SAP Commerce Cloud formerly known as SAP Hybris is a robust and scalable eCommerce platform designed to support businesses in delivering seamless, omnichannel experiences. Unlike traditional Java-based projects—where developers often need to build everything from the ground up—SAP Hybris provides a ready-made framework that significantly accelerates development. Its out-of-the-box components, extensibility, and integration capabilities make it a preferred choice for enterprise-level commerce solutions.
Why Choose SAP Hybris?
One of the key advantages of SAP Hybris is its modular architecture and support for omnichannel commerce, enabling businesses to engage with customers consistently across online, mobile, in-store, and social channels. This “omnichannel flavor” is a major differentiator, especially in today’s experience-driven economy.
Additionally, SAP Hybris is built on Spring, a popular and powerful Java framework, which makes it easier for Java developers to adapt and extend its capabilities.
Competitors of SAP Hybris
In the enterprise commerce landscape, SAP Hybris competes with several well-established Platforms:
1) Oracle ATG (now part of Salesforce Commerce Cloud – SFCC)
2) Magento (an Adobe company)
3) IBM WebSphere Commerce
Each platform has its strengths, but SAP Hybris stands out for its deep integration with other SAP products and its strong data management capabilities.
Licensing Model:
It’s important to note that SAP Hybris is not open source. It is a commercial product, and businesses need to purchase licenses based on their usage and business model. While this might seem restrictive compared to open-source platforms like Magento (Community Edition), it ensures enterprise-grade support, security, and scalability.
Understanding Hybris Extensions:
SAP Hybris follows a modular development model through the concept of extensions. An extension in Hybris is a self-contained module that contains specific functionality, such as product catalog management, user authentication, or order processing. These extensions make the platform highly customizable while maintaining separation of concerns within the codebase.
SAP Hybris Versioning
Old Versioning (Pre-SAP Acquisition) – e.g., 5.6.x, 6.0.x
Before SAP rebranded and restructured Hybris under the SAP Customer Experience portfolio:
Versions were labeled as X.Y.Z, such as:5.6.0, 5.7.1, 6.0.0, 6.3.0
This format followed a traditional semantic versioning model:X = Major version (new features, major changes)Y = Minor version (improvements, minor features)Z = Patch version (bug fixes, small enhancements)
These versions were released before 2018, when SAP began aligning Hybris more closely with SAP’s cloud and release strategy.
New Versioning (Post-2018) – e.g., 1808, 1905, 2205 :
After rebranding to SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP introduced a calendar-based versioning system:
The format is YYMM, representing Year + Month of release.1808 = Released in August 20181905 = Released in May 20192205 = Released in May 2022
This change was made to standardize releases and support predictable upgrade cycles, especially important for cloud deployments.
Patch Versions
Each YYMM release (like 1905) may also receive patch updates, labeled like:1905.16, 1905.21, etc. These patches typically include:
a) Bug fixes
b) Security improvements
c) Minor enhancements
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