SAP Commerce Cloud vs. Shift4Shop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Shift4Shop
Score 1.3 out of 10
N/A
Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart) is a customizable eCommerce platform designed to build an online store. Some features include Level 1 PCI security compliance, the same level used by banks and large financial institutions, along with search engine optimized templates and no transaction fees. The former 3dcart was acquired by Shift4 Payments in November, 2020.
$39
per month
Pricing
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Platform Fee
$39
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsShift4Shop offers a free enterprise-grade plan for US customers who use their payment processing.
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Community Pulse
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Features
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.9
93 Ratings
2% above category average
Shift4Shop
1.0
9 Ratings
154% below category average
Product catalog & listings8.489 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Product management8.389 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Bulk product upload8.085 Ratings1.07 Ratings
Branding7.982 Ratings1.08 Ratings
Mobile storefront7.283 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Product variations8.282 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Website integration8.587 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Visual customization7.984 Ratings1.09 Ratings
CMS6.784 Ratings1.08 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
SAP Commerce Cloud
8.2
85 Ratings
8% above category average
Shift4Shop
2.0
9 Ratings
117% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery8.014 Ratings2.07 Ratings
Checkout user experience8.584 Ratings2.09 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.6
75 Ratings
9% below category average
Shift4Shop
2.0
9 Ratings
122% below category average
eCommerce security7.675 Ratings2.09 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
SAP Commerce Cloud
7.7
84 Ratings
1% above category average
Shift4Shop
1.7
9 Ratings
127% below category average
Promotions & discounts8.080 Ratings1.09 Ratings
Personalized recommendations7.976 Ratings2.98 Ratings
SEO7.373 Ratings1.19 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Commerce Cloud
8.2
85 Ratings
3% above category average
Shift4Shop
2.9
9 Ratings
93% below category average
Multi-site management8.280 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Order processing8.482 Ratings6.78 Ratings
Inventory management8.477 Ratings1.07 Ratings
Shipping8.076 Ratings4.88 Ratings
Custom functionality7.880 Ratings1.08 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(93 ratings)
1.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.1
(4 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(26 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(4 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.6
(48 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.6
(48 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Commerce CloudShift4Shop
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Shift4
At this point I would recommend looking elsewhere - 8 years with a platform and finally have to switch due to the unreliability is not something a business likes to do! They should sell the platform to a company that actually cares about owning an ecommerce builder. Research Shift4 - the parent
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Pros
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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Shift4
  • In my opinion, charge you too much for what it is worth
  • In my opinion, tech support is always blaming client and end up fixing it own issues
  • In my experience, make you believe client is important
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Cons
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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Shift4
  • Page structure is all over the place. It can be difficult to find where to go to make page edits.
  • Base platform isn't very robust and requires multiple add-ons in order to add CRM, Taxes, and other capabilities
  • Reporting isn't very strong, necessitating outside analytics
  • File system is also pretty wonky and feels very primitive
  • Customer service and technical help leaves MUCH to be desired.
  • Not as many supported add-ons/plug-ins as other platforms, and many of them cost additional fees. Many of them also don't seamlessly integrate, meaning you'll need to dev the integration yourself.
  • In general, what you see in the WYSIWYG is not what you get.
  • Order System is not very intuitive for the modern era
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Shift4
Not applicable - as a franchisee, the franchiser took over the web site and shopping cart capabilities, so I no longer need the tool. But I would recommend it.
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Usability
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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Shift4
If you are looking for ultra basic interface ...
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
No answers on this topic
Shift4
regular updates braking our site
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Support Rating
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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Shift4
You always manage to fins someone, but, in my experience, resolving issues are not an easy task. Why do we pay for a service , and then spend time trouble shooting constantly with them ?? In my experience, they eliminate features , send you an email what you can use instead, with instructions most people cant do without an IT guy . It feel more like an open source than a true integrated service.
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Implementation Rating
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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Shift4
Initially it was difficult to manage the UI to the client, and then hard to change anything , unless you used the boring and too generic templates . Their template selection is very limited , that are basically all the same with different background images and colours . If you are unfortunate to have been a long-time client, you will have to completely rebuild your store, because old templates are not supported anymore
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Alternatives Considered
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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Shift4
We used them for 2 years and had minor problems up until the end. For the last 2 months, customers were unable to checkout, or connect to our payment processor. We put in like 3 to 5 hot tickets to get fixed and day after day nothing was fixed and support got ruder and ruder with us! We lost thousands of dollars online with this company and now they are chasing us for a renewal payment! Simply put, this is bad software with a poor customer care staff!
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Scalability
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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Shift4
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Shift4
  • We have seen an increase in sales of 440% since starting with 3D cart.
  • We find that the 3D features of promotions, coupon codes, rewards points all make customers want to come to us or come back to us.
  • They made mobile conversion pretty easy, and our mobile traffic went from 33% to 54%.
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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

Shift4Shop Screenshots

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