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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SAP CPQ

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP CPQ (replacing the former CallidusCloud CPQ solution) has been built to be independent of any CRM. The vendor says that this makes their solution more flexible. The vendor also says their solution provides businesses the flexibility to customize and enhance the solution without the constraints of CRM code. Pricing and product catalog changes can also be made by the users without having to rely on a CRM administrator.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    24% below category average
    SAP CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    SAP CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    SAP CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP CPQ
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    -
    Ratings
    SAP CPQ
    8.4
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Quote sharing/sending00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Product configuration00 Ratings8.48 Ratings
    Configuration options00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Pricing rules00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Price adjustment00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes00 Ratings9.27 Ratings
    Order capturing00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
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    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    QuoteWerks
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Commerce
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Agentforce Revenue Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP CPQ
    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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    SAP
    I would recommend SAP CPQ because it is powerful and works really well for handling complex pricing quotes and approvals. It save time and keep everything in one systems.
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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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    SAP
    • Simple order entry
    • Fast order entry
    • Quick contracts creations and pricings
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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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    SAP
    • It is a complex solution and could do better on ease of use
    • Perhaps give mini explainer tutorials as you begin using it
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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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    SAP
    We definitely want to renew based on the functionality and the use we give to it. However you never know 100% so that's why it is not a 10. Let's imagine if pricing changed significantly or they made sudden changes to the product which we considered negative... Then we would move elsewhere. This is highly unlikely though
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    it make the pricing and quoting part easier and able to integrate with other sap products easily but the ui could have been better and the customizations is not straight forward, requires deep expertise. which make the work more difficult. but instead of custom designing. this way we can reduce the coding and can go straight ahead with custom pricing part
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Not used
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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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    SAP
    It connect much better with our existing SAP system like ERP and S/4HANA. keeping everything in sync automatically. Approval processes and automation are faster. reducing email and manual work.
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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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    SAP
    • Helped us make a lot of sales easier and quicker
    • More revenue we have made since doing this
    • Only negative is sometimes can be slow or want to attach custom email templates for send outs
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    ScreenShots

    SAP CPQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of CPQ Catalog - configurable to support multiple catalogs, graphics, and easy to follow guides.Screenshot of CPQ Configurator - guides users through configuration, indicating when a valid configuration is met, and showing commissions in real-time.Screenshot of CPQ Margin Health Indicator - sliding scale to make pricing easy while protecting margins.Screenshot of CPQ and Salesforce integration is seamless. Users never need to leave Salesforce to create a quote.