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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Salesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. Lightning Web Components are used by developers to build reusable UI components.

    $25

    Per User Per Month

    Volusion

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/AVolusion is a cloud-based ecommerce solution from the company of the same name in Austin, TX. It features an intuitive dashboard, built-in marketing and promos, SEO, templates, and tools to customize look and appearance.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $25.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plus
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
    Personal
    $29
    per month
    Pro
    $79
    per month
    Startup
    $179
    per month
    Business
    $299
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Volusion LLC
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    7.2
    30 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Volusion
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification7.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    3.6
    9 Ratings
    74% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings4.39 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings4.39 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings4.28 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings3.69 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings1.28 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings4.78 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings3.38 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings5.19 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings2.27 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    3.6
    9 Ratings
    72% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings3.67 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings3.79 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    4.1
    8 Ratings
    68% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings4.18 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    2.6
    9 Ratings
    99% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings4.89 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings1.88 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings1.28 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience and Volusion
    Feature
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer Experience
    -
    Ratings
    Volusion
    2.9
    9 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings3.02 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings3.69 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings2.28 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings3.08 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings2.67 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    1.5
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce Lightning Components & Developer ExperienceVolusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    If you have a large customer base and a large amount of data on each of your customers, it is really strong in creating personalized content that your salespeople can use in their pitch meetings—and then setting up workflows for automated for lifecycle journey creations to automatically go out to customers.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    Volusion is a good company if you're starting out. The problem is that, if you want more complexity out of the program, you're kind of stuck. Also the regular time out errors and slow downs can be very frustrating. Packages that miss overnight deadlines because your system stops working can cost you customers. In today's highly competitive market, that's just something that's hard to put up with. If you have a lower volume of business you might be able to work around these issues.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • It has a very smooth integration with Salesforce and third-party tools, ensuring easy tracking of policies and assets.
    • It also has impressive security features like used-based permissions and encrypted data.
    • Everything can be managed from a centralized place which saves a lot of time.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    • Templates are pre-built for a good end user experience. I've gone through the process of building custom sites as well as tweaking both free and paid templates that Volusion's design team provides.
    • Their support team didn't use to be as helpful, but in recent years have answered nearly all questions I've had. Their support section within the database provides detailed walkthrus as well.
    • Order processing is easy once you've been trained on the system. We got to a point where nearly the entire process was automated from initial purchase through shipping.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • It takes a while before it recognizes bounced emails.
    • We get so many notifications from a single action. Not sure if this can be modified in the settings though.
    • Error messages are sometimes unclear which makes it hard for us to identify the problem.
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    Volusion LLC
    • API calls use the previous call as a reference, even if you weren't the one we made the previous call. Can lead to data gaps, so you often have to set a manual date range to look back to make sure you aren't missing any data.
    • Not as customizable as most ecommerce platforms
    • Not as many integration options as most platforms
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Volusion LLC
    When you spend so much time with a product like this and not only have you witnessed its growth, but you almost feel like you are next those that make the decisions of building features a certain way, you can't help but want to stay and be a part of their continued growth. It's simply a great product. Can it improve? By all means! But it will only improve because of users and avid resellers like me.
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    It's very good, but it's still living in a little bit in an older design aspect, but I think a lot of it is about to come out, just hasn't quite gotten there yet. Still a little clunky from a you have to know it to know it or you know it to use it. It takes a little bit of training to get into it. It's not quite the, anybody can come in and start using it immediately, type feel.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    I know what to do to add a new product, promotion or do an analysis of sales.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    I am not an administrator so there may very well be outstanding Support and I am just not privy to it. On a user level it's hard to gauge the effectiveness and responsiveness of Support because nearly everything has to go through an administrator
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    You have to wait on hold for at least 45 minutes every call—the tech support person never knows the answer right away so they put you on 10 minute holds only to come back and say they're still looking for answers. The chat function could take days to get a response. Our "Dedicated Account Manager" never checks in or answers, nor are they ever in the office when we call. It's like they try to be as unavailable as possible until you forget why you even called in the first place. Insane.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Volusion LLC
    It is best to use the built-in features and recommended services for the most turn-key experience (ie. Skipjack for payment processing so that it can all be done from the Volusion backend).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    We were previously using an older version prior to it becoming Salesforce Lightning Platform so we were well adverse on the advantages of using a CRM, to begin with. It made sense to convert to Salesforce Lightning Platform after we were given a free trial of the platform. Certain reps were chosen to experiment with it and from there a decision was made to move forward. We've been customers ever since.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    While k-eCommerce was very glamorous to us because it integrates with our main workflow, it just didn't have some of the marketing features that are so integral to the way we do business online. The set-up costs were also way too high. Volusion is so affordable and feature heavy, it makes it very difficult for any shopping cart provider to compete. You can find others who are competitively priced and have similar features, but they simply aren't as robust (at least for the way we use it)
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • Better visibility of Accounts and Contacts interactions makes it easier to maintain during employee transitions.
    • Tracking of current jobs and relating them to past jobs is very useful.
    • More efficient use of Sales Reps time.
    • Sales Managers have good visibility into how their people are working.
    Incentivized
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    Volusion LLC
    • Honestly, when you're in the dashboard, the UX is simply horrendous. I mean, everything that should be 1-2 clicks away is 4-6 clicks away, and each pages takes at least four seconds to load. You just find yourself wasting a lot of time waiting for things to load. This should be more simple.
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