Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce) vs. Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce) provides companies with a platform to manage, personalize, and optimize the commerce experience across every touch point and across the customer journey. ACC is built on Magento Commerce Pro and is integrated with Adobe Experience Manager. It was originally developed as an open-source eCommerce content management solution by Varien, Inc. Varien was acquired by eBay in…N/A
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Score 8.4 out of 10
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The Handshake B2B Commerce platform from Shopify (acquired May 2019), was an ecommerce tool designed to make buying and selling simple, intuitive and mobile. The product has been discontinued, and is no longer sold or supported.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.—
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
8.3
32 Ratings
8% above category average
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management8.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload6.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization7.932 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS8.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
7.0
31 Ratings
8% below category average
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
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Abandoned cart recovery7.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
9.1
31 Ratings
9% above category average
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
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eCommerce security9.131 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
7.4
30 Ratings
1% below category average
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
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Promotions & discounts8.730 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations6.727 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO6.827 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)
8.9
32 Ratings
13% above category average
Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
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Multi-site management9.826 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing9.731 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management8.731 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping7.929 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality8.431 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10

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Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10

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User Ratings
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(40 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(8 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe Commerce (Magento Commerce)Handshake by Shopify (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
Ultimately, if a company is looking for a solid industry-known E-Commerce system, Magento Commerce does exactly what it's intended to do. The headaches start when your company wants to start getting granular in customizations of the platform to meet specific business needs (which every company eventually has). This becomes a major issue down the road when trying to upgrade said customizations as the core software updates.
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My boss implemented Shopify with his Developer two years ago and handed off the support role to me. I manage user access, training, support, and product setup with our website. We are growing our use of this system by adding a variety of products and payment types for credit card processing.
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Pros
Adobe
  • Magento Commerce Cloud allows us to develop our own custom solutions for problems that we need solved.
  • Magento Commerce Cloud can also be integrated with many of the third part vendors that we use. This has made many implementations go very smoothly and tends to be much quicker than developing our own custom solution.
  • There are many features available right out of the box. Many of them we have not implemented yet, but it is great to have them available to us when we are ready.
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  • An effective and productive way to increase sales on E-commerce platforms. Simple order entry and increased revenue. There are various ways to search for an item.
  • Handshake B2B Commerce, from Shopify, allowed high-resolution images and was geared toward visual presentation.
  • it is so easy to add products to the online store.
  • It's easy to change prices and make status active or inactive. clean and basic layout, Good for new users.
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Cons
Adobe
  • The platform is difficult to tune and can be slow. Even with expensive best in class hardware the platform performance can be an issue. Even with caching poor coding can lead to unacceptable performance and user experiences.
  • The total cost of ownership for the platform can be quite high as a great deal of technical expertise is required to modify, develop, troubleshoot and maintain the platform. The costs of initial development are only a down payment on what a Magento store will cost. For mid size companies with substantial web revenues this can be overcome for smaller businesses the total cost of ownership may be prohibitive.
  • Security of the platform can be an issue. Magento is often targeted by hackers and much of the security is the responsibility of the store owner.
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  • Improve the performance on load page for all Handshake skins.
  • Need an easier way to understand creating and debugging Handshake skins.
  • They should improve on customer support.
  • Their Jump Start for Intranet portal should be more user friendly and easier to implement in reality, not just in theory.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
Magento is well-supported by a big development team at eBay, which not only addresses bug reports very quickly, but also is constantly working on improvements to the platform. The wealth of Magento third party modules ensures that the platform will be up to date with future changes to
Payment or ERP systems.
Security is always a concern and with the Zend framework as a foundation, Magento has had very few security-related patches since I have started to work with it
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We started using Shopify and we are growing its usefulness in our business. I am in the process of helping our reps we gave access and provided training to create all the products they need. We still have most of the new products to be setup.
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Usability
Adobe
Magento offers lots of templates and themes to customize the look and feel of the store, and even optimize it for mobile phones. The have an extensive library of forms and templates.
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Extremely easy to use and very useful records available to verify payment processing.
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Support Rating
Adobe
The technical service was impeccable. They were on point and were very knowledgeable.
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Shopify has been successfully implemented in a short period of time, and support has been easy to provide. THe system is very easy to adapt to our needs and I am able to train users quickly.
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Online Training
Adobe
Great value for an flexible, open source platform.
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Implementation Rating
Adobe
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Everything is working fine with each phase we implemented. More of our staff is aware of the system and are enjoying how user-friendly the system is for them.
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Magento scales much better than any of the other software when it comes to very large e-commerce websites. But all the other options are more user-friendly for smaller sites as there is a bit of a learning curve in learning to manage Magento. Customization is better along with WooCommerce and OpenCart as self-hosted solutions vs. BigCommerce and Shopify which are hosted. Magento should be the first choice for large, extensive e-commerce solutions,but for smaller stores, I would recommend the others first.
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Because its innovative and tons of features to boost sales and its ease of use is the reason why I have chosen Handshake B2B Commerce, from Shopify, over other competitors.
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Magento definitely lets us get a return on our investment. Because we have developers who can customize Magento to our needs, we have been able to create a beautiful and effective website, run promotions, and serve up customized product display pages that are effective and beautifully branded.
  • Magento has also caused a lot of time to be invested in doing something that seems simple, but without a lot of knowledge, end up taking far more time than could otherwise be better-spent.
  • We have had to outsource some of our development work due to Magento being developer-focused rather than marketer/merchandiser-focused. I've used other website management software that is comparable to Magento's capabilities but is far easier to use, that even someone like me (with basic HTML/CSS skills) can customize the front-end without requiring a back-end developer to intervene.
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Discontinued Products
  • We were able to quickly put out a portal using Handshake on SharePoint online when our firm was merging with another firm.
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