploy monitoring mechanisms

The key to efficient cost reduction in cloud computing technology lies in proactive monitoring. A comprehensive view of the cloud usage helps enterprises to monitor and minimize unnecessary spending. You can make use of various mechanisms for monitoring computing demand.

For instance, you can use a heatmap to understand the highs and lows in computing visually. This heat map indicates the start and stop times which in turn lead to reduced costs. You can also deploy automated tools that help organizations to schedule instances to start and stop. By following a heatmap, you can understand whether it is safe to shut down servers on holidays or weekends.

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Royce Reinger

Royce Reinger

1678706340

A Parallel, Multi-engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics

ARGoS

A Parallel, Multi-engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics

What is ARGoS?

ARGoS is a physics-based simulator designed to simulate large-scale robot swarms. Benchmark results show that ARGoS can perform physics-accurate simulation involving thousands of robots in a fraction of real time. ARGoS' main features are:

Multi-threaded and deeply modular architecture, more flexible than any simulator with equivalent features;

The possibility to run multiple physics engines at the same time;

The possibility to divide the physical space in region, and assign different regions to different physics engines.

Starting from version 3, ARGoS is released under the terms of the MIT license.

Downloading ARGoS

You can download a binary package of ARGoS from http://www.argos-sim.info/download.php. Alternatively, you can download the development sources through git:

$ git clone https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3.git argos3

Compiling ARGoS

Requirements

If you downloaded the sources of ARGoS and want to compile its code, you need:

A UNIX system (Linux or MacOSX; Microsoft Windows is not supported)

g++ >= 5.4 (on Linux)

clang >= 3.1 (on MacOSX)

cmake >= 3.5.1

If you want to compile the simulator, you need:

FreeImage >= 3.15

The OpenGL-based graphical visualization is compiled only if the following libraries are found:

Qt >= 5.5

freeglut >= 2.6.0

libxi-dev (on Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems)

libxmu-dev (on Ubuntu and other Debian-based systems)

If you want to create the Lua wrapper you need:

lua == 5.3

If you want to create the documentation you need:

To create the API:

Doxygen >= 1.7.3

Graphviz/dot >= 2.28

To create the HTML version of this README:

asciidoc >= 8.6.2

Debian

On Debian, you can install all of the necessary requirements with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install cmake libfreeimage-dev libfreeimageplus-dev \
  qt5-default freeglut3-dev libxi-dev libxmu-dev liblua5.3-dev \
  lua5.3 doxygen graphviz libgraphviz-dev asciidoc

OpenSuse

On openSUSE 13.2, you can install all of the necessary requirements with the following commands:

$ sudo zypper ar -n openSUSE-13.2-Graphics \
  http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/graphics/openSUSE_13.2/ \
  graphics
$ sudo zypper refresh
$ sudo zypper install git cmake gcc gcc-c++ freeimage-devel \
  doxygen graphviz asciidoc lua-devel libqt5-qtbase freeglut-devel \
  rpmbuild

Mac OSX

On Mac, you can install all of the necessary requirements using HomeBrew. On the command line, type the following command:

$ brew install pkg-config cmake libpng freeimage lua qt \
  docbook asciidoc graphviz doxygen

Compiling the code

The compilation of ARGoS is configured through CMake.

Fast compilation instructions

Compiling the ARGoS simulator

$ cd argos3
$ mkdir build_simulator
$ cd build_simulator
$ cmake ../src
$ make

Compiling ARGoS for a robot

DO NOT EXECUTE THESE COMMANDS IF YOU ARE INSTALLING ARGOS ON YOUR LAPTOP. THESE COMMANDS ARE MEANT TO INSTALL ARGOS ON A REAL ROBOT.

$ cd argos3
$ mkdir build_myrobot
$ cd build_myrobot
$ cmake -DARGOS_BUILD_FOR=myrobot ../src
$ make

Compiling the documentation

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ make doc

ARGoS sources under Eclipse

To use Eclipse with the ARGoS sources, you must have the CDT installed. Optionally, you can also install CMakeEd to modify the CMakeLists.txt files comfortably within Eclipse.

To configure the ARGoS sources for Eclipse, it is better to avoid compiling the code in a separate build directory (for more details, see here). Thus, execute CMake as follows:

$ cd argos3
$ cmake -G "Eclipse CDT4 - Unix Makefiles" src/

Now open Eclipse. Click on File → Import…​, select Existing project into workspace, and click on Next. Set the base argos3 directory as the root directory in the dialog that appears. Click on Next and you’re ready to go.

