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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

    SAP Subscription Billing

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASAP Subscription Billing is a cloud‑based solution that enables businesses to launch, manage, and scale subscription and usage‑based business models with speed and confidence. SAP Subscription Billing helps reduce operational complexity by automating critical order‑to‑cash processes and ensuring accurate, transparent billing.N/A
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    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
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    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP Subscription Billing
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Subscription Billing
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    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 Subscription Billing
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    24% below category average
    SAP Subscription Billing
    -
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    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 Subscription Billing
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    SAP Subscription Billing
    -
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    eCommerce security6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM Digital Commerce and SAP Subscription Billing
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Subscription Billing
    -
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    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 Subscription Billing
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    SAP Subscription Billing
    -
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    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
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    User Ratings
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Digital CommerceSAP Subscription Billing
    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
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    The last one, we had to add a historical discount for a customer that sent us its usage data with significant delay. Because the software is designed to have a linear flow of onward-looking data, retroactively fixing previous records felt like working against the system. But when we launched a new product with tiered pricing and setup fees, the configuration was fast
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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
    • SAP Subscription Billing helps in reconciliations of data , Posting journals and helps in providing accurate data during month end,
    • Subscription Billing integrates with S/4HANA and helps use existing models to create accurate reports.
    • Subscription Billing also provides AI capability to enhance the functionality to provide accuracy in data reporting.
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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 working fine for our organization no improvement needed.
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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
    Based on ROI, it seems like a good investment.
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    Usability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    It scores 8 because it dramatically simplifies SaaS rate configuration and automates complex mid cycle proration out of box. It only looses points due to configuration guard rail
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    No in-house support.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Not involved in implementation.
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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
    SAP BRIM (Billing and Revenue Innovation Management) is part of SAP portfolio and therefore from package perspective a better choice. We implemented Zuora first but moving over to BRIM; faster implementation, better operations cost and support within SAP RISE Contract Package
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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
    • Saves around 20-25% time in creating and checking the invoices/billings data .
    • ability to integrate with S/4HANA which is our legacy system helps to use existing data models to save time in creating new ones.
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