Does Your Team Actually Need Micro-Frontends?
Micro-frontend architecture splits a single web application into pieces that separate teams can develop and deploy independently. When several teams each own a distinct business domain and need their own release cadence, it can meaningfully reduce cross-team bottlenecks. But with only one or two teams, or too much state and API surface that has to be shared across screens, it often backfires — you end up paying for communication overhead and infrastructure complexity without the independent-deployment payoff.
This evaluator takes the number of independent teams, business domains, and shared UI/API touchpoints, then scores how good a fit micro-frontends are. More teams and domains push the score up; more shared touchpoints pull it down. Use it as a reference point in the early stages of considering an architecture change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Organizations with several independent teams that each own a distinct domain and manage their own release cadence. With just one or two teams, it often adds complexity without a payoff.
More shared UI, state, and APIs mean tighter coupling between teams, which erodes the independent-deployment benefit and adds overhead instead.