Advanced compilation configuration

The compilation of ARGoS can be configured through a set of CMake options:

VariableTypeMeaning [default value]
CMAKE_BUILD_TYPESTRINGBuild type (Debug, Release, etc.) [empty]
CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIXSTRINGInstall prefix (/usr, /usr/local, etc.) [/usr/local]
ARGOS_BUILD_FORSTRINGTarget of compilation (simulator or robot name) [simulator]
ARGOS_BUILD_NATIVEBOOLEANWhether to use platform-specific instructions [OFF]
ARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOGBOOLEANUse or not the thread-safe version of LOG/LOGERR. [ON]
ARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADINGBOOLEANCompile (and use) dynamic loading facilities [ON]
ARGOS_USE_DOUBLEBOOLEANUse double (ON) or float (OFF) [ON]
ARGOS_DOCUMENTATIONBOOLEANCreate API documentation [ON]
ARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONFBOOLEANInstall the file /etc/ld.so.conf/argos3.conf [ON on Linux, OFF on Mac]

You can pass the wanted values from the command line. For instance, if you wanted to set explictly all the default values, when compiling on Linux you would write:

$ cd argos3/build_simulator
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
        -DARGOS_BUILD_FOR=simulator \
        -DARGOS_BUILD_NATIVE=OFF \
        -DARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOG=ON \
        -DARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADING=ON \
        -DARGOS_USE_DOUBLE=ON \
        -DARGOS_DOCUMENTATION=ON \
        -DARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONF=ON \
        ../src
ImportantWhen ARGOS_BUILD_FOR is set to simulator, ARGOS_THREADSAFE_LOG and ARGOS_DYNAMIC_LOADING must be ON.
ImportantIf you want to install ARGoS without root privileges, remember to set ARGOS_INSTALL_LDSOCONF to OFF. Otherwise, installation will fail midway.
TipFor production environments, it is recommended to compile ARGoS with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE set to Release. If you want to debug ARGoS, it is recommended to set CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to Debug. The other standard settings (empty and RelWithDebInfo) are supported but should be avoided.
TipIf you want to squeeze maximum performance from ARGoS, along with compiling with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE set to Release, you can also set ARGOS_BUILD_NATIVE to ON. This setting instructs the compiler to use the compiler flags -march=native and -mtune=native. The code will run faster because you use the entire instruction set of your processor, but the generated binaries won’t be portable to computers with different processors.

Using the ARGoS simulator from the source tree

ImportantYou can’t install ARGoS system-wide and run the source version at the same time. If you intend to run ARGoS from the sources, you must uninstall it from the system.

Running the ARGoS simulator

If you don’t want to install ARGoS on your system, you can run it from the sources tree. In the directory build_simulator/ you’ll find a bash script called setup_env.sh. Executing this script, you configure the current environment to run ARGoS:

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator
$ . setup_env.sh     # or 'source setup_env.sh'
$ cd core
$ ./argos3 -q all    # this shows all the plugins recognized by ARGoS

If you execute ARGoS with the graphical visualization, you’ll notice that icons, models, and textures are missing. This is normal, as ARGoS by default looks for them in the default install location. To fix this, you need to edit the default settings of the GUI.

On Linux, edit the file $HOME/.config/Iridia-ULB/ARGoS.conf as follows:

[MainWindow]
#
# other stuff
#
icon_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/icons/
texture_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/textures/
model_dir=/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/models/
#
# more stuff
#

On Mac, write the following commands on the terminal window to fix the paths manually:

$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.texture_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/textures/"
$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.model_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/models/"
$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS MainWindow.icon_dir -string "/PATH/TO/argos3/src/plugins/simulator/visualizations/qt-opengl/icons/"
$ killall -u YOURUSERNAME cfprefsd

or use these commands to delete these paths and have ARGoS look for them:

$ defaults write info.argos-sim.ARGoS
$ killall -u YOURUSERNAME cfprefsd

Be sure to substitute /PATH/TO/ with the correct path that contains the argos3 folder, and YOURUSERNAME with your username as displayed on the terminal.

