# Technology, Built for the Challenges B2B Actually Has Composable is not a synonym for microservices, and headless is not a synonym for no frontend. Spryker's architecture is judged by what enterprise B2B teams need: ownership of every capability, upgrades that do not become migration projects, and a platform partners can build on instead of just extend. [Request a demo](/content/request-a-demo/index.html) # Technology, Built for the Challenges B2B Actually Has Composable is not a synonym for microservices, and headless is not a synonym for no frontend. [Request a demo](/content/request-a-demo/index.html) ## Trusted by industry leaders worldwide ## Modern Commerce Technology Means Owning Your Solution End to End A platform is composable when its capabilities are independently deployable, replaceable, and combinable, and when a business can adopt only what it needs. Spryker composes modules within one architecture: customisation and full ownership stay with you, without operating a distributed system to get there. ### One Consistent Architecture Modules compose within a single architecture instead of a network of independently run services. What you build and customise stays fully in your control, in one place, without coordinating changes across service boundaries to get there. ### Headless-Capable, Frontend Included Spryker ships with a reference frontend so teams can launch without building one from scratch, and swap it for a fully headless setup whenever that is the right call. Included is not the same as locked in. ### Twelve Years of Production Hardening Architecture age is not the same as architecture debt. Twelve years in live enterprise B2B environments means the edge cases are already handled. > “ Best in class for composable e-commerce platforms. Spryker Cloud Commerce OS is an excellent PaaS Platform! Outstanding support. Great functions already out of the box. Fast time to market. ” > > > > Verified G2 User > > Automotive: Enterprise, >1000 Employees > “ A key player in composable commerce. API first, highly modular headless System that enables b2b, b2c and marketplace business models on one platform. ” > > > > Verified G2 User > > Retail: Enterprise, >1000 Employees ## Spryker's Architecture is Built for AI-Driven Commerce The only enterprise commerce platform where open code, consistent architecture, and true composability come together - not as a promise, but by design. **Spryker enables continuous, faster innovation with control, not an AI-generated maintenance mess.** [Explore AI Commerce](/content/technologies/ai-commerce/index.html) ## We Don't Borrow Capabilities. We Own Them Every commerce capability in Spryker is built, operated and maintained by Spryker. No OEM'd modules, no third-party vendor sitting in your critical path. That is why the vast majority of upgrades run automatically, forward and backwards. ### 100% Spryker-Owned Technology No OEM'd modules, no third-party vendor in your critical path. **750+ modules, every one of them ours** ### One System, Natively Integrated Every capability communicates natively on the same architecture. **Nothing sitting between your data and the platform** ### One Vendor, End-to-End One accountable owner for the code, the cloud, the SLA and the roadmap. **One contract, one SLA, one escalation path** ### No Replatforming, Ever New capability arrives forward- and backwards-compatible. **New capability without a project around it** ## A Platform That Compounds in Value Being adaptable is not just flexibility. It is a platform that grows more valuable over time, for every customer on it, without anyone re-platforming or absorbing the full cost of innovation alone. Two paths bring a capability from a project into the platform, both feeding the same cycle. ### Build Customers and Spryker build on one modular architecture and a unified data model. ### Productise By agreement, a proven capability moves into the platform. ### Adopt Existing customers cut TCO; new customers get it out of the box. ### Reinforce More customers, more proven capability, a stronger platform. ## Two Strategies, One Platform **Co-innovation, from day one** Spryker and the customer identify a shared need in advance and build it together, roughly 80% in the platform by Spryker, 20% at the project level. It ships architected for reuse, designed jointly from the start. **By agreement, after the fact** A customer builds a capability at the project level and proves it in production. With their agreement, Spryker brings it into the platform, crediting the work and keeping the customer's version fully supported. ## Extend the Platform. Keep Every Upgrade Customisations are built the way Spryker is designed to support them - not by copying the platform and maintaining a separate version of it. That's what keeps upgrades safe. Most updates don't touch how you've customised things, so your work carries forward on its own. On the rare occasion something fundamental changes, it's planned and flagged in advance - never a surprise on upgrade day. [See how upgradability works](/content/technologies/upgradability/index.html) ## Why Developers Love Spryker Build on a platform with a host of best-of-breed technologies ### Clean Logic for Complex Workflows Replace brittle if-then code with a visual state machine that makes complex processes easier to build, debug, and maintain, even as complexity increases. ### The Freedom to Build Your Way Compose exactly what’s needed with modular capabilities and a headless, API-first core. Spryker adapts to your architecture instead of locking you in. ### Integrates with the Tools You Use Connect ERP, CRM, and other core systems quickly through well-documented APIs and flexible data exchange tools. ### Upgrade-Safe by Design Stable contracts and clear extension points protect your work intact across every release. ## Own Your Commerce Technology, not just License It See how Spryker's architecture gives your team control over every module, every upgrade, and every decision about what to build next. [Book a Demo](/content/request-a-demo/index.html) ## Frequently Asked Questions Direct answers to the architecture questions enterprise buyers ask most. #### **Is Spryker a monolith?** No. Spryker composes commerce capability from 750+ independently deployable modules on one consistent architecture. What makes a platform a monolith is not its age, it is whether capabilities can be adopted, replaced or scaled independently. Spryker's can. #### **Does composable commerce require microservices?** No. Microservices are one implementation pattern for composability, not its definition. A platform is composable when capabilities are independently deployable and combinable. Spryker delivers that at the module level, without requiring every customer to operate a distributed services estate. #### **Is Spryker headless?** Spryker is headless-capable: every capability is reachable through open APIs, and teams can run a fully decoupled frontend. Spryker also ships a reference frontend so teams that want to launch faster are not required to build one first. The frontend is included by choice, not architecturally required. #### **How many modules does Spryker own, and why does that matter?** 750+, all built, operated and maintained by Spryker rather than OEM'd from third parties. That means one accountable owner for the code, the cloud, the SLA and the roadmap, and no third-party vendor sitting in your critical path when something needs to change. #### **How does customisation work without forking the platform?** Spryker uses module-level delivery: project code and platform code share the same language and architecture. Proven customisation, built by a customer, by Spryker, or together, can become a module that ships to every other customer, instead of staying a one-off fork that blocks future upgrades.