Elastic Path is a privately held company that provides an enterprise level Java ecommerce platform. It is meant to integrate with many commonly used content management systems, like Adobe Marketing Cloud, OpenText, and Hippo.
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Shopify Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Shopify Plus is an eCommerce solution built for enterprise-level companies that enables them to sell online and offline across social channels like Facebook , Pinterest, and marketplaces like Amazon and eBay.
$2,300
per month
Pricing
Elastic Path
Shopify Plus
Editions & Modules
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3-year term
$2300
per month
1-year term
$2500
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Elastic Path
Shopify Plus
Free Trial
No
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Elastic Path
Shopify Plus
Features
Elastic Path
Shopify Plus
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
7.6
Ratings
3% below category average
Shopify Plus
8.6
Ratings
9% above category average
Product catalog & listings
7.00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Product management
5.00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
Bulk product upload
6.00 Ratings
6.40 Ratings
Branding
7.00 Ratings
8.20 Ratings
Mobile storefront
7.00 Ratings
9.60 Ratings
Product variations
8.00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
Website integration
10.00 Ratings
8.90 Ratings
Visual customization
10.00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
CMS
8.00 Ratings
8.20 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
7.0
Ratings
9% below category average
Shopify Plus
8.4
Ratings
9% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery
7.00 Ratings
7.40 Ratings
Checkout user experience
7.00 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Shopify Plus
9.6
Ratings
15% above category average
eCommerce security
8.00 Ratings
9.60 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
9.7
Ratings
23% above category average
Shopify Plus
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Promotions & discounts
9.00 Ratings
8.60 Ratings
Personalized recommendations
10.00 Ratings
8.30 Ratings
SEO
10.00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Shopify Plus makes order management simple and less error prone. Connecting our ERP allows us to seamlessly manage our product listings, fulfill orders, and sync customer data. Limitations to the number of product variants requires attention from our staff to make sure our products sync without issue. Other than being arbitrary, there's really no need to limit the number of product variants.
Allows functionality to experience management platforms like Adobe Marketing Cloud.Gives us a single view of your customers, and one place to manage your entire digital presence.
Promotion and personalization engine is simple and clean.
Cache framework is extensive with a 3 level approach at client side(CMS), core and cortex. - OpenJPA + EhCache.
Training documentation is good.
Cortex API architecture is well tiered and strong.
External feeds for catalog data load are available.
Logging frameworks available with Log4j
API can be exposed from the commerce engine as both SOAP and REST Based.
Scales incredibly well. Forget about hardware concerns, load balancing, downtime, etc. and focus on eCommerce. We've seen merchants go from a few thousand dollars per month to having million dollar days, all on Shopify without having to worry about performance or scaling systems.
Great new features consistently being added, ahead of the curve on almost everything
Solid API to build on and work with, a few annoying quirks here and there for super complex use cases but overall very well documented and works well
Most Merchant Success Managers are good and genuinely want to be helpful
A fantastic user interface, very logical and easy to use
Tons and tons and tons of out of the box integrations. Easily the best integration marketplace of the e-commerce platforms. There's an app for that.
The Account Managers/Reps have become more scripted and seem like they are busier and handling more clients than before. It doesn't seem as personal and special anymore like when we first upgraded to Plus.
Shopify still has missing features in their software that might not have an app in their app marketplace available that fills this void.
The 24/7 support doesn't seem as dedicated as they once were.
Shopify Plus is intutive as stated previously. It's easy to find what we want and edit (reports, products, online store theme, etc...) You dont need to have a ton of coding experience to be able to get a website up and running on Shopify Plus. The reason I wont give a 10/10 and gave an 8 is because I do think it is heavily realiant on app and it can open up a can of worms with the amout of apps that are out there, their costs, and which one to chose. There are also some internal limitations as stated previously with discounts and personalized message for different customer groups. But overall, it is a good platform that I recommend.
As a system integrator here are my thoughts -- Elastic path is one of best ecommerce tools, which would fit any retailer/ telcos business needs. The software architecture is well thought through and it is built with open source tools, the Ecommerce application is easily extensible and it enables clients to get there E-commerce application in less time. We have evaluated other products like ATG ecommerce, WCS, Magento. Elastic path is definitely a briliant ecommerce product which I would recommend to any clients.
Shopify Plus is an all in one service. You are able to keep track of invoices and payments. Shopify Plus also offers options for shipping and connects your tracking number to you order which allows for easy tracking. Your tracking number is also a link which makes it even easier.
Definitely makes selling on multiple platforms easy, saving us time and effort.
Keeps all of our business in one place, saving us money on other apps to manage each aspect.
Automatically flags potential fraudulent orders, preventing us from accidentally shipping to a scam.
During our busiest months, we don't see any slowdowns, which allows us to go full throttle with all ads and marketing without worrying about whether or not the software can handle it.
