Alokai is part of a commerce frontend stack, so a quick homepage comparison is misleading. Implement a product listing, product detail, cart update, and checkout handoff against the same backend. Measure response time, caching behavior, accessibility, and what happens when inventory changes mid-session.
Assess integration maintenance as carefully as visual flexibility. If the candidate requires custom middleware for search, authentication, or pricing, include it in the estimate. Test a deployment and a rollback before moving customer traffic. A storefront framework is a good fit only when the team can operate the whole buying journey without fragile glue code.
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