inriver PIM vs. Pimcore

inRiver [PIM] is pretty easy to use. I can see a company with a more narrow product selection benefiting from this PIM. The challenge comes with the more SKUs and categories the company offers. Without our 3rd party implementor creating specialized imports for us, we would be having a difficult time managing mass data updates.

Incentivized

Pimcore is especially suitable for an organization that has a complex data model and processes that cannot be met easily with out of the box systems. It is especially helpful where data is lying in multiple legacy systems and needs complex integrations with these systems. It may not be the best choice for someone looking for and out of the box system with predefined features.

• Scalability
• Data Integrations
• Workflow

Incentivized

• PIM - Production Information Management
• CX - Customer Experience and Customer Data Platform
• MDM - Master Data Management
• DAM - Digital Asset Management
• CMS - Content Management System
• Digital Commerce

Incentivized

• Missing the ability to be able to right click an item/product to open in a new tab
• Mass Asset/SKU management is not an out-of-the-box feature
• Shared folders area - few options to create a specialized area that you can block other users from deleting

Incentivized

• Can have a better UI.
• The data delivery channel sometimes breaks.
• Analytics and reporting could be improved.

Incentivized

inRiver has been both helpful and responsive to our needs. Their customer service and ticketing system are top-notch - timely communications and followup

Incentivized

When I compared these other PIM platforms, I found several were not true PIM systems. Although they solved for some significant syndication challenges, they did not have the ability to build a relational databased across products and categories. Furthermore, the interface is much more user-friendly and the ability to engage the entire team with workflow is a big plus!

Incentivized

PIMCore is Digital Platform making it single source of truth for many upstream and downstream system. Akeneo is just PIM and its doing PIM job properly but PimCore is much more than this. AEM is too costly and can't be affordable for many small and mid size companies

Incentivized

• Quicker go-to-market
• Improved templates for customer data
• Scalable for our growing organization

Incentivized

• With the customers we have worked with, Pimcore has quite a positive impact on ROI.
• Pimcore systems have helped customers not only integrate their data but also improved data quality, greatly reduced their time to market and turn around time.