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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

    WooCommerce

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.

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    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionWooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    Application Server
    $88.50
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    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionWooCommerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—WooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    89%
    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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    Features
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionWooCommerce
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    7.2
    31 Ratings
    10% below category average
    WooCommerce
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    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 WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.1
    96 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.178 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.388 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.596 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.392 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.974 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
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    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.1
    91 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.359 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings6.991 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.5
    85 Ratings
    2% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.585 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.4
    94 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.591 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.374 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings6.583 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition and WooCommerce
    Feature
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings6.747 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.491 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings8.584 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.886 Ratings
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    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionWooCommerce
    Small Businesses
    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    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 EditionWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (33 ratings)
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM WebSphere Hybrid EditionWooCommerce
    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.
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    Automattic
    WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
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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.
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    Automattic
    • Free base package means I can use it when I need to and not pay for it when I'm not using it
    • I can customize the e-commerce options and integrate the calendar booking
    • Payment processing is quick and easy and I can choose my provider
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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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    Automattic
    • Because of how the Wordpress database is structured, WooCommerce isn't great for large or complex e-commerce sites.
    • More out-of-the-box options would be nice within the base software.
    • Because add-on plugins are developed by 3rd parties, sometimes you get conflicts that break things.
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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.
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    Automattic
    Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
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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.
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    Automattic
    It is built on the Wordpress platform, so there are some quirks compared to a dedicated e-commerce product, but it is very intuitive and easy to use, especially for anyone with Wordpress experience. There are numerous great support articles and learning resources available. Significant customization can be achieved with plugins vs other eCommerce platforms, which may require more custom code and have fewer plugin options.
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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.
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    Automattic
    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!
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    Automattic
    not muh support
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    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
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    Automattic
    We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
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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
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    Automattic
    • Positive: low cost to start up, and allowed us to start selling right away.
    • Negative: better plug-ins have a high cost of entry. For example if you want to do subscriptions you need a paid plugin for it.
    • Positive: easily integrates with PayPal and Stripe.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of a single product and description.Screenshot of WooCommerce checkout blocks.Screenshot of WooCommerce settings.Screenshot of WooCommerce product editing.Screenshot of WooCommerce products listing.