Kentico Xperience vs. Rymera Wholesale Suite

Kentico is a robust and flexible CMS platform that is great for managing multiple websites and multiple environments (dev, stage, and production for instance). It makes content management very easy and makes it easy to keep the environments synced with the same content. However, the Kentico CMS does require a bit more technical understanding to get it set up properly and requires a bit more effort and support than, say, free open-source options.

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This plugin is great for a growing business that needs to move away from taking orders manually, but is also fully functional and comprehensive for businesses with larger wholesale revenue streams

• I love the intuitive top and left navigation within the content management platform. I can easily find what section, sub-section, and page I'm looking to edit
• For creating content, the WYSIWYG editor is so intuitive; it feels like you're working on an MS Word doc!
• The tab for adding metadata in simple fields takes away the headache of having to hunt and peck through code to add H1 tag, page description etc.
• The image library is easy to edit and manage

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• Easy to use order form

• Kentico needs to invest in more enterprise class environment management utilities -- example: global CDN support via the CMS is sorely lacking. There are work-arounds, but it should be more elegant.
• The Kentico staging module could be improved to support the concept of bundled releases. Current staging module functionality is good, but could be improved.
• Kentico ecommerce support is a touch immature. While content management is superb, Kentico lags in this area when compared to many open source ecommerce engines.
• Kentico is lacking MVC support. 99% of the time this isn't an issue for the end-user or business user, but can be a hurdle for technology teams depending on the team's makeup.

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• Product Table for admins to update wholesale, cost and retail pricing on 1 screen. Would be more efficient and not having to open each product to update pricing.
• Product table to show percentage discount to wholesale users next to the price
• Product table column to show profit the wholesale user could make if MSRP price is set or sold at retail price.
• Product table to show more modern add to cart popup
• Product table to allow more customisation, like font size, font style
• Product table to allow to style add to cart button, like rounded edges, wire button, etc.
• Allow users to select product table background color
• Registration Form fields, please add the delivery address fields and checkbox to use physical address as delivery address
• Registration form, also allows user to change the text the end-user sees of the standard field names like STATE, not all countries have states, but have also have Provinces.
• Checkout screen, the users can manipulate and change the minimum order requirements after entering the checkout screen. No validation happening here?

We are locked into Kentico for the long haul. It provides us with an easy and flexible solution for a very non technical company to create a site and have the features they want, especially with the inclusion of EMS into our license. Now we have a true platform to build and grow our solutions.

It seriously is one of the best interfaces I have ever used. I also love the fact that I can use UI personalization to secure any functionality by user or role that I don't want that role to have access to. The best part is the customization of the UI, I can add in any button, tab, or menu item I want through it, no code required.

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Their support staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and will work with you until your issue is fixed. This could take a few phone calls back and forth, but they are very diligent in helping you.

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After 6 years using the product, I never had any issue with the support. The team is always nice and knowledgeable.

The system provides many opportunities to integrate and enhance the platform and makes it easy to do so.

I've used Sitecore, Ektron, Joomla!, WordPress, and SharePoint (if you want to count that as a competitor for CMS). Kentico 8 blows them all out of the water. Nothing is more intuitive in the way that content is created, the way the site is setup, and how efficient rollouts can be with Content Staging.

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I've tried several wholesale plugins and always cancelled my subscription and gotten our money back. This is the first wholesale plugin we've stuck with. It's so easy and functional

• Kentico has enabled faster speed to market for SMEs. They are empowered to enter content them selves while still having that content go through editorial review to ensure tone of voice and brand are maintained.
• Deploying Kentico has freed up web developer resources from manual content entry enabling them to build more useful solutions to support the business efforts
• Tapping into the Kentico event pipelne allows us to trigger external system events when product content is published.

• We are still setting up, our wholesale side store is opening next week, very excited, will only then know if it works well.