IBM Sterling Order Management vs. SoftLedger

IBM Sterling Order Management

SoftLedger

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Sterling Order Management	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	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.	N/A
SoftLedger	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	SoftLedger, the real-time cloud accounting platform enabling accountants and developers to easily manage multiple entities, integrate with other systems, and close their books faster.	$750 per month

Pricing

IBM Sterling Order Management

SoftLedger

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Standard: $750
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
IBM Sterling Order Management	SoftLedger
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

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	IBM Sterling Order Management	SoftLedger

Features

IBM Sterling Order Management

SoftLedger

Security

Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 8.2 1 Ratings 0% above category average
Single sign-on capability	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Role-based user permissions	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 8.2 1 Ratings 5% above category average
Dashboards	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Standard reports	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings

General Ledger and Configurable Accounting

Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 8.2 1 Ratings 8% above category average
Accounts payable	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Accounts receivable	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Global Financial Support	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Configurable Accounting	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Standardized Processes	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings

Inventory Management

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 8.2 1 Ratings 11% above category average
Inventory tracking	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings
Automatic reordering	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Location management	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings

Order Management

Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 8.4 1 Ratings 12% above category average
Pricing	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Order entry	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Credit card processing	00 Ratings	8.21 Ratings
Cost of goods sold	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings
Order Orchestration	00 Ratings	7.31 Ratings

Customization

Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
	IBM Sterling Order Management - Ratings	SoftLedger 9.1 1 Ratings 18% above category average
Plug-ins	00 Ratings	9.11 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IBM Sterling Order Management	SoftLedger
Small Businesses	Webgility Score 9.6 out of 10	QuickBooks Self-Employed (discontinued) Score 6.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Accounting Seed Score 7.6 out of 10	Zoho Books Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	SAP Cloud ERP Score 8.5 out of 10	Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management Score 7.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
	IBM Sterling Order Management	SoftLedger
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (5 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Online Training	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Sterling Order Management	SoftLedger
Likelihood to Recommend	IBM It's perfect for medium to large retailers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SoftLedger They provide more robust capabilities overall than QuickBooks (who we were previously using). Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	IBM Centralizing data. Instantaneously updated data. Ad hoc reporting. Gregory Powell Inventory Control Analyst Read full review	SoftLedger No answers on this topic
Cons	IBM RCP Based deployment Wider variety of sourcing configuration Product Documentation COM Features need to better so that Customer case handling is facilitated RC Raj Samrat Chaudhuri Senior Manager - Projects Read full review	SoftLedger No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	IBM 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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SoftLedger No answers on this topic
Usability	IBM No answers on this topic	SoftLedger Very intuitive....there was not much of a learning curve to catch on to the nuances of a new system Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IBM Warehouse Management System which is mainly focussed on warehouse fulfillment but not on the routing and availability tracking Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SoftLedger No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	IBM Optimal inventory management resulted in more orders per minute and good ROI and customer experience Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	SoftLedger No answers on this topic
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