Crystallize vs Vue Storefront (Alokai)
Crystallize
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| Figure | Crystallize | Vue Storefront (Alokai) |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $949/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Headless Ecommerce Platforms | 9.2 (#2) | 6.7 (#28) |
| Founded | 2017 | 2021 |
| Integrations | Official integration documentation lists payment gateways including Stripe, Klarna, Vipps, Dintero, Adyen, Mollie, Montonio, Quickpay, Two, and Razorpay. | Listed integrations include SAP Commerce Cloud, commercetools, Magento/Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Contentful, Contentstack, Stripe, Adyen, Algolia, Coveo, and Redis. |
Plans
In their own words
Crystallize
Crystallize is a hosted, composable commerce platform that brings product data, content, media, and commerce into a shared model, admin, and API. Its commerce engine covers product and pricing models, subscriptions, customer hierarchies, fulfillment pipelines, and checkout analytics. APIs and webhooks connect external ERP, CRM, payment, and logistics systems. GraphQL and MCP interfaces let AI agents read catalogs, draft quotes, configure subscriptions, and fill carts. The headless platform supports frontends for web, mobile, kiosks, and other platforms; listed platforms also include API, macOS, and Windows. Crystallize lists integrations with payment gateways including Stripe, Klarna, Vipps, Dintero, Adyen, Mollie, Montonio, Quickpay, Two, and Razorpay. It offers a free plan and paid plans from $949/mo; the Atom plan is $949 a month, billed plus metering. Particle and Atom have one tenant per project, while Crystal includes three. Crystallize says it complies with GDPR and CCPA.
Vue Storefront (Alokai)
Vue Storefront (Alokai) has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.