AspDotNetStorefront vs IBM Digital Commerce

AspDotNetStorefront

If you need a tool to manage a website, this is a good place to start. If you aren't ready for something of this caliber it might not be meant for your business. It's a stepping stone and you need to be ready to learn and it may require a bit more attention.

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Donovan Farmer

Kitchen Manager

Nekter Juice BarFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees

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IBM Digital Commerce

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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Joel Ong

WebSphere Commerce Consultant

Zobrist Consulting Group, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

AspDotNetStorefront

8.7

IBM Digital Commerce

7.2

Product catalog & listings

8.0

8.5

Product management

8.0

7.5

Bulk product upload

10.0

9.0

Branding

7.0

7.5

Mobile storefront

8.0

6.0

Product variations

8.0

7.5

Website integration

10.0

8.5

Visual customization

9.0

7.5

CMS

10.0

3.0

AspDotNetStorefront

8.0

IBM Digital Commerce

8.7

Abandoned cart recovery

7.0

9.0

Checkout user experience

9.0

8.5

AspDotNetStorefront

10.0

IBM Digital Commerce

7.5

eCommerce security

10.0

7.5

AspDotNetStorefront

9.0

IBM Digital Commerce

6.7

Promotions & discounts

10.0

7.0

Personalized recommendations

9.0

5.5

SEO

8.0

7.5

AspDotNetStorefront

10.0

IBM Digital Commerce

7.9

Order processing

10.0

8.5

Inventory management

10.0

8.0

Shipping

10.0

7.0

Custom functionality

10.0

7.5

Multi-site management

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8.5

Pros

Tons of reporting tools
Easy to navigate
Multiple user profiles

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Donovan Farmer

Kitchen Manager

Nekter Juice BarFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees

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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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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cons

Not everyone can navigate easily without training
Some reports can be fairly large and take lots of time to download

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Donovan Farmer

Kitchen Manager

Nekter Juice BarFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees

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It still uses EJBs, need to move to latest technologies for persistance
Promotion module customizations needs to more easy
Grouping of products based on the shipping methods/shipping dates etc functionality needs to be added

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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IBM Digital Commerce8.0

Based on 2 answers

We have the manpower resources to work in WebSphere Commerce. It is not very easy to get good WebSphere Commerce resources.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Publishing Company, 10,001+ employees

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Alternatives Considered

More customization and ability to work with web designers make it an easy tool to manage projects and promote growth of your store front. It may not be as user friendly as others but it has more flexibility by far.

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Donovan Farmer

Kitchen Manager

Nekter Juice BarFood & Beverages, 501-1000 employees

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Websphere commere efficient e-site model, contract based pricing, and efficient catalog filtering funtionality were the primary reasons to go for websphere commerce. It has good B2B functionalities available out of the box in WCS when compared to other e-commerce solutions where we need to do considerable of customization to implement these functionalities

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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