Akeneo Product Cloud

Vorteile

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.

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

Vorteile

Akeneo is incredibly user-friendly, making product data management simple and efficient.

Nachteile

The least appealing aspect of Akeneo is its complexity when customizing integrations.

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Vorteile

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 We migrated from an outdated PIM where everything was inputted manually so this program has greatly sped up our internal processes.

Nachteile

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.

Vorteile

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.

Nachteile

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.

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Vorteile

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.

Nachteile

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

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Vorteile

The transformation rules, they are quite simple, so if you do not need anything complicated, it will automazime most of the process.

Nachteile

The GUI and quality assurance could use some work.

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Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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

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Vorteile

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.

Nachteile

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.

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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.

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Create a data governance for your product info.

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- 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

Nachteile

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

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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.

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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.

Vorteile

Overall, this solutions is a must for any Business looking to enrich data, store valuable data attributes and also to connect and promote products on ecommerce platforms. the API capabilities makes working woth Akeneo easy and also promoting a strong presence of product data online

Nachteile

Some teething problems in terms of how flexible but Akeneo are forever working on the Road map to work with us and help us achieve our goals

Vorteile

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.

Nachteile

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.

Vorteile

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.

Nachteile

Workflows could use some work from an enterprise perspective.

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Vorteile

It’s friendly user- interface. The easy switch between channels. The concept of assets and entities providing many possibilities to manage enriched content.

Nachteile

The 'Simultaneous Work' that is not yet arrived and some complexity in navigating through the history of modification. This based on using it in an international context at scale with many users and markets collaborating at the same time on the PIM.

Vorteile

Open customization was, for us, one of the biggest factors as we needed to be able to import in product data from our inventory control system on an ongoing basis. The good network of integration partners that Akeneo has developed and the flexibility of open source code made it a great way to us to build out the extra things we needed while utilizing many of the excellend out of the box features to work with the data once it's in Akeneo and pass it on to our site.

Nachteile

Integration and customization, while great, also make for more challenging paths during regular updates and upgrades. Akeneo regularly releases fixes and full feature updates, which is also a great thing, but does present us with the need to continually stay on top of those to ensure we're at a version we're comfortable with and also keeping our customizations in working condition with the latest versions.

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

Sometimes the product label seems to be complicated

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

No ability to export products based on their categorization

Vorteile

The UI, the product grid, the product page
Being able to import the whole structure with files
The performances and no bugs

Nachteile

The DAM part of the PIM could have more features
The automatic rules are limited
The import/export format are not flexible

Vorteile

Beautiful user interface. Almost ready to use product.

Nachteile

Lack of flexibility
Less focus on open source, more on paid versions

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

Les limites de transferts des imports à 500 Mo

Vorteile

Customer support + ux design of the interface

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Only 1 product identifier possibleNeed more trainings for users

Vorteile

PIM has a lot of useful features especially designed keeping the users in mind. The frequent updates and improvements enhance the tools quality. The documentation is very helpful and makes it easy to understand.

Nachteile

Nothing that I can think of really! It's a great tool.

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

Limited customizability in the Serinity (SaaS) version.

Vorteile

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).

Nachteile

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

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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

Vorteile

With experience in other enterprise PIM Systems, I can say with confidence that Akeneo's interface is easier to understand and more intuitive than other options on the market.

Nachteile

The onboarding process was a bit clunky, primarily attributed to our Integrating partner who did not fully understand the Akeneo process.

Vorteile

Akeneo PIM makes it possible to collect product specific statistical data from various sources.

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Akeneo PIM definitely needs to increase the data sources that it can collect data from.

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

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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.

Vorteile

very easy to use, user friendly and easily customizable

Nachteile

doesn't have cons so far according to business usage

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Vorteile

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

Nachteile

The Asset Management could be improved

Vorteile

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

Nachteile

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

Vorteile

PIM has a great flexibility to improve your management tasks and save time making your job easyer. I love the capabilities that pim offers to the user to manage the information more efficiently. You can unify your products information in one only software that allows you manage all of it. You can also personalize almost any field in fact to your necessities.

Nachteile

That what i don't like from PIM is that the learning curve isn't that faster as i thought but with a couple of weeks of study you can handle it pretty good.

Vorteile

There are many advantages. Easy media and product information management on many channels and for many languages. Mass data management and easy creating multiple category trees.

If collections change regularly in your industry or new products are coming this is your lifebuoy.

Nachteile

Implementation of this software is expensive and requires good management. It will not work in small stores, because then you can even manage product information in sheets.

Vorteile

Easy to use and efficient and suits the business needs for a PIM tool that can be used for ecommerce

Nachteile

Requires customisation to achieve a lot of desired results

Vorteile

Accessibility, visualization and effectiveness.

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When executing reports are not accurate on the desired fields

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It's free, it's modern, it's fast, clean. You can perceive it's well designed and programmed. It fulfills just PIM needs without unnecessary additional features. It has a free community edition you can use self-hosted.

Nachteile

It's hard to understand, you must study the guides. It doesn't have a free hosted version. You need a VPS to use it.

Vorteile

Great features and open source. Better than paid tools

Nachteile

Difficulty of understanding at beginning