Elastic Path vs. Wix

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Elastic Path
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Elastic Path is a privately held company that provides an enterprise level Java ecommerce platform. It is meant to integrate with many commonly used content management systems, like Adobe Marketing Cloud, OpenText, and Hippo.N/A
Wix
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Wix is a website builder used to grown an online presence. The platform allows users to build their website from scratch, choose from designer-made templates, or use an AI website builder to add sections, images, and text.
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Pricing
Elastic PathWix
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
Light
$17
per month
Core
$29
per month
Business
$39
per month
Business Elite
$159
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Elastic PathWix
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Elastic PathWix
Considered Both Products
Elastic Path
Chose Elastic Path
As a system integrator here are my thoughts --

Elastic path is one of best ecommerce tools, which would fit any retailer/ telcos business needs. The software architecture is well thought through and it is built with open source tools, the Ecommerce application is easily …
Chose Elastic Path
Elastic Path was selected over Miva Merchant because the site it serves is built using Java
Wix
Chose Wix
Wix feels very similar to the experience I had with Squarespace some years ago. It far exceeds Drupal, which we found impossible to customize or integrate with things without the help of a professional developer. Wordpress, of course, offers infinite customization options for …
Chose Wix
Wix is very similar to Squarespace where they both have easy to use user interfaces, and both lack the ability to get cute with custom code when desired. That being said, for us Wix tends to deliver better overall value of options for the price. A lot of 3rd party apps …
Chose Wix
Wix is GREAT for a drag-and-drop website editor, but I prefer Squarespace. Squarespace has a lot more polished drag-and-drop modules. Squarespace feels more like a name-brand editor, as it's frequently discussed by many influencers online and has a high level of brand …
Chose Wix
Been using Wix for our digital platform for quite a while before the others. It's efficient, easy to use
Chose Wix
Wix is super easy and straightforward; in comparison to the competitors I've used, it eliminates a lot of stress and anxiety around creating and maintaining a website. The affordability of Wix in comparison to other website platforms is also something that I appreciate. I …
Chose Wix
I was pleasantly surprised at how much more complex Wix was a designing a website than WordPress was, and yet it maintained the same level of simply pleasing aesthetic quality. Whereas before, when I first use WordPress, it was simply just a tad more than a blog, Wix as allowed …
Chose Wix
easier and more efficient to manage than wordpress, but there are times when you are unable to customise things. Wix is sort of like canva compared to photoshop, it does what it needs to the vast majority of the time and actually quite well
Chose Wix
Zoho provides a free email account which can be coupled to your website. Wix does not provide this free option but rather tries to sell a professional account through google.
Chose Wix
Thanks to the intuitive interface that Wix has, we've been able to accelerate the speed of some of our projects, which is very important for us.

