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HCL Digital Commerce vs Oracle ATG comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

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

HCL Digital Commerce
Ranking in eCommerce Platforms
6th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle ATG
Ranking in eCommerce Platforms
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the eCommerce Platforms category, the mindshare of HCL Digital Commerce is 2.3%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle ATG is 2.4%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
eCommerce Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HCL Digital Commerce2.3%
Oracle ATG2.4%
Other95.3%
eCommerce Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Nirav Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Unified complex B2B commerce has streamlined workflows and now supports faster global ordering
While there are no specific pain points, HCL Digital Commerce's complexity does require a unique architecture, and it would be beneficial to have an integrated architecture that simplifies end-user integration with other AWS cloud services. Additionally, an improvement in speed would be advantageous; for example, if orders could be processed within a minute instead of three to four minutes, we could boost selling time.Optimizing for sales productivity to minimize processing time while maximizing sales time would also be valuable. Regarding challenges, the complexity of the structure due to large product catalogs, complex pricing, multiple brands, and regional requirements does create challenges. Reducing these complexities through HCL Digital Commerce's features could streamline our operations, particularly regarding ERP, CRM, payments, security, performance, and scalability.
Naved Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Adani Enterprises Ltd
Integrates with different scanners and helps to scan customer documents
One drawback is that the tool could be more agile in adding new features. Since the product is very big, new features aren't added continuously. However, it already meets most of our requirements for day-to-day use. A feature that could be improved is the ease of integrating various systems. We currently use it as a standalone solution and integrate it with other systems. A better way to integrate with newer systems, especially mobile apps, could exist. I think the compression technology could be improved even more, and it would be helpful if the software could integrate directly with certain applications.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"HCL Digital Commerce has automated customer self-service and contract pricing, allowing approximately 80 to 90% time saving per order."
"We saw a twenty-three percent year-over-year revenue increase after putting this in place because of modernization."
"The best feature HCL Digital Commerce offers, in my experience, is flexibility, and during these years, the growth of the solution, especially in the integration area where I worked extensively, has been outstanding because we started by sending more than 15 files to load the catalog, and now on the API-first side, there is a huge benefit of integration with HCL Digital Commerce."
"It is a very mature product, it has a lot of features, and it can also be very easily customized in order to reach goals or features that are not available, but mainly the fact that it's a very mature platform with all major features that are normally required by the clients is most valuable."
"The tool is easy to use and flexible. It is flexible enough to tailor to your requirements."
"The promotion engine is definitively one of the highlights, facilitating precision marketing and dynamic segmentation based on shopper insights and behavior, with business users able to set up promotion and segmentation rules simply by dragging and dropping the component icons."
"The most valuable solution is that it allows you to adapt it according to the customer's needs."
"The best features HCL Digital Commerce offers include extensive possibilities to extend both the business logic and business layer as well as the persistence layer, allowing the addition of any type of business logic or database tables with flexibility, which is a significant advantage over other platforms I have worked with, particularly in the B2B area, where it is the strongest contender."
"The tool's most valuable features are its integration with various scanners, OCR capability, and ability to populate the system with a lot of information. We use the workload automation feature occasionally."
"Oracle ATG Commerce is the leading enterprise eCommerce solution with around 50% of Fortune 100 companies using it."
"The most valuable features are all the promotion capabilities and the tiered-pricing capabilities."
"The best thing with Oracle Commerce is the personalization engine, and then the integration with one of the best search engines, which is Endeca."
"Merchandising and promotion features are very good."
"The product is really good. It is a robust tool that can scale up in any business, including some multi-million businesses."
"The features that help us to change the product and pricing are good. They give us enough flexibility to manage this application."
"The tool is useful for B2B retail operations. The e-commerce platform is helpful for our customers when searching for products they want to buy. They can look up items using part numbers or product descriptions, which helps them find exactly what they want. We rely on the search functionality a lot."
 

