Interactive scorecard and NetResults: E-Commerce Software, 2/14/00

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Interactive scorecard and NetResults

Every network is unique. This calculator lets you change the weights given to scores from our review to see which product might be best suited for your needs. Here's how it works: In each category, our reviewers rated the apps on a 1-10 basis. These ratings are then multiplied by the percentage weighting, and then added up to give an overall product score. Any score above 9 is considered "world class."

For each category below, assign the percentage weight you think is most appropriate. The percent-o-meter box on the right will keep track of your weightings to let you know when you've reached 100%. When you fill in the last box, hit your enter key, and you'll see how the apps rate (along with our final scores for comparison).

Percent-
o-meter

Category	Our weight	Your weight
Features	30%	%
Manageability	25%	%
Performance	20%	%
Reporting	15%	%
Installation	5%	%
Documentation	5%	%

Results table

Below, you'll find the 1-10 score given to each app by our reviewers. To obtain the final score: Multiply each individual score by the weighting given that category, then add up all those resulting numbers. Click on vendor name for a detailed product-spec sheet.

IBM Macro-
media Miva Tomato Springs

Features 9 8 7 4

Manageability 8 7 6 6

Performance 9 7 6 7

Reporting 8 7 7 6

Installation 6 7 5 6

Documentation 6 8 5 5

Our total 8.3 7.35 6.35 5.55
YOUR TOTAL

NetResults

WebSphere Commerce Suite 4.1 beta, and Commerce Studio Developer Edition 4.1 beta (needed for Web site development)
IBM
(800) 342-6672, (914) 765-1900
Web site
Price not available. Previous release of WebSphere Commerce Suite, called Net.Commerce, was $4,749. WebSphere Studio Developer was $425.
Pros: Extremely capable site creation and business-to-business interface definition.
Cons: Requires some programming expertise.

Drumbeat 2000 eCommerce Edition
Macromedia
(800) 457-1774, (415) 252-2000
$499
Pros: Easy-to-use wizards for site creation and data access.
Cons: Relies on Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) technology for emitting dynamic Web pages.

Merchant 2.0
Empresa 3.63 (scripting engine needed to run Merchant 2.0 e-commerce scripts)
Miva
(858) 490-2570
Web site
$895 per CPU/domain
Pros: Miva Script language, via Empresa, adds
ASP-like server-side features to non-Microsoft Internet Information Server Web servers.
Cons: Much more sophisticated than Active-
Com-merce, but still just a storefront creation tool.

ActiveCommerce Plus 1.0
Tomato Springs Software
(888) 968-8772, (949) 459-6981
$5,995 (Plus edition), $9,995 (Enterprise edition)
Pros: Uses purchase order metaphor rather than a shopping cart.
Cons: Really just a storefront catalog display and rudimentary order taker.

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