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Salesforce Commerce Cloud vs commercetools comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

commercetools
Ranking in eCommerce Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
4.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Ranking in eCommerce Platforms
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the eCommerce Platforms category, the mindshare of commercetools is 1.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Commerce Cloud is 4.0%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eCommerce Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Commerce Cloud4.0%
commercetools1.1%
Other94.9%
eCommerce Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Rachit Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
Structured APIs and flexible customization have simplified building full-stack commerce sites
Regarding how commercetools can be improved, I did not find anything that could be better in terms of features for my use case. However, the resources and documentation of commercetools could be clearer so developers can understand the APIs and build websites accordingly. Whatever is needed for my use case, commercetools provides. If the project scales and certain companies require additional changes, you might need customization in Merchant Centers. Otherwise, all the features that are there provide what I needed. Additionally, commercetools could improve how they handle the customer database and orders by consolidating their two separate collections for carts and orders. Once a cart is ordered, it is converted into an order state, and this process could be improved. Furthermore, they could improve the customer collections. When I was using commercetools, there was no AI analytics, but they could add AI features such as product recommendations for specific customers based on their viewership, cart suggestions, and bundle products. These are improvements they could make.
Deena Dayalan K - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Leader Application Operations & Operational Excellence at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Unified commerce platform has streamlined direct sales and integrated promotions and billing
One of the most valuable features in Salesforce Commerce Cloud is that it helps me avoid storing credit card information, with a vault function taken care of. Salesforce provides this vault feature, enabling me to bill my D2C customers directly and also feeding data into my Marketing Cloud and Services Cloud. For visibility features in Salesforce Commerce Cloud, I might need to schedule a separate meeting as I can only share certain levels of information. Experience-wise, it is very good; the platform helps identify promotional opportunities and integrates well with Salesforce's Trade Promotion Management. The main benefits Salesforce Commerce Cloud provides are significant process improvements. If we did not have it, I would need to establish a separate D2C portal such as Magento Commerce and integrate with Salesforce for some data. Having Salesforce Commerce Cloud is essential as it integrates very quickly and is part of the entire ecosystem.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using commercetools, very little customization is needed, as everything else is present in commercetools itself."
"Everything apart from the previous mention is good; I am impressed with the flexibility and performance of commercetools."
"commercetools fits into my workflow by providing the best feature, which is the structure of the data, with straightforward APIs, simple data we can control, hundreds of useful APIs, and powerful customizations through the Merchant Center that differentiate it from other e-commerce platforms such as Magento or Shopify."
"commercetools is very flexible because it is headless, so with the API, you can connect commercetools easily with other platforms such as AWS, for example, with extension and subscription."
"Commercetools has positively impacted our organization as a service company by allowing us to execute multiple projects and bring in a good amount of business for us."
"Commercetools has positively impacted my organization by providing a great opportunity to increase time to market."
"commercetools has positively impacted my organization by improving efficiency, facilitating the integration of new services, and especially development with its microservices architecture, which greatly encourages having new releases and being able to deploy much more frequently and atomically without as many regression errors, because everything is more isolated, which helps significantly."
"For the organization, I would say that the speed of the go-to-market was quite incredible, as we went live in about a month and a half with a full checkout experience with a payment integration, which is quite amazing."
"The ease of customization is valuable and allows us to customize business process engines and set up data models efficiently."
"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Commerce Cloud is the frequent updates. There will be a significant increase in the look and feel. You will be using the solution and think you might want a new feature to be added and then when they release the next release it is there. There are constantly improving the solution."
"Commerce Cloud's best features include sales service and cloud marketing."
"The ease of customization is valuable."
"The simplicity in which you can document and analyze the data you put in is really valuable."
"The filters are very useful, and easy to customize. it's very easy to operate."
"I like the dashboard which provides centralized access to all management, policies, rules, etc."
"​Ability to quickly add content and manage products along with associated web content easily."
 

Cons

"My experience with the documentation and learning resources for commercetools is that it was not very clear."
"The main issue is the price."
"My advice to others looking into using commercetools is that in 2026, I would go with a simpler solution."
"Regarding commercetools' AI capabilities, I think its accuracy and reliability of output were around 40 to 50%. The answer would change when asked the same question repeatedly."
"I have not seen a return on investment, and I do not have that information with me."
"Sometimes you have to use an API to get to a feature, whereas a UI could make it more user-friendly."
"I experienced a challenging moment when commercetools had scheduled downtime, impacting user login and operations simultaneously, which caused significant difficulties for our B2B aspects."
"The issues I encountered with configuring the shipping methods in commercetools relate to the out-of-the-box configuration, where there is a limitation on the number of delivery modes."
"There is always room for improvement with any solution."
"We believe pricing is a disadvantage because it is expensive."
"Salesforce Commerce Cloud should integrate more seamlessly with various systems, providing full order tracking from entry to delivery."
"Demandware is strong across the board."
"There is space to have better communication with other kinds of platforms."
"Multi-tenant infrastructure is a blessing and a curse."
"There could be more product integration in the ERP space, similar to SAP and Aruba."
"In terms of application performance, it could be a bit quicker."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I give the price of the solution a three out of ten."
"There are no significant upfront license costs."
"The licensing of Salesforce Commerce Cloud is something that will depend on the customer's usability. For us as a company, we are in a position where we will be paying the premium for licensing. If we go to the customer who is seeking a B2C solution quickly, we will definitely look at the pricing when it comes to the user base and receive good discounts. Discount is something that depends on the volume and that is where we need to work on. It is a little sensitive market when it comes to licensing procurement. There are some good competitors."
"The licensing works on a per-user basis."
"Initially when we installed Salesforce, we thought that it was a bit pricey, but I think for the value that we're getting, it’s suitable."
"The pricing is fairly reasonable."
"Salesforce is not a cheap solution."
"I think price-wise, it's a little bit expensive. It can be made cheaper for smaller businesses. I understand that for larger businesses, it can be a payable amount. But for medium to smaller, it is kind of costly, and it might be difficult for them to pay."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Media Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for commercetools?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing has been good, as I use the embedded pricing feature that commercetools offers to attach prices to our product catalog.
What needs improvement with commercetools?
Regarding how commercetools can be improved, I did not find anything that could be better in terms of features for my use case. However, the resources and documentation of commercetools could be cl...
What is your primary use case for commercetools?
While I was working at my previous company, I used commercetools for about one year and built several projects with it. My main use case for commercetools is making an e-commerce website where the ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salesforce Commerce Cloud?
I am not involved in the pricing or licensing details, so I cannot provide specific insights into the setup costs.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Commerce Cloud?
If Salesforce Commerce Cloud could incorporate features such as Product Data Management and Customer Data Platform internally, it would benefit large customers such as us, reducing reliance on mult...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Commerce Cloud?
Salesforce Commerce Cloud's main use case is D2C and B2C, focusing on direct-to-customers. Salesforce Commerce Cloud's architecture is very effective for our channel partners, providing them a good...
 

Also Known As

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Demandware
 

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Sample Customers

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Adidas, Amercian Golf, Brooks, Browns, Burton, Butlers, Clarins Paris, ColeHaan, Columbia, Converse, Deckers, Hurley, Kate Spade, Labelux, Lacoste, Lush, Mothercare
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