# BigCommerce vs Saleor

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** BigCommerce

| Attribute | BigCommerce | Saleor |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 86.2 (70% (medium)) | 51.7 (59% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 35 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 23,442 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"An ecommerce checkout system combining pre-optimized performance with full UI customization capabilities. Supports 65+ payment providers, B2B workflows including purchase orders and quote-to-cart, mobile wallets, and point-of-sale integration for unified omnichannel commerce. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","question":"What is BigCommerce?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"BigCommerce offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $29 per month. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","question":"Is BigCommerce free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to BigCommerce. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","question":"What platforms does BigCommerce support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for BigCommerce, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","question":"Can BigCommerce be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 13 integrations for BigCommerce, including Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Google, Meta, TikTok, UPS and USPS, plus 5 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","question":"What does BigCommerce integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for BigCommerce. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as BigCommerce not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.bigcommerce.com/enterprise-pricing/","question":"What security certifications does BigCommerce have?","confidence":0.6}]` | `[{"answer":"A GraphQL-based ecommerce platform enabling teams to build, deploy, and scale customizable commerce experiences through headless architecture with both cloud-hosted and self-hosted options. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"What is Saleor?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Saleor is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the BSD-3-Clause licence. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $1599 per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Is Saleor free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Saleor. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"What platforms does Saleor support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Saleor can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Can Saleor be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and GDPR for Saleor. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Saleor not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://saleor.io","question":"What security certifications does Saleor have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Yes. Saleor is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor","question":"Is Saleor open source?","confidence":0.95},{"answer":"Saleor is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in Poland.","source":"https://saleor.io/pricing","question":"Where is Saleor available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | BigCommerce is a cloud-based commerce platform that allows businesses to sell across social commerce, marketplaces, and advertising channels. It includes both B2C and B2B capabilities, with Feedonomics Surface for automating product feed distribution to major ad platforms and marketplaces. | A headless, composable ecommerce platform built on GraphQL APIs that allows merchants and developers to integrate with any technology stack. Available both as open-source code for self-hosting and as a managed cloud service. |
| features.capabilities | `{"headless":true,"free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"b2b_features":true,"platform_type":"hosted_saas","self_hostable":false,"payments_model":"both","pci_compliance":true,"pos_omnichannel":true,"transaction_fees":false,"extension_ecosystem":"20+ embedded payment providers, major marketplace connectors (Amazon, eