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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cleverbridge

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/ACleverbridge is an enterprise eCommerce solution with subscription management capability to drive growth.N/A

    IBM Digital Commerce

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Digital Commerce is an e-commerce platform that is designed to deliver omni-channel shopping experiences, including mobile, social, and in-store. In June 2019, IBM Digital Commerce was acquired by HCL Technologies.N/A
    Pricing
    CleverbridgeIBM Digital Commerce
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CleverbridgeIBM Digital Commerce
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CleverbridgeIBM Digital Commerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Cleverbridge and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Product management8.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Bulk product upload6.32 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Branding6.32 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.32 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Product variations9.42 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Website integration8.32 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Visual customization8.02 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    CMS8.72 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Cleverbridge and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.02 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.42 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Cleverbridge and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    32% below category average
    eCommerce security9.72 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Cleverbridge and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Promotions & discounts8.32 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.32 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    SEO9.01 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Cleverbridge and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Multi-site management8.32 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Order processing10.02 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Inventory management9.42 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Shipping9.01 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.32 Ratings6.03 Ratings
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    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Shopify Plus
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    Adobe Commerce
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CleverbridgeIBM Digital Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CleverbridgeIBM Digital Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cleverbridge
    Cleverbridge is well-suited for big companies that have a client base and want to start online. If you have a wide range of products, and you sell worldwide--where different languages and different settings are needed for each region--then Cleverbridge is good solution. If you just want to start selling with limited stock and with couple of product types only in one region, then it's not good idea to begin with Cleverbridge.
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    IBM
    I think WebSphere Commerce is well suited for customers looking to sell products online that need robustness and scalability as a priority. It provides a complete order cycle out of the box, or you can integrate with your existing order fulfillment. Online shopping models like digital subscriptions or a marketplace are not well suited as it requires a lot of customization
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    Pros
    Cleverbridge
    • Excellent partnet
    • Terrific at subscription software
    • Excellent security and uptime
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    IBM
    • Websphere commerce provides efficient contract based pricing. Contract based pricing greatly helps in handling prices for different business
    • Catalog filtering is one other strength of websphere commerce, as it helps to filter the show only those products that the customer is entitled to
    • Extended site model is one other strength of WCS as it greatly helps in having multiple e-commerce sites for different demographics, for branding etc
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    Cons
    Cleverbridge
    • Because of the many different settings, it becomes hard sometimes to set everything up
    • The slow system can take up to 10 seconds to save something
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    IBM
    • The e-Marketing spots contain content associated with marketing activities to target customer segment - needs some improvement. The algorithm to set up the priority of each of the Web Activity with in eMarketing spot is little bit confusing.
    • The catalog load can be simplified.
    • WebSphere Commerce is a huge application - someone needs to spend at least 5-6 years to learn about the whole application.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cleverbridge
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    The scalability and various configurations of the product allows for a wide range of e-commerce site features. It provides a storefront to begin with so it helps with speeding up development.
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    Usability
    Cleverbridge
    Usability is native, but the system is complex. It has a knowledge base, but who reads that, right? So without explanation, sometimes it's hard to understand how to move and set things. But as soon as you get it, it's not a problem anymore. There are 2 major things, which keeps me from giving a higher score: 1 - Delay in time when making changes; can take up to 2 sec when opening a product, and 10 secs when saving a product update. When you do several updates, it is time consuming; 2 - A lot of settings, which also in the end becomes time consuming.
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    IBM
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    Cleverbridge
    DR Waco e screwed up the company when we worked with them - they didn’t like customers - I know that sounds odd but it was true and their software was dreadful
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    IBM
    IBM Digital Commerce was a lot more customizable and had a good engine for us to make enhancements. We were not locked down to certain integrations and we were able to utilize a lot of the features outside of the box vs using a prescribed set of features and functionality that other tools would force us to use
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    Return on Investment
    Cleverbridge
    • We couldn’t have done this on our own
    • They provided cost-effective eCommerce for us
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    IBM
    • For our clients in the apparel industry, the flexibility that WCS provides to scale up really helped their online business to grow tremendously.
    • Our client in the restaurant industry can't quite leverage what WCS has to offer though as it doesn't really fit their shopping model.
    • Another positive impact is that it allows our clients to streamline their commerce system in interacting with their backend.
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