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Headless Commerce Crystallize
Crystallize
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Centra
Centra

Crystallize is ideal for businesses that prioritize complex product storytelling and subscription commerce within a headless, microservices architecture. In contrast, Centra is particularly strong for fashion brands seeking rapid, infinitely scalable omnichannel deployments, especially where seamless coexistence of DTC and B2B workflows is crucial.

Headless Commerce Crystallize

Crystallize

  • Full support iconIntuitive UI unifying Commerce, PIM, and CMS
  • Full support iconBuilt-in subscription commerce features
  • Full support iconFlexible, customizable data modeling
  • Full support iconNatively multi-lingual and multi market
  • Full support iconFully headless with fast GraphQL API
  • No support iconRequires developers for integration and frontend
  • No support iconNot ideal for small businesses
  • No support iconNot plug & play, requires configuration and development
What is Crystallize

Crystallize is a headless commerce engine built for product storytellers, recurring sales, designed to keep customers coming back. It seamlessly integrated subscription commerce and rich storytelling allowing you to build immersive experiences tailor made for you use case.

Usecases for Crystallize

Complex product universes suited for configurators and modern subscription-based business models. From the PIM/modeling side, Crystallize is very strong. Ideal for configurators and more complex cases. A big plus is super flexible and competitive subscription engine.

Centra

Centra

  • Full support iconUser-friendly interface and setup
  • Full support iconBuilt-in B2B and DTC modules
  • Full support iconExcellent support
  • No support iconWholesale UI rigidity
  • No support iconInitial configuration can be “slightly more complex”
  • No support iconVideo upload limitation
What is Centra

Centra is a cloud-native, API-first e-commerce platform designed primarily for fashion and lifestyle brands, offering both direct-to-consumer and wholesale commerce capabilities in a single, high-performance SaaS solution.

Usecases for Centra

Companies needing integrated B2B workflows—real-time inventory, bulk orders, returns and ERP sync—benefit from Centra’s unified module set.

Full support icon Full
No support icon None
Partial support icon Partial
Integration support icon Integration

Tech

Architecture
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Event based architecture with horizontal scaling
Centra
Multi-tenant SaaS
Cloud infrastructure
Headless Commerce Crystallize
AWS
Centra
Fastly CDN
API coverage
Headless Commerce Crystallize
GraphQL
Centra
RESTful / GraphQL
Built with
Headless Commerce Crystallize
TypeScript / GraphQL
Centra
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Security features
Headless Commerce Crystallize
TLS/SSL, DDoS protection, SOC2 compliance
Centra
Enterprise-grade security and compliance
Scalability
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Maintenance
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconManaged
Centra
Full support iconManaged
Customization level
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support icon
Centra
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Frontend integration
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Framework-agnostic
Centra
Framework-agnostic
AI/Machine learning
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Partial support iconVia third-party
Centra
via open APIs
Multitenancy
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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BOOK a personalized 1-on-1 demo today, and we’ll show you what makes Crystallize a powerful product story engine and if it is well suited for your business.

Features

Headless commerce
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Product information management (PIM)
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconBuilt-in
Centra
Partial support iconBuilt-in
Digital asset management (DAM)
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconBuilt-in
Centra
Full support iconBuilt-in
Order management
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Content management system (CMS)
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconBuilt-in
Centra
Third-party CMS
Multichannel selling
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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SEO optimization tools
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Customization and theming
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Internationalization
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconMulti-language / multi-currency
Centra
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API-First Design
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Ecosystem and integrations
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Expanding
Centra
Expanding
Checkout customization
Headless Commerce Crystallize
High flexibility
Centra
Fully customizable via API or SDK
Subscription services
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconBuilt-in
Centra
Full support iconBuilt-in
CRM integration
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Via API
Centra
Via API
Analytics and reporting
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Marketplace
Headless Commerce Crystallize
No support icon
Centra
Partial support icon Via API
User experience
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Intuitive / Dev focused
Centra
Intuitive, fashion-focused back-office UI

Pricing

Pricing model
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Subscription-based
Centra
Usage-based subscription covering core modules
Free Tier availability
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Full support iconNot limited on features
Centra
No support icon
Entry-level price
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Custom
Centra
Custom
Enterprise-level price
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Custom
Centra
Custom

Support

Support options
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Slack / Community / Dedicated account manager (Enterprise)
Centra
24/7 email and chat support / Slack / dedicated Customer Success Manager for enterprise
Documentation quality
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Comprehensive, well-organized
Centra
Comprehensive developer docs, API reference, SDK guides and code samples
Additional resources
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Livestream videos / API Reference / Developer guides
Centra
Blog, webinars, whitepapers and migration guides

Community

Community and forums
Headless Commerce Crystallize
Growing and Active (Slack)
Centra
Private customer forum and Slack workspace
Professional training
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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Certification programs
Headless Commerce Crystallize
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Centra
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