Debugging the ARGoS simulator

You can debug the ARGoS code using gdb. Since the code in scattered across multiple directories, you need a .gdbinit file. Luckily for you, this file is created automatically when you compile ARGoS. To use it, you just need to remember to run the ARGoS simulator from the build_simulator/core/ directory:

$ cd argos3/build_simulator/core
$ gdb ./argos3

Installing ARGoS from the compiled binaries

To install ARGoS after having compiled the sources, it is enough to write:

$ cd argos3
$ cd build_simulator # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ make doc           # documentation is required!
$ sudo make install

Alternatively, one can create a package. To build all the packages supported by your system, run these commands:

$ cd argos3
$ git tag -a X.Y.Z-release # give the package a unique version
                           # the format must be as shown
                           # X       = version major
                           # Y       = version minor
                           # Z       = version patch
                           # release = a textual label
$ cd build_simulator       # or 'cd build_myrobot'
$ cmake .                  # let CMake read the newly set tag
$ make doc                 # documentation is required!
$ make                     # compile the code
$ sudo make package        # make the package

This typically creates a self-extracting .tar.gz archive, a .tar.bz2 archive, a .zip archive, and a platform-specific archive (.deb, .rpm, or a MacOSX package). You can determine which packages to create by setting the variables CPACK_BINARY_DEB, CPACK_BINARY_RPM, CPACK_BINARY_STGZ, CPACK_BINARY_TBZ2, CPACK_BINARY_TGZ, CPACK_BINARY_TZ.

Importantthe creation of source packages through the command make package_source is not supported.

An easier option is to install ARGoS from a package distributed at http://www.argos-sim.info/download.php.

Download Details:

Author: ilpincy
Source Code: https://github.com/ilpincy/argos3 

#machinelearning #cpluplus #robotics 

Ramya M

Ramya M

1608022599

Top 10 Multi vendor Marketplace Platform Providers 2022

Great evolution has happened in the buying and selling process due to the advent of ecommerce. There is exponential growth in the field of online business and selling and buying happens at the doorstep. The multi seller ecommerce platform has become the next level in the ecommerce niche.

The ecommerce marketplace platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, and eBay have already succeeded in the industry and have set a milestone on sales and revenue.

This fact has inspired many aspiring entrepreneurs and has made them transfer their brick and mortar stores to multi vendor platform.

What is Online Multi vendor Marketplace?

Multi vendor marketplace platform is connect a multiple sellere or vendors to display and sell their products through the platform by agreeing with the terms mentioned by the admin of the platform. They can have their way of promoting their products.

Here is a list of Top 10 Best Turnkey Multi vendor Marketplace Platforms:

Now that you have a better understanding of the key features for Multi vendor marketplace, let’s compare ten of the top Multi vendor providers.

1. Zielcommerce – All in One Multi vendor eCommerce Marketplace Platform

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Zielcommerce is a white label enabled enterprise grade online marketplace software. The multi vendor platform comes with a one time payment option and it is completely customizable and also scalable. 

Platform Highlights

  • The feature-rich UI and UX have never missed attracting the users towards the multi vendor ecommerce.
  • The platform is user-friendly and it is a perfect device compatible.
  • It’s a convenient marketplace solution that provides all round service required for a perfect multi vendor marketplace platform.
  • This also supports easy brand recognition and you can get more visitors to your ecommerce platform.

Zielcommerce provides its users with a secured environment through its SSL certified marketplace software and gains the trust of the users. You can be easily promoted online with this SEO-optimized platform. Stay connected with your customers all the time with the in-build communication channels.

The pleasing features of this multi vendor marketplacce solution

  • Multilingual and multiple currency support
  • Multiple payment options to facilitate buyers
  • Real-time tracking feature to track orders online
  • Wide delivery option for buyers’ convenience
  • A dedicated mobile application that will suit your business demands
  • Review and rating system to enhance the performance of the platform
  • 24/7 technical support from our end.

Best Use Cases

Client’s Rating

  • Ease of use: 4.5/5
  • Customer service – 4.7/5
  • Overall: 4.6/5

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2. X-cart – a well-known multi vendor marketplace platform solution

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X-cart is a standalone online marketplace solution for your online business needs. You can get the complete comprehensive features within this multi vendor marketplace software that can meet the customers’ expectations. A genuine approach is maintained and the users trust X-cart for its outstanding functionalities that satisfy the multi vendor market demands.

Platform Highlights

  • Xcart stands alone in the market by providing best multi vendor marketplace solutions that will facilitate users to increase their online credibility.
  • If you prefer to build a multi vendor marketplace platform like amazon or eBay then Xcart is the perfect choice.

It has gained the trust of thousands of users and people who use Xcart as their online multi vendor marketplace software has given the best review about the product.

