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Emporix × Laioutr
A frontend for Emporix, B2B-ready in weeks instead of months
The Frontend Management Platform for Emporix Composable Commerce. Visual page builder, 70+ e-commerce components with B2B building blocks, EU hosting. Supports Customer Hierarchies, Quote Engine, and Multi-Merchant. Live faster than any custom build.
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E-commerce components
Lighthouse 100
Performance from day 1
Made in EU
GDPR-compliant, servers in Germany
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What does an Emporix frontend mean?
An Emporix frontend is the buyer-facing layer of a B2B composable stack. Emporix provides the commerce engine with products, Customer Hierarchies, Quote Requests, Approval Workflows, and Multi-Merchant. The frontend connects via the Emporix API and can be designed freely. Unlike monolithic B2B platforms, a frontend for Emporix is always mandatory, not optional.
1. The backend stays Emporix
The Emporix Commerce Engine still manages products, Customer Hierarchies, Quote Requests, Approval Workflows, Tiered Pricing, and Multi-Merchant logic. You keep using the Emporix dashboard interface unchanged.
2. The frontend is chosen
You have four options: Vue.js Reference Templates (open source from Emporix as a starting point), Custom Build (Next.js or Nuxt), Vue Storefront with an Emporix connection, or a Frontend Management Platform like Laioutr.
3. Data flows via API in real time
No data duplication, no sync conflicts. Laioutr talks directly to the Emporix API, including multi-tenant, multi-merchant, and B2B-specific endpoints.
Benefits
Which frontend options do you have for Emporix?
Emporix doesn't ship an official frontend product. So the frontend question comes up early in every composable Emporix project. Four options are established in the market. Here's where each one pays off.
1. Vue.js Reference Templates (open source)
Emporix provides Reference Templates on GitHub, Vue.js-based, as a starting point for custom builds. No official product, no roadmap, no enterprise support. Useful as a learning resource or a starting point for your own engineering team.
2. Custom build (Next.js or Nuxt)
Maximum control, highest effort. A six- to twelve-month build phase plus ongoing maintenance by an in-house React or Vue team. Makes sense when frontend engineering is your strategic core competency and you need highly specific B2B workflows.
3. Vue Storefront with Emporix integration
Open-source PWA with a community-driven connection to Emporix. Active community, no official vendor support, project-dependent stability. Makes sense when an open-source stack is strategic and you have Vue expertise in-house.
4. Laioutr DXP
Frontend Management Platform with a visual builder, 70+ components including B2B building blocks, EU hosting, and multi-backend support. Fastest time-to-launch, lowest learning curve, B2B features out of the box. Makes sense when you want to go live fast and keep your backend options open.
USE CASES
What you build with Laioutr for Emporix
Laioutr is built for B2B composable setups that need to change fast. From the customer-hierarchy portal to the multi-merchant marketplace.
B2B portals with Customer Hierarchies and Approval Workflows
Emporix Customer Hierarchies, Account Trees, Approval Workflows. Laioutr calls the Emporix API directly and renders customer-group-specific assortments, Tiered Pricing, and approval frontends.
Multi-merchant marketplaces on an Emporix backend
Emporix Multi-Merchant Engine plus Laioutr frontend: multiple sellers on one storefront, each with their own assortments, their own prices, and a unified checkout.
Configurator-driven PDPs for industrial goods
Complex product configuration with pricing logic, bills of materials, variant selection. State management at the component level, price calculation via the Emporix API.
Quote-to-cash frontends with the Emporix Quote Engine
B2B buyers request quotes, negotiate, approve, order. Laioutr components render every step of the quote-to-cash flow, driven by the Emporix Quote API.
Replatforming from Reference Templates or a custom build to Laioutr
An existing frontend stack on Vue Reference Templates or a custom Next.js build is to be replaced without touching the Emporix backend. Phased migration.
Greenfield B2B storefronts on new Emporix projects
New Emporix project, fresh start. With Laioutr themes and the UI library, you're in production in weeks instead of investing months in a custom build.
Laioutr vs. custom build for Emporix
The honest comparison
Emporix has no official frontend product, only open-source Vue Reference Templates as a starting point. So the most common frontend decision is: custom build in Next.js or Nuxt, or a Frontend Management Platform like Laioutr. A custom build gives maximum control and costs a six- to twelve-month build phase plus ongoing maintenance. Laioutr delivers Studio, 70+ components including B2B building blocks, and EU hosting in the plan, with full code extensibility.
