When I started with Vuex, it did seem like a lot of plumbing work, which I didn't like. After a bit of research, I found Nuxt.js. They advertise SSR, but have more things built in beyond SSR (which you aren't required to utilize when using Nuxt). They have a Vuex approach that greatly reduces the plumbing. Highly recommend looking into it.
When I started with Vuex, it did seem like a lot of plumbing work, which I didn't like. After a bit of research, I found Nuxt.js. They advertise SSR, but have more things built in beyond SSR (which you aren't required to utilize when using Nuxt). They have a Vuex approach that greatly reduces the plumbing. Highly recommend looking into it.
Nuxt for the win! It's very seldom that I create a Vue app without nuxt. So many nice benefits.