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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Watson Discovery

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM offers Watson Discovery, a natural language processing (NLP) application with options to measure sentiment, detect entities, semantic roles, and other concepts.N/A

    Agentforce Commerce

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Agentforce Commerce (formerly Commerce Cloud, and Demandware before that) is a cloud-based eCommerce solution for enterprises with merchandising tools, such as sorting, filtering, and image zooming, allowing customers to browse products.

    $4

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    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
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    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—B2B Commerce: Starter - $4 price/order Growth - $6 price/order Plus - $8 price/order B2C Commerce: Starter - 1% Gross Merchandise Value Growth - 2% Gross Merchandise Value Plus - 3% Gross Merchandise Value B2B2C Commerce: 1% Gross Merchandise Value
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    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
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    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    Chose Agentforce Commerce
    As I said before, I feel as though Salesforce Commerce Cloud stacks up well. It is definitely the market leader but when someone is the market leader they can get complacent and be less responsive to client needs than someone might not want to admit to. All in all, I think it …
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    Would buy again
    81%
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    88%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    74%
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM Watson Discovery and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    IBM Watson Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.9
    44 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.138 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings9.139 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.335 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings8.040 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM Watson Discovery and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    IBM Watson Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.1
    34 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings9.234 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM Watson Discovery and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    IBM Watson Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.5
    33 Ratings
    13% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings9.533 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM Watson Discovery and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    IBM Watson Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings8.736 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings8.138 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings8.233 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM Watson Discovery and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    IBM Watson Discovery
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.2
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings9.235 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.938 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.237 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings9.530 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings9.338 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Elasticsearch
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon CloudSearch
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (26 ratings)
    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    4.8
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Watson DiscoveryAgentforce Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Overall, IBM Watson Discovery is an amazing technology that we use with our clients to address various business problems, but the biggest challenge has always been about ingesting, analyzing, enriching, and searching huge collections of documents and allowing our end users and SMEs to be able to search for what they need to reduce the time and efforts spent daily on a manual search through various collections of documents. We have successfully managed to reduce manual work by over 80%, and now our SMEs are being used for the skills they have to gather insights rather than do manual work.
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    Salesforce
    Global Sites; larger commerce organizations but not too large where the % rev-share would affect its feasibility in a feature comparison. Salesforce is rock solid in infrastructure and rarely has outages or issues; it scaled appropriately for holiday peak and was able to accomplish anything we put our minds to as long as we staffed development appropriately. The latter, however, is not to be overlooked. Developers are necessary and expensive.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • It is an excellently fast platform with documents and the answers to queries.
    • With automation learning beneficial as it saves time.
    • When searching for a document, everything stays located and easy to find.
    • Acceptance of various documents.
    • It has a quite comfortable Technical support, always available when required.
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    Salesforce
    • Traffic - When we have sales, our traffic will increase exponentially and their cloud can handle the huge uptick in traffic we receive without overloading our servers.
    • Site updates - it continually monitors in the background for any upgrades or updates needed so we don't have to go in and do it ourselves. A real time saver!
    • Integration - outside plugins and add-ons are easy to install with Salesforce commerce cloud as it allows a seamless integration of extra plug ins onto our site.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I believe AI should be more flexible about providing data. However, it's understandable that you need to provide the details you need in a more specific and detailed way.
    • The interface could use more tweaking. Being new to the program, it was kind of hard to navigate.
    • Luckily, there was a customized feature of the dashboard that I could set up, and having something that you know where you are placed always feels familiar and comfortable.
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    Salesforce
    • The UX within the Business Manager portion of Demandware, the primary interface for marketers, is generally a confusing, inconsistent mess. Particularly infuriating are the lack of consistency for search and sort behavior within the tool.
    • A number of useful features, such as the ability to set schedules or tie features to unique customer segments, have seemingly arbitrary limitations imposed.
    • Demandware's idea of leveraging the community to be a learning resource and a sounding board for new ideas and features is a nice theory, but in practice it doesn't work for businesses with a lot of customization. I'm left with the impression that individual support is not a priority.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    A huge factor influencing our decision to remain on the Demandware platform is that our new parent company is standardizing all its luxury brands in the US on it. We are fortunate. However, even if we had remained an independent company, I believe we would continue on the Demandware platform for all the reasons outlined in this review. I appreciate the stability the platform has provided to our eCommerce site in the last three years as well as the continuous improvements and technological advances being rolled out that will allow us to keep the site fresh, engaging, modern and stable. I've heard many horror stories from colleagues on other platforms who struggle with the expense and complexity involved with making what should be minor and simple changes and updates to their sites.
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    Usability
    IBM
    IBM Watson Discovery has the best user capabilities and easily transform business decision-making portfolio. The automation system saves time used in data analysis as opposed to manual research that consumes a lot of time. The visualization across the dashboard enables my team to interpret complex data and use it to make reliable marketing decisions.
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    Salesforce
    The overall ease of using the system. Consolidation in location for our team members. Mobile application for on the go research, as many of our team members are constantly traveling to job sites or to meet clients. No more duplicate calls to current customers, since we have 12 different divisions that span the company. Mostly the ability to look at the database when our team members begin cultivating a new
    lead/prospect with a potential customer to see if anyone within the team has a
    relationship with that person or the company they work for.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    We have only had one instance where the platform went down in the time we have been using it.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    Similar to all IBM Watson and Salesforce product solutions, the overall support would be a 10/10. Their provided FAQ's help with frequently experienced issues and if still unable to figure something out, their customer service representatives are always super responsive. With instant chat functions available, it is easy to ask a quick question rather than sitting on hold.
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    Salesforce
    They are very responsive and a support technician will be assigned quickly. Even if there is further clarification needed for the ticket, or a solution is not immediately available, you feel that someone is there and staying on top of the issue. Most common issues are resolved quickly and satisfactorily.
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    In-Person Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The in-person training was thorough. Trainer was pretty dry, but covered everything really well.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Implementation went fairly smoothly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Discovery differs from its competitors due to the better ease of implementation and the high level of natural language recognition, it is equal in integration resources such as API and workflow or process pipeline, but it loses in the price for a high volume of documents and/or research. If you own or plan to use other services from the IBM Watson family, there is no doubt that Watson discovery is your best option. Another important point is if you plan to use a cloud or on-premise service (local server or private cloud).
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    Salesforce
    When I think of Salesforce products, I sometimes think of them interchangeably as one big lump. It's hard not to be incredibly immersed in the ecosystem day in and day out and taking advantage of resources like Trailhead. While Microsoft Dynamics compares in quality and offerings, it doesn't offer the same engagement and resources as Salesforce in its communications, social, and marketing, which makes a difference in terms of relevance and help. Commerce Cloud comes with the support you need to succeed and the tools you need to grow. In a high demand consumer world, we need products like this to keep up and get ahead. The minute we catch up, we're behind. Salesforce helps you stay on pace and create the unique and personalized experiences customers everywhere expect.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • We find its Enterprise plan expensive for a country of LATAM. For US or Europe based businesses, looks great.
    • A Big Data and massive queries based company would find the service expensive. Maybe a flat price plan would be helpful.
    • Have you thought in making a cheaper plan where you take the learning from your customer's data to enrich your AI tool?
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    Salesforce
    • In my experience I see most of the retailers see better sales after moving to Demandware.
    • Site performance is really good if the application built with best practices suggested by Demandware.
    • Service integrations have some limitations in terms of quota etc but still all are inside manageable grounds.
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