Compare differences | Laioutr DXP | Custom Build (Next.js / Nuxt) |
|---|---|---|
Builder und Komponenten Was Sie aus der Box bekommen und was Sie selbst aufbauen müssen. | ||
Visueller Page Builder Drag-and-Drop-Editor für Marketing- und Content-Teams. | Inklusive (Studio) Live-Preview, komponentenbasiert | Nicht enthalten Eigenbau oder externes CMS |
B2B-Komponenten Vorgefertigte UI-Bausteine für B2B-Workflows wie Quotes, Approvals, Customer Hierarchies. | Im Standard Quote-Frontends, Approval-Flows, Hierarchies | Selbst aufbauen Komplette B2B-UI selbst entwickeln |
Themes und Vorlagen Startpunkt für neue Storefronts ohne Greenfield-Aufwand. | Vorgefertigte Themes Sofort einsatzbereit, voll erweiterbar | Greenfield Designsystem komplett selbst aufbauen |
Hosting Wo das Frontend ausgeliefert wird und wer es betreibt. | Inklusive (EU-CDN) Laioutr Cloud, kein separater Deploy | Selbst hosten Vercel, AWS, eigene Infrastruktur |
Architektur und Compliance Wie flexibel die Plattform ist und was Sie regulatorisch mitbekommen. | ||
Backend-Flexibilität Welche E-Commerce-Backends sich anbinden lassen. | Multi-Backend Emporix, commercetools, Shopware, Shopify | Backend-spezifisch Code an Emporix API gebunden |
Performance und Core Web Vitals Wie viel Aufwand für Lighthouse-100-Niveau nötig ist. | Out of the box Lighthouse 100 als Default-Ziel | Manuelles Tuning Performance-Engineering durch Team |
BFSG und WCAG 3.0 Konformität mit Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz und WCAG 3.0. | Im Standard WCAG 3.0, BFSG, EN 301 549 | Eigenverantwortung Audit separat erforderlich |
Datenschutz und Serverstandort Wo Daten verarbeitet werden und welche EU-Verträge gelten. | EU und Deutschland EU-Standardvertrag, deutschsprachiger Support | Hosting-abhängig Je nachdem, wo Sie deployen |
Team und Wirtschaftlichkeit Wer mit der Plattform produktiv ist und was es Sie über die Zeit kostet. | ||
Lernkurve Wie schnell ein neues Teammitglied produktiv wird. | Niedrig Marketing onboardet in Tagen | Hoch React/Vue plus Emporix-API plus B2B-Workflows |
Time-to-Launch Realistische Zeitspanne bis zum Live-Gang einer neuen Storefront. | Wochen Mit Themes und B2B-Komponenten | Monate Sechs- bis zwölfmonatige Build-Phase |
Ideales Team-Setup Wer mit der Plattform arbeiten kann und wer arbeiten muss. | Cross-funktional Marketing, Design und Dev gemeinsam | Engineering-only Drei plus React- oder Vue-Engineers |
Preismodell Wie sich Kosten zusammensetzen, Software plus Betrieb plus Entwicklung. | SaaS (planbar) Transparente Pläne, Hosting inklusive Preise ansehen | Engineering-Kosten Build plus dauerhafte Wartung |
All data is based on publicly available information, insights from sales conversations with DACH e-commerce brands, and our own platform testing. As of April 2026. Emporix features may have evolved since then.
EMPORIX
When a custom build is the right choice
You have a dedicated React or Vue team with Emporix API experience, at least three engineers. You're building highly specialized frontends with logic that can't be captured in a component library. Frontend engineering is your strategic core competency. Classic use case: an industrial-goods manufacturer with complex configurators and its own frontend team.
LAIOUTR
When Laioutr is the right choice
You want weeks instead of months to go-live, you want standard B2B features like quote-to-cash and Approval Workflows without building them yourself, you serve multiple brands or multi-merchant setups, you want to keep your backend options open. Classic use case: a mid-market or enterprise B2B brand on Emporix that wants to scale without a double-digit engineering investment.
You don't have to do this alone. Our certified B2B composable partners have delivered Emporix frontend projects with Laioutr, from greenfield setups to custom-build migrations.
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