For businesses aiming for strong brand experience, retail + wholesale duality, and global storefronts with many markets, Centra often appears more immediately ready, while Norce might offer a better long-term fit if you need deeper control over product data, pricing rules, and composable architecture — provided you have technical capacity to integrate.
Modern docs + legacy STORM/Jetshop docs makes it hard
Integration gaps (good locally)
What is Norce
Norce Commerce is a Scandinavian, Azure-hosted, commerce platform with built-in PIM and pricing that lets B2B/B2C brands compose their own stack using best-of-breed integrations. Two solutions, STORM / Jetshop, merged into what is Norce today.
Usecases for Norce
B2B manufacturers/distributors needing complex price lists, customer-specific terms, and large catalogs.
Centra
User-friendly interface and setup
Built-in B2B and DTC modules
Excellent support
Wholesale UI rigidity
Initial configuration can be “slightly more complex”
Video 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.
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Docs / Help center / Solution partners / Academy training
24/7 email and chat support / Slack / dedicated Customer Success Manager for enterprise
Slack / Community / Dedicated account manager (Enterprise)
Documentation quality
Modern docs exist, but some legacy Jetshop/STORM docs remain (fragmentation)
Comprehensive developer docs, API reference, SDK guides and code samples
Comprehensive, well-organized
Additional resources
Blog / webinars / videos / ebooks
Blog, webinars, whitepapers and migration guides
Livestream videos / API Reference / Developer guides
Community
Community and forums
No public forum
Private customer forum and Slack workspace
Growing and Active (Slack)
Professional training
Norce Academy
Certification programs
Not publicly advertised (training available)
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Built-in PIM for complex assortments
Limited customizability / Scalability constraints (from legacy reviews)
Partial
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