Why migrate from HCL Commerce to Shopify Plus?
Formerly known as IBM Websphere Commerce, HCL commerce is designed for complexity and volume. The solution is tailored towards large, enterprise-level retailers, particularly those with significant traffic numbers, specific customisation requirements and complex integrations with other business systems.
Whilst HCL Commerce is certainly a suitable solution for select enterprise retailers, challenges around cost, agility and performance are driving an accelerating number of its users to consider alternative platforms.
Migrating to Shopify is becoming an increasingly compelling option for larger businesses. The introduction of Commerce Components by Shopify, amongst other powerful enterprise features, confirms the platform’s status as the most scalable ecommerce solution on the market, capable of powering the biggest and most complex brands in the world.
What’s more, in its most recent assessment of digital commerce solutions, Gartner® considers HCL Commerce to have a much lower ability to execute than Shopify.
Shopify’s attractive value proposition is further demonstrated by the following benefits:
- Lower TCO – Ongoing maintenance and updates on HCL Commerce can be costly and time consuming. TCO is much lower on Shopify, with significant savings to be achieved by migrating to a more flexible and adaptable stack.
- Enterprise-grade performance – Whilst traffic scalability can be an issue for HCL Commerce users, Shopify can famously handle over 10,000 checkouts per minute, with 99.98% average uptime.
- Increased agility – Shopify empowers retailers to react to market demands and implement new features with ease. A seamless store editing experience provides flexibility and ease for users, whilst allowing for creativity.
- Best-in-class integration ecosystem – As one of the most popular platforms in the market, Shopify has an expansive network of third-party apps and integrations, with many tech providers developing solutions on a ‘Shopify-first’ basis.
