Comparison · Zakeke vs Obox
The Zakeke alternative built specifically for jewelry.
- Real-time ray-traced gemstones - actual physics, not PBR approximation.
- Jewelry-tuned material library - actual metals, alloys, and stone optical properties.
- Mobile-first WebAssembly stack - smaller payload than JavaScript-only configurators.
- Engineering partnership - we build the integration with you, no DIY dashboard.
Drops into your existing stack
At a glance
Where Obox and Zakeke converge - and where they part ways.
| Criterion | Obox | Zakeke |
|---|---|---|
| Built for |
Jewelry first - rings, pendants, bridal, custom pieces
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Multi-product: apparel, footwear, accessories, furniture, jewelry
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| Gemstone rendering |
Real-time ray-tracing - dispersion, refraction, internal reflections
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PBR / approximation shaders
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| Rendering stack |
Rust + WebAssembly + WebGL 2.0
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JavaScript-based
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| Setup approach |
Engineering-led; we build the integration with you
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Self-service SaaS platform; you configure
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| Pricing model |
Sales-led, scoped to your catalog
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Tiered SaaS subscription
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| Best for |
Jewelry brands where gemstones are the focal product
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Multi-category retailers wanting one platform with DIY setup
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Measured on the live build, not on a marketing slide
172ms
Lighthouse LCP
Lab desktop trace
825kB
Initial transfer
-81% vs baseline
0ms
PDP CWV impact
Dormant until interaction
60fps
Mobile target
Mid-tier devices
Try it yourself
The live demo, embedded right here.
Rotate, swap metals, swap gemstones - this is the same engine you'd ship to your shoppers. Loads only when you scroll to it.
Or open it full-screen in a new tab: /demo →
Choosing between Obox and Zakeke
Zakeke is a strong platform. The question is whether your product is the platform's strongest fit.
Choose Obox if
- Jewelry is your product and gemstone fidelity is core to the purchase decision.
- You want an engineering partner who builds the integration with you - not a dashboard you operate solo.
- Your configuration rules go beyond checkbox swaps - stone-setting depends on band, metal interacts with stone, the details matter.
- Mobile performance matters - WASM-accelerated, dormant on the product page, lightweight payload.
Choose Zakeke if
- Your catalog spans multiple categories - apparel, accessories, furniture, jewelry - and one platform across them all is the priority.
- You want a self-service SaaS dashboard with predictable subscription billing.
- Your gemstones are accent details, not the visual focal point.
01 · Jewelry-first vs multi-product
Specialised depth, not multi-category breadth.
Zakeke covers an impressive range of product categories - apparel and footwear with pattern customisation, furniture with fabric swaps, accessories with engraving, and jewelry with material picks. That breadth is the right answer for a multi-category retailer who wants one platform across the entire catalog.
For a brand whose product is jewelry, the platform's depth in your category matters more than its breadth across categories. Obox's material library ships with the metals jewelry brands actually sell. Our gemstone library is tuned to the optical properties of jewelry stones. Our setup workflow handles the constraints of stone-setting (prong, bezel, channel, pavé) and the metalsmithing details (alloy purity, finish, plating) that don't apply to a tote bag or a sofa.
A platform built for many verticals can serve jewelry adequately. A platform built for jewelry can serve jewelry properly.
02 · Real-time photorealism
Ray-traced gemstones - physics, not approximation.
What sells a piece of fine jewelry online is the gemstone's life: dispersion (the rainbow flash inside a diamond), refraction (the way light bends entering and exiting the stone), and the internal reflections that make a faceted stone read as glass-clear rather than opaque. Approximating these effects with flat or PBR shaders gives you a coloured ball where the stone should be.
Multi-product 3D configurators - Zakeke included - typically use PBR materials because PBR is the right answer across apparel, furniture, and accessories. PBR can't represent chromatic dispersion or the multi-bounce internal reflections inside a faceted stone, so a diamond rendered in a PBR pipeline looks like a glass orb.
Obox uses real-time ray-tracing specifically for the gemstone passes - refraction is computed with separate IOR values for the red, green, and blue channels, which is what produces visible chromatic dispersion inside the render. The diamond breaks light the way a real diamond does. For brands selling engagement rings, bridal pieces, or high-value stones, that fidelity is the conversion lever.
03 · Engineering-led setup
We build the integration with you - not a self-serve dashboard.
Zakeke is a SaaS platform: you sign up, upload your 3D models, configure the rules in their dashboard, and embed the result. That self-service model works well when the configuration rules are straightforward - a t-shirt with two pattern options, a sofa with five fabric choices. The configurator does what the dashboard lets you express.
Jewelry configuration sits at a different complexity level. Stone-setting interacts with band thickness. Metal finish interacts with stone colour. Pavé adds geometry that depends on the band's curvature. A self-service dashboard either reduces these to checkbox approximations, or asks the merchant to learn a 3D pipeline they didn't sign up to manage.
Obox is engineering-led: we scope the integration with you, build the models, encode the constraints, and ship the configurator your brand needs. Trade-off: less DIY control, more bespoke output. For jewelry brands where the product detail is the differentiator, that trade-off goes the right way.
Capabilities at a glance
Everything you'd expect, jewelry-specialised.
See what photoreal jewelry rendering looks like.
The live demo runs in your browser. Diamonds dispersing light, materials swapping in real time, the same engine you'd ship to your shoppers.