eCommerce Overview

Last update: April 24, 2024

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AEM generic eCommerce is available as part of a standard installation and provides you with the full functionality of the eCommerce framework.

Adobe provides two versions of the Commerce Integration Framework:

CIF on-premCIF Cloud
Supported AEM versionsAEM on-prem or AMS 6.xAEM AMS 6.4 and 6.5
Back-end- AEM, Java™
- Monolithic integration, pre-build mapping (template)
- JCR repository		- Adobe Commerce
- Java and JavaScript
- No Commerce data stored in JCR repository
Front-endAEM server-side rendered pagesMixed page application (hybrid rendering)
Product catalog- Product importer, editor, caching in AEM
- Regular catalogs with AEM or proxy pages		- No product import
- Generic templates
- On-demand data via connector
Scalability- Can support up to a few million products (depends on the use-case)
- Caching on Dispatcher		- No volume limitation
- Caching on Dispatcher or CDN
Standardized data modelNoYes, Adobe Commerce GraphQL schema
AvailabilityYes:
- SAP Commerce Cloud (Extension updated to support AEM 6.4 and Hybris 5 (default) and maintains compatibility with Hybris 4
- Salesforce Commerce Cloud (Connector open-sourced to support AEM 6.4)		Yes via open source via GitHub.
Adobe Commerce (Supports 2.3.2 (default) and compatible with 2.3.1).
When to useLimited use-cases: For scenarios where small, import static catalogs as neededPreferred solution in most use-cases

Deploying Other Implementations

For AEM and Adobe Commerce, see AEM and Adobe Commerce integration using the Commerce Integration Framework.

NOTE
For information about concepts and administering eCommerce implementations, see Administering eCommerce.
For information about extending eCommerce capabilities, see Developing eCommerce.

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