The salient features of this multi vendor ecommerce platform solution

  • One-time payment to purchase the marketplace software
  • In-built marketing and promotion tools to promote the multi vendor marketplace software
  • Trusted payment gateways integrated with the website
  • Reliable order management system.
  • On-time delivery management

Best Use Cases

  • Hyperlocal Ecommerce Platform
  • Jewellery e-commerce Store
  • Electronics Ecommerce Platform
  • Furniture Ecommerce Platform

Client’s Rating:

  • Ease of use : 3.5/5
  • Customer service – 3.4/5
  • Overall : 3.5/5

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3. Cs cart – a perfect multi vendor marketplace solution

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CS-Cart has never disappointed its users and it comes with the complete ecommerce marketplace solution for all your business demands. You can gain perfect control over the online multi vendor marketplace platform and can personalize the platform to suit your business needs. You will get higher visibility and can easily attract your target audience with the CS-Cart marketplace solution.

Platform Highlights

  • CS-cart is the most reliable best ecommerce marketplace platform that gives a user-friendly platform for the user.
  • The interface is easily understandable and no technical knowledge is needed to maintain the multi vendor marketplace software.

You can gain the attention of global audiences through its multilingual support and can take your brand all over the world and build a strong branding with the help of CS cart.

The key features of this multi vendor ecommerce website solution

  • SEO- friendly platform that will help you to get top ranking in all search engines.
  • Mobile –friendly and will get you more mobile users as your customers
  • Get genuine customer care support
  • Well-integrated with all third-party software.
  • The online multi vendor ecommerce platform will have social media logins

Best use cases

Client’s Rating :

  • Ease of use : 4.1/5
  • Customer service – 4.3/5
  • Overall :4.2/5

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4. Arcadier – Superlative Multi vendor marketplace platform

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Arcadier is the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) provider that allows businesses, SMEs, local communities, government agencies and entrepreneurs to manage their online multi vendor marketplace platform more efficiently and affectionately. Arcadier has many attractive features that can grab the attention of vendors.

Platform Highlights

  • When you have multiple vendors only then you can call your platform as a best ecommerce marketplace platform.
  • This is quite easy when you go for Arcadier.
  • The genuine support that you get with this online multi vendor enterprise marketplace platform will retain your vendors and also your buyers and provides better multi vendor marketplace software to your business needs.

Apart from other SaaS online marketplace platforms on the market that offer a temporary solution for all purposes, Arcadier allows users to choose between multiple options in buying and selling products or services to rental spaces and other business models.

**The Prominent features of this online multi vendor marketplace software solution

  • The seller can manage to add variations to each listing, and also placing images and surcharges on each and every variant.
  • User-friendly platform to get the top ranking in all search engines.
  • Manually configure specific dates and hours of your ads on the calendar.
  • A Complete customer support assistance

Best Use Case

  • Clothing and accessories multi vendor ecommerce platform
  • Handicrafts Online marketplace platform
  • Hair stylist scheduling software
  • On demand movies online marketplace platform

**Client’s Rating: **

  • Ease of use : 3.2/5
  • Customer service – 3/5
  • Overall : 3.1/5

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5. Bigcommerce - Exquisite Multi Vendor Marketplace Software

Multi vendor Marketplace that converts your single admin online store into Multi vendor Marketplace. It provides of adding vendors and maintain the track record of their order and sales. Apart from vendor features, Bigcommerce gives best buyer features that will impress buyers and make them decide on buying products in your online multi vendor ecommerce platform.

Platform Highlights

  • Offers and discount features are available that will delight buyers and will make them refer more customers to your best ecommerce marketplace platform.
  • You can also easily retain your customers by keeping them about new arrivals and offers.
  • As a store admin, you have background access and control and manage the products, orders, vendors and their products.

It comes with an option which, without the approval of the vendor admin the product would not be visible in the forefront. This online multi vendor marketplace platform is excellent features and creating various plans for vendors, a payment management system for vendors.

Impressing features of this online multi vendor marketplace software solution

  • Flexible Functionality Product approval
  • An admin can have full access to the seller’s profile, products, manage
  • Synchronizing products and orders from the “Bigcommerce store” to the "market.
  • Without any issue, the admin can create a “Payment” for the seller, once a product is out of stock.

