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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    inSite eCommerce

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AMBS' inSite eCommerce is a platform designed to allow stores to stay competitive in the online marketplace by enabling them to build and manage a fully-functional eCommerce site where customers can shop, keep a wish list, and collect and redeem loyalty perks. MBS was acquired and is now supported by Barnes & Noble Education (February 2017).N/A

    Agentforce Commerce

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Agentforce Commerce (formerly Commerce Cloud, and Demandware before that) is a cloud-based eCommerce solution for enterprises with merchandising tools, such as sorting, filtering, and image zooming, allowing customers to browse products.

    $4

    per month

    Pricing
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing for Magento will vary greatly depending on outsourcing support and maintenance services.B2B Commerce: Starter - $4 price/order Growth - $6 price/order Plus - $8 price/order B2C Commerce: Starter - 1% Gross Merchandise Value Growth - 2% Gross Merchandise Value Plus - 3% Gross Merchandise Value B2B2C Commerce: 1% Gross Merchandise Value
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    Community Pulse
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Considered Multiple Products
    Adobe
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    Barnes & Noble Education
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
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    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
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    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Magento Open Source and MBS inSite eCommerce and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    7.4
    29 Ratings
    5% below category average
    MBS inSite eCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.9
    44 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.329 Ratings00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Product management9.029 Ratings00 Ratings9.339 Ratings
    Bulk product upload9.027 Ratings00 Ratings8.138 Ratings
    Branding6.727 Ratings00 Ratings9.139 Ratings
    Mobile storefront4.029 Ratings00 Ratings9.235 Ratings
    Product variations9.327 Ratings00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
    Website integration8.326 Ratings00 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Visual customization5.728 Ratings00 Ratings7.940 Ratings
    CMS5.027 Ratings00 Ratings9.437 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Magento Open Source and MBS inSite eCommerce and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    7.1
    29 Ratings
    8% below category average
    MBS inSite eCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.0
    34 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery5.424 Ratings00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.729 Ratings00 Ratings9.234 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Magento Open Source and MBS inSite eCommerce and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    8.7
    27 Ratings
    4% above category average
    MBS inSite eCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.4
    33 Ratings
    12% above category average
    eCommerce security8.727 Ratings00 Ratings9.433 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Magento Open Source and MBS inSite eCommerce and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    6.4
    29 Ratings
    18% below category average
    MBS inSite eCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Promotions & discounts9.329 Ratings00 Ratings8.636 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations2.022 Ratings00 Ratings8.138 Ratings
    SEO7.925 Ratings00 Ratings8.133 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Magento Open Source and MBS inSite eCommerce and Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    Feature
    Magento Open Source
    9.6
    29 Ratings
    18% above category average
    MBS inSite eCommerce
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.2
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-site management10.026 Ratings00 Ratings9.135 Ratings
    Order processing9.328 Ratings00 Ratings8.938 Ratings
    Inventory management9.326 Ratings00 Ratings9.237 Ratings
    Shipping9.325 Ratings00 Ratings9.530 Ratings
    Custom functionality10.027 Ratings00 Ratings9.338 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (30 ratings)
    -
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    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Magento Open SourceinSite eCommerceAgentforce Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Global Sites; larger commerce organizations but not too large where the % rev-share would affect its feasibility in a feature comparison. Salesforce is rock solid in infrastructure and rarely has outages or issues; it scaled appropriately for holiday peak and was able to accomplish anything we put our minds to as long as we staffed development appropriately. The latter, however, is not to be overlooked. Developers are necessary and expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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.
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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    • Traffic - When we have sales, our traffic will increase exponentially and their cloud can handle the huge uptick in traffic we receive without overloading our servers.
    • Site updates - it continually monitors in the background for any upgrades or updates needed so we don't have to go in and do it ourselves. A real time saver!
    • Integration - outside plugins and add-ons are easy to install with Salesforce commerce cloud as it allows a seamless integration of extra plug ins onto our site.
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    Cons
    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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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    • The UX within the Business Manager portion of Demandware, the primary interface for marketers, is generally a confusing, inconsistent mess. Particularly infuriating are the lack of consistency for search and sort behavior within the tool.
    • A number of useful features, such as the ability to set schedules or tie features to unique customer segments, have seemingly arbitrary limitations imposed.
    • Demandware's idea of leveraging the community to be a learning resource and a sounding board for new ideas and features is a nice theory, but in practice it doesn't work for businesses with a lot of customization. I'm left with the impression that individual support is not a priority.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    A huge factor influencing our decision to remain on the Demandware platform is that our new parent company is standardizing all its luxury brands in the US on it. We are fortunate. However, even if we had remained an independent company, I believe we would continue on the Demandware platform for all the reasons outlined in this review. I appreciate the stability the platform has provided to our eCommerce site in the last three years as well as the continuous improvements and technological advances being rolled out that will allow us to keep the site fresh, engaging, modern and stable. I've heard many horror stories from colleagues on other platforms who struggle with the expense and complexity involved with making what should be minor and simple changes and updates to their sites.
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    Usability
    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.
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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The overall ease of using the system. Consolidation in location for our team members. Mobile application for on the go research, as many of our team members are constantly traveling to job sites or to meet clients. No more duplicate calls to current customers, since we have 12 different divisions that span the company. Mostly the ability to look at the database when our team members begin cultivating a new
    lead/prospect with a potential customer to see if anyone within the team has a
    relationship with that person or the company they work for.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    We have only had one instance where the platform went down in the time we have been using it.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    They are very responsive and a support technician will be assigned quickly. Even if there is further clarification needed for the ticket, or a solution is not immediately available, you feel that someone is there and staying on top of the issue. Most common issues are resolved quickly and satisfactorily.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The in-person training was thorough. Trainer was pretty dry, but covered everything really well.
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Implementation went fairly smoothly.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    When I think of Salesforce products, I sometimes think of them interchangeably as one big lump. It's hard not to be incredibly immersed in the ecosystem day in and day out and taking advantage of resources like Trailhead. While Microsoft Dynamics compares in quality and offerings, it doesn't offer the same engagement and resources as Salesforce in its communications, social, and marketing, which makes a difference in terms of relevance and help. Commerce Cloud comes with the support you need to succeed and the tools you need to grow. In a high demand consumer world, we need products like this to keep up and get ahead. The minute we catch up, we're behind. Salesforce helps you stay on pace and create the unique and personalized experiences customers everywhere expect.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Barnes & Noble Education
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    • In my experience I see most of the retailers see better sales after moving to Demandware.
    • Site performance is really good if the application built with best practices suggested by Demandware.
    • Service integrations have some limitations in terms of quota etc but still all are inside manageable grounds.
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