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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Digital River

    Score3 out of 10
    N/ADigital River Global Commerce offers cloud commerce tools and services for selling digital and physical products across global online markets, handling taxes, regulations, payments, e-marketing and more.N/A

    Elastic Path

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AElastic Path is an API-first composable commerce platform for B2B organizations with complex catalogs, multi-tier pricing, and distributor-specific workflows. Key capabilities include Product Experience Manager (PIM), Cart & Checkout, Promotions Builder, Subscriptions, Semantic AI Search, Composer (iPaaS), and Visual CMS.N/A
    Pricing
    Digital RiverElastic Path
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Digital RiverElastic Path
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Digital RiverElastic Path
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Digital River and Elastic Path
    Feature
    Digital River
    5.6
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Elastic Path
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Product catalog & listings2.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Product management2.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload10.02 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Branding5.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront5.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Product variations7.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Website integration5.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Visual customization5.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    CMS9.52 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Digital River and Elastic Path
    Feature
    Digital River
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Elastic Path
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery9.82 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience5.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Digital River and Elastic Path
    Feature
    Digital River
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Elastic Path
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security5.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Digital River and Elastic Path
    Feature
    Digital River
    6.9
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Elastic Path
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Promotions & discounts9.82 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO5.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Digital River and Elastic Path
    Feature
    Digital River
    8.2
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Elastic Path
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Multi-site management2.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Order processing9.82 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Inventory management10.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Shipping10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.32 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Digital RiverElastic Path
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    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
    Digital RiverElastic Path
    Likelihood to Recommend
    3.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Digital RiverElastic Path
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Digital River
    Well suited if you are wanting to implement a solution with minimal staff or resources to support a large project such as E-Commerce software delivery.
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    Elastic Path
    Elastic path is a cost-effectively product which bring the advanced capabilities to enable business to drive a better customer experience. The ecommerce solution is very clean and it is built heavily using open source tools.Elastic path ecommerce is definitely a strong competitor which would fit for any retailers / telco's .
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    Pros
    Digital River
    • Digital River's email marketing arm has always been top notch. They are very connected with their customers, quick to alert us to any problems they are experiencing and respond if we bring something to their attention.
    • The Global Commerce platform has grown leaps and bounds in the last few years. Its great having a cloud based ecommerce platform that can be accessed securely from any computer in the world.
    • Worldwide payments continues to be a Digital River strong point. They are continually investigating and and doing the work necessary to new countries and locales to their platform.
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    Elastic Path
    • Easy for non-Java programmers to understand
    • Comes with a lot of built-in functionality
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    Cons
    Digital River
    • Their flexibility and customizability are lacking. Changes to our cart or store require a lot of lead time discussions and development time.
    • They have many strange UI implementations for things. One search bar is a wildcard match, while another is a string match. One setting might break your product, or be editable once, but you cannot change it after that one time.
    Incentivized
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    Elastic Path
    • Product management tool should be assesible over web.
    • Versioning of catalog items would a nice feature to have.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Digital River
    N/A I wasn't the person that implemented or recommended Digital River. But from an eCommerce standpoint I liked the organization overall and would recommend it.
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    Elastic Path
    Team now has skill using Elastic Path
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Digital River
    We evaluated our ability to expand internationally with our current e-commerce platform and decided we could get to market faster with Digital River
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    Elastic Path
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Digital River
    • Definitely positive impact in local markets
    • Positive impact in email marketing
    • Some positive experience with tailoring it for our business objectives
    Incentivized
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    Elastic Path
    • The positive impact was quick development time
    Incentivized
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