Cloud SDK comparison charts
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Cloud SDK and Engage SDK
The Sitecore Cloud SDK and the Sitecore Engage SDK both provide tracking and personalization capabilities, but they differ in the individual features they provide.
| Cloud SDK 0.6.1 | Engage SDK 1.4.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sitecore subscriptions | ||
| A subscription for SitecoreAI.Certain capabilities also require a subscription for CDPSitecore PersonalizeSitecore Search | A subscription for at least one of the following CDPSitecore Personalize | |
| Compatible technology stack | ||
| Content SDK or JSS application | The Cloud SDK is compatible with all versions of the Content SDK, and with JSS version 21.6 and later. Determine which version of the Cloud SDK to use for your version of JSS. | |
| Next.js web application | ||
| React.js web application | ||
| Vanilla JavaScript web application | ||
| Web application with a Tag Management System (TMS), such as Google Tag Manager (GTM) | ||
| Features overview | ||
| Real-time tracking | ||
| Personalization | ||
| Feature: real-time tracking | ||
| Unified tracking | ||
| Client-side tracking | ||
| Server-side tracking | ||
| VIEW events | ||
| IDENTITY events | ||
| FORM events | ||
| Order-related events | ||
| Sitecore Search events | Requires a subscription for Sitecore Search. | |
| Custom events | ||
| Event queue | ||
| Feature: personalization | ||
| SitecoreAI personalizations | ||
| SitecoreAI A/B/n testing | ||
| Sitecore Personalize web experiments and experiences | Requires a subscription for Sitecore Personalize. | Requires a subscription for Sitecore Personalize. |
| Sitecore Personalize interactive experiments and experiences | Requires a subscription for Sitecore Personalize. | Requires a subscription for Sitecore Personalize. |
Cloud SDK and Search REST APIs
If you have created Sitecore Search integrations before, you might be familiar with the Search and Recommendation API and the Events API. The Cloud SDK search package makes requests to those REST APIs behind the scenes.
The Sitecore Cloud SDK and the Sitecore Search REST APIs all provide capabilities to build search experiences, but they differ in the individual features they provide.
The Cloud SDK simplifies the integration of search capabilities by providing a more declarative and developer-friendly interface to make search requests and implement tracking.
| Cloud SDK 0.6.1 | Sitecore Search REST APIs | |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sitecore subscriptions | ||
| A subscription for Search | A Sitecore Search subscription. | |
| Compatible technology stack | ||
| Content SDK or JSS application | The Cloud SDK is compatible with all versions of the Content SDK, and with JSS version 21.6 and later. Determine which version of the Cloud SDK to use for your version of JSS. | |
| Next.js web application | ||
| React.js web application | ||
| Vanilla JavaScript web application | ||
| Web application with a Tag Management System (TMS), such as Google Tag Manager (GTM) | ||
| Features overview | ||
| Requesting search content | ||
| Real-time tracking | ||
| Feature: requesting search content | ||
| API requests | ||
| Search widgets | ||
| Recommendation widgets | ||
| Questions-answers widgets | ||
| Search context rules | ||
| Filters | ||
| Filters for facets | ||
| Facets | ||
| Search suggestions | ||
| Search ranking | ||
| Search personalization | ||
| Product swatches | ||
| Feature: real-time tracking | ||
| Unified tracking | ||
| Client-side tracking | ||
| Server-side tracking | ||
| Sitecore Search eventswidget view eventswidget item click eventsfacet click eventsnavigation click eventssuggestion click eventsentity view events |
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