Podia vs. SAP Commerce Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Podia
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Podia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.
$39
per month
SAP Commerce Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP Commerce Cloud (formerly Hybris) is designed to help businesses sell more goods, services, and digital content through every touchpoint, channel, and device through their multichannel ecommerce and order management solution, available as a SaaS or on-premise.N/A
Pricing
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Editions & Modules
Mover
$39.00
per month
Shaker
$79.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Features
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.1
2 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.9
93 Ratings
2% above category average
Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings8.489 Ratings
Product management9.02 Ratings8.389 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.01 Ratings8.085 Ratings
Branding8.02 Ratings7.982 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.02 Ratings7.283 Ratings
Product variations8.02 Ratings8.282 Ratings
Website integration8.02 Ratings8.587 Ratings
Visual customization8.02 Ratings7.984 Ratings
CMS8.02 Ratings6.784 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
2 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Commerce Cloud
8.2
85 Ratings
8% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery8.01 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.02 Ratings8.584 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
2 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.6
75 Ratings
9% below category average
eCommerce security8.02 Ratings7.675 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Podia
7.0
2 Ratings
9% below category average
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.7
84 Ratings
1% above category average
Promotions & discounts9.02 Ratings8.080 Ratings
SEO5.02 Ratings7.373 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings7.976 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Podia
8.0
1 Ratings
0% above category average
SAP Commerce Cloud
8.2
85 Ratings
3% above category average
Order processing8.01 Ratings8.482 Ratings
Custom functionality8.01 Ratings7.880 Ratings
Multi-site management00 Ratings8.280 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings8.477 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
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User Ratings
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.1
(93 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(26 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(48 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(48 ratings)
User Testimonials
PodiaSAP Commerce Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Podia
In my experience, Podia has been well suited in every way! I am a small company with a couple of independent contractors, and I don't know how to build my own website. I am not very techy. I get lots of compliments on how my website looks! I have had some people support me with setting up my group emails for my email list and setting up automations, and these techy people complained that they needed to do more customization in the email formatting and programming, so I switched to Mailchimp for those needs. Otherwise, I have been very happy with Podia and I am grateful to have a platform that offers so many services/features. It's affordable and user friendly. My clients and students are happy using it, too
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SAP
SAP Commerce Cloud is well-suited for large enterprises requiring robust personalization, seamless multi-channel integration, and the ability to handle high-volume transactions, especially during peak periods like Black Friday. Its scalability and advanced features make it ideal for businesses needing to manage complex product catalogs and global operations.Enough development capacities are needed to have a best in class shop
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Pros
Podia
  • Emails
  • Course hosting
  • Website creation
  • Website chat
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SAP
  • Centralized Data Management: SAP Commerce Cloud excels in centralizing data from various operational sectors, which is pivotal in the chemicals industry. This feature allows for better oversight and management of complex supply chains, regulatory compliance, and customer interactions. Having a single source of truth for crucial business data minimizes discrepancies and promotes informed decision-making.
  • Real-Time Data Processing: The real-time data processing capability of SAP Commerce Cloud is invaluable. It aids in timely adherence to regulatory changes and helps in meeting customer demands promptly. In a sector where regulations and market conditions are ever-evolving, real-time data processing is fundamental for maintaining compliance and ensuring customer satisfaction.
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Cons
Podia
  • I sometimes wish there was more that I could customize on my website and digital programs
  • I wish their email service (for broadcasts/group emails) had more features and customization
  • I would like to use my brand font
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SAP
  • It's a little pricey; further cost reductions will expand product selection; also, trained operators are required.
  • HAC occasionally functions extremely slowly and does not provide any problem messages; it simply gets stuck. Logging into the Backoffice for testing purposes causes a lot of trouble; it does not enable us to log in in one attempt, and the page refreshes every time we enter in the credentials.
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Likelihood to Renew
Podia
No answers on this topic
SAP
SAP Commerce and Spartacus together becomes one of the omnichannel powerhouse of commerce application. It also comes with edge advantage with out of the box integrations with many SAP applications and also non-SAP applciations which gives it edge advantage over other tools. The main reason being the integration becomes easier as SAP shares the common data schema and model across all its product line and new feature releases are compatible with all the SAP product line.
