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Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Malmo, Sweden, inriver has celebrated many milestones since their inception. Today, they have over 600 customers and 300 employees worldwide. Inriver offices are located in major global cities, including Chicago, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Stockholm, and Manila.
Their technological developments over the years have also been recognized, with Microsoft Azure awarding inriver Partner of the Year in 2019.
Their technological developments over the years have also been recognized, with Microsoft Azure awarding inriver Partner of the Year in 2019.
7.4
6.9Composability
6.3Head-
less
less
9.8Cloud
Native
Native
6.2API
8Modu-
larity
larity
Modularity
8
Although inriver does not refer to microservices on their site, they do reference the many integrations available through their product. This “Integration Framework” allows customers to take inriver components and build new integrations and adapters. Integrations available include a range of commerce providers and PIM optimizers, among others.
API
6.2
Inriver is not API first, but includes APIs in some cases. Inriver’s community webpages include documents for developers in relation to their REST API, which launched in 2019, however, their documentation is more limited than that of other providers.
Cloud Native
9.8
Multi-tenant SaaS solution, which means it is completely scalable. Inriver utilizes Microsoft Azure as its cloud provider.
Composability
6.9
Although several blog posts from inriver show the provider’s understanding of composability and its importance in businesses of the future, the vendor itself does not mention much on its site regarding its own steps towards composability. However, their integrations and cloud native services are clearly a step towards creating a composable product.
Headless
6.3
Inriver uses connections via third-party providers to offer headless experiences. The inriver Integration Framework (IIF) allows for extensions with other providers to create a headless set up.
Bottomline
7.4
Inriver is taking many steps towards modernizing its offering. However, it is not the most advanced provider out there when looking at the benchmarks above particularly available microservices and APIs.
