IBM Digital Commerce is an e-commerce platform that is designed to deliver omni-channel shopping experiences, including mobile, social, and in-store. In June 2019, IBM Digital Commerce was acquired by HCL Technologies.
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Kentico Xperience
Score 7.7 out of 10
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Kentico is a web content management system for building websites, online stores, intranets, and Web 2.0 community sites. Kentico CMS uses ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server for development via its Portal Engine, using Visual Studio, or through Microsoft MVC.
$9,999
Subscription license
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IBM Digital Commerce
Kentico Xperience
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Kentico Xperience Business
$9,999 / year
Subscription license
Kentico Xperience Business
$14,999
Perpetual license
Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$17,999 / year
Subscription license
Kentico Xperience Enterprise
$29,999
Perpetual license
Kentico Xperience Corporate
Upon request
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IBM Digital Commerce
Kentico Xperience
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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IBM Digital Commerce
Kentico Xperience
Features
IBM Digital Commerce
Kentico Xperience
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
7.6
3 Ratings
2% below category average
Kentico Xperience
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Product catalog & listings
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Product management
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Bulk product upload
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Branding
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Mobile storefront
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Product variations
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Website integration
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Visual customization
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
CMS
4.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
6.0
3 Ratings
24% below category average
Kentico Xperience
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery
6.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Checkout user experience
6.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
6.0
3 Ratings
31% below category average
Kentico Xperience
-
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eCommerce security
6.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
7.0
3 Ratings
9% below category average
Kentico Xperience
-
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Promotions & discounts
7.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations
7.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
SEO
7.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
6.2
3 Ratings
25% below category average
Kentico Xperience
-
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Multi-site management
8.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Order processing
5.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Inventory management
6.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Shipping
6.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Custom functionality
6.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
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Kentico Xperience
7.1
24 Ratings
15% below category average
Role-based user permissions
00 Ratings
7.124 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
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IBM Digital Commerce
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Kentico Xperience
7.5
21 Ratings
10% below category average
API
00 Ratings
8.020 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language
00 Ratings
7.018 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
IBM Digital Commerce
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Kentico Xperience
7.0
25 Ratings
8% below category average
WYSIWYG editor
00 Ratings
8.024 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness
00 Ratings
7.125 Ratings
Admin section
00 Ratings
7.225 Ratings
Page templates
00 Ratings
7.125 Ratings
Library of website themes
00 Ratings
5.812 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
00 Ratings
8.023 Ratings
Publishing workflow
00 Ratings
6.224 Ratings
Form generator
00 Ratings
7.024 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
I think WebSphere Commerce is well suited for customers looking to sell products online that need robustness and scalability as a priority. It provides a complete order cycle out of the box, or you can integrate with your existing order fulfillment. Online shopping models like digital subscriptions or a marketplace are not well suited as it requires a lot of customization
Kentico is a robust and flexible CMS platform that is great for managing multiple websites and multiple environments (dev, stage, and production for instance). It makes content management very easy and makes it easy to keep the environments synced with the same content. However, the Kentico CMS does require a bit more technical understanding to get it set up properly and requires a bit more effort and support than, say, free open-source options.
I love the intuitive top and left navigation within the content management platform. I can easily find what section, sub-section, and page I'm looking to edit
For creating content, the WYSIWYG editor is so intuitive; it feels like you're working on an MS Word doc!
The tab for adding metadata in simple fields takes away the headache of having to hunt and peck through code to add H1 tag, page description etc.
The e-Marketing spots contain content associated with marketing activities to target customer segment - needs some improvement. The algorithm to set up the priority of each of the Web Activity with in eMarketing spot is little bit confusing.
The catalog load can be simplified.
WebSphere Commerce is a huge application - someone needs to spend at least 5-6 years to learn about the whole application.
Kentico needs to invest in more enterprise class environment management utilities -- example: global CDN support via the CMS is sorely lacking. There are work-arounds, but it should be more elegant.
The Kentico staging module could be improved to support the concept of bundled releases. Current staging module functionality is good, but could be improved.
Kentico ecommerce support is a touch immature. While content management is superb, Kentico lags in this area when compared to many open source ecommerce engines.
Kentico is lacking MVC support. 99% of the time this isn't an issue for the end-user or business user, but can be a hurdle for technology teams depending on the team's makeup.
The scalability and various configurations of the product allows for a wide range of e-commerce site features. It provides a storefront to begin with so it helps with speeding up development.
We are locked into Kentico for the long haul. It provides us with an easy and flexible solution for a very non technical company to create a site and have the features they want, especially with the inclusion of EMS into our license. Now we have a true platform to build and grow our solutions.
It seriously is one of the best interfaces I have ever used. I also love the fact that I can use UI personalization to secure any functionality by user or role that I don't want that role to have access to. The best part is the customization of the UI, I can add in any button, tab, or menu item I want through it, no code required.
Their support staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and will work with you until your issue is fixed. This could take a few phone calls back and forth, but they are very diligent in helping you.
IBM Digital Commerce was a lot more customizable and had a good engine for us to make enhancements. We were not locked down to certain integrations and we were able to utilize a lot of the features outside of the box vs using a prescribed set of features and functionality that other tools would force us to use
I've used Sitecore, Ektron, Joomla!, WordPress, and SharePoint (if you want to count that as a competitor for CMS). Kentico 8 blows them all out of the water. Nothing is more intuitive in the way that content is created, the way the site is setup, and how efficient rollouts can be with Content Staging.
Kentico has enabled faster speed to market for SMEs. They are empowered to enter content them selves while still having that content go through editorial review to ensure tone of voice and brand are maintained.
Deploying Kentico has freed up web developer resources from manual content entry enabling them to build more useful solutions to support the business efforts
Tapping into the Kentico event pipelne allows us to trigger external system events when product content is published.