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Usability
Podia
It has a great user interface, it's fast to edit and create courses, to edit and create emails, to find chats, to develop the website. Support has been friendly and I haven't found anything that hasn't worked. It also has basically all the tools you need outside if a complete blog platform
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SAP
More true headless and a more rationale pricing. Since moving from the Hzbris Monolyth towards SAP Commerce Cloud a lot of progress has been made, but dissecting the monolyth into composable components where you just pay for what you use is still a longer journey and here pricing should be more realistic. Things become so expensive once they have the SAP stamp on them (example the SAP CIAM)
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Support Rating
Podia
No answers on this topic
SAP
We have the right to open a ticket or submit request to SAP support teams for all the problems we have experienced. They also provide solutions for critical issues within 48 hours. In addition, the product has support documents such as a user guide and admin guide. In addition, there is a strong community of users. In this way, we can access solution of some specific problems that we have fallen on from there.
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Implementation Rating
Podia
No answers on this topic
SAP
Scalability of the product was good Seamless integrations were helped in reducing the implementation for the development team to integrate with the SAP ERP Product framework helped customer to customize and adapt the new features which were developed basis business processes and ease of customer experience. Deployment and creation of the build becomes very easy with the CCv2 setup.
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Alternatives Considered
Podia
Kajabi had lots of features all in one place. I liked their digital course creator program. I liked the ease of their their membership site program/host, too. It had an app for my clients to use. There were some problems with not being able to customize the look of pages, but they allowed coding/programming if you had training, so I sometimes hired someone to do that for me. I couldn't figure out how to use their website builder, so I didn't do much there. When it came down to it, I could use Podia and it was cheaper and easier to use. GoDaddy was my website host for a few years. I did a lot on there. It was my website builder and host and I liked it. It was easy to use. My website looked great. It had more features than Podia with blogging and connecting to social media. I had a storefront but it wasn't great for selling digital products. Back then, it wanted to show my inventory and shipping options, which don't apply for services and digital products. I did a little with my digital courses on there, but in the end, I liked other sites better for this. It didn't work out. Weebly was just a starting point for me when I create my first digital course. I liked how it looked and it was easy to build, but there are better options for this sort of thing now.
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SAP
SAP Cloud is much better than GoDaddy. it was a smooth transition and every aspect of the program is easier. My scalability increased greatly from GoDaddy to SAp Commerce Cloud and sales are now tracked easier and inventory is at the touch of a button, making sales much easier than previous software.
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Scalability
Podia
No answers on this topic
SAP
The business users/admins were able to quickly segment products by brand, allowing for unique branding and header-less page design. As new products are added to the SAP backend, all characteristics and pricing automatically migrate to Commerce Cloud. We also segment our user sign-on (domains) by brand and allow targeting displays.
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Return on Investment
Podia
  • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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SAP
  • It has a positive impact on my client's business and ROI is higher than expected. As orders count is increasing due to smooth and better experience.
  • My current client's customers have given very positive experience about new website built on SAP Commerce Cloud.
  • Due to SAP Commerce Cloud website rollout is very easy and due to it, my current client has introduced around 25 websites. As SAP Commerce Cloud logic needs to develop once and can be reused for multiple websites easily with minimal effort.
  • Branding is also very easy as promotions, events can be implemented on the website easily and with minimum time.
  • SAP Commerce has helped our client to integrate the Recommendation tool ISS which is easy to configure after this tool product sale is increased. The best thing was that integration was very easy and quick.
  • One option of Blue/Green deployment helping us to check the production release in advance on production environment. Prev we don't have this option and many times face P1 issue in prod which had ruined client reputation. But now this feature is helping lot
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ScreenShots

SAP Commerce Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of the Product Cockpit for managing catalogs, categories and product contentScreenshot of Order Management Capabilities including sourcing and allocation rulesScreenshot of commerce sites on two different mobile devicesScreenshot of a landing page from an e-commerce siteScreenshot of a web page with product categories and search results from an e-commerce siteScreenshot of headless commerce storefronts