Compare Key Features & Capabilities
Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service (SaaS commerce solution)
Adobe Commerce on Cloud (PaaS commerce solution)
Adobe Commerce Optimizer (SaaS storefront & merchandising solution that pairs with existing transaction engine)
Core commerce. Transaction processing with order, inventory, checkout, tax, and shipping management.
Handled by existing solution
B2B commerce operations. Company accounts, company pricing, purchase approvals, quoting, requisition lists, and payment on credit.
Handled by existing solution
Promotions. Merchant-defined promotional offers and coupons.
Handled by existing solution
Catalog. Product information and category management for millions of SKUs.
Global expansion. Localized storefronts managed from a single instance.
Merchandising. AI-powered search, product recommendations, and category merchandising.
Data-powered personalization. Data-sharing with Adobe Experience Cloud solutions to build customer profiles and enable re-engagement and personalization strategies.
Digital Storefront. High-performance storefront with pre-built commerce functionality to accelerate development.
Content authoring. Easy document-based authoring, visual storefront editing, and GenAI-powered content creation tools.
Experimentation. Quick A/B testing to optimize engagement and conversion rates.
Commerce reports. Sales, product, and customer tracking to run your business.
Handled by existing solution
Merchandising reports. Traffic, engagement, and conversion tracking. Analytics for catalog and merchandising tools.
Adobe Commerce Intelligence. Centralized cloud data warehouse and pre-built dashboards, drag-and-drop report building, and data visualization tools to analyze commerce and 3rd party data.
Add-on
Add-on
Not applicable
Asset management. Digital asset management with high-speed image and video delivery. Includes support for video renditions, image cropping and resizing, and access to generative AI services.
Add-on
Payment Services. Credit, debit, PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and buy-now-pay later payment options.
Add-on
Add-on
Handled by existing solution
Order Management. Pre-built integration with IBM Sterling Order Management.
Add-on
Add-on
Not applicable
Extensibility. API-first, event driven
extensibility and integrations with App Builder, API Mesh, webhooks, and events.
Integration starter kits for checkout, back-office, payments, tax, and shipping integrations.
Not applicable
Data ingestion starter kits to onboard catalog data from ecommerce, PIM, or other backend systems.
Third-party apps. Easy access to a marketplace of additional functionality and connectors.
Hosting infrastructure. Secure, high-availability, global infrastructure and monitoring.
Multi-tenant cloud service (SaaS)
Single-tenant, dedicated infrastructure (PaaS)
Multi-tenant cloud service (SaaS)
Feature and Security Updates. Automatically deployed.
Compliance. Certified PCI Level 1 Solution Provider and SOC 2 compliant.
Handled by existing solution
HIPAA-ready with enhanced privacy, security, and governance.
Add-on
24x7 support. Technical troubleshooting and issue resolution, plus access to guided learning resources.
