What EvolutionX does

EvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce platform product developed and marketed by ECI Software Solutions, Inc., a private software vendor headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois. The platform targets distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers across verticals including business supplies, industrial, office technology, electrical, plumbing, medical equipment, industrial safety, and franchises/buying groups. It is offered with localized websites for North America/Global, the UK, Australia/New Zealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Germany.

The platform is architected as an AI-powered headless B2B commerce solution with ERP integration capabilities and an open API for custom connections. Core capabilities include an AI Agent for real-time insights, fraud detection, and order scoring; B2B-specific commerce features (role-based catalog restrictions, cost centers for budgeting and approvals, customer-specific pricing models, quote management, and procurement controls including multi-tier approvals, budget enforcement, and PO enforcement); integrated product content management with automatically updated wholesaler product data; and proven integrations with Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, and Acumatica. The pricing engine supports multiple methods (fixed price, discount off list, markup, margin, call for price, quote me) and matrix pricing by product, band, category, brand, or mailer. The LBM Delivery Rates module extends the platform with zone-based pricing, truck availability scheduling, and AI-powered inference of missing item attributes. Sub-products target Distribution, Manufacturing, and Office Technology verticals. Adjacent integrations span HubSpot, Shopify Flow, AudioEye (accessibility), Mimeeq (product configuration), UPS (shipping), GetAddress.io (UK address validation), Acsellerate (CRM/sales intelligence), S.P. Richards email marketing, and EvoLink for ERP data sync.

The business model is subscription-based licensing with multi-year enterprise contracts; pricing is customized by company size, shipping options, payment options, and additional customizations, with no public price list and quotes delivered via 'Request a Demo' and 'Request Pricing' CTAs. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales through ECI Software Solutions' broader sales force. Notably, the input also documents EvolutionX as the lead investor in a $50 million growth capital round for UAE cloud-kitchen platform Kitopi (2026-02-02) and as a $40 million debt funder to India-based B2B commerce operator Udaan (2025-09-25); these activities are inconsistent with a small private B2B ecommerce product line and likely reflect a separate investment entity sharing the EvolutionX name, and are flagged as a data anomaly.

Name

EvolutionX

Legal name

ECI Software Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://evolutionx.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

EvolutionX is an AI-powered B2B ecommerce platform by ECI Software Solutions serving distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers with ERP integration, customer-specific pricing, role-based catalogs, and multi-region deployment across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Ecommerce Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B/EDI & Supply Chain Process Automation Platforms (HDAEAHAK)

Keywords

• B2B ecommerce platform
• Wholesale ecommerce software
• Distribution ecommerce platform
• AI-powered ecommerce
• ERP integrated ecommerce

Headquarters

HQ city

Oak Brook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. B2B Ecommerce Platform Subscription: EvolutionX generates revenue through subscription-based licensing of its B2B ecommerce platform. Pricing depends on company size, shipping options, payment options, and customizations. The platform minimizes transaction fees and additional costs to ensure optimal profit margins for customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EvolutionX is an AI-powered B2B ecommerce platform that enables distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers to run online stores with B2B-specific features such as contract pricing, multi-tier approvals, quote management, customer-specific catalogs, and self-service account portals. The platform integrates with leading ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, Acumatica) and includes an AI Agent for real-time insights, fraud detection, product enrichment, and automated administration. It is offered as a subscription product of ECI Software Solutions, sold to B2B commerce operators in distribution, manufacturing, and office technology verticals.

