Vue Storefront alternative: now Alokai

Why this page exists

If you are looking for a Vue Storefront alternative, the first thing worth knowing is that Vue Storefront rebranded to Alokai in 2023. The product, the team, the codebase, and the technology stack are the same. The company name and brand changed; the underlying framework did not.

A lot of searches for "Vue Storefront alternative" still land here because the old name is more familiar. The honest direction is to evaluate against the current product. The full Frntkey vs Alokai comparison covers what most buyers want to see: Frntkey vs Alokai.

Frntkey vs Vue Storefront / Alokai in one paragraph

Frntkey and Vue Storefront are both built on Vue and Nuxt. Both render server-side. Both target Core Web Vitals as a baseline. The technology base is genuinely shared. The difference is delivery model: Frntkey is a productized frontend-as-a-service with a monthly subscription and a fixed setup project, while Vue Storefront (now Alokai) is a framework that a merchant or partner builds a custom storefront on top of. Frntkey projects launch in 6 to 12 weeks because the storefront and integrations are pre-built. A custom Vue Storefront project typically takes 4 to 9 months because more of the build work happens after framework selection.

When to pick Vue Storefront / Alokai

Vue Storefront (Alokai) is the right choice when:

• The commerce backend is commercetools, SAP Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, Magento, or another platform Frntkey does not currently support.
• The storefront experience is so distinctive that a productized FaaS would have to be rebuilt. Full framework openness is the right answer when the storefront is genuinely bespoke.
• The team has in-house frontend engineering or works with an experienced Vue Storefront / Alokai delivery partner.
• The project budget and timeline fit a 4-to-9-month custom build.

When to pick Frntkey

Frntkey is the right choice when:

• The commerce backend is Norce or Shopware. Native adapters and the Norce Jetshop migration relationship make Frntkey the structured path on those backends.
• Time to market matters. 6 to 12 weeks for a production launch is meaningfully faster than a typical custom Vue Storefront project.
• The Nordic integration set — Klarna, Walley, Voyado, Hello Retail, Lipscore — is part of the requirements. Frntkey ships these pre-wired.
• The team prefers a productized SaaS model over a framework. A maintained codebase on subscription removes the engineering overhead of running a custom storefront long-term.

For the full comparison

The detailed side-by-side comparison — supported backends, hosting model, integration set, pricing structure — lives on the Frntkey vs Alokai page. Same product, current name.

For context on the framework choice itself, see Vue and Nuxt for headless commerce.