Best Use Case

  • best online salon scheduling software for salon owners
  • Educational books online marketplace platform
  • Food delivery multi seller ecommerce platform
  • Fashion and clothing ecommerce platform

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6. IXXO - Ideal Multi Vendor marketplace software

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Ixxo is an ideal marketplace solution for those who want to open and manage a high-volume marketplace as IXXO online Multi Vendor ecommerce platform offers unlimited product and unlimited vendor capacity. The marketplace owners can configure vendor privileges purely based on vendors. this help the multi vendor marketplace software owner to provide the basic vendor features, where the vendors dont have much ecommerce experience and privileges.

Platform Highlights

This will ensure that the delivery is taking place in the right way. If there is any delay then through a proper messaging system the buyer will get intimation regarding the delay. This feature impresses the customer and makes the platform the best one.

Splendid features of this best ecommerce marketplace platform solution

  • Simple Checkout Process
  • A wide range of payment options
  • Responds promptly and friendlily.
  • Feature-rich provider dashboard.

Best Use Cases

**Client’s Rating: **

  • Ease of use : 4.1/5
  • Customer service – 4.3/5
  • Overall :4.2/5

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7. Sharetribe - Structured Multi vendor marketplace solutions

Sharetribe is one of the excellent SaaS platforms for building and launching a online multi vendor marketplace software. Easy setting changes to your color theme and photos, instantly.

Platform Highlights

  • It is merged with a integration process, the marketplace allows users to sell products or services online without any technical support.
  • Sharetribe has all in-built marketing tools that will easily promote your brand globally with less effort.

This online multi vendor marketplace platform gives a perfect shopping experience to customers and also satisfied selling experience to vendors. Users can trust sharetribe for their business requirement and can get a trustworthy marketplace solution that will leverage their business to greater levels.

Core features of this best ecommerce marketplace platform

  • It is a comprehensive tool for customizing your marketplace.
  • Responsive Design for users, optimized for every screen.
  • More conversions rate and decrease in bounce rate.
  • A comprehensive content management system to maintain an active market with visual content.

Best Use Cases

**Client’s Rating:**

  • Ease of use : 3.9/5
  • Customer service – 3.7/5
  • Overall :3.8/5

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8. Appdupe - Intuitive Multi vendor marketplace software

A online Multi vendor marketplace platform is an online marketplace where many sellers can sign up, create their profiles and add products and sell when they want. One of the best examples of multi vendor platforms right now is Amazon, and so on. Well, the ecommerce marketplace software has multiple benefits for its users and vendors.

Platform Highlights

  • Appdupe gives customers to share their reviews and give ratings for the product they have purchased.
  • Vendors can also read the reviews written by their customers and this will help them to enhance their online multi vendor marketplace platform in a better way.
  • Appdupe also supports multiple revenue models and users can select the one that perfectly suits their business and can get better returns with minimum investment.

Impressing feature of this best ecommerce marketplace platform

  • It provides a hassle-free process
  • Easily download and handle their products in a simple way.
  • Separate dashboard for seller and buyer data formatting may go all the way.
  • Analysis and enhanced the ROI

Best Use Cases

9. Miva - Outbreaking Multi vendor marketplace platform

Is a flexible multi seller ecommerce platform that can be easily modified as their business evolves with more conversions rate, better integrations, with complete solutions for all aspects of online sales, This online multi vendor marketplace software help them generate revenue and increasing the average order value and with less operating costs.

Platform Highlights

Miva suits to any business model and business size. This online multi vendor marketplace platform is very cost-effective and even a startup who plans to start an online store with minimum investment can easily go for Miva.

The online ecommerce marketplace software looks like it has been built from scratch. It inherits all essential features that are needed to run a multi vendor marketplace platform successfully. All you need is to buy the platform and launch the marketplace and can start earning instantly.

Intuitive feature of this best marketplace software

  • Admin can control and manage the review and approval of new products
  • Flexible commissions for every vendor sale based on subscription plans
  • Separate dashboard for a vendor to manage their own product listing
  • The separate seller has a unique profile on the marketplace and products limits based on membership plans

Best Use Cases

**Client’s Rating: **

  • Ease of use:4/5
  • Customer service – 3.7/5
  • Overall: 3.9/5

10. Quick eSelling – A Proven Multi vendor Marketpalce platform

Quick eSelling is a popular multi vendor online marketplace platform with upgrade features and a more comfortable platform for global merchants and seller to start their own online store. Quick eSelling is an online store feature for Customer Engagement and Retention. This platform has been designed to help you significantly increase your sales and save time.