We find Wix easier and faster than WordPress or Squarespace, as these 2 are definitely more complex and hard to comprehend at some …
Chose Wix
We thought that the features in Wix were easier to use and were more suited to a less technical audience. As our organization has a lot of non-intern-native age individuals, we needed something that was very intuitive. Squarespace seemed like more work to manage and overall …
Chose Wix
Wix is way better as a user-friendly tool that extends its use to non-high technology skill people, that let other people administrate the site other than the IT expert.
Chose Wix
I appreciate this tool the way it is going is excellent. The website is the first basic thing that speaks of a company. During its purchasing, I faced no difficulty in terms of licensing and it provides me all the necessary tools by which I can easily create the HTML. In terms …
Chose Wix
On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the highest, Wix is at a 3 based on the software listed.
Chose Wix
Wix is cleaner and easier to navigate. I'd go so far as to say something about it feels sleeker and almost "sexier," I may be so bold...
Chose Wix
I selected Wix as I have used it before. Wix is a website builder. It’s easy to use and offers lots of technical support. WordPress is a content management system, which is more scalable but also demands more technical know-how.
Chose Wix
I selected Wix because it is way more user friendly. With Wordpress, you need to either have advanced knowledge in coding and development, or you can hire someone to optimize your website for you. With Wix, you don't need to hire someone of have a lot of knowledge in coding - …
Chose Wix
Wix does not hold a candle to WP or Squarespace. We selected Wix because it was the cheapest option, and when working with nonprofits, cheap wins.
Chose Wix
Wix is a less aesthetically pleasing option in comparison to WordPress and Squarespace. WordPress is much more robust in regard to its capabilities, especially with SEO. Squarespace has better themes to use and is more pleasing to look at it however I think Wix's usability …
Chose Wix
Squarespace and wordpress are great options but both are more expensive options and they can be more complex for the beginner user. The thing I like about Wix is how easy to use it is and basically, you can drag and drop things that you need to make a great-looking website.
Chose Wix
Wix is a great starting platform for anyone looking to create a website. It definitely holds its own against any other all in one website creation platform. The one thing I would say is if your main focus is solely on eCommerce you may be better off using something like …
Chose Wix
We ultimately selected Wix Answers for the price and that we could localize the platform and articles. WIth WixAnswers the cost is based on users, since our users were low the price was very economical for our needs.
Chose Wix
Wix is easier to use and much more intuitive than WordPress.
Features
Elastic PathWix
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
7.6
Ratings
3% below category average
Wix
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
7.0
Ratings
9% below category average
Wix
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Wix
-
Ratings
eCommerce security8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
9.7
Ratings
23% above category average
Wix
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Elastic Path
8.4
Ratings
5% above category average
Wix
-
Ratings
Multi-site management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Elastic PathWix
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User Ratings
Elastic PathWix
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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9.4
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Likelihood to Renew
7.0
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7.0
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Usability
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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6.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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8.0
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Configurability
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10.0
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Ease of integration
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Elastic PathWix
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited when a Java team is developing a checkout and needs a developer with no Java experience to skin it
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The fact of Wix moving away from their ADI web-building tool in favour of Editor, in my opinion, makes a huge mess of everything. I feel a lot of the ease and automation of designing my website has gone to such an extent that I now "recommend" Wix only for professional developers. Worse is that I have to redesign a big part of my website as items are now linked to each other in a different way than used to be the case. In my opinion, A big ZERO for Wix, who clearly should do their homework again.
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Pros
  • Experience driven commerce .
  • Allows functionality to experience management platforms like Adobe Marketing Cloud.Gives us a single view of your customers, and one place to manage your entire digital presence.
  • Promotion and personalization engine is simple and clean.
  • Cache framework is extensive with a 3 level approach at client side(CMS), core and cortex. - OpenJPA + EhCache.
  • Training documentation is good.
  • Cortex API architecture is well tiered and strong.
  • External feeds for catalog data load are available.
  • Logging frameworks available with Log4j
  • API can be exposed from the commerce engine as both SOAP and REST Based.
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  • User-Friendliness: Wix is a lot easier to navigate than other web-building sites. Oftentimes it's like Wix does the thinking for you instead of just throwing endless options at you and complicating the process.
  • Unique Content: Many services for generating websites, images, videos, etc. are starting to look the same and, for that matter, they're starting to look stale. What Wix offers feels fresher and cleaner.
  • Reliability & Respectfulness: We have yet to incur any issues that have affected our web properties or routine to this point. Furthermore, Wix does not constantly throw new offers or new pricing or new requirements at us. They value you where you are.
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Cons
  • Challenging to skin with CSS when you first encounter it
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  • One place where Wix falls short of other CMS's is with insights and analytics. On other platforms, I can instantly see how many page views I received, what time the pages were viewed, location, etc. But seeing this information on Wix requires a Google Analytics integration that is not automatically included when you make an account. You have to first go to Google Analytics to make an account, then come back to Wix to activate the integration, it's a little time-consuming for a feature that most CMS's come with instantly.
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Likelihood to Renew
Team now has skill using Elastic Path
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I’m happy with Square space as of now, and right now I don’t also have a team that would be able to review for me whether it’s worth switching again. Wix was great in the beginning of my career, but I needed something different to support the release of my new music. I like the price for Square space more too!
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Usability
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Great customization, but a pain to backtrack. They recently added the ability to set fonts etc as headings, title, body etc, but if you did not begin your build with these presets you are screwed if you ever try to change font/ colors/layout etc.
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Reliability and Availability
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I never had an outage issue per say. I would say it was very reliable of a website building platform and as a marketing source there was never any issues connecting it to the server. I don’t recall there being any editing tools or hosting issues. Nothing went down when using it.
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Performance
No answers on this topic
Not complex at all. It teaches you how to use their platform in a dynamic way. Each tutorial offers an explanation that can be reviewed later on. The connection speed of a web page has been smooth so far, with no major problems regarding this subject. Overall, Wix can manage 10+ pages with great connection speed.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
As stated before I didn’t use the support as I did not have the feature and did not often enough need the help. I was able to figure it out mostly on my own by exploring the site. I’ve found exploring and playing on it told me how to do most things.
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Implementation Rating
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Like I said I was a beginner so it was fun to navigate and teach myself how to implement the features when building and maintaining my site. It was a fairly easy place to host my domain, and creat something simple.
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Alternatives Considered
As a system integrator here are my thoughts -- Elastic path is one of best ecommerce tools, which would fit any retailer/ telcos business needs. The software architecture is well thought through and it is built with open source tools, the Ecommerce application is easily extensible and it enables clients to get there E-commerce application in less time. We have evaluated other products like ATG ecommerce, WCS, Magento. Elastic path is definitely a briliant ecommerce product which I would recommend to any clients.
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Wix is GREAT for a drag-and-drop website editor, but I prefer Squarespace. Squarespace has a lot more polished drag-and-drop modules. Squarespace feels more like a name-brand editor, as it's frequently discussed by many influencers online and has a high level of brand awareness. Wix is more customizable and can create a more tailored end product than Squarespace. Additionally, it is cheaper, which is another advantage for Wix.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
I give this rating to Wix because it's a great content creator. It has a great platform and also offers great customer service. If you encounter any technical issues, with Wix you will find a solution. For premium members or domain holders, this is the same as for Trial members or non-domain holders.
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Return on Investment
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  • Affordable - for those on limited to zero budget it is easy to get started and getyour business online. I was able to create a portfolio website that I could direct my clients to in order to view my previous projects.
  • There is no need to pay a website designer (save on costs)- it is easy to get a website up and published on Wix that you save on not needing to pay a professional to do it for your start-up business.
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