Modernizing your ecommerce platform doesn’t mean ripping everything out and starting over. With Alokai, SAP Commerce Cloud (SAP CC) users now have a practical way to move towards a composable architecture step-by-step. Today, we’ve released our new SmartEdit integration, designed to make modernization easier and less risky by helping you transition to a modern frontend and gradually adapt other components.
This integration reflects Alokai’s mission: to empower businesses to leverage best-of-breed software, harmonizing robust SAP CC capabilities with the flexibility of composable commerce. What’s a better way to boost customer experience and drive online revenue?
What does “modernization without replatforming” mean?
Switching to modern ecommerce technology can be challenging, especially for companies with significant investments in systems like SAP CC. We believe you shouldn’t have to redo everything.
Instead, Alokai helps you modernize your platform piece by piece , starting with the most visible layer—your frontend.
This approach lets you preserve current investments into SAP Commerce Cloud, ERP, PIM, and other crucial parts of your ecommerce tech stack, while improving parts that directly impact revenue and conversion rates.
To learn more about how modernization without replatforming works, take a look at our guide to modernization .
Introducing Alokai’s SmartEdit integration with SAP CC
Alokai’s customers can already rely on our integration with SAP Commerce Cloud, pre-built Storefront for B2B & B2C, as well as Storefront Modules for B2B. Now, to ease your transformation to composable even further, we release the new integration with SmartEdit (SAP’s CMS).
This way, you can phase your transformation to composable – starting by replacing only the frontend, while being able to change the CMS later.
With this integration, you can:
Reduce risks: Keep your backend intact while gradually modernizing the frontend and other components. This means less disruption and fewer risks.
Enhance customer experience: Create a seamless, modern frontend without custom development, enabling you to deliver a better experience with less effort.
Take a flexible approach to modernization: Start with what matters most—the customer experience—and expand into other areas as needed.
Key features of the Alokai SmartEdit integration
The SmartEdit integration has been designed with ease of use and flexibility in mind, supporting out-of-the-box (OOTB) components and adding more options through Alokai.
Here’s a closer look at what it brings to the table:
All OOTB SmartEdit components are supported: Alokai supports all SmartEdit components like Paragraph, Banner, Footer, Navigation, etc. by default.
Additional frontend components provided by Alokai
Ability to style OOTB components to match your brand and design language.
Support for a visual editor, which means non-technical team members can also make edits and updates.
Full internationalization support, ensuring your content can be tailored to different regions without the hassle of extensive manual customization.
Easy installation
The integration is delivered as a Storefront Module, meaning it can be set up with a single command for Alokai Storefront. This simplicity reduces installation time, allowing your team to start modernizing quickly.
Ready to get started?
If this sounds like a fit for your ecommerce plans, Alokai’s SmartEdit integration is available to help you move toward a composable architecture without starting from scratch. You can contact our team for a demo or check out the documentation to learn more.
Take your time with modernization—it’s a marathon, not a sprint. We’re here to make that journey a little easier.
