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What is Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued)?
Adobe Business Catalyst was a cloud-hosted system for building and managing web content and online stores with a built-in CRM framework in addition to sales, service, and marketing features including eCommerce and Email Marketing tools. It has been end of life (EOL) since 2020.
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Adobe Business Catalyst was a cloud-hosted system for building and managing web content and online stores with a built-in CRM framework in addition to sales, service, and marketing features including eCommerce and Email Marketing tools. It has been end of life (EOL) since 2020.
Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) starts at $10.
Reviewers rate API highest, with a score of 7.9.
The most common users of Adobe Business Catalyst (Discontinued) are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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June 08, 2016
Developed for Speed
We started using BusnessCatalyst across the organization as a solution for lower budget markets.
- Webapps can be used for various content types and because the interface is simplified and standardized it's easy to give clients the ability to edit content without them having to modify html.
- The template engine makes adding templates into the system and setting them up very fast. This helps to speed up development time.
- Because BusinessCatalyst is a hosted solution, it removes the need for Server Management. Now that the BC API is more extensive and the content can be output via JSON, there seems to be nothing you can not do in the system.
- BusinessCatalyst is a hosted solution and some can view this as a negative due to not having access directly to the server.
- Some of the BuisnessCatalyst modules seem to never be updated or improved upon and it seems almost impossible to extend them into solutions that don't exist.
- The Photo Gallery module is really easy to get setup however it is really difficult to extend due to the lack of access to do so.
- It lacks a tagging system that can be used to output content. Currently it has categories which can be used but I don't think the original intention was this due to there only being three tiers available for use.
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8.0
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- It allows me to gain more customers by providing a more affordable website solution to them.
I have worked with BigCommerce, ExpressionEngine, WordPress and other custom content management systems. The speed of the setup and ease of use are the primary reasons I choose BusinessCatalyst over other systems. While the CRM and Email platform are not as extensive as others, it provides a one stop solution to clients.
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Designer, Front-End Developer and Project Manager
Adobe Business Catalyst is a tool that we use for many of our clients. It simplifies the process of getting our clients online and making them look credible. It makes my life easier since I can manage many sites in one place.
- The e-commerce module is the strength of Adobe Business Catalyst as I see it. It's easy to set up and establish a secure online store.
- I like using the "content holder" interface. There are building blocks that simplify the process of adding re-usable content to any page.
- Pricing seems inflexible and many times it's what makes my clients turn to other CMS systems. How can I defend spending $40 just because I want to use the BC Apps but have no use for the e-commerce function?
- I used to have a plethora of templates that I could use as a starting point. They are now gone and I miss them.
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- I cannot say that BC had any impact on our ROI.
- Implemented in-house
We implemented ourselves. I personally worked with an existing BC theme and customized CSS/Html and used an outside developer for some custom code.
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September 30, 2015
Business Catalyst Overview
I am a small business owner and I decided to use Adobe Business Catalyst for my own website and to build websites for my clients using this platform. Using this platform I have been able to create eCommerce sites and introduce/train my clients to the CMS so they have been able to update their own content and products.
- The ability to link a gateway to a shopping cart is simple and straightforward.
- There is a lot of documentation on how to use their tools and features
- The reports and statistics that are available through the admin portal is incredibly useful to be able to understand how to tighten up the usability of the created site.
- The ability to create simple websites with strong CMS tools.
- Being able to use custom XML with web apps is non-existent even though they have been working on the issue for awhile. They even showed me a beta version of their web apps that would have done just that. That was about 2 years ago.
- It's email portal needs a lot of work.
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July 07, 2015
Adobe BC - Get your business online quickly
We use Adobe Business Catalyst for our own website. We also help other companies get their businesses online using Adobe Business Catalyst.
- Get a website online quickly
- Build small databases quickly
- Train end-users to use BC quickly
- Build web galleries quickly
- Need to be able to build a relational database inside BC
- Need to be able to easily reference outside links in BC
- Cancelling a website isn't always easy
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- Faster website deployment
- Better organization since we can keep most clients under the same umbrella
- Adobe brand recognition
- WordPress,Joomla!
I prefer Adobe Business Catalyst to the open source competitors because they require a bit of upkeep to keep versions and plug-ins updated; BC does the versioning and updating for you.
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Both owners and developers
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Web skills, general web knowledge, SEO knowledge, and marketing/advertising knowledge
- Real estate websites
- Charity website
- Online stores
- Manage our own website
- Integrating MLS solutions into websites
- Integrating other 3rd party solutions into our websites
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we use BC instead of WordPress and Joomla for clients.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Third-party Reviews
We use Adobe products for many other areas of our business and we trust Adobe.
Wouldn't change anything with selection process
- Implemented in-house
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Change management was minimal
you can keep drafts of anything before you implement and you can also create an entire site on BC before you tie it to a domain for live release
- Occasional issues creating databases
- Most issues are client-related
- Online training
- Self-taught
Easy to use; we provide training to our clients
No
There have been times when there was a desperate situation (aren't they all) with clients and support chat has come to the rescue quickly.
- Galleries
- Creating new pages
- Creating menus
- Email campaigns
- Web apps can be complex depending on various factors
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I have had to use it several times and it seems fine.
Billing, invoicing, and reselling
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no issues; no down time
- Better features
- Better organization
- integrating with 3rd party products
Yes
needed additional functionality; the change was easy
No