Alokai (Vue Storefront)
An enterprise headless commerce frontend platform (formerly Vue Storefront), composable with React or Vue
- Best for
- Enterprise commerce teams needing a composable frontend layer in front of an existing backend like SAP, Salesforce, or Magento.
- Skip if
- You're an indie developer or small team wanting a simple, self-contained e-commerce starter - Alokai is enterprise-oriented with custom pricing and integration work.
Alokai, rebranded from Vue Storefront, is a composable frontend platform for enterprise commerce that connects to backends like SAP, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Magento, commercetools, and BigCommerce. It provides a pre-built storefront, a backend-for-frontend data layer (Connect), a deployment/monitoring console, an AI personalization layer (Compass), and managed cloud infrastructure with an SLA. It's aimed at large enterprise commerce teams rather than indie developers, with pricing available on request.
Pros
- Deep integrations with major enterprise commerce backends (SAP, Salesforce, Magento, commercetools, BigCommerce)
- Managed cloud offering with monitoring and an SLA reduces ops burden for large teams
- Long track record under its former name Vue Storefront with an active open-source GitHub org
Cons
- Pricing isn't public - requires a sales conversation, not a self-serve download
- Enterprise composable architecture is overkill for small projects or MVPs
- Value depends heavily on which backend system you're integrating with
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