Microservices or monolith?

It depends on scale. A monolith is simple at the start; microservices bring scalability and resilience at high volumes, at the cost of greater operational complexity.

How do they relate to multi-tenant?

They are different but complementary concepts: microservices describe how the app is split, multi-tenant how customers are isolated on the same platform.

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Microservices

Quick answer: A software architecture style where the application is built from small, independent services communicating via API.

Key takeaways

Greater flexibility and scalability
Greater operational complexity (network, monitoring)
Requires solid orchestration and observability

What microservices are

Microservices is an architecture style where an application is split into small, autonomous services, each responsible for one capability (orders, stock, invoicing), developed, scaled and deployed independently.

Why it matters

It allows scaling only the demanded components, deployments without full downtime and resilience (an isolated failure doesn't bring everything down). The opposite of a rigid monolith.

Trade-offs

Greater flexibility and scalability

Greater operational complexity (network, monitoring)

Requires solid orchestration and observability

How Azuvio helps

Azuvio is built modularly, with services for OMS, WMS, EDI and connectors that scale independently (Kubernetes, single-tenant pods), giving resilience and scalability without rewriting the existing ERP.

Frequently asked

Microservices or monolith?: It depends on scale. A monolith is simple at the start; microservices bring scalability and resilience at high volumes, at the cost of greater operational complexity.
How do they relate to multi-tenant?: They are different but complementary concepts: microservices describe how the app is split, multi-tenant how customers are isolated on the same platform.

Where Azuvio fits

Conectori ERP
Integrări Azuvio
Software OMS

Related terms

API Gateway — A single entry point that routes, secures and controls API calls to backend services.
Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) — A model where systems react to events (new order, stock change) in real time, instead of polling periodically.
Multi-tenant — SaaS architecture where one software instance serves many logically-isolated customers.
iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) — A cloud platform that connects applications and data via connectors, flows and transformations managed centrally.

Last updated: 2026-07-06