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    EvolutionX

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AEvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A

    Optimizely Configured Commerce

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOptimizely Configured Commerce is a SaaS, headless, and composable e-commerce platform that helps manufacturers and distributors scale e-commerce growth using as much or as little out-of-the-box functionality as they prefer; saving organizations time to deploy meaningful buying experiences.N/A
    Pricing
    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredRequired
    Additional DetailsThe cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.—
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    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Optimizely
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    67%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    67%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    29%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    2 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    40%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of EvolutionX and Optimizely Configured Commerce
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.4
    19 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Optimizely Configured Commerce
    7.4
    12 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.219 Ratings7.312 Ratings
    Product management7.419 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.118 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Branding7.418 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Mobile storefront7.117 Ratings7.69 Ratings
    Product variations7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration7.816 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Visual customization7.418 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    CMS7.114 Ratings7.112 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of EvolutionX and Optimizely Configured Commerce
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.8
    17 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Optimizely Configured Commerce
    8.2
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery6.916 Ratings8.110 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.717 Ratings8.211 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of EvolutionX and Optimizely Configured Commerce
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Optimizely Configured Commerce
    8.7
    12 Ratings
    4% above category average
    eCommerce security8.315 Ratings8.712 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of EvolutionX and Optimizely Configured Commerce
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Optimizely Configured Commerce
    7.2
    12 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Promotions & discounts7.017 Ratings7.110 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.216 Ratings7.312 Ratings
    SEO7.517 Ratings7.111 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of EvolutionX and Optimizely Configured Commerce
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Optimizely Configured Commerce
    7.7
    12 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Multi-site management8.610 Ratings7.48 Ratings
    Order processing7.417 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Inventory management6.714 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Shipping6.015 Ratings8.310 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.917 Ratings7.511 Ratings
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    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
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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
    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (19 ratings)
    6.4
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    7.5
    (12 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EvolutionXOptimizely Configured Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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    Optimizely
    The eCommerce catalog side has a lot of benefits to it and has been much easier to work with and customize than the CMS side. It is this integration and using both for a branded marketing website that has the user journey from browsing and leading into the eCommerce side that has been the bigger challenge, outside of the overall stability of the releases with the bugs we have encountered. I think the solution is well suited if you are mainly a catalog site. We, however, sell machinery and solutions that are not sold via the eCommerce site and we need to showcase them on the website. However, we have a core industrial catalog of consumable products that support the machine and solutions purchases which are very well suited for the eCommerce catalog. It is the CMS/Catalog integration that has caused a need for more customizations to the platform and as a result increased costs to maintain, lowering our overall ROI from the solution. We are also a bit hamstrung by having to rely on our development partner to make changes that our digital agency is better suited to do for us in the CMS. It is requiring extra cost and resources as a result. If more functionality could be surfaced, it would be much better.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Very easy to onboard products
    • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
    • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
    • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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    Optimizely
    • Integration Jobs/Connections - Providing a good out-of-the-box solution to hook into ERPs and common endpoints.
    • Design and Development Partner Network to work with - If you have customizations in mind, the Optimizely partner network will give you the chance to find a suitable partner to meet your needs.
    • Good layout/flow/settings breakdown - There are a lot of "redundant" settings, but the more management access, the better.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
    • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
    • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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    Optimizely
    • Need the ability to look at more of our user data
    • Need the ability to refresh our sandbox environment with production data in quicker, more efficient ways
    • Classic CMS is very limited in ways end users like myself can edit widget content
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    It is a good platform with good customizable features for our customers.
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    Optimizely
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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    Optimizely
    Quite flexible and easy to use for daily marketing user tasks, like updating page listings, promotions, and copy. More in-depth tasks like managing product attributes, rearranging product taxonomy placement, and CMS editing are not user-friendly and require a careful and detailed process to follow.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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    Optimizely
    It's a mixed bag. The team has been very nice, but there has been an underlying feeling of condescension because we have complained or "caused trouble" over the inadequacy of the CMS component. Also, support for modifications or UI changes has been terribly slow. Understandably, COVID has made life hard for everyone, but there is an expectation that we complete our work immediately, but their team will "put it in queue" when we have a request or find a bug. Further, we certainly feel that we were sold a list of capabilities that we have not seen come to fruition. Finally, the change of ownership 3 times (Insite -> Epi -> Opti) over our implementation period has been both confusing and disruptive.
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    In-person training was not an option for us.
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their catalogue by Fusion Data via EVOX. PrestaShop is all added by spreadsheet and there is no pre-populated catalogue ready to add which means it relies on our in-house capabilities or the supplier to provide feeds to import which not many of them have
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    Optimizely
    I was not very involved with this process. It has been 3 years since we made a decision and I can't even remember the name of the other companies we were considering. I was in a different role then so I was less involved with the eCommerce department. I do remember really liking the people we were working with. That played a huge role in our selection since we would be working with them for years on the site.
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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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    Optimizely
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
    • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
    • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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    Optimizely
    • Automation of updates and integration with ERP has saved time and provides reliable data for the website in sync with ERP
    • Integration with external PIM has saved time and provides reliable sync with content data for the website. Changes and improvements have been slow and difficult.
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    ScreenShots

    EvolutionX Screenshots

    Screenshot of EvolutionX admin and customizable dashboardScreenshot of EvolutionX user rolesScreenshot of EvolutionX product overlay featureScreenshot of EvolutionX marketing badgesScreenshot of EvolutionX labels for segmentationScreenshot of EvolutionX pricing tools

    Optimizely Configured Commerce Screenshots

    Screenshot of Catalog and Content Management for simplified purchasing.Screenshot of Customer-specific pricing for seamless re-ordering.Screenshot of Personalized promotions and recommendations for customer engagement.Screenshot of Robust targeting and segmentation to drive continuous purchasing.Screenshot of Payment gateways for seamless customer checkout.Screenshot of Embedded Product Information Management for organizing and harmonizing product data.