IBM Digital Commerce vs. Laravel E Commerce

Websphere commerce is well suited if multiple sites are required based on geography, for branding, large customers. It is well suited for B2B model to handle different pricing and catalog filters for each business. It is not well suited if there are multiple external systems that drives the pricing an d promotions. WCS should be the master for pricing and promotion

Incentivized

Well, in case of designing dynamic websites using core OOP concepts this framework is perfect. However, in case of integrating with web services and other API's and developing features for Android apps this might not be a good product.

Incentivized

• Scalability. Since WebSphere Commerce is based on WebSphere Application Server, it's fully scalable just like WAS.
• Support. Their support team is a pleasure to work with. They get back to you quickly and are knowledgeable of their product, so I learn a lot from them about things that are not covered in detail in their documentation.
• Robust. The software is robust once it's up and running since it depends on WAS.
• Sample store & sample data. It's really fast to get a store up and running based on the sample store & data they provided.

Incentivized

• Version Controlling - It's on the top of my list that Laravel does great as its built-in features.
• As Laravel supports OOP concept, so it has made it much more easier for developers to developer apps in most recent languages.
• It supports a huge collection of free extensions which are easy available in its store.
• It supports a large number of latest programming languages.

Incentivized

• It still uses EJBs, need to move to latest technologies for persistance
• Promotion module customizations needs to more easy
• Grouping of products based on the shipping methods/shipping dates etc functionality needs to be added

Incentivized

• In some cases developers need to integrate with third party apps. Laravel E Commerce needs to improve it in the form of a single package.
• It consumes a lot of system resources and sometimes gets stuck if multiple projects are open.
• Finding error is this framework is a quite difficult task. This mechanism needs to be improved.

Incentivized

The scalability and various configurations of the product allows for a wide range of e-commerce site features. It provides a storefront to begin with so it helps with speeding up development.

Incentivized

Compared to some other software that our clients have considered, a lot of them choose WebSphere Commerce because of the ability to scale easily. Some of our customers are coming from a PHP based ecommerce platform that doesn't allow them to scale up and they're hitting the limit of their ecommerce system

Incentivized

Laravel E Commerce is simple, elegant and robust. It is easy to use and customize websites even for a newbie. It does not require much effort as compared to other products. All the relevant data is available over the Internet which is a great advantage for beginners. It comes with a lot of stunning features.

Incentivized

• We were able to roll out Commerce in record time thanks to a good understanding of the tool and our required processes.
• We were able to roll it out on several websites in quick secessions due to the platform's features.
• We were able to plan a solid road map given repeatable projects.

Incentivized

• With this framework, analytics can be set using PHP modules that helps to get more profit from your online stores.
• If payment securities can be further improved, it helps you to make most out of your investment.
• With Laravel E Commerce, Ecommerce solutions can be built for profit purposes.

Incentivized