Your SAP Commerce Cloud store is built on a lot of tech.
There’s your storefront itself, whether it’s running on Spartacus, a custom headless frontend, or a legacy Accelerator. That’s connected to your SAP backend, your ERP, your PIM, your OMS. Your setup handles multi-region catalogs, complex pricing, customer-specific configurations, and compliance across markets.
But the one thing you’re missing? A native app that retains all the power of your website.
Perhaps you have a mobile app already, but it’s not living up to your expectations, or it takes too much work to manage.
Or, you’ve held off launching one, because you’re assuming it will be another six-figure project, another 12-month timeline, another codebase to maintain alongside everything you've already built.
It doesn’t have to be.
There’s a realistic way to launch a native app for your SAP Commerce Cloud store, without spending six figures on a whole bunch of tech debt and overhead.
This guide walks you through it: the best path from your existing SAP Commerce storefront to a live app in the App Store and Google Play.
Can You Build a Mobile App with SAP Commerce Cloud?
Not directly. SAP Commerce Cloud is a commerce engine that powers your catalog, checkout, pricing, and order management.
It wasn't designed to be a mobile app builder, and it doesn't include one.
Here's what SAP does offer on the mobile front:
Spartacus (SAP Composable Storefront) supports PWA
If you're running Spartacus, you already have a responsive, Progressive Web App-capable storefront.
That gives you add-to-home-screen functionality and a fast mobile web experience. But a PWA isn't a native app.
You don't get App Store or Google Play presence, push notification support is limited (especially on iOS), and the “add to home screen” part is not intuitive - so very few customers end up installing it.
SAP's mobile SDKs are for internal apps, not storefronts
SAP Mobile Development Kit (MDK) and the BTP SDKs for iOS and Android exist, but they're designed for enterprise line-of-business apps - field service, inventory management, approval workflows. Not consumer or buyer-facing commerce experiences.
The older Hybris Mobile App SDK has been deprecated and isn't a viable path for new projects.
There's no third-party app builder ecosystem
Unlike Shopify, which has dozens of drag-and-drop app builders, SAP Commerce Cloud has essentially no no-code or low-code mobile app options.
There are a couple of specialized Flutter accelerators (like BASE1 FLEX on the SAP Store), but these still require development resources and SAP expertise.
The short answer: SAP Commerce Cloud gives you a strong commerce backend and an API layer (OCC). But turning that into a native mobile app has traditionally meant custom development.
Your Options for Launching a Mobile App
For SAP Commerce Cloud brands who want to launch a mobile app, there are two paths you can go down:
Custom Native or Cross-Platform Development
First, you can build a native iOS and Android app (or use React Native/Flutter) that connects to your SAP Commerce OCC API.
This means a full development project - discovery, UX/UI design, frontend development, API integration, testing, and deployment.
You'll need developers who understand both mobile development and SAP Commerce Cloud's API surface and data model. That combination is rare and expensive.
You’re looking at ballpark estimates of $150,000-$500,000+ for the initial build, as well as $45,000-$75,000+/year for ongoing maintenance, OS updates, and SAP platform version compatibility.
Enterprise-grade builds with multi-region, B2B, and full SAP integration can exceed $1M.
And it’s not just the cost; the worst part is the operational lift and tech debt.
You're building and maintaining a second codebase. Every update to your SAP Commerce backend, every new product category, every pricing rule change - someone needs to verify it works in the app too.
And when SAP pushes platform updates, your app integration needs to be reviewed and potentially reworked.
The most likely scenario is you’ll put off the work needed to keep your app up to date, and it will fall into disrepair.
Custom dev only really makes sense for companies with unique app requirements that can't be met by their existing web experience - proprietary functionality, hardware integrations, complex offline workflows, or a fundamentally different mobile UX from the website.
If your app needs to do things your website doesn't, custom development may be the right path.
Website-to-App Conversion
There’s a better way: simply converting your SAP Commerce Cloud storefront into a mobile app, with MobiLoud.
MobiLoud takes your existing SAP Commerce storefront, the one you’ve already put hours and countless dollars into optimizing, and delivers it inside a native mobile app.
Your storefront is the app. Everything you've built on the web - catalog, checkout, personalization, integrations, multi-region configuration - carries over.
