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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Visual Studio

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio (now in the 2022 edition) is a 64-bit IDE that makes it easier to work with bigger projects and complex workloads, boasting a fluid and responsive experience for users. The IDE features IntelliCode, its automatic code completion tools that understand code context and that can complete up to a whole line at once to drive accurate and confident coding.

    $45

    per month

    Pricing
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $45.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $250.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsB2B 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
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    80%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.9
    44 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding9.139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization8.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS9.437 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.1
    34 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience9.234 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.5
    33 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security9.533 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts8.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.138 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO8.233 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Salesforce Agentforce Commerce and Microsoft Visual Studio
    Feature
    Salesforce Agentforce Commerce
    9.2
    41 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Microsoft Visual Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management9.235 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.938 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management9.237 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping9.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.338 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (55 ratings)
    9.1
    (118 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (11 ratings)
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agentforce CommerceVisual Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Microsoft
    When working with base C# code for desktop and web projects, then Microsoft Visual Studio is ideal as it provides the libraries and interfaces needed to quickly create, test and deploy solutions. It is when slightly more complex scenarios are required that issues can arise. The built-in integration for things like PowerBI Paginated Reports and dashboards is far from ideal.
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    Pros
    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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    Microsoft
    • I like how the tabs and panels are organized; everything is gathered together so you can find what you're looking for quickly.
    • If you can't find something, there's a thorough search engine that searches all of Visual Studio's features.
    • The Team Foundation Server feature is fantastic since it allows us to easily deploy and roll back changes on the server.
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    Cons
    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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    Microsoft
    • Would be great if there was a better way to save and restore open tabs.
    • The built-in test runner can be improved, for example, by adding the ability to save a set of commonly run tests, etc.
    • Better integration for Microsoft SQL server would be great.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Microsoft
    VS is the best and is required for building Microsoft applications. The quality and usefulness of the product far out-weight the licensing costs associated with it.
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    Usability
    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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    Microsoft
    I love the overall usability of Microsoft Visual Studio. I’ve been using this IDE for more than 20 years, and I’ve seen it evolve by leaps and bounds. Today, with AI and code-suggestion/completion features, developers no longer need to remember countless libraries, methods, or language syntax, or invest a huge amount of programming effort to complete a project. It truly offers everything a developer needs to program, debug, test, and deploy in a single IDE.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    We have only had one instance where the platform went down in the time we have been using it.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Microsoft
    There are many resources available supporting Visual Studio IDE. Microsoft whitepapers, forum posts, and online Visual Studio documentation. There are countless demonstration videos available, as well. If users are having issues, they can call Microsoft Support, but depending on the company's agreement with Microsoft, the number of included support calls will vary from organization to organization. I've found that Microsoft support calls can be hit or miss depending on who you get, but they can usually get you with the right support person for your issue.
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    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    The in-person training was thorough. Trainer was pretty dry, but covered everything really well.
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    Microsoft
    IT is very complicated to understand all the functions that the environment has if you are not familiar with this type of development environments. It is important to select a good in-person training to achieve to understand all the possibilities and the capacity of the application. In this case, you will be able to develop a lot type of different applications.
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    Online Training
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    If you are not accustomed to develop in this type of development environments it would be complicated to follow all the parts of the course because if the course does not include a great tour with all the concepts to develop you will not have the option to understand all the functions.
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    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    Implementation went fairly smoothly.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Microsoft
    I personally feel Visual Studio IDE has [a] better interface and [is more] user friendly than other IDEs. It has better code maintainability and intellisense. Its inbuilt team foundation server help coders to check on their code then and go. Better nugget package management, quality testing and gives features to extract TRX file as result of testing which includes all the summary of each test case.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Microsoft
    • Using the integration between Visual Studio and our source control service, the cost of re-work and losing code is drastically reduced.
    • Paid versions of Visual Studio enable developers to be so much more productive than hacked-together open source solutions that it's hard to imagine developing in Windows without it.
    • When combined with support subscriptions and the vast array of free online help options available, Visual Studio saves our developers time by keeping them coding and testing, not wasting their time trying to guess their way out of problems or spend endless hours online hoping to find answers.
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