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Scalable

Platform architecture​

Running Saleor on our infrastructure means we are incentivized to optimize costs to stay competitive with other hosting providers. We are constantly fine-tuning and optimizing our codebase performance.

  • Saleor Core is cloud native.

  • The API-only approach means platform extensions cannot degrade the platform's reliability.

  • Saleor is used by global brands that run tens of thousands of requests per second.

  • Running Saleor on our infrastructure means we are incentivized to optimize our costs.

  • Designed for horizontal scaling (centralized database, stateless workers, workers can be duplicated up to the database server's capacity)

  • Designed for database clustering (single writer, replicas used for reading)

  • Outgoing communication based on queues (SQS, Google Pub/Sub)

  • Designed for big data sets (eventual consistency over immediate consistency, a lot of recalculation delegated to background tasks, upkeep is done through periodic tasks with constant bandwidth, not to put too much pressure on the database)

Avoiding feature bloat​

The boundaries of commerce platform can often spill over into other areas of business. We have a clear focus on what we think are essential features for a commerce platform which allows us to retain focus on user experience, reliability and performance.

We value extensibility over completeness of features because we believe every business has unique needs, and it is not possible to be everything to everyone.

Non core features​

Functionality we believe should be handled by external tools:

  • Search. Fast and intelligent search requires a dedicated engine and infrastructure. There are many open-source and commercial solutions available that can be integrated with Saleor.

  • Personalization and AI. Problem that is typically unique to each business.

  • Business intelligence. Basic analytics are only useful for small-scale operations, and can quickly become obsolete.

  • Email marketing and marketing automation We believe the marketing stack is a separate domain from a commerce platform.

  • Frontend and theming Read Why headless commerce for more information.

  • Marketplaces The definition of a marketplace is broad therefore a good candidate for a dedicated solution.