Akeneo Product Cloud

Avantages

C'est un logiciel facile à prendre et à utiliser , dont son utilisation assure le développement d'e-commerce.

Inconvénients

Je ne rencontre de difficulté au cours de l'utilisation de ce logiciel , de plus il très préférable pour les entreprises dans le domaine d'e-commerce.

Avantages

La fiabilisation de notre catalogue produit et de nos canaux de diffusion.

Inconvénients

Les limites de transferts des imports à 500 Mo

Avantages

The fit for purpose towards the required PIM, commercial and syndication capabilities we need to have. The fit for purpose towards target data model (product and equipment) architecture, edge cases, current PIM gaps & limitations. Akeneo is bringing all kind of out of the box capabilities, to ensure we have a fast to market approach with good and mature enough embedded product related MDM capabilities. The flexibility and scalability towards our roadmap and future vision. Akeneo was able to leverage & showcase the interaction in a very efficient matter and brought in multiple references that have exceeded our expectations showing a proven track record that meet our complex data model and or related business / commerce transformations.

Inconvénients

No MDM capabilities, DAM capabilities were poor however since we are going for an integrated DAM solution, this is not an issue for us.

Avantages

Akeneo is incredibly easy to use. Structuring our data and managing improvements to it has great improved our internal product data practices. Syndication is also a piece of cake with customizable export profiles and scheduling. Uploads into the system are also very straight forward.

Inconvénients

My biggest complaint is that we used an implementation partner; after going through the setup of our environment, it seemed to me that we could handle 90% of the tasks ourselves. This is a testament to how easy to use it is. Our integration with our DAM, Aprimo, was also challenging because it was the first integration between these two systems.

Avantages

Drag & Drop features as well as the ease of mass imports & exports for product information. We migrated from an outdated PIM where everything was inputted manually so this program has greatly sped up our internal processes.

Inconvénients

Our integration didn't go all that well, so our product families were never set up correctly which caused a lot of issues with our website. That is more of an internal problem though. Be sure you find the correct external agency if you do not have the internal capabilities. We're paying for it dearly.

Avantages

Akeneo offers a multitude of features that can facilitate processes and help getting the most out of product data. Over the years, Akeneo has implemented features, which require little to no customization on our side.

Inconvénients

Some features are complicated to implement and require some getting used to.

Avantages

Rules engine and catalog structure. Also UI is clear for our end users.

Inconvénients

Variant vs. Product level rules, easier way of reviewing product information

Avantages

Capacity to link to ERP, internal software. To host product information in organized way with insights to data quality score. Workflows and approval process based on role & permission set.

Inconvénients

Changing/editing attributes after they have been created is kind of headache. As well "reference entity like" feature for set of attributes would make our jobs easier.

Avantages

Seemless integration with other Apps, ERP and Cloud systems. The REST API makes it extremely easy to connect and define connections.

Inconvénients

Would be great if you could import using more document types, e.g. PDF's. As well as when downloading a PDF of a product, it should include the product image, with a better layout of content.

Avantages

Akeneo gives me a comprehensive view of all my product data, which makes it easy to manage my catalogs. The user interface is intuitive and allows me to organize and access data quickly. The product also offers powerful analytics capabilities, allowing me to make informed decisions about my products and pricing strategies and syndication options.

Inconvénients

Create a data governance for your product info.

Avantages

- The ability to import data from nearly any source we already have- The organization of product data- Inclusion of product images- Integration with our DAM

Inconvénients

- The ability to serve images to other applications in an e-commerce environment, not built to handle that kind of continuous load

Avantages

When you have a lot of data is really important to have a UI and UX that makes you accomplish your objectives.

Inconvénients

Sometimes the product label seems to be complicated

Avantages

Helped us on establishing a healthy product data with the proposed concepts and structures. The product enrichment process turned into a more friendly and meaningful task, valuating the work of involved people. The offered support is freaking excellent, we got the answers needed during adoption in a very reasonable time, with a very comprehensive language.

Inconvénients

The assets management and translation processes offered out of the box did not cover our current range of necessities, so we opted for integration other tools to complete them all.

Avantages

The product completeness and data quality features make it really easy to manage data quality per channel. The ease of use of the platform for unique views & filters makes it easy to identify and fix products that have data issues.

Inconvénients

Workflows could use some work from an enterprise perspective.

Avantages

Supports Magento ConnectorSo we can sync Families, Attributes, Options, Categories and Products

Inconvénients

Family selection (if we have more than 1000 families and wants to select limited families)Product Sync taking more time to execute.

Avantages

Easy to use, easy to import / export, easy to filter and search

Inconvénients

No ability to export products based on their categorization

Avantages

Customer support + ux design of the interface

Inconvénients

Only 1 product identifier possibleNeed more trainings for users

Avantages

Clear UI for inputting data, as well as great indicators of missing data.

Inconvénients

Limited customizability in the Serinity (SaaS) version.

Avantages

The platform is really easy to use, and it's also very flexible, which was one of our most important business requirements, even in a so complicated industry like ours (furniture).

Inconvénients

Maybe just the integration with third party platform (eg. custom e-commerce), but mostly because our data structure is very very complicated.

Avantages

Good documentation, majority of product is easy to understand (up until the points it doesn't - needs more work in this space!)

Inconvénients

Limited or restricted import/export options, some features could do with expansion as they only partially cover business use cases

Avantages

The superior sandbox logic, which makes it easy for you to create anything you need.

Inconvénients

URL's cannot be displayed immediately as an image in the product unless you select the "Image" which is a bit difficult to process when exporting.

Avantages

very easy to use, user friendly and easily customizable

Inconvénients

doesn't have cons so far according to business usage

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Akeneo Product Cloud

Avantages

Because it simplifies and standardises the creation of digital catalogues in a flexible and accurate manner.

Inconvénients

It is very complex with a lot of funtionality and it coud be useful to have a on line tutorial.

Avantages

Extremely easy to follow and use. Very quick and simple to learn. The Functionality of this product is 10/10

Inconvénients

The Asset Management could be improved

Avantages

Accessibility, visualization and effectiveness.

Inconvénients

When executing reports are not accurate on the desired fields