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A traditional ecommerce platform provides a pre-packaged, all-in-one solution with both frontend and backend functionality housed under one roof. A composable platform offers a backend only, which enables businesses to assemble and integrate a separate frontend and specialized services that best suit their unique requirements.

Both traditional ecommerce platforms and composable platforms boast benefits; it comes down to what’s right for your unique business.

Both traditional ecommerce platforms and composable platforms boast benefits; it comes down to what’s right for your unique business.

A traditional ecommerce platform provides a pre-packaged, all-in-one solution with both frontend and backend functionality housed under one roof. A composable platform offers a backend only, which enables businesses to assemble and integrate a separate frontend and specialized services that best suit their unique requirements.

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Platform type

traditional ecommerce platform

 

composable commerce platform

pros

traditional ecommerce platform

  • Ease of use and relatively quick deployment
  • Comprehensive, out-of-the-box feature set
  • Simplified management and maintenance
  • Lower initial development costs
  • Support and community

composable commerce platform

  • Flexibility and customization
  • Scalability and agility
  • Integration and interoperability
  • Cost optimization
  • Innovation and future-proofing

Cons

traditional ecommerce platform

  • Ease of use and relatively quick deployment
  • Comprehensive, out-of-the-box feature set
  • Simplified management and maintenance
  • Lower initial development costs
  • Support and community

composable commerce platform

  • Flexibility and customization
  • Scalability and agility
  • Integration and interoperability
  • Cost optimization
  • Innovation and future-proofing
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Headless: Headless capabilities through GraphQL API

CMS: Comes with built-in CMS, Pagebuilder

Best for:

  • Mid to enterprise-level companies that require more control over their digital commerce endeavors
  • B2B ecommerce
  • Customizable or niche marketplaces
  • omnichannel retailers

Pros:

  • Robust and scalable
  • Flexible and customizable
  • Embedded AI
  • Feature-rich
  • Community support
  • Supports Progressive Web Applications (PWAs)
  • Cross-channel personalization

Cons:

  • Requires higher technical expertise
  • Higher technical requirements may lead to increased costs
  • Lacks automatic features and version updates

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Headless: Headless capabilities through its Storefront API

CMS: Comes with built-in CMS, Shopify CMS

Best for:

  • Small to medium-sized businesses
  • Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands
  • Niche and specialty retailers
  • Subscription-based businesses

Pros:

  • Easy to use
  • Extensive app store with a vast ecosystem of third-party apps and integrations
  • Support for complex use cases

Cons: 

  • Designed for smaller catalogs
  • Limited customization
  • Limited scalability
  • Limited multisite capabilities
  • B2B offering recently launched
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Adobe Commerce

Headless capabilities through GraphQL API

Comes with built-in CMS, Pagebuilder

Best for

  • Mid to enterprise-level companies that require more control over their digital commerce endeavors
  • B2B ecommerce
  • Customizable or niche marketplaces
  • omnichannel retailers

Pros

  • Robust and scalable
  • Flexible and customizable
  • Embedded AI
  • Feature-rich
  • Community support
  • Supports Progressive Web Applications (PWAs)
  • Cross-channel personalization

Cons

  • Requires higher technical expertise
  • Higher technical requirements may lead to increased costs
  • Lacks automatic features and version updates

Salesforce CC

Headless capabilities through its API-first approach

Comes with built-in CMS, SiteGenesis

Best for

  • Mid to enterprise-level companies
  • B2C retailers
  • D2C brands
  • Global ecommerce operations

Pros

  • Offers options for B2B, B2C, and B2B2C businesses
  • Integration with Salesforce Ecosystem
  • Sophisticated AI technology
  • Multisite functionality
  • Shared Lightening services

Cons

  • Separate platforms for B2C & B2B (Demandware vs Cloudcraze)
  • Limited customization when compared to other fully headless solutions
  • Outdated infrastructure

SAP Commerce

Headless capabilities through its RESTful API

Comes with built-in CMS, SmartEdit

Best for

  • Large enterprises with complex operations and/or large product catalogs
  • B2B retailers
  • Manufacturing and distribution industries
  • Multichannel and global ecommerce

Pros

  • Strong B2B
  • Robust integration capabilities with other SAP solutions and third-party systems

Cons

  • Weaker B2C
  • The complexity of the platform may result in longer time-to-market
  • Outdated infrastructure

Shopify

Headless capabilities through its Storefront API

Comes with built-in CMS, Shopify CMS

Best for

  • Small to medium-sized businesses
  • Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands
  • Niche and specialty retailers
  • Subscription-based businesses

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Extensive app store with a vast ecosystem of third-party apps and integrations
  • Support for complex use cases

Cons

  • Designed for smaller catalogs
  • Limited customization
  • Limited scalability
  • Limited multisite capabilities
  • B2B offering recently launched
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