Platform Highlights

  • Quick e-selling marketplace platform allows you to set commission plan for every individual vendor.
  • You can easily analyze their performance through proper analytics and reports.
  • You can boost the poor performing vendor by providing less commission percentage and boost their sale.

his will satisfy vendors and will make them stay with your best multi vendor marketplace software for a long time. You can get complete support from the technical team round the clock. Whenever customization needed the technical team will guide you in designing your own online multi seller ecommerce platform.

The essential feature of this Multi vendor marketplace software

  • SEO-friendly for ecommerce web development and essential to ensure high traffic
  • Vendors can check sales trends through graphs and data information inputs for building strategies
  • A secured platform for merchants and customers’ transitional communication.
  • It makes it easy for you to launch your online business effectively

Best Use Cases

  • Fashion and accessories marketplace platform
  • E-Book marketplace software
  • Food and beverages ecommerce platform
  • Jewellery online multi vendor ecommerce platform.

Client’s Rating:

  • Ease of use : 3.5/5
  • Customerservice – 3.3/5
  • Overall :3.4/5

11. Smartstore Z – a multifaceted marketplace platform

This is the most recommended online marketplace platform that holds thousands of active users. The advanced security feature supports users to store customers’ data in a secured way. The platform can stand against all malware attacks as it contains SSL certification.

Platform highlights

The extraordinary inventory management system will let sellers maintain their stock in an effective way. The order process will never be interrupted due to a shortage of stock. Proper notifications will be sent to respective sellers whenever their stock hits the minimum value.

This multi vendor software supports thousands of templates and plugins that can be used by users to customize their marketplace to meet their business demands. Being a user-friendly marketplace platform, no technical knowledge is needed to manage the platform. The dedicated dashboard will support the admin to know the exact working condition of their business.

Features of this multi vendor ecommerce marketplace platform.

  • The platform is perfectly scalable and supports future business expansion and can hold a huge customer database for a long time.
  • Buyers will be benefited as they can utilize multiple delivery options. They can select their convenient delivery slot and can order products.
  • Users can integrate their existing software that is used for their business operations with this multi vendor ecommerce platform as it supports any third-party API.
  • Sellers are allowed to have unlimited product listings that will help them to reach their customers easily.

 Best use cases

  • On-demand cab booking marketplace platform
  • Online ticket booking platform
  • Refurbished good selling platform
  • Hyperlocal multi vendor eCommerce platform

Client’s Rating: 

  • Ease of use: 3.8/5
  • Customer service – 3.4/5
  • Overall: 3.6/5

Smartstore Z is the most compatible multi vendor eCommerce store that will fit into any business model and business size.

5.     Brainview – a commendable online marketplace platform

Brainview has the most enchanting UI & UX that can gain the attention of your target audience and will make them buy products on your platform. Users can get globally connected as the marketplace supports multiple languages and multiple currencies. Advanced technologies are implemented just to provide a seamless shopping experience to customers.

Platform highlights

Excellent customer support is offered by this multi vendor platform and customers can have direct communication with the concerned seller and they can get more details about the product or service before they buy. This will reduce returns and refunds. Many customer-attracting features are available in this marketplace platform like loyalty programs, referral programs, and many more.

Acquiring more customers is not at all a challenge for this best multi vendor marketplace software. Several revenue streams like commission fee, subscription fee, affiliate modules, advertisements, and many more are integrated with this online marketplace platform.

Features of this multi vendor eCommerce platform

  • Supports a better authentication process that will avoid spam users entering the marketplace.
  • A dedicated mobile application is available and users of both Android and iOS can use and get a better user experience.
  • The platform offers multiple payment options that will facilitate customers to pay and buy online through secured payment gateways.
  • Customers can enjoy offers and discounts for all products they buy through this robust multi-vendor platform and this will motivate them to refer others to your marketplace.
  • Supports social media login and sharing as it benefits both sellers and buyers to login through social media credentials and share products in their social media pages.

Best use cases

  • Grocery eCommerce marketplace platform
  • Cosmetics and fashion accessories e-stores
  • Online movies download eCommerce platform
  • Hyperlocal multi-vendor eCommerce platform
  • Online jewelry marketplace platform

Client’s Rating: 

·       Ease of use: 4/5

·       Customer service – 4.2/5

·       Overall: 4.1/5

Brainview is the significant multi vendor eCommerce store that give 100% customization and scalability to users.

Types of Multi vendor Marketplace Platform

There are several types of multi vendor marketplace software in the market. One needs to understand all the types and should know to identify which type of marketplace platform suits his business well.

