Akeneo vs Salsify
We compare the Akeneo and Salsify PIM software solutions to help you choose the best product information management (PIM) software for your business.
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Ideal Customer
Akeneo
All retailers or brands with a wide range of products or services, and who manage large amounts of product data.
Salsify
Brand manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers selling products across multiple channels including their own ecommerce sites, online retailers, and marketplaces.
Features & Capabilities
Akeneo
Open Source, Feature Rich, easy to use, strong range of features
Salsify
Regarded as the most feature rich PIM software: includes PxM and PIM modules, rapid deployment, and extensive range of APIs
eCommerce
Akeneo
Optimised processes (low time to market), SEO tagging, API integrations, enhanced product data processes for large volume of catalogs
Salsify
Product Experience Management (ProductXM) platform with three components: PIM, DAM, and Experience Builder: facilitates sales across retailer/distributor channels, as well as marketplaces, social commerce, and direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites
PIM
Akeneo
Offers a trial and a free version: easy set-up, user-optimised interface (Community Edition), frequent updates and improvements, user-friendly GUI, applicable to B2C and B2B,
Salsify
Offers a trial, no free version: Easy set-up, channel-by-channel readiness alerts: governance rules applied to stored data: workflow management, user role access management and customisable brand portals
DAM
Akeneo
Enterprise version of Akeneo PIM works together with its asset manager (DAM) product pictures, photos, guides, manuals, and how-to videos
Salsify
Gathers and transform images and videos centrally. They also transform various file types. It also stores product metadata
Workflows
Akeneo
Uses validation workflow and collaborative teamwork assistant to easily build workflows across departments: collaborative workflow allows for approval or rejection of drafts
Salsify
Enable brands to manage cross-functional processes and monitor teams’ task progress: use calculated properties, which are easy to build and use and enable workflow efficiency
Syndication
Akeneo
Connects to industry-leading technology to syndicate product data and assets from Akeneo PIM across all unowned, first-party, third-party, and marketing channels.
Salsify
Maps and transforms core product data to the target schema of each channel destination to ensure content remains consistent and accurate: enhanced content syndication includes 360 spins, videos, and comparison charts
Onboarding
Akeneo
Enables scalable workflows for onboarding product data rapidly.
Salsify
Rapid onboarding – offers a streamlined import process to pinpoint the precise data to be uploaded or modified
Migration
Akeneo
Akeneo partner portal ensures transparent and up to date flows of information between the technology and business sides of any migration project
Salsify
Serviced by specialist partner organisations with the required expertise to conduct an audit on existing product data, cleanse and normalise where needed
Data Modelling
Akeneo
Easy to understand and very flexible. The model is defined within the PIM to extract the precise information needed from each source
Salsify
Uses the PIM to map and transform core product data to multiple target schema for channels – that content stays consistent and accurate across every single channel
Support
Akeneo
Email/help desk, FAQs, forum, knowledge base: Akeneo deploys a team of Customer Success experts: noted for strong SLAs to guide clients around queries they have in post-go-live period
Salsify
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base Phone, and chat support: knowledge bank, use cases, downloadables
Integrations
Akeneo
API-centred cloud capabilities connect the Akeneo PIM easily with existing ecosystems. Connectors to major marketplaces: BigCommerce, Commerce Cloud, Shopify. Shopware, WooCommerce
Salsify
Salsify offers a free trial, but for its Commerce XM platform a custom quote is required. It is priced on a subscription basis. Smaller customers can expect to pay around £2000-5000 per month – large enterprise customers will pay significantly more for global reach.
Pricing
Akeneo
Offers a free demo, The open source, free community edition has more limitations on features. The medium-range growth edition starts at around £25k, while their enterprise version pricing depends on client needs and circumstances.
Salsify
Strong on connectors, which provide as much information to brands as the endpoint permits: automated retail schema updates to extract attribute requirements from endpoint and identify them in an easily understandable form:
Reviews
Akeneo
Akeneo PIM currently scores an aggregate 90/100 across various Product Information Management (PIM) review sites. The score is based on user satisfaction, user trends (rising number of customers), and other information on Akeneo from across the web.
Salsify
Salsify currently scores an aggregate 85/100 across various PIM review sites. This is based on user satisfaction, recent user trends (rising number of customers), and other relevant information on Salsify gathered from various online sources.
Summary
Both Akeneo and Salsify have advantages and drawbacks when it comes to their PIM and PxM software solutions. They are both at the pricey end of the spectrum, but both boast a set of features which are extensive and robust.
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