IBM now owns and supports Sterling Commerce products (since August 2010), the most notable product being IBM Order Management. The platform emphasizes order promising and fulfillment and provides tools to adaptively complete orders specified to customer demands.
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LightCMS (discontinued)
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LightCMS, from NetSuite, was a cloud-based content management system for building websites and eCommerce storefronts. It is designed to be used by individuals, non-profits, and small to medium-sized businesses. The product has been discontinued.
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Pricing
IBM Sterling Order Management
LightCMS (discontinued)
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Pricing Offerings
IBM Sterling Order Management
LightCMS (discontinued)
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup Fee
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Features
IBM Sterling Order Management
LightCMS (discontinued)
Security
Comparison of Security features of IBM Sterling Order Management and LightCMS (discontinued)
Feature
IBM Sterling Order Management
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Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)
8.0
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Role-based user permissions
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8.01 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of IBM Sterling Order Management and LightCMS (discontinued)
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Ratings
LightCMS (discontinued)
9.1
1 Ratings
15% above category average
WYSIWYG editor
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10.01 Ratings
Code quality / cleanliness
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9.01 Ratings
Admin section
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9.01 Ratings
Page templates
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10.01 Ratings
Library of website themes
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10.01 Ratings
Mobile optimization / responsive design
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10.01 Ratings
Publishing workflow
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8.01 Ratings
Form generator
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7.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of IBM Sterling Order Management and LightCMS (discontinued)
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
LightCMS is perfect for 90% of websites out there. It has all the basic modules like calendars, photo galleries, news/blog, or forms building built in. Small businesses to mid-sized businesses are perfect for LightCMS. We use other solutions when the requierments for the website include a lot of third party integrations or custom modules. As a hosted CMS it has the same limitations as others with server-side development.
LightCMS provides all the major functionality 90% of sites need. It keeps out of its own way by making these solutions intuitive and simple and not trying to solve every problem for everyone which would over-complicate the tool-set.
This is the easiest to use CMS we have ever seen. I tell my client's that if they can make a Facebook post, they can manage their website, and it's true. Their UI is so easy and keeps getting easier to use. Untrained users get it in minutes and are able to manage their sites without our help.
LightCMS's code is simple and light-weight. Sites are fast and the CMS doesnt get in the way of performance.
You can do almost anything you want (except server-side programming) with LightCMS. So, we can create any design we want and it works great with Light CMS's tokens and editable regions concept (which is also simple to implement.)
Constantly upgraded and fixed, the product is 1000x better after 10 years of working with it, but is still simple and not bloated.
While keeping it simple is LightCMS's thing, some of the elements/modules could use deeper options or control for advanced users.
Some content, such as calendars, cannot have data exported/imported easily.
Support was amazing 10 years ago. We openly talked about how awesome they were... it isn't as good as it once was, but is still way above almost every support of other CMS systems we have used.
The package of Sterling Order Management / Sterling Store / Sterling Call Center works very well and it supports the expansion to Geographies like US/EU/JP/China, some of hottest markets for e-commerce.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
We have looked at hundrends of CMS's and LightCMS is a perfect entry-level system for most of our small to mid sized clients. LightCMS's feature set is less complex than almost every other system and the actual interface is miles ahead of most other CMS systems. It's simply thought out better. It lacks sensibility and an API as well as other advanced features many more expensive or more DIY systems have, but the simplicity makes up for it.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
While I always think the price could be cheaper, LightCMS is incredibly inexpensive if you consider the costs of hosting, support, and upgrading is all included.
As part of their partner program, we are able to control client accounts from our master account, making moving between clients easier and supporting them faster which ultimately makes our labor costs better.