Cons

"Their support is not amazingly good. We had a lot of trouble moving from version 8 to version 9."
"Lacks option to purchase individual modules."
"While there are no specific pain points, HCL Digital Commerce's complexity does require a unique architecture, and it would be beneficial to have an integrated architecture that simplifies end-user integration with other AWS cloud services."
"One important way HCL Digital Commerce can be improved is by reducing the learning curve, as developing is not straightforward, which I have observed from my activity as a project manager in HCL projects, where customization inside the platform takes time."
"There is room for improvement in HCL Digital Commerce, particularly regarding making the platform lighter since not all clients require a heavy solution that demands extensive effort and customization; further, performance improvements are needed, especially since the checkout process relies on outdated architecture."
"HCL Digital Commerce should improve its integration capabilities with other platforms."
"I see a lot of room for improvement in HCL Digital Commerce, such as making customer reviews less cumbersome, enhancing promotion coupons and e-marketing features, improving CMS options compared to other CMS systems like Adobe Commerce, and addressing the lack of user-friendly features for building mobile apps, along with the challenge of tightly coupled systems that hinder autonomy."
"The Product information Management is very basic, and the template for front-end coding could be improved."
"Oracle has a cloud solution, but some on-prem features are not available in the cloud version."
"In order to scale, you need more hardware, so the product itself is not scalable."
"The only issue with the tool is that it is not cloud-based."
"There should also be a mechanism for user surveys and product reviews."
"Its licensing cost could be brought down."
"One drawback is that the tool could be more agile in adding new features. Since the product is very big, new features aren't added continuously. However, it already meets most of our requirements for day-to-day use."
"Our impressions from testing out ATG is that it requires a lot of customization and professional services, which is not what we were looking for."
"There should be some sort of native integration. All the integrations that we build are completely customized. There should also be a mechanism for user surveys and product reviews. As of now, I don't see any feature related to these. It must have a provision for doing customer surveys and allowing customers to give product feedback. If I have a customer who purchased something on the website, there has to be a mechanism for a company to capture the feedback. This feature is currently not there. Similarly, if a customer wants to do a review of the product, there is no native feature for that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For our companies and our users, the price is quite high."
"HCL Digital Commerce's licensing costs are annual. It is expensive."
"I believe that HCL Digital Commerce is one of the most expensive products on the market."
"Oracle ATG is an expensive solution."
"The tool's licensing is costly. Finding the right talent to manage it is also a challenge."
"The product's pricing is moderate. We use a license module."
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Comparison Review

it_user9726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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
Retailer
14%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HCL Digital Commerce?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been fair; however, I believe pricing could improve further to achieve better time to market and ROI that clients seek.
What needs improvement with HCL Digital Commerce?
I see a lot of room for improvement in HCL Digital Commerce, such as making customer reviews less cumbersome, enhancing promotion coupons and e-marketing features, improving CMS options compared to...
What is your primary use case for HCL Digital Commerce?
I have been using and managing HCL Digital Commerce projects for five plus years. I typically use HCL Digital Commerce for catalog management, basket and checkout, PDP, PLP attributes and features ...
What needs improvement with Oracle ATG?
The tool is not cloud-based, and licensing and hosting are expensive. The tool can be improved in both areas.
What is your primary use case for Oracle ATG?
My company's clients use the tool for e-commerce.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle ATG?
The merchandising tools in Oracle ATG are good but the only thing is if it is moving out from the BCC, then things get a bit difficult. Once you get used to it, Oracle ATG is a wonderful tool. Main...
 

Also Known As

IBM Digital Commerce, IBM WebSphere Commerce
ATG
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

CEWE, J.J. Keller, Shop.ca, 360training.com, Bon-Ton, HH Gregg, Dahl Sverige AB, Terranova, Lindt
Agilent, Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd., Fox Head Inc., Netshoes, Mr. Price, Retail World AE, Sascar, Banca Transilvania, UL, Fox Head, Carolina Biological Supply, Groupe Dynamite
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