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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

    ThriveCart

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThriveCart is a content and funnel builder, cart and checkout for small and medium businesses. Its cost is a one-time, lifetime fee.

    $495

    one-time fee Lifetime Account

    Pricing
    IBM Digital CommerceThriveCart
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard Plan
    $495
    one-time fee
    Pro Plan
    $690
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Digital CommerceThriveCart
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    IBM Digital CommerceThriveCart
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM Digital Commerce and ThriveCart
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    ThriveCart
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Product management8.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Branding8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Product variations8.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Website integration8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Visual customization8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    CMS4.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM Digital Commerce and ThriveCart
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    24% below category average
    ThriveCart
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery6.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM Digital Commerce and ThriveCart
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    ThriveCart
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    eCommerce security6.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM Digital Commerce and ThriveCart
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    ThriveCart
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Promotions & discounts7.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    SEO7.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM Digital Commerce and ThriveCart
    Feature
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    ThriveCart
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Multi-site management8.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Order processing5.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Inventory management6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Shipping6.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality6.03 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    IBM Digital CommerceThriveCart
    Small Businesses
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
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    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 CommerceThriveCart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Digital CommerceThriveCart
    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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    ThriveCart
    ThriveCart is a great platform and product for entreprenuers looking to easily and effortlessly incorporate digital products into their suite. One of our favorite features is that we can do a sales page AND a checkout page all in one, on one single page. It's streamlined and clean and effective. The aesthetics are also solid.
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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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    ThriveCart
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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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    ThriveCart
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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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    ThriveCart
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    Usability
    IBM
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    ThriveCart
    I gave ThriveCart the rating of a ten for overall usability because it's perfect for someone who is not tech savvy at all and has been very easy to use, figure out and navigate. I've been able to get things live and up and running in a single day. Not days or week or months. It's really a great option for selling digital products!
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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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    ThriveCart
    No answers on this topic
    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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    ThriveCart
    No answers on this topic
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