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Adobe Commerce vs Elastic Path vs SAP Commerce Cloud comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the eCommerce Platforms category, the mindshare of Adobe Commerce is 12.8%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Elastic Path is 0.9%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Commerce Cloud is 11.8%, down from 19.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers real-time data fetching for e-commerce businesses along with effortless maintenance and excellent tech support
The initial setup is not straightforward, as it varies depending on the business use cases. If experienced professionals are handling the deployment then there are not many obstacles. I would rate the initial setup of Adobe Commerce as nine out of ten. At our company, we work with the cloud version of Adobe Commerce. We used a Waterfall model in our organization, deriving standard SDLC life cycle processes to deploy Adobe Commerce. The solution's initial deployment took around eight months in our company. As part of the initial setup, 11 professionals were required from our company team. The product can be maintained effortlessly.
JG
Provides flexible infrastructure and has good stability
I use the solution to create a B2B e-commerce platform The solution provided a flexible infrastructure with ease of use for creating a proposal for the company. The solution's most valuable feature is the ability to create a B2B platform. It has all the essential features, including payment…
Saleem Shar - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to set up, and extremely scalable, but is expensive
The solution is complex due to the rapid development of new features in SAP Commerce, which requires the changing of older technologies and migration to new ones. This makes the process quite complex, especially when migrating from one version to another. For example, I have been using SAP Commerce versions 18 and 19.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Magento provides a strong backing, meaning it can handle the order processing, customer management, configuration, third party payment integration, and shipping matters. There is a standard, very well set up architecture already present in Magento that helps them set up their online shops with much precision. Clients can see their reports, their daily sales, their best selling products, and their best buying customers so that they can target them through mails or just follow up with them. These are the main default features which make Magento so attractive."
"The ecosystem includes thousands of vendors who are providing third-party add-ons."
"The customization capabilities of Adobe Commerce are great."
"The open-source PHP code allows our developers to customize pretty much anything on the platform, including allowing us to add some of the most complex shipping and inventory features for clients who have very specific, industry-related business specifications."
"Magento is very flexible, and it's one of the biggest e-commerce platforms."
"The solution's valuable features are the presentation layout and ease of use. When we have new people joining the team, it is simple for them to get involved very quickly."
"The platform allows us to easily integrate with service vendors, such as delivery services and payment systems."
"We have the ability to resolve service issues since Magento enables us to invest more time in dealing with custom requirements."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We have found the B2B, B2C and D2C very valuable."
"The user interface can be customized."
"The tool supports multiple currencies."
"Hybris offers a platform designed for speed."
"SAP Hybris Commerce is a very advanced e-commerce platform compared to other platforms such as WebSphere Commerce, Oracle Commerce, and others."
"We like that this solution gives our B2B clients a lot of functionality straight 'out of the box', meaning that they don't need to carry out a lot of configuration to be able to use it."
"The tool has good performance."
"I chose this out-of-box E-Commerce solution because it helps you start up your E-Commerce business in a very good amount of time since Hybris already provides you the end-to-end flow with minimum customization. You can quickly go live with the customer."
 

Cons

"The analytics are good but there is room for improvement. There are some limitations due to new regulations causing customer data time delays."
"The solution takes a huge amount of time to complete the root cause analysis."
"One significant drawback of Commerce is its substantial size, which allows for extensive customization but also elongates the development process for an e-commerce website."
"The limited availability of experienced developers can make the product costly to maintain."
"I'm not a technical person, but we had some kind of late response in page loading, let's say page load speed."
"Should have a way to communicate properly with the team that builds the platform"
"More technical knowledge is required to keep a Magento website running smoothly compared to many other platforms like OpenCart."
"Magneto is monolithic in character, making it difficult for us to scale up very high quickly on the content side."
"They should provide integration with social networking sites."
"Like every other SAP solution, it is very heavy. Also, the transition to the cloud is not very smooth because it is not really a SaaS solution. The upgrades are also not as smooth as you would expect from a complete cloud solution. It should have a product recommendation feature as well as a promotional feature. It should also have more personalizations."
"They have just started to work with the cloud, but they only support Microsoft Azure."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the product search. There will be multiple criteria to search products and there will be a number of products in different categories. The question is how soon can I find the product which I'm looking for. The search can be improved."
"The WCS management or content management is not that great."
"The learning curve is high."
"It is very expensive to implement, which is why many companies who can't afford would normally move to Salesforce or Magento."
"The stack needs to be improved; they need to start using more new technologies."
"The solution is complex due to the rapid development of new features in SAP Commerce, which requires the changing of older technologies and migration to new ones."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We transitioned from the platform's commercial license to the open-source version, which helped optimize costs without affecting our sales."
"Many implementations were open-source. We also had a couple of enterprise-level implementations, but I didn't have visibility on the licensing cost."
"This solution is cheaper than some of its competitors. However, the price depends on which country you are in. In some countries, such as Greece or some Southeastern European countries, the price for the client can be expensive."
"The price of the solution increased after Adobe acquired Magento. At this point, we know the price of Magento and SAP, and while they may have lower entry tickets, they are ultimately comparable."
"The cost of implementation is cheap compared to other solutions."
"The product offers an open-source version, which is free. There are licensing options for Adobe Commerce's cloud version."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The product is expensive. I would rate its price a seven out of ten. The solution's licensing is yearly."
"This is an expensive solution."
"I don't know the cost, but it can be expensive."
"The price is quite high."
"The solution is very expensive in Turkey."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price is too high."
"SAP Hybris is expensive, which is why only the large clients use it. At the same time, I think that the return on investment warrants it."
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Comparison Review

it_user9726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 5, 2013
WCS vs Hybris vs ATG - Feature Smackdown
They say "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", so if you are a purist in one of these technologies you would probably never agree to my comparison matrix, However these are my personal opinion, From my experience standpoint I have longest exposure to WCS Commerce Suite and the least with ATG…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
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Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Retailer
8%
Hospitality Company
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Magento?
The customization capabilities of Adobe Commerce are great.
What needs improvement with Magento?
The limited availability of experienced developers can make the product costly to maintain.
What is your primary use case for Magento?
At our company, we use Adobe Commerce to support a couple of system integrations. The solution is used for real-time ...
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What needs improvement with SAP Hybris Commerce?
The main issue for improvement with SAP Commerce Cloud is the UX/UI and the fact that it's difficult to change it bec...
What is your primary use case for SAP Hybris Commerce?
My main use case is B2B commerce where we work on design improvement and new functionalities that the platform doesn'...
 

Also Known As

Magento, EPiServer Digital Commerce
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SAP Hybris Commerce, Hybris
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Magento has over 200,000 customers worldwide, including Bjorn Borg, Heath Ceramics, Harper's Bazaar, Kidstuff, International Military Antiques, Gifts That Gives, and Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Garmin, TimeInc, Agfa, LVMH, Virgin Media, TeliaSonera, Western Union, LifeWay, Kiabi, TIBCO
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