MobiLoud adds native features like push notifications and native navigation, as well as the ability for customers to download it from the app stores.
The cost is a fraction of custom development, with a launch timeline of a few weeks; not months or years.
And the best part? Your app and website are fully synced. Update your site, the app updates automatically, saving a huge amount of operational lift.
This approach makes so much more sense for brands that want a native app presence without rebuilding their commerce experience or maintaining a separate codebase - especially for SAP Commerce customers who've already invested significantly in their web storefront and want that investment to extend to mobile.
Want to see how close your site is to a native app already? Get a free preview of what your site would look like as an app, now.
Why MobiLoud is the Best Way for SAP Commerce Cloud Stores to Launch an App
MobiLoud converts your existing SAP Commerce Cloud storefront into native iOS and Android apps.
Your storefront remains the single source of truth, while we add native capabilities on top.
It’s 100x more efficient than building a custom native app - yet the end result is essentially the same as you’d get if you built from scratch.
Here's why this approach is particularly well-suited for SAP Commerce Cloud:
Your entire SAP infrastructure stays connected
Your OCC API, your S/4HANA integration, your Emarsys campaigns, your Customer Data Cloud (Gigya) identity management - none of it changes.
These are a lot of moving parts to worry about when you build a separate native app, which introduces a lot of cost, complexity, and risk.
With MobiLoud, the app renders your storefront, which is already connected to all of this. There's no new integration layer to build or maintain.
Works for multi-region, multi-language, multi-currency stores
MobiLoud specializes in helping global brands with complex setups simplify this when launching mobile apps.
Whether you need to serve all countries in the same app, or you want to set up different apps for different locales, we can help you make it happen.
B2B complexity carries over
If your storefront supports account hierarchies, contract pricing, approval workflows, or punchout catalogs, those work in the app by default. You're not trying to rebuild B2B logic in a native app framework.
No new codebase to maintain
When SAP releases platform updates, when your team updates the storefront, when you add a new integration, the app reflects the changes automatically.
You're not managing a separate mobile codebase alongside your SAP Commerce environment. No duplicate work, no worrying about channels slipping out of sync.
Launch in weeks, not months
A custom SAP Commerce mobile app takes 6-18 months just to launch the first version.
MobiLoud apps typically launch in about 4 weeks. And you already know what you’re going to get - because the app is a direct reflection of what already works on your website.
Managed service
MobiLoud handles everything for you - the build, app store submission (Apple and Google), ongoing maintenance, and support.
Your team stays focused on the website. We handle everything to do with your app.
How It Works
The process is straightforward, and it doesn't require your SAP Commerce development team to take on a new project.
- Get a free preview. We’ll put together an interactive preview, so you can see what it looks like as a native app before committing to anything.
- App build. Once you give the ok, we’ll put your apps together. We configure the native layer around your app, complete with push notifications, native navigation, app icon, splash screen, deep linking, and any extras you need to ensure your app meets expectations.
- Testing and QA. We’ll run comprehensive tests across iOS and Android devices. At the same time, you test on your own devices and provide feedback.
- App store submission. MobiLoud handles the Apple App Store and Google Play submission process, including all compliance requirements and metadata.
- Launch and ongoing support. The app goes live. MobiLoud handles OS updates, app store policy changes, maintenance, and support on an ongoing basis. You keep working on your website.
Your SAP Commerce infrastructure isn't touched. Your development team isn't pulled off their roadmap. The storefront you've already built and optimized becomes a native app, with a native channel for push-driven engagement and re-engagement.
Ready to see what’s possible? Get your free app preview now.
Next Steps
If you're running on SAP Commerce Cloud, and you want to take that same experience and extend it to a native app, MobiLoud is the single best way to make it happen.
The cost could be less than 1% of what it takes to launch a custom mobile app.
Your website already works. It’s responsive, fast, mobile friendly, and has been through years of iteration.
Why spend $500K to reinvent the wheel?
MobiLoud lets you launch a mobile app risk-free, building off what already works.
If you want to see what your app could look like, get a free preview now - or book a consultation to discuss if this is the right option.
Either way, your brand needs a mobile app that lives up to your customer’s expectations. MobiLoud’s here to help you make it happen.