  • Vertical marketplace – this type of best marketplace software concentrates only on one particular service and you cannot find a wide range of services in these platforms. Etsy is a good example of a vertical marketplace where the platform sells handmade crafts alone.
  • Horizontal marketplace – this platform is opposite to a vertical marketplace where you can find several types of services under one roof. Amazon is a perfect example of this type of marketplace.
  • Product-based marketplace – you can find a wide range of products in this marketplace. The products can be physical goods or even digital goods. Amazon and Flipkart are the product-based marketplaces.
  • Service-based marketplace – service providers will list their services like plumbing, personal care, pest control, and many more. Upwork and Fiverr are service-based marketplaces.

Start a Ecommerce Business with the Best Marketplace Platforms Provider

The million-dollar question that has arisen in the minds of every budding entrepreneur is how to start a online multi vendor ecommerce platform. Full attention is needed while building a ecommerce marketplace software. It is not as simple as you think. Only through this multi vendor ecommerce platform, you are going to be recognized by the vendors and the buyers. This multi vendor platform is going to earn you money so it cannot have any flaws.

One way of building a online multi vendor marketplace software is to build it from scratch. First, you need to hire a reputed multi vendor ecommerce platform development company that has ample knowledge about this field. Then you need to explain to them about your requirements and expectations.

They will develop and will show you the demo. During the demo session, you can let them know your modifications and they will also clarify your doubts. At last, your multi seller ecommerce platform will be ready to launch and you can start promoting your multi vendor marketplace software.

The major fact to be noted is, when you build a online multi vendor ecommerce platform from scratch you need to wait for a long time and you need to spend more on the development. If you are okay with it then you can proceed. Else you have another option to go with.

Another option is buying ready made online multi vendor marketplace software that will have all the essential features that are required to run the platform successfully. The software will be tested and proved so there will not be any flaws. You can instantly launch the software after purchasing.

You can get an instant solution to building a multi vendor online marketplace software. This method is quite very cost-effective and it is highly advisable for the startups that are new to this field. You can also customize the software to suit your business needs.

Must have Features in a multi vendor marketplace Platform

The features that are built in the online multi vendor ecommerce platform will determine the user experience and will gain customer satisfaction. Now let us check out the comprehensive features that are too in a multi vendor ecommerce platform.

  • Easy customization – the buying behaviors of the customers keep changing so the multi vendor ecommerce website should keep changing over a while. So customization is a default expectation in any multi vendor ecommerce platform.
  • Advanced search and navigation tool – the best user-interface will provide easy navigation and will let the buyers find the product in a simple way.
  • Payment gateways – the online multi vendor ecommerce website should have multiple payment gateways integrated with it. This will provide more convenience to the buyers
  • Secured website – the online multi vendor ecommerce platform should have an SSL configuration and should provide a secured transaction to the buyers and the vendors.
  • Multi-lingual and multi-currencies support – for reaching a global audience the online multi vendor ecommerce website should support multiple languages and currencies.
  • Review and ratings – the buyers expect this feature to be in the online multi vendor ecommerce platform they purchase the product.
  • Simple checkout – a complicated checkout process will make the buyers abandon the site. You need to have hassle-free checkout procedures in your online multi vendor ecommerce platform.

Revenue generation channels on a multi vendor marketplace Platform:

The main objective of building a online multi vendor ecommerce platform is to earn profit and generate more sales. This will be the ultimate motive for any entrepreneur. We need to know what are the revenue sources that a multi vendor marketplace software provides to the admin of the platform.

  • Commission fee – this is a mutual agreement made between the admin and the vendor where the vendor agrees to pay a certain percentage of commission on all products he sells through the online best multi vendor marketplace software. The commission percentage can vary from vendor to vendor.
  • Subscription fee – the admin can set a subscription fee and can make the vendors subscribe with the online multi vendor marketplace software and become a paid member of the platform. The membership needs to be renewed over some time.
  • Listing fee – the vendors will be charged when they want their products to be listed on the marketplace solutions.
  • Advertisement fee – you can allot some space in your online ecommerce marketplace software for advertisement alone and can allow third-party to post their ads in the allotted space and you can charge them accordingly.\

How Products and Services are delivered in a multi vendor marketplace?

The multi vendor ecommerce platform will follow a hassle-free shipping and delivery process. This is where you can gain the maximum trust of your buyers and will also help you retain your customers effectively.

