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Salesforce Commerce Cloud vs commercetools comparison

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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 September 2026, in the eCommerce Platforms category, the mindshare of commercetools is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Commerce Cloud is 3.8%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eCommerce Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Commerce Cloud3.8%
commercetools1.2%
Other95.0%
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

"commercetools has positively impacted my organization, as we have been using commercetools for more than five years, implementing two productions end to end, getting inquiries for commercetools, and seeing agility, speed, and customer satisfaction because we could deliver things in less time."
"Commercetools has impacted my organization positively by allowing us to give a better solution compared to other options."
"At this point, the product works flawlessly."
"Everything apart from the previous mention is good; I am impressed with the flexibility and performance of commercetools."
"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 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."
"Earlier, product launch took around seven to eight months, but now it takes less than a month, which is a massive improvement for our clients."
"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."
"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."
"The data analysis that they provide to you is good."
"It is a very flexible solution."
"The development capabilities are very powerful, which is what my customers know and why they buy this product instead of something else."
"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."
"The simplicity in which you can document and analyze the data you put in is really valuable."
"The pipeline and lead management features are the most valuable."
"On a scale of one to ten I would love to give it a 10+."
 

Cons

"The main issue is the price."
"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."
"My advice to others looking into using commercetools is that in 2026, I would go with a simpler solution."
"Support is also good overall, although they may be a bit slow with our queries at times."
"Commercetools can be improved in areas such as order management and the checkout process."
"I experienced a challenging moment when commercetools had scheduled downtime, impacting user login and operations simultaneously, which caused significant difficulties for our B2B aspects."
"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."
"Sometimes you have to use an API to get to a feature, whereas a UI could make it more user-friendly."
"In terms of application performance, it could be a bit quicker."
"One of the main points for improvement right now is still the user interface, the front end of Salesforce, because I only have one layout theme, which is the main B2B Commerce layout, while different vendors and competitors have multiple themes to choose from when implementing an e-commerce portal, so this is one of the main pain points for me."
"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."
"Salesforce's technical support is not as good as Elastic Path."
"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."
"Multi-tenant infrastructure is a blessing and a curse."
"Expensive!!!"
"While the price is reasonable for what you are getting, it could still be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I don't know how much the solution costs per user, but I know it's our biggest cost in the company."
"I give the price of the solution a three out of ten."
"There are no significant upfront license costs."
"The product is expensive."
"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."
"Salesforce is not a cheap solution."
"The pricing is fairly reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Media Company
11%
Healthcare Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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...
 

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