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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HCL Digital Experience

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AHCL Digital Experience is based on the former IBM Web Content Manager and IBM WebSphere Portal products, acquired by HCL Technologies from IBM in late 2018. The product allows the user to create, manage and deliver engaging omnichannel digital experiences to audiences with responsive content, targeted offers, seamlessly integrated applications and consistent branding across channels (web, mobile, and hybrid mobile/web applications and more).N/A

    SAP Commerce Cloud

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASAP Commerce Cloud (formerly Hybris) is designed to help businesses sell more goods, services, and digital content through every touchpoint, channel, and device through their multichannel ecommerce and order management solution, available as a SaaS or on-premise.N/A
    Pricing
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    HCLSoftware
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    89 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    88 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    Features
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    5.0
    5 Ratings
    47% below category average
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    4.1
    5 Ratings
    64% below category average
    SAP Commerce Cloud
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    Ratings
    API4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language4.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    2.9
    5 Ratings
    84% below category average
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    WYSIWYG editor7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness3.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Admin section3.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page templates1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of website themes1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing workflow1.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form generator3.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    1.9
    5 Ratings
    111% below category average
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Content taxonomy1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO support2.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk management2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions2.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Community / comment management2.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.699 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.1100 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.196 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings7.490 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings7.291 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.092 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.097 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.694 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.195 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    8.1
    95 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.7
    82 Ratings
    8% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.787 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings8.184 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings7.982 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of HCL Digital Experience and SAP Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    HCL Digital Experience
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    8.1
    94 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings7.987 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.490 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings7.981 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.987 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.0
    (104 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.7
    (6 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (48 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (48 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HCL Digital ExperienceSAP Commerce Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HCLSoftware
    HCL DX does really well at managing and maintaining the site. It allows the business to basically maintain the site while IT spent time developing new and enhanced functions. The main issue I currently have with HCL DX is not directly with the product but it does play a role. It is difficult finding skilled resources to support HCL DX in my experience.
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    SAP
    SAP Commerce Cloud is well-suited for large enterprises requiring robust personalization, seamless multi-channel integration, and the ability to handle high-volume transactions, especially during peak periods like Black Friday. Its scalability and advanced features make it ideal for businesses needing to manage complex product catalogs and global operations.Enough development capacities are needed to have a best in class shop
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    Pros
    HCLSoftware
    • With Version 8.5, IBM Web Content Manager introduced in place editing capabilities which allow authors to make content edits on sections of the page instead of going to the content itself. This feature allows authors to make changes in context of the page and preview changes within the actual look and feel of a live page.
    • Projects provide a collaborative atmosphere for the author community so that authors can interact and work as a team to manage inter-dependent content changes under one project and publish all changes at once, instead of working separately on individual content changes. This brings awareness across authors in an organization and easy knowledge share.
    • IBM Digital Data Connector is a cool feature that allows [users] to integrate external content sources onto the portal using IBM Web Content Manager presentation components. This allows UI/UX designers to present integrated external data in any manner they want, manage UI changes with an underlying approval process and leverage syndication to push changes live immediately.
    • IBM Web Content Manager offers a targeted content feature that allows business users to deliver personalized content to customers based on customer demographic information, browsing history and other transaction related information. Any rules created follow the publishing process thereby making it just a configurable item resulting in less turn around to turn on the feature on a website.
    • IBM Web Content Manager offers 'multi lingual solution' out of the box which allows content creation for almost all popular languages.
    • Syndication feature has improved a lot and it now provides a detailed views comprising of 'failed items', 'items that have syndicated successfully, 'items in queue'. Failed items view provides detailed and clear cut information of what resulted in failure helping IT to troubleshoot problems easily.
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    SAP
    • Centralized Data Management: SAP Commerce Cloud excels in centralizing data from various operational sectors, which is pivotal in the chemicals industry. This feature allows for better oversight and management of complex supply chains, regulatory compliance, and customer interactions. Having a single source of truth for crucial business data minimizes discrepancies and promotes informed decision-making.
