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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

    Magento Open Source

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMagento Open Source is an ecommerce content management solution originally developed by Varien Inc and presently supported by Adobe. The Open Source product is for developers and merchants that is available as a free download, and supported with free upgrades from the Magento Community.N/A
    Pricing
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing for Magento will vary greatly depending on outsourcing support and maintenance services.
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    Community Pulse
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
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    Cleverbridge
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    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Cleverbridge and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    7.9
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Magento Open Source
    7.4
    29 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Product management8.02 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Bulk product upload6.32 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Branding6.32 Ratings6.727 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.32 Ratings4.029 Ratings
    Product variations9.42 Ratings9.327 Ratings
    Website integration8.32 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Visual customization8.02 Ratings5.728 Ratings
    CMS8.72 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Cleverbridge and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Magento Open Source
    7.0
    29 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery8.02 Ratings5.424 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.42 Ratings8.729 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Cleverbridge and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Magento Open Source
    8.6
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    eCommerce security9.72 Ratings8.627 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Cleverbridge and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Magento Open Source
    6.4
    29 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts8.32 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.32 Ratings2.022 Ratings
    SEO9.01 Ratings7.925 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Cleverbridge and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    Cleverbridge
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Magento Open Source
    9.6
    29 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Multi-site management8.32 Ratings10.026 Ratings
    Order processing10.02 Ratings9.328 Ratings
    Inventory management9.42 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Shipping9.01 Ratings9.325 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.32 Ratings10.027 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CleverbridgeMagento Open Source
    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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    Adobe
    Magento Open Source is an excellent choice for businesses that need a highly customizable and scalable solution and (most of all) have the technical resources to support it. It's ideal for mid-to-large-sized businesses with complex product catalogs that require complete ownership and control, particularly those with complexities such as multi-country/multi-currency stores.
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    Pros
    Cleverbridge
    • Excellent partnet
    • Terrific at subscription software
    • Excellent security and uptime
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    Adobe
    • It is very good when it comes to search engine optimization as it makes a good use of keywords and tags to improve the SEO score. It increases the chances of ranking up of the eCommerce store in the search engine rankings.
    • It makes the store in a very optimized way and despite being a very advanced system it is still very lightweight when it comes to website speed. The pages have a comparatively low loading time and a good speed.
    • It provides a lot more advance reporting features which are very helpful for businesses to do their planning.
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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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    Adobe
    • Magento is not easy for a layman who is not tech-savvy to manage the website.
    • Magento is one of the only modern shopping carts in which one must manually clear the cache and "reindex".
    • Magneto has a lot of technical glitches - more than most of the other shopping carts we work with. Most are minor.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cleverbridge
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe
    It's the dominant force in the SMB open source market. With the continued support of eBay/PayPal, Magento will continue to evolve and should be a market leader for some time.
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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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    Adobe
    Magento has a relly step learning curve. This means that you need to find experienced developers who can lead junior ones, otherwise the overall development process can be a disaster. However, once you are comfortable in developing on the platform, the customization capability are basically limitless and you can adapt the platform to any use case you can imagine. Also, there are many alredy developed marketplace modules that can solve, out of the box, many problems you may face.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Adobe
    In looking at a different platform to migrate to from Magento 1, we looked primarily at Big Commerce, Shopify and Shopify Plus. Our host was very negative about Magento 2, but we determined after a couple years it was due to the fact it had even more complexity (and very different) than Magento 1. Shopify Plus was attractive, but the cost factor for two sites led us back to Magento 2.
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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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    Adobe
    • Better Total Cost of Ownership than bespoke e-commerce solutions due to being open source and the wide range of free/commercial extensions available to extend the platform.
    • Often more extensive to set up and maintain than other open source alternatives, such as WooCommerce.
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