Broadleaf Commerce FAQ

Broadleaf is a composable commerce platform built on Java/Spring Boot microservices. It handles the full commerce lifecycle: catalog, cart, checkout, pricing, promotions, fulfillment, and order management across B2B, B2C, and marketplace models. The platform is source-available, meaning your engineering team gets access to every layer. Data models, APIs, core business logic, and the admin console are all open for inspection and customization.

The platform is built as independent microservices you can adopt, replace, or extend individually. Pick what you need now and swap in more capabilities over time — without rebuilding from scratch.

Java and Spring Boot on the backend, React for the admin console, RESTful APIs with webhook support. Cloud-agnostic: AWS, Azure, GCP, or on-premises. Explore the developer portal.

Yes. MACH architecture: Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless. You can fully decouple the storefront from the backend.

Broadleaf gives you full source access to every layer — data models, APIs, business logic, and the admin console — plus a complete, production-ready platform out of the box. Most composable platforms make you assemble everything yourself. See how Broadleaf compares to commercetools.

Broadleaf uses enterprise licensing with custom contracts. Contact Broadleaf to discuss pricing.

Source-available means your engineering team gets full read access to Broadleaf’s source code — data models, business logic, APIs, and admin components — under a commercial license. You can inspect, understand, and extend every layer without black-box constraints.

No. You own your customizations and your data lives on your infrastructure. There are no proprietary data formats or forced migration paths.

Broadleaf is cloud-agnostic. Deploy on AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises, or in a hybrid setup — wherever your infrastructure already lives.

Broadleaf Cloud is the fully managed PaaS option — Broadleaf handles provisioning, scaling, monitoring, and upgrades so your team can focus on building.

Yes. You have full control to deploy Broadleaf on your own infrastructure. Run it on bare metal, VMs, or containerized environments (Docker/Kubernetes) on any cloud or on-premises. Your team manages the stack end-to-end. Docs at developer.broadleafcommerce.com.

Each microservice scales independently, so high-traffic services like search or checkout don’t bottleneck the rest. Horizontal scaling, caching, and observability are built in.

Yes, B2B is core, not an afterthought. The platform includes account hierarchies, contract pricing, approval workflows, and quote negotiation natively. Learn more.

Yes. Broadleaf’s multi-tenant architecture lets you run B2B, B2C, marketplace, and B2B2C models from a single backend, with separate catalogs, pricing, and customer experiences per channel.

Broadleaf includes account hierarchies, approval workflows, contract pricing, bulk ordering, multi-org structures, role-based permissions, and customer-specific catalogs — all configurable without custom code.

Broadleaf handles millions of SKUs, product variants, bundles, and multi-catalog hierarchies, with field-level overrides to tailor data per channel, tenant, or locale.

Yes. The admin console gives business users self-serve control over catalogs, pricing rules, promotions, and product placement — no engineering ticket required for day-to-day operations.

Broadleaf supports percentage-off, BOGO, tiered discounts, coupon stacking, loyalty multipliers, and more. The promotions engine is extensible at every level for custom rules.

No. Broadleaf is designed for incremental adoption. Start with the capabilities you need most and replace or add components at your own pace.

Weeks to months, depending on scope. The Microservices Accelerator provides production-ready building blocks that significantly reduce time to launch.

Migrate one capability at a time. Your existing platform keeps running while you prove value incrementally.

Yes. Start a free trial to explore the source code, APIs, and admin console before making any commitment.

Yes. Multi-brand, multi-tenant, and multi-geography from a single operational backend.

Data isolation between tenants at the platform level. Each tenant has its own catalogs, customers, pricing, and configurations.

Broadleaf integrates with ERP, PIM, OMS, payment gateways, search providers, and tax services through RESTful APIs and webhooks.

Yes. SOC2 and PCI compliant. Architecture designed to minimize your PCI scope.

Enterprise licensing includes advisory, development, and customer success support. Broadleaf’s team works alongside yours from initial architecture through ongoing operations.

Yes. Dev Central covers architecture, APIs, deployment, and tutorials.

Broadleaf serves retail, automotive, telecom, financial services, and any industry where commerce complexity demands a flexible, extensible platform.

Customers include MLB, O’Reilly Auto Parts, iFit, BUNN, and DataCenterHawk. See customer stories.

Yes. Broadleaf’s multi-tenant architecture supports marketplace and B2B2C models, with data isolation, separate storefronts, and shared backend operations per tenant.