    • Real-Time Data Processing: The real-time data processing capability of SAP Commerce Cloud is invaluable. It aids in timely adherence to regulatory changes and helps in meeting customer demands promptly. In a sector where regulations and market conditions are ever-evolving, real-time data processing is fundamental for maintaining compliance and ensuring customer satisfaction.
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    Cons
    HCLSoftware
    • IBM Web Content Manager should provide some easily usable connectors through a GUI to connect to bring content from custom data sources including connecting to Salesforce and custom databases.
    • Should further optimize and enhance creation of rich and responsive content driven UIs on various digital channels.
    • Should further optimize and enhance content personalization features.
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    SAP
    • It's a little pricey; further cost reductions will expand product selection; also, trained operators are required.
    • HAC occasionally functions extremely slowly and does not provide any problem messages; it simply gets stuck. Logging into the Backoffice for testing purposes causes a lot of trouble; it does not enable us to log in in one attempt, and the page refreshes every time we enter in the credentials.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HCLSoftware
    IBM products always moves forward to adapt to new requirements and technologies. I have used versions 6, 6.1, 7 and 8 of IBM WCM, and I know IBM is ready to revamp the tool based on emerging needs, and still provide the capabilities to migrate your old system to the newer versions.
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    SAP
    SAP Commerce and Spartacus together becomes one of the omnichannel powerhouse of commerce application. It also comes with edge advantage with out of the box integrations with many SAP applications and also non-SAP applciations which gives it edge advantage over other tools. The main reason being the integration becomes easier as SAP shares the common data schema and model across all its product line and new feature releases are compatible with all the SAP product line.
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    Usability
    HCLSoftware
    New versions has increased user experience facilitating usability.
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    SAP
    More true headless and a more rationale pricing. Since moving from the Hzbris Monolyth towards SAP Commerce Cloud a lot of progress has been made, but dissecting the monolyth into composable components where you just pay for what you use is still a longer journey and here pricing should be more realistic. Things become so expensive once they have the SAP stamp on them (example the SAP CIAM)
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    Support Rating
    HCLSoftware
    We had some issues related with performing and the support was suitable and sucessful.
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    SAP
    We have the right to open a ticket or submit request to SAP support teams for all the problems we have experienced. They also provide solutions for critical issues within 48 hours. In addition, the product has support documents such as a user guide and admin guide. In addition, there is a strong community of users. In this way, we can access solution of some specific problems that we have fallen on from there.
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    Implementation Rating
    HCLSoftware
    Implementation was successful due to Websphere application server used.
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    SAP
    Scalability of the product was good Seamless integrations were helped in reducing the implementation for the development team to integrate with the SAP ERP Product framework helped customer to customize and adapt the new features which were developed basis business processes and ease of customer experience. Deployment and creation of the build becomes very easy with the CCv2 setup.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HCLSoftware
    Magento and Prestashop are E-commerce CMS platforms. They are used in a different scale of application than WCM.
    Concerning Joomla, it's a useful CMS forsmaller website. Once again this is an other scale of application than WCM Liveray can compete WCM 7 concerning the : ¤ specific development ¤ security ¤ responsive
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    SAP
    SAP Cloud is much better than GoDaddy. it was a smooth transition and every aspect of the program is easier. My scalability increased greatly from GoDaddy to SAp Commerce Cloud and sales are now tracked easier and inventory is at the touch of a button, making sales much easier than previous software.
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    Scalability
    HCLSoftware
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    The business users/admins were able to quickly segment products by brand, allowing for unique branding and header-less page design. As new products are added to the SAP backend, all characteristics and pricing automatically migrate to Commerce Cloud. We also segment our user sign-on (domains) by brand and allow targeting displays.
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    Return on Investment
    HCLSoftware
    • Negative: Very complex architecture for on-premise deployments (too many servers to installed)
    • Positive: Easy customization
    • Negative: Architecture limited to cloud solutions
    • WCM is an old product and needs an update
    • Blog, and community are not integrated in Digital Manager for discussion
    • Templates are not available to integrate basic services (FileNet, more complex BPM , e-commerce)
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    SAP
    • It has a positive impact on my client's business and ROI is higher than expected. As orders count is increasing due to smooth and better experience.
    • My current client's customers have given very positive experience about new website built on SAP Commerce Cloud.
    • Due to SAP Commerce Cloud website rollout is very easy and due to it, my current client has introduced around 25 websites. As SAP Commerce Cloud logic needs to develop once and can be reused for multiple websites easily with minimal effort.
    • Branding is also very easy as promotions, events can be implemented on the website easily and with minimum time.
    • SAP Commerce has helped our client to integrate the Recommendation tool ISS which is easy to configure after this tool product sale is increased. The best thing was that integration was very easy and quick.
    • One option of Blue/Green deployment helping us to check the production release in advance on production environment. Prev we don't have this option and many times face P1 issue in prod which had ruined client reputation. But now this feature is helping lot
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Commerce Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Product Cockpit for managing catalogs, categories and product contentScreenshot of Order Management Capabilities including sourcing and allocation rulesScreenshot of commerce sites on two different mobile devicesScreenshot of a landing page from an e-commerce siteScreenshot of a web page with product categories and search results from an e-commerce siteScreenshot of headless commerce storefronts