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    IBM Digital Commerce

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM 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.N/A

    Sana Commerce Cloud

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Sana Commerce is an eCommerce platform that provides an integrated shopping cart software for both Microsoft Dynamics and SAP.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Sana's pricing model is made up of two parts. It includes: •A one-time setup fee •A monthly subscription fee, including hosting and services Sana also offers add-ons to supplement customers’ web stores, an enterprise license, or the possibility to add additional web stores (subject to pricing adjustments as needed).
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    Features
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM Digital Commerce and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings8.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Product management8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branding8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Product variations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.03 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Visual customization8.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    CMS4.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM Digital Commerce and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM Digital Commerce and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security6.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM Digital Commerce and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Promotions & discounts7.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.03 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    SEO7.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM Digital Commerce and Sana Commerce Cloud
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Sana Commerce Cloud
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-site management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing5.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory management6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Shipping6.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Commerce
    Score8.1 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Digital CommerceSana Commerce Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    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
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    Sana Commerce
    Its suited more for B2B-focused or mid-size companies that want to have a more robust platform for their eCommerce and don't want to invest that much (like the case of Magento and other big names). If you want to make constant UX and design enhancements and tests, you'll have a couple of headaches. It's not that bad but; you wont be able to do it all without customizing and spending good money on it.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Websphere commerce provides efficient contract based pricing. Contract based pricing greatly helps in handling prices for different business
    • Catalog filtering is one other strength of websphere commerce, as it helps to filter the show only those products that the customer is entitled to
    • Extended site model is one other strength of WCS as it greatly helps in having multiple e-commerce sites for different demographics, for branding etc
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    Sana Commerce
    • Quote Workflow--pretty simple and easy to understand and implement
    • Easy-to-learn admin tools
    • Very flexible/customizable initial configuration
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    Cons
    IBM
    • 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.
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    Sana Commerce
    • The service could be much better. It's expensive and hard to monitor because they only check cases twice a week (if you don't have a pre-plan).
    • The language and different time schedules have been an issue for tech problems. They're in Holland and Ukraine and we're in Mexico, and is really hard to find developers who know the platform to hire as an extra resource.
    • You can't import SKUS to populate a landing page programmatically.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    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.
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    Sana Commerce
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    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
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    Sana Commerce
    Sana Commerce is not as robust, flexible (or expensive) as Magento but is better (and more expensive) than Shopify. It is well balanced and you can customize according to your clients' needs. They are constantly upgrading their platform so you can keep your eCommerce up to date, but you must consider an extra cost to adapt it to the latest version.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • For our clients in the apparel industry, the flexibility that WCS provides to scale up really helped their online business to grow tremendously.
    • Our client in the restaurant industry can't quite leverage what WCS has to offer though as it doesn't really fit their shopping model.
    • Another positive impact is that it allows our clients to streamline their commerce system in interacting with their backend.
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    Sana Commerce
    • The ROI was 18% more than expected
    • Our traffic has increased by 250%
    • Some of our clients think our site is too complex
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    ScreenShots

    Sana Commerce Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of The redesigned Sana Admin's fresh new look, to make it more user-friendly.Screenshot of Customers segmentation in Sana Commerce. Customer segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a target market into subsets of customers that are similar in specific ways, for example, customers from a certain country or those customers who are essential for the business's prosperity.Screenshot of A personalized storefront with products and content tailored to the customer.Screenshot of Related products are used by Sana to add similar or substitute products like accessories or spare parts and build relationships between the related products and the original product. These product relations can be built in ERP and are used for cross- and up-selling, or they can be also used to provide alternatives in case any of these products are out of stock.Screenshot of Sana Commerce Insights (SCI) is a Sana product providing commercial insights, with extensive options and services. It is an add-on to Sana Commerce Cloud that offers a holistic overview of commercial data.Screenshot of Locations provide customers with an alternative delivery location where they can collect their orders. Instead of delivering a package to the customer’s home or business address, the customer can select a location and collect his or her order at a time that is convenient for him or her. The location can be a physical store, a warehouse, a pickup location of delivery service or any other place specified.