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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Commerce Cloud

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASAP 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

    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Sitecore Experience Platform (Sitecore XP) is a digital experience platform used to build websites and create customer experiences online. The solution boasts fast content authoring, built-in personalization features, testing and other optimizations, as well as analytics and marketing features.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Commerce Cloud
    Hybris becomes a leader in e-commerce platforms as SAP continuously improves it. Each half year we can see a new version for a lot of solutions for the most rerecent-commerce challenges: configurable promotions, coupons, wish lists, unbounded carts, live edits, responsive …
    Incentivized
    Sitecore
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    89 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    88 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    60 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    73 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.699 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management8.1100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding7.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront7.291 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.092 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.097 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual customization7.694 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS7.195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    8.1
    95 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.7
    82 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security7.782 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts7.787 Ratings00 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations8.184 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO7.982 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    8.1
    94 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-site management7.987 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing8.490 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory management8.282 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping7.981 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.987 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    9.9
    37 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.938 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    9.8
    34 Ratings
    20% above category average
    API00 Ratings9.934 Ratings
    Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.732 Ratings
    Web Content Creation
    Comparison of Web Content Creation features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    9.2
    37 Ratings
    26% above category average
    WYSIWYG editor00 Ratings8.237 Ratings
    Code quality / cleanliness00 Ratings9.436 Ratings
    Admin section00 Ratings9.537 Ratings
    Page templates00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    Library of website themes00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Mobile optimization / responsive design00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Publishing workflow00 Ratings9.736 Ratings
    Form generator00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    Web Content Management
    Comparison of Web Content Management features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    9.4
    36 Ratings
    35% above category average
    Content taxonomy00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    SEO support00 Ratings9.733 Ratings
    Bulk management00 Ratings9.531 Ratings
    Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings8.534 Ratings
    Community / comment management00 Ratings9.632 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Conversion tracking00 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Test reporting00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    Funnel Analysis00 Ratings7.417 Ratings
    User Segmentation00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Digital Experience Platform
    Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of SAP Commerce Cloud and Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Feature
    SAP Commerce Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Sitecore Digital Experience Platform
    8.2
    19 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Campaign management00 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Cloud enablement00 Ratings8.119 Ratings
    Content aggregation00 Ratings8.219 Ratings
    Content classification00 Ratings8.619 Ratings
    Multi-channel content personalization00 Ratings7.819 Ratings
    Customer data analytics00 Ratings7.418 Ratings
    DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings7.319 Ratings
    Multi-website management00 Ratings8.918 Ratings
    Digital asset management00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Editorial workflows and task management00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score6.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    Progress Sitefinity
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (104 ratings)
    8.7
    (49 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (38 ratings)
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.6
    (48 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.6
    (48 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Commerce CloudSitecore Digital Experience Platform
    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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    Sitecore
    Sitecore offers Content Hub with Product Content Management and Content Management Platform. The Digital Experience Platform and Content Hub can both host structured content and publish the finalized version to Experience Edge. Both platforms offer different ways to manage content. During a technical and business evaluation, the evaluation panel must understand the difference between a Content Modelling focused approach, or a layout management focused approach. Sitecore Digital Experience Platform is also best not to be used to host many files and images in the Media Library. That responsibility should be offloaded to a digital asset management company like Sitecore Content Hub DAM. The technology evaluation panel must also understand how to work with a Headless CMS, where the HEAD needs to be hosted, and the costs associated with the HEAD. Composable DXP is fantastic, but everyone must understand the various cost components. Marketers and the data team will need to go into the CDP and Personalize the platform with an excellent understanding of how a composable "installation" works. All the Martech vendors have similar challenges that data and development teams need to work through with a full experience. Any CDP/analytics platform will, at some stage, require further data enrichment from other sources. Understanding the Sitecore Search features and limitations is also essential.
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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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    Sitecore
    • Comprehensive Solution: Sitecore offers a fully integrated suite of products that cover the full spectrum of DXP capabilities, including search, personalization experimentation and more, delivering a complete composable DXP solution for customers.
    • Beyond Headless: XM Cloud provides more than just headless capabilities, featuring in-built tools like authoring host, page editor, etc., enabling faster and more powerful implementations.
    • Focus on AI: Sitecore has now got an excellent AI offering called Stream; it looks promising; however, it would be too early to give feedback on the same.
    • Customization: Sitecore's backend is highly customizable, allowing for deep modifications through pipelines and patch configurations.
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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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    Sitecore
    • Experience Editor is a little old fashioned and sometimes slow to use.
    • Bulk operations in the Content Editor
    • Sitecore serialization is should be part of the Content Editor to provide visual reference for items which are serialized and will be overwritten by future deployments similar to what Unicorn does so well
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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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    Sitecore
    Sitecore has proven that it can deliver on its promise of a robust, reliable enterprise CMS solution with plenty of features. Also, they keep updating it with more and better features. Now that we are highly trained on it we have started on getting the most out of it and we plan to keep doing more of that in the future.
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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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    Sitecore
    We use Sitecore extensively because it provides a single platform for managing content, personalization, and digital experiences across multiple web properties and customer journeys. At our scale, the biggest value is consistency, governance, and the ability for marketing teams to manage experiences without needing engineering support for every change. It also integrates well with the broader CRM/marketing stack, so it becomes quite embedded once deployed.
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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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    Sitecore
    1. Customized software development & maintenance. 2. Technology Consulting - Consulting-based services for technology solutions data engineering or cloud solutions. 3. Used for tapping into multiple data sources such as CRM and marketing automation systems and, creating automated data extracts with a high-end visual representation of data. 4. Implemented for scheduling an existing report to automatically refresh and be delivered to specific users at a specific regular interval.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Sitecore
    Sitecore captures and remembers every single interaction your customers and prospects have in any part of the system, allowing you to build comprehensive, ever-learning profiles of each individual. From email marketing, to social media, to online shopping, Sitecore remembers where each interaction left off so you can automatically continue the conversation. Sitecore helps you manage your content for each and every experience your customers enjoy. Customize what content you want and the system will take care of how it's displayed.
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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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    Sitecore
    Make sure you work with a partner that can help you take advantage of the entire platform. Specifically we see a lot of customers not taking advantage of Sitecore DMS and thus missing a huge opportunity. Sitecore is a platform that is meant to be constantly optimized and improved upon.
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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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    Sitecore
    Really the only comparable product to Sitecore DXP is Adobe Experience Manager. Both are very well established and robust content management platforms. Products like Contentful and Contentstack are very lightweight and do not have as many built-in features like DXP, so it is not a fair comparison. For highly complex enterprise type engagements, Sitecore DXP and AEM are always brought to the table together for consideration.
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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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    Sitecore
    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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    Sitecore
    • Since moving the site to Sitecore we have had an increase in conversion - that's the ultimate goal of all these things. It's likely to be partly tied in to the re-design that happened at the same time, but the way in which you can personalise and change things really helps give the best customer journey.
    • The negative impact we've seen is mainly due to expectations around how easily things can be shared between separate instances of Sitecore - if you haven't built stuff sharable it won't be sharable, but the business have been sold Sitecore (partly) on the basis that things would be easily sharable.
    • My developers don't all like working in Sitecore - it takes time to learn, takes a long time to build and run as well as requiring a few processes around it, like Unicorn Sync, etc. One of my devs has actually asked to not work on it again! So, a potential recruitment issue.
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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