We're going to launch an online store and want to know if we should choose Hybris or other platform (for ex. Spree). We plan to have ~3-5k customers in 3 years after release.
It should have all the standard features an online store has. Like payment systems integrations, responsive design, admin panel, reviews etc. And some extra features like abandoned carts, gift cards, Elasticsearch (or similar for ex. Solr).
Also, it's crucial to be able to make deep customizations in the future: add new features, modify design etc.
Is Hybris suitable for these tasks?
Thank you!
In general, Hybris supports the desired features. The default indexation technology is SOLR. Also all kinds of customizations/integrations/features are possible but you will need a development team for them. Although, once properly made, the shop can be customized using only CMS components.
Some other Hybris features:
It is written in Java
Different cockpits/admin panels for different roles. (CMS Cockpit, Product Cockpit, General Admin..)
The question here is if you really need such an enterprise e-commerce system. The licenses are not cheap and there are a lot of out of the box features, which you will probably not use.
If your goal is a basic shop with some common features and customizations, maybe Spree is a better solution. Here it all depends on your scaling plan.
Hope this helps you.