Product overview

EvolutionX is a unified AI-powered B2B ecommerce platform by ECI Software Solutions designed for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers. The core product is EvolutionX, which serves as the central B2B commerce platform with integrated modules including the AI Agent for intelligent automation, B2B-specific features (contract pricing, multi-tiered pricing, procurement controls, quoting), built-in marketing tools, account management, ERP integration (Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, Acumatica), custom website design services, and the LBM Delivery Rates module for logistics. The ecosystem also includes the EvolutionX Help Center documentation portal and EvoLink for ERP data synchronization. The platform offers industry-specific variants for distribution, manufacturing, and office technology verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• EvolutionX AI-powered B2B ecommerce platform for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers. Features advanced AI capabilities, content management, commerce tools, ERP connectivity, and customer communication features, available in vertical-specific configurations for distribution, manufacturing, and office technology.
• LBM Delivery Rates Delivery engine for the LBM (Lumber and Building Materials) vertical that handles zone-based pricing, truck availability scheduling, order capacity management, and geographic delivery matching. Includes an AI-powered prediction module with a public API (x-api-key authentication) for integrating delivery quote generation into ecommerce stores.
• EvoLink Integration tool for syncing pricing and product data between back-office ERP systems and EvolutionX stores, supporting bulk pricing imports and real-time pricing updates.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customers can begin selling online within 100 days (as demonstrated by Wiseway Supply case study)

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ECI Software SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationEvolutionX is a product of ECI Software Solutions, a company providing business management and ERP solutions. EvolutionX operates as the B2B ecommerce platform within ECI's broader portfolio of manufacturing, distribution, construction, and field service software solutions.
• Industry WholesalerscoreTechnology or IntegrationEvolutionX has partnered with popular industry wholesalers to provide enriched product content within the platform. Wholesalers supply updated product data on a regular cadence, which is automatically imported into the platform so users don't have to manually enter changes to wholesaler product content.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, Acumatica (ERP Integrations)coreTechnology or IntegrationEvolutionX provides proven integrations with leading ERP solutions including Microsoft Dynamics 365, QuickBooks, and Acumatica. The platform also offers open API access with detailed developer documentation for managing custom integrations.
• The Business Times and Tech in AsiaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNews coverage referencing EvolutionX's activities in Asia's startup ecosystem, attributed to The Business Times and Tech in Asia publications.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• commercetools: commercetools is a leading headless commerce platform serving B2B and B2C use cases via APIs and microservices - directly relevant to EvolutionX's headless, ERP-integrated architecture for large distributors and manufacturers.
• Sana Commerce: Sana Commerce is a B2B ecommerce platform tightly integrated with ERPs (Dynamics, SAP, NAV) - directly comparable to EvolutionX's ERP-coupled approach for distributors and manufacturers running Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• BigCommerce: BigCommerce B2B Edition is purpose-built for B2B and wholesale with multi-storefront, quote management, customer groups, and ERP integrations - making it a direct head-to-head for distributor and manufacturer customers evaluating EvolutionX.
• Kibo Commerce: Kibo (which absorbed Insite Software) offers B2B ecommerce and order management with ML-driven personalization, targeting distributors and manufacturers - a direct competitor for mid-market B2B deals.
• Shopify (Shopify Plus B2B): Shopify Plus now ships a dedicated B2B offering (Shopify B2B) targeting wholesalers and distributors with features such as company accounts, customer-specific pricing, and draft orders - directly mirroring EvolutionX's core value proposition with the advantage of a huge SMB install base and merchant ecosystem.
• Oro Commerce (now Oro Inc.): Oro (formerly OroCommerce) is an open-source B2B ecommerce platform with native B2B features (quotes, RFQs, customer-specific pricing) - a direct peer that competes for distributor and manufacturer accounts with similar feature depth.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce Commerce Cloud (B2B Commerce): Salesforce B2B Commerce is part of the broader Salesforce Experience Cloud - a broader-incumbent alternative that overlaps with EvolutionX for enterprise distributors and manufacturers needing CRM + ecommerce alignment.
• Adobe Commerce (Magento): Adobe Commerce (Magento) is a broad incumbent in digital commerce with B2B capabilities and an extensive partner ecosystem - a larger but less B2B-specialized alternative for distributors and manufacturers evaluating EvolutionX.

Others

• Stripe (B2B / TaxJar for invoicing): While not a direct ecommerce competitor, Stripe increasingly embeds invoicing, payments, and B2B billing workflows into platform checkout experiences - an adjacent ecosystem player whose payment rails could be embedded into (or disintermediate) EvolutionX's payment tools.

Emerging players

• WooCommerce (B2B plugins): WooCommerce powers a large share of SMB and mid-market storefronts and supports B2B functionality via plugins (e.g., wholesale suites) - an emerging alternative for smaller distributors considering EvolutionX.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/estechgroup
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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