  • Once the order is placed by the buyer, the notification is sent to the concerned vendor from the multi vendor ecommerce platform.
  • The vendor will check the availability of the product and will arrange for shipping and delivery. In some cases, the admin of the online multi vendor ecommerce platform will take care of shipping and delivery.
  • The online multi vendor ecommerce platform will be integrated with shipping logistics and the logistic people will come and collect the product from the seller and will deliver it to the customers.
  • If a service is provided instead of a product then the service provider will get the notification and he will send his technical person to do the service to the customer place.

How it's Beneficial

Online buyers need a one-stop solution to fulfill all their demands. Without searching for several sites to buy several products, users can just visit one online store and find a variety of products and it is quite a time saving process. A single platform that contains several vendors and their products is called a multi vendor ecommerce platform.

With the evolution of technology, multi vendor marketplace platforms have taken a new dimension that can easily predict customers’ buying behavior. The key pillars involved in any multi vendor marketplace are the admin, vendors and buyers. The platform will act as a bridge to connect all of them and facilitate users to be benefited. Let us analyze the benefits of a multi vendor ecommerce platform in detail.

Conclusion

By all means, building best multi vendor marketplace software will surely benefit us and will let to get more returns. We should also accept the fact that there are many challenges that a online marketplace software will face at its early stage. But still the future of this industry is unbeatable and you can firmly set your mind in starting your own multi seller ecommerce platform.

Understanding the importance and the functioning of a online multi vendor marketplace software will help you to build a flawless multi vendor ecommerce software. When you build a multi vendor marketplace platform with utmost perfection then you can easily win the market and can gain your audience’s attention with less effort.

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Multivendor marketplace FREE Download Extension Module, Affiliate

Multi Vendor marketplace FREE Download Extension Module, Affiliate marketing Software : Multivendor marketplace is an e-commerce platform that allows multiple vendors to sell their products from one storefront. Multi-vendor marketplace provides a larger base of ready-to-buy customers to sellers.

Multi-Vendor sites are similar to shopping malls - A lot of sellers dealing in a similar set of products under one roof. Amazon, Alibaba, Etsy, Walmart, etc., are among the most popular multi-vendor marketplaces.
Some examples of best marketplace platforms are Amazon, Flipkart, Airbnb,  eBay, Paytm Mall, and Meesho.

Multi-Vendors Features  

Vendor Features
Customer can become Vendor.
Customer auto approved/ approval by admin.
Vendor can add and edit Store Information.
Vendor can add and edit Bank and PayPal Details.
Vendor can add visit our Store.
 

Admin Features
Admin can give the configuration settings as show in below list.
Admin can Enabled or Disabled Auto approved Vendor.
Admin can Enabled or Disabled Auto approved Product.
Admin can Enabled or Disabled Auto approved Category.
Admin can Enabled or Disabled Vendor can Add/Edit/Delete review.


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Free Download Multi Vendor : https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=marketplace/extension/info&extension_id=43196&filter_search=multivendor
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Demystifying Swarm: A censorship-resistant digital infrastructure

Swarmis a decentralized network of nodes that can store and exchange data with censorship-resistance at its core. It is open, neutral, borderless, secure and private with zero-downtime. Last but not least, it’s free.

Swarm can be used by any application to decrease dependency on centralized repositories.

Storing large files is not feasible on Ethereum blockchain because of the high gas cost (transaction fees) associated. This is where Swarm comes in. It gives you the ability to store files linking to your dApp.

Is Swarm analogous to IPFS and BitTorrent?

Swarm and IPFS are good at delivering low chunks of data with low latency, unlike BitTorrent, which is good at delivering large chunks of data at high throughput and high latency.

Swarm and IPFS take separate routes to reach similar goals. Swarm’s core idea is to deeply integrate with Ethereum and strongly believes in “No strings attached” when it comes to censorship-resistance in communication.

Let’s have a look at differences between Swarm and IPFS as both aim to serve the web3.

(A) Community and beliefs

  • Swarm is native to Ethereum blockchain and backed by Ethereum communities. IPFS is not designed for special purpose blockchain and is the sister project of Filecoin
  • Swarm incentives are built-in with Ethereum, while IPFS uses filecoin, a planned incentive as an altcoin
  • Swarm community is growing at a rapid pace as new POCs have developed while IPFS community is still larger with existing real-world business solutions
  • Swarm is a strong believer in censorship-resistance, IPFS, a believer in wider adoption by providing censorship tools voluntarily

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