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    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AWebSphere Hybrid Edition from IBM is a collection of WebSphere application runtimes and modernization tools that provides support for on-premise and major public cloud deployments, in virtual machines, containers and Kubernetes. The user can choose any WebSphere edition and deploy Liberty and application modernization tools to help move to a cloud-native architecture, modernize existing applications and support an existing WebSphere estate.

    $88.50

    per month

    Magento Open Source

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMagento Open Source is an ecommerce content management solution originally developed by Varien Inc and presently supported by Adobe. The Open Source product is for developers and merchants that is available as a free download, and supported with free upgrades from the Magento Community.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Editions & Modules
    Application Server
    $88.50
    per month
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    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing for Magento will vary greatly depending on outsourcing support and maintenance services.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    Magento and Hybris are both also being used, we have also supported tomcat and IIS solutions
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    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    7.2
    31 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Magento Open Source
    -
    Ratings
    IDE support5.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security management8.231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Administration and management7.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application server performance8.131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Installation7.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance6.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    7.4
    29 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings6.727 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings4.029 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings9.327 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings5.728 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    7.0
    29 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.424 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings8.729 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    8.6
    27 Ratings
    3% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.627 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    6.4
    29 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.329 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings2.022 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings7.925 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and Magento Open Source
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Magento Open Source
    9.6
    29 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings10.026 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings9.328 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.326 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings9.325 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings10.027 Ratings
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    NGINX
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionMagento Open Source
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid edition is well-suited for the development and deployment of large enterprise-level applications such as Electronic Health Records that are used in our organization. IBM WebSphere is appropriate for organizations that require strong security and compliance as it provides a high level of security and compliance features. This works well with organizations that are subject to strict regulatory requirements, such as hospitals.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    Magento Open Source is an excellent choice for businesses that need a highly customizable and scalable solution and (most of all) have the technical resources to support it. It's ideal for mid-to-large-sized businesses with complex product catalogs that require complete ownership and control, particularly those with complexities such as multi-country/multi-currency stores.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition has done marvelous in building and deploying Java Enterprise applications.
    • It also does well in automating deployment and scaling. This has made it easier for our organization to deploy updates to our applications.
    • IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition does well in security by providing features that protect enterprise applications.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    • It is very good when it comes to search engine optimization as it makes a good use of keywords and tags to improve the SEO score. It increases the chances of ranking up of the eCommerce store in the search engine rankings.
    • It makes the store in a very optimized way and despite being a very advanced system it is still very lightweight when it comes to website speed. The pages have a comparatively low loading time and a good speed.
    • It provides a lot more advance reporting features which are very helpful for businesses to do their planning.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Ease of use in terms of deployment, give simple interface to do simple stuff like Tomcat, JBoss or GlassFish.
    • Takes long time to start the server.
    • The Liferay wars need to be decorated and then deployed. Perhaps we could simplify that.
    • Some of the concepts are good for complexity that WAS can handle but could be simplified and better documented, like concepts of well and profile, context, etc.
    • A Liferay war file created using Liferay Developer studio runs fine in Tomcat, however that may not run in WAS 7.x because it needs to be decorated. I had one war for a Liferay portlet with a simple cron job, and had hard time running to WAS server. It was running on the latest free download done on my friends m/c. Other times I have seen that there are issues running a war file that runs on Tomcat but runs on WAS after lot of customization for WAS.
    • The corporations like this however, the product may need better vibrant community of users where issues can be discussed.
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    Adobe
    • Magento is not easy for a layman who is not tech-savvy to manage the website.
    • Magento is one of the only modern shopping carts in which one must manually clear the cache and "reindex".
    • Magneto has a lot of technical glitches - more than most of the other shopping carts we work with. Most are minor.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    Mostly we will be renewing unless the strategic direction changes drastically or there are other complelling external circumstances. We've been on a multi year project to modernize our legacy applications and that effort will continue for the foreseeable future.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    It's the dominant force in the SMB open source market. With the continued support of eBay/PayPal, Magento will continue to evolve and should be a market leader for some time.
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    Usability
    IBM
    WebSphere Application Server is used across our organization. Most projects use this for Java products and applications. Being robust and scalable makes it even more usable. We love using WebSphere Application Server due to its configuration management ability made simple and vast across all java related parameters. It is dependent on the features and upgrades and IBM releases some great upgrades to WebSphere Application Server.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    Magento has a relly step learning curve. This means that you need to find experienced developers who can lead junior ones, otherwise the overall development process can be a disaster. However, once you are comfortable in developing on the platform, the customization capability are basically limitless and you can adapt the platform to any use case you can imagine. Also, there are many alredy developed marketplace modules that can solve, out of the box, many problems you may face.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    IBM
    Deploys fairly quick enough and like the roll-out update feature decreasing the downtime and also plays well with other integration tools as well.
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    IBM
    IBM was quick to respond when we had an issue with our specific infrastructure. We raised a PMR, which they picked up quickly and updated us about every step of the way. We had an appropriate fix for quite a business critical issue within a fortnight, which was impressive!
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Cleo Integration Clould has many bells and whistles; however, when we added more maps and trading partners, it really slowed down. We found that the Cleo support was very slow to respond and there was a language barrier. IBM Websphere had better customer support and its processing was much faster than Cleo Integration Cloud
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    In looking at a different platform to migrate to from Magento 1, we looked primarily at Big Commerce, Shopify and Shopify Plus. Our host was very negative about Magento 2, but we determined after a couple years it was due to the fact it had even more complexity (and very different) than Magento 1. Shopify Plus was attractive, but the cost factor for two sites led us back to Magento 2.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Continuous uptime of the business applications we manage
    • It's now much simpler for me to build and deploy cloud-native applications.
    • Because it can offload for me management and maintenance of the application server to IBM I can focus on the development, deployment and testing of the applications which is more important
    Incentivized
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    Adobe
    • Better Total Cost of Ownership than bespoke e-commerce solutions due to being open source and the wide range of free/commercial extensions available to extend the platform.
    • Often more extensive to set up and maintain than other open source alternatives, such as WooCommerce.
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