Customer Focus vs. Magento Open Source

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Customer Focus
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Customer Focus is solution that includes order management, inventory management, warehousing, CMS, E-mail marketing, CRM, and general accounting functions. E-Commerce web stores are also included in the solution.
$50
# of stores and users
Magento Open Source
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Magento 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
Customer FocusMagento Open Source
Editions & Modules
Standard
$50
# of stores and users
Ultimate
$99
# of stores and users
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Customer FocusMagento Open Source
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$249 Site setup and trainingNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Customer FocusMagento Open Source
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Customer Focus
9.2
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Magento Open Source
7.7
28 Ratings
0% above category average
Product catalog & listings9.01 Ratings8.528 Ratings
Product management9.01 Ratings9.528 Ratings
Bulk product upload10.01 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Branding9.01 Ratings6.526 Ratings
Mobile storefront9.01 Ratings4.128 Ratings
Product variations9.01 Ratings9.526 Ratings
Website integration10.01 Ratings8.024 Ratings
Visual customization9.01 Ratings6.527 Ratings
CMS9.01 Ratings8.526 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Customer Focus
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Magento Open Source
8.0
28 Ratings
5% above category average
Checkout user experience9.01 Ratings9.028 Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings7.023 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Customer Focus
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Magento Open Source
4.2
28 Ratings
56% below category average
Personalized recommendations9.01 Ratings2.122 Ratings
SEO7.01 Ratings5.025 Ratings
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings5.528 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Customer Focus
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Magento Open Source
9.1
28 Ratings
15% above category average
Shipping9.01 Ratings8.524 Ratings
Custom functionality9.01 Ratings8.526 Ratings
Multi-site management00 Ratings9.525 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings9.527 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings9.525 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Customer Focus
-
Ratings
Magento Open Source
6.5
26 Ratings
25% below category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings6.526 Ratings
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User Ratings
Customer FocusMagento Open Source
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Customer FocusMagento Open Source
Likelihood to Recommend
Customer Focus, Inc.
Today, with a globalized competition and without truce, a company must evaluate and take into account its size, and use this to analyze which of the tools available in the market is more suited to their needs. If it is a small company, you can improve your customer service by incorporating a chat. But a company of national level must evaluate other aspects like: marketing, tastes, preferences, tendencies, etc. To achieve the effective management of relationships with our customers, this technology provides us with effective tools and easy access.
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Adobe
It's well suited for large eCommerce stores as it requires much effort to set up and the development cost for setting it up is high. It's less appropriate to use Magento where you are looking for quick development and launch of the store. Also, it is required to have a developer or sometimes the entire tech team to manage an e-commerce store, so you may need to hire a few PHP developers.
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Pros
Customer Focus, Inc.
  • Facilitates the interaction between the company and customers, through various communication channels, thanks to the storage of information of interest, such as the needs and preferences for products or services.
  • Access data of interest (about the clients, their histories, products, prices, etc.,) from any place with access to the internet
  • An extensive knowledge about the clients allows the company to present commercial offers adapted to their needs, so the income is also higher, through a lower sales cycle. The CRM allows to enhance sales and marketing functions.
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Adobe
  • Magento is perfect if our web design client likes a specific pre-made template and wants a fast solution.
  • Magento allows us to customize its open-source code to create additional features and functionality.
  • Magento saves small businesses time and money if they only need a simple solution.
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Cons
Customer Focus, Inc.
  • Cost is always an element to consider when purchasing a computer solution, both for the purchase of the software and for its maintenance, many forget about the ongoing support costs that come with software.
  • Many systems are backed up automatically through the cloud or through some other solution, but not all. So there is a good chance that the data will be lost. it is therefore necessary to take the safe backup forecasts in the event of any unforeseen occurrence and cause us an unpleasant surprise.
  • There is a difference between being served by a real person when making a phone call, to an automated attention system. Sometimes it is good to make the tasks more automatic, but it is also good to have a little personalized help to avoid losing the human value of relationships.
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Adobe
  • Not the simplest of solutions to use or maintain from an end-user perspective
  • Other platforms are better with regards to SEO in our experience
  • Fairly sluggish and slow compared to other platforms without the correct server specification and performance optimization work.
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Likelihood to Renew
Customer Focus, Inc.
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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Alternatives Considered
Customer Focus, Inc.
Sales management is based on the management of customer relationships and must be centralized so that its analysis is effective. The data that is collected must be available for the generation of statistics for decision making by the directory. This tool allows us to generate the necessary data to generate results, save time and production cost. The other products did not fit our objectives.
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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
Customer Focus, Inc.
  • With the information available, about the clients, the company can know and segment the markets and develop effective and successful marketing campaigns.
  • With the information the employee can develop more personalized relationships with the client.
  • This customer service tool facilitated the administrative processes of sales to achieve higher performance and better results in the company.
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Adobe
  • Delays in development leads to missed timelines and opportunity loss.
  • High cost of development and maintenance may currently outweigh the growth.
  • Better handling of customer and order information makes for better customer service.
  • Excellent API has been a boon for integration with our ERP
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