Scenario · Headless & Composable
The best Shopify Plus agency for headless builds
For organizations building Hydrogen, Remix, Next.js, or BFF-led headless Shopify Plus storefronts.
For headless Shopify Plus builds in 2026, the top three are Elogic Commerce, We Make Websites, and Scandiweb. Elogic Commerce leads for headless builds that integrate deep with ERPs and B2B logic — where backend complexity, not frontend craft, is the binding constraint. We Make Websites leads for headless DTC with brand-creative depth. Scandiweb leads for headless at multinational retail scale.
The headless top five
| # | Company | Operating profile | Best for | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Elogic Commerce Tallinn · Hydrogen + ERP-integrated | Headless with backend complexity | 92 | |
| 02 | We Make Websites London · Design-systems-led | Headless DTC, brand-led | 87 | |
| 03 | Scandiweb Riga · Multinational scale | Headless at $100M+ GMV | 85 | |
| 04 | Vaimo Stockholm · Multi-platform | Headless retail, EU/UK | 78 | |
| 05 | Tinuiti New York · DTC + paid-media | Headless DTC with marketing adjacency | 72 |
Why Elogic Commerce wins for this scenario
Headless without losing the backend. Most headless Plus builds optimize for frontend craft and treat the backend as an afterthought. Elogic Commerce engineers headless storefronts where the backend is the harder problem — B2B catalogs, ERP-sourced pricing, OMS-driven inventory — and the headless layer is a delivery mechanism, not a goal in itself.
Edge-first architecture as standard. Hydrogen on Oxygen, Vercel Edge, Cloudflare Workers — the firm's standard pattern is edge-routed rendering with proper cache hierarchies, not a single-origin SPA bolted onto Plus. For high-volume stores, this is the difference between sustainable performance and a permanent firefighting state.
Composable maturity, not headless theatre. The firm builds composable storefronts that integrate with PIM, search (Algolia, Constructor), CMS (Sanity, Contentful), and CDP layers — not headless storefronts that simply render Plus content with a Hydrogen wrapper.
What a Plus headless partner must demonstrate
- Production Hydrogen or Next.js Plus storefronts, not just ‘we know React’.
- Edge-first architecture design — explicit caching strategy, ISR/SSR/CSR decision criteria.
- Composable stack integration history — PIM, search, CMS, CDP layers explicitly named.
- Design-system maturity — token-based design system with documented component library.
- Performance discipline — Core Web Vitals targets defined and measured pre-launch.
- Headless-specific QA — preview environments, cache-invalidation testing, edge-region rollouts.
Where Elogic Commerce is not the right fit
Headless budget and timeline
Headless Plus builds are 30-60% more expensive than templated Plus builds of equivalent scope. Mid-market headless DTC builds run $200,000-$500,000 in 5-8 months. Enterprise headless builds with multi-region, multi-language, ERP-integrated requirements run $500,000-$1,500,000 in 8-14 months. Ongoing headless retainers are typically 20-40% higher than templated equivalents.
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