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it_user844278 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Baozun
User
New functionalities include membership awards and order sourcing awareness. Cloud services need improvement.

What is our primary use case?

For use in an E-commerce website based on commerce cloud. Applied to front-end and order check, and integrated with order management system.

How has it helped my organization?

Demandware helped the company set up a user friendly e-commerce website in a short time frame and offers stable system performance.

What is most valuable?

New functionalities including membership awards and order sourcing awareness in the order check.

What needs improvement?

The cloud services, the information security services, and the compliance support services.

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For how long have I used the solution?

Less than one year.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Good product, which allows a lot of customization and the ability to handle a large volume of orders.

Valuable Features:

The customization and the ability to extend every feature, as well the integration with 3rd parties is very good.

Use of Solution:

I have used this product for 4 years.

Stability Issues:

All the changes in the platform are made backward compatible.

Scalability Issues:

If you have followed the best practices you will not have a problem, however you are allowed to change the caching for different pages and that may cause a lot of problems with the performance.

Other Advice:

All the solutions based on the platform should be implemented by people who have experience. The platform is capable of handling thousands of orders per hour and Demandware take care of the scalability and hosting infrastructure, so you do not have to worry about that.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1515027 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
The implementation team can customize the implementation to the customer's needs
Pros and Cons
  • "The implementation team can customise the implementation to customer needs."
  • "It is similar to ATG, but some features can be exchanged between the 2."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for eCommerce, which is similar to ATG.

What is most valuable?

The sign-up process is easy, as you can link it to other products and sign with your Gmail account, for example. The implementation team can customise the implementation to customer needs. 

What needs improvement?

It is similar to ATG, but some features can be exchanged between the 2.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Salesforce cloud for about 2 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce is a stable solution. We have not encountered any issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Salesforce is scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have not had to use technical support.

How was the initial setup?

Set up and configuration of Salesforce is straight forward.

What about the implementation team?

In our team, we have 5 people involved in the use and implementation of salesforce, including managers, developers and administrators. Implementation can take up to 2 months. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing works on a per-user basis.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have considered using ATG.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this product 8 out of 10. It is a good eCommerce solution. Compared to ATG, it would be down to choosing which product you needed for your business long term.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Integrator
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System Analyst at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
It provides a straightforward e-commerce solution, but it has little scope for customizations. We compulsorily have to go with the partners they have chosen.

What is most valuable?

It's easy to setup.

What needs improvement?

They don't provide scope for more customization in the core module.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for eight months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

The deployment is straightforward with cloud instances, but we don't have any control over the servers.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Almost no issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As its code base is hidden, we have little scope for our own customization. We compulsorily have to go with the partners they have chosen.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

It's good - 7/10.

Technical Support:

It's good - 7/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did use a previous solution, and our customer chose to switch.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is revenue sharing base, so i don't know about pricing.

What other advice do I have?

If you want a straightforward e-Commerce site, this is a good product with less setup formalities and easy to use, but if you want in-depth customization this might not be a good choice for you

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user72771Info Sec Consultant at Size 41 Digital
Top 5Real User

You don't have to go with partners they have chosen. I've worked with outside DWRE devs and it worked out fine.

it_user4938 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of eCommerce at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Lots of great features. I just wish it were easier to integrate in our environment.

Valuable Features:

We evaluated Demandware last year. Here are some of my team's impressions: - Excellent support for mobile devices, which is important for us - Social hooks into FB, etc. - I like the dashboard which provides centralized access to all management, policies, rules, etc. - Extensive partner ecosystem

Room for Improvement:

- Expensive!!! - Our architecture team raised questions about how it would fit in our environment, as there would be a good amount of internal work to get everything integrated together. You may want to look into this as part of your evaluation. It's not SaaS after all.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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it_user6060 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user6060Architect with 51-200 employees
Vendor

With my personal experience i can say please look at the following advantages only:
-Caching
-Build management and disaster recovery in a very small amount of time.
-Good plug-ability from a technical point of view.
-Same version of code can serve multiple devices with responsive design.
-No database :)

There are problems related to the API (a bit) and maintenance but these are not significant if we follow best practices.

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