"Headless commerce separates the frontend experience from the backend commerce engine, allowing teams to build custom storefronts while continuing to rely on a single core platform for checkout, catalog, and order management. It is often the first step away from a monolithic ecommerce system. Composable commerce goes further by breaking the entire commerce stack into modular, API-first services. Instead of one backend, teams assemble best-of-breed components, such as project information management (PIM),"
"Headless commerce, if you want frontend flexibility with lower architectural complexity Composable commerce, if you need maximum modularity, long-term flexibility, and are prepared to manage integration, governance, and ongoing operational costs. What "headless" and "composable" commerce actually mean Both headless and composable commerce move away from monolithic ecommerce platforms, but their main difference is how far that decoupling goes. With headless, the frontend experience is separated from a single backend system."
Headless commerce decouples the frontend from the backend commerce platform, enabling custom storefronts built with modern frameworks while the backend exposes commerce functionality through APIs. The backend remains the centralized system of record for product data, pricing, checkout, and orders. Composable commerce decomposes the entire commerce stack into modular, API-first components that teams assemble and orchestrate. Composable components include PIM, search, CMS, checkout, and payments, connected through APIs and orchestration layers. Headless fits teams seeking frontend flexibility with lower architectural complexity; composable fits teams needing maximum modularity and long-term flexibility while managing integration and governance.
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