# What is an e-commerce platform and when does a company need one?

Category: E-Commerce Platforms. Intent: informational. Top brand: Shopify.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/prompt/what-is-an-e-commerce-platform-and-when-does-a-company-need-ncuxialhy7 · data of 2026-11-03

## Brands named

| Brand | Share of engines |
|---|---|
| Shopify | 67% |
| WooCommerce | 67% |
| Stripe | 33% |
| BigCommerce | 33% |
| Adobe Commerce | 33% |
| Salesforce | 33% |
| SAP Commerce Cloud | 33% |

## Sources

- sap.com (4)
- adobe.com (2)
- stripe.com (2)
- bigcommerce.com (1)
- fitsmallbusiness.com (1)
- forbes.com (1)
- gov.sa (1)
- paypal.com (1)
- salesforce.com (1)
- shopify.com (1)
- techtarget.com (1)
- woocommerce.com (1)

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “What is an e-commerce platform and when does a company need one?”, https://slateindex.ai/prompt/what-is-an-e-commerce-platform-and-when-does-a-company-need-ncuxialhy7, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).