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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Customer Focus

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ACustomer 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

    Optimizely Commerce Connect

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Commerce Connect is a PaaS e-commerce backend solution coupled with Optimizely's PaaS CMS to help e-commerce organizations, of any type, create highly customized websites and buying experiences with a two-in-one content and commerce solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $50
    # of stores and users
    Ultimate
    $99
    # of stores and users
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$249 Site setup and trainingRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Considered Both Products
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Optimizely
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Customer Focus and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.8
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.01 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Product management9.01 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Bulk product upload10.01 Ratings6.422 Ratings
    Branding9.01 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.01 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Product variations9.01 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Website integration10.01 Ratings9.125 Ratings
    Visual customization9.01 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    CMS9.01 Ratings9.126 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Customer Focus and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.2
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Checkout user experience9.01 Ratings8.220 Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Customer Focus and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.8
    26 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Personalized recommendations9.01 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    SEO7.01 Ratings9.122 Ratings
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.222 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Customer Focus and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.0
    26 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Shipping9.01 Ratings7.317 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.01 Ratings9.124 Ratings
    Multi-site management00 Ratings9.121 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Customer Focus and Optimizely Commerce Connect
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    -
    Ratings
    Optimizely Commerce Connect
    8.2
    18 Ratings
    2% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.218 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    Score10 out of 10
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    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
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.1
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.6
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Customer FocusOptimizely Commerce Connect
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    Our experience may be unique because we opted for an Optimizely team to implement our website/console set-up and connection to our PIM and ERP. The experience may have been different with a 3rd party or it may not have. That said, we have been live with our primary website for almost 2 years and I still do not consider it was ever "done". We have been going back and forth on functionality issues and bugs since launch. I have low confidence that changes made the previous day will 100% be online the next - so my team rechecks the work they did the previous day to ensure everything is online. The addition of a second channel and enhancement requests have compounded the issues. I feel this product would work fine with singular or less complex market SKU offerings.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • Episerver has a robust discount engine. This engine, combined with "visitor groups" allow our marketing department to categorize customers and offer a variety of discounts to targeted customers at specific times.
    • Episerver has a full-featured, storefront experience that can handle everything you might want for an e-commerce website.
    • Episerver offers A/B testing that can be helpful for trying out new content ideas and tracking the results.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • Support. Episerver used to have direct support and access to the tech team to discuss and resolve issues. The new support portal is not enough for developer needs.
    • Quality Assurance. We find issues in the Episerver code that should have been resolved in QA before release.
    • Sales. Episervers sells the framework as a solution while showing Alloy. While it helps Episerver sell more, it puts the implementation partner into trouble as the client thinks they bought the solution. Episerver does not provide a solution. It provides a framework that you can build a solution on.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    Really want to be able to spend more time and resources on rolling out new things with Episerver but at the moment we seem to be fixing alot of issues and pain points with the way our system was setup.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    The administrative interface is largely intuitive and relatively easy to use. The complexity of business needs and ability to customize can affect this (i.e. you have to set up and develop with the user in mind), but the basic structure is largely solid. There are some areas of redundancy (such as Commerce Manager overlapping with other administrative areas) that can sometimes cause confusion or offer some functions in one place, whereas other related functions are managed on a completely different page.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    We had an incredible team at Episerver Supporting us with the go live, reviewing our integration, and pushing our integration partner to deliver a quality product
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Optimizely
    Fully understand what is OOTB feature of the platform before proceeding to develop. Then implement a customization of key features once you can prove they are working as OOTB to make them more user friendly and productive for the business. Eg pre order and e gift card
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    Optimizely Commerce Connect offers a very wide range of features for admin users. There is less a need for an IT specialist or programmer to be involved when changes need to be made.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Optimizely
    • Positive: We have a usable website - better than what we had before and we are seeing a constant increase in adoption.
    • Positive: Counter associates are using the website to help customers.
    • Negative: Too much time being spent QCing previous work.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Optimizely Commerce Connect Screenshots

    Screenshot of the customizable checkout workflow, used to tailor the customer checkout experience.Screenshot of where catalogs, custom attributes, UOM, catalog restrictions, and multiple sites are managed at once.Screenshot of an example of a personalized promotion based on user web activity, used to drive conversion and increase average order value.Screenshot of customized recommendations reportingScreenshot of Optimizely Commerce Connect's personalizationScreenshot of Optimizely Opal, available within Commerce Connect to automate promotion creation by mapping products and variants from your existing product data. Turn tedious campaign work into high velocity scalable promotions.