Digital River vs. EvolutionX

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Digital River
Score 3.0 out of 10
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Digital River Global Commerce offers cloud commerce tools and services for selling digital and physical products across global online markets, handling taxes, regulations, payments, e-marketing and more.N/A
EvolutionX
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
EvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A
Pricing
Digital RiverEvolutionX
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Digital RiverEvolutionX
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsThe cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Digital River
Chose Digital River
Digital River Global Commerce is a powerful tool which hard to compare with others because of its uniqueness. However, because of its massiveness and sometimes сlumsiness, it's easier and more effective to use analogs. Strong sides of Digital River Global Commerce are …
Chose Digital River
Digital River versus ATG:
ATG requires significantly more personnel to manage / operate on a day to day basis
ATG platform is cumbersome comparatively
Chose Digital River
We evaluated our ability to expand internationally with our current e-commerce platform and decided we could get to market faster with Digital River.
Chose Digital River
This was in place when I migrated to the role. We were greatly satisfied with the server and products that we did not pursue other products.
Chose Digital River
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EvolutionX
Chose EvolutionX
We've also used Builderwire Ibos... EvolutionX provides much better support, way more features, and the overall customizability of our site is tremendously better.
Chose EvolutionX
Supplier data integration (Fusion), ease of use for administration, maintenance and development, and support from the EvolutionX Team. Also, to have the ability to have content on the site, make it easier for the customer to order. It is exceptionally reliable and the team …
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We actually also have a BigCommerce account for a another division of our company. Both are great platforms with more capabilities than you can imagine. I appreciate / become frustrated with things from both platforms & truthfully would say they are pretty equal. - 8.5/10 …
Chose EvolutionX
EvolutionX is much easier to use, and all features that it offers are already part of UI. Those other platforms require you to first know about some feature in order that you even have idea to use them. Then if you are using them for the first time there is a learning curve and …
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Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their …
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I have used both, but have used them for different features. I have only positive things to say about both. EvolutionX has been there to help us learn the best ways to sell our products and make our site as useful for our customers as possible. We enjoy using both.
Chose EvolutionX
I have experience on Infor Storefront, EvolutionX is heads and tails above them!

Storefront does not allow for much customization to be done internally and is very vanilla out of the box program. Requires searching tools which EvolutionX has.
Chose EvolutionX
We also use the CX1 platform by Unilog for our showroom brand. While I think evolution can improve, it is miles better than our other platform.
Chose EvolutionX
They are affordable, and overall, just really covered all the criteria of what my organization was looking for at the time and even to this day. They are also super helpful with their monthly meeting times where they are interested and show support in helping us succeed and …
Chose EvolutionX
I would say price and nice sales team. Since I haven't decided on the solution - I can't tell much.
Features
Digital RiverEvolutionX
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Digital River
5.6
Ratings
33% below category average
EvolutionX
7.9
Ratings
1% above category average
Product catalog & listings2.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Product management2.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Bulk product upload10.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Branding5.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Mobile storefront5.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Product variations7.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Website integration5.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Visual customization5.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
CMS9.50 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Digital River
7.4
Ratings
4% below category average
EvolutionX
8.5
Ratings
10% above category average
Abandoned cart recovery9.80 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Checkout user experience5.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Digital River
5.0
Ratings
50% below category average
EvolutionX
8.3
Ratings
0% above category average
eCommerce security5.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Digital River
6.9
Ratings
11% below category average
EvolutionX
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Promotions & discounts9.80 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Personalized recommendations6.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
SEO5.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Digital River
8.2
Ratings
2% above category average
EvolutionX
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Multi-site management2.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Order processing9.80 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Inventory management10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Shipping10.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Custom functionality9.30 Ratings7.90 Ratings
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.0 out of 10
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Digital RiverEvolutionX
Likelihood to Recommend
3.0
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8.2
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Likelihood to Renew
8.3
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9.1
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Usability
8.0
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7.3
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Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Digital RiverEvolutionX
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for large organizations with many SKUs, promotions, and large teams, where flexibility and speed to market are not necessarily as important as repeatability and stability. It is also well suited for digital products, especially if they sell internationally. They have the ability to integrate with an existing system for user management and website in a rather straightforward way as well.
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EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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Pros
  • Regional settings like local payment methods, ability to apply or not apply local VAT etc.
  • Reporting and any kind of business analysis.
  • Easy usage of the platform.
  • Marketing is definitely strong side of Digital River Global Commerce. Apart from the features it has, there is a strong team behind it who can make all your fantasies come true using all their expertise and possibility of the platform.
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  • Very easy to onboard products
  • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
  • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
  • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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Cons
  • Integrating with any 3rd party is challenging. The more you can do to clearly define your requirements, the easier it will be to integrate.
  • It can be difficult to differentiate and customize your product with an outsourced solution.
  • Your internal timeline might not match with their timeline and delivery schedule.
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  • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
  • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
  • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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Likelihood to Renew
Inertia and cost. To switch platforms would require a significant undertaking to migrate product catalogs, websites and retool marketing efforts. It would require a significant cost differential or game changing technology that would bring a decent ROI on the change
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I don’t see us making a switch anytime soon, but are always open to new opportunities should they arise.
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Usability
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EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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Reliability and Availability
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I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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Performance
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Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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Support Rating
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ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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In-Person Training
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In-person training was not an option for us.
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Online Training
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Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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Implementation Rating
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This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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Alternatives Considered
This was in place when I migrated to the role. We were greatly satisfied with the server and products that we did not pursue other products.
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We actually also have a BigCommerce account for a another division of our company. Both are great platforms with more capabilities than you can imagine. I appreciate / become frustrated with things from both platforms & truthfully would say they are pretty equal. - 8.5/10 overall
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Scalability
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10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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Return on Investment
  • More sales and broader reach to consumers. With the web presence of the eCommerce site, Korn/Ferry products were accessible 24 hours/ 7 days a week. Prior to that change, consumers had to call to order products and had to wait on office hours of when a Customer Service Rep was available.
  • Access to data and analytical information for sales. This also allowed for making a more efficient inventory process.
  • Transformed the Customer Service role to Commercial Operations which was a major plus. The position became more a support position (which is what was needed) than what was previously a Data Entry position. This also allowed opportunities for marketing a lot of the eProducts to consumers that the organization had.
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  • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
  • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
  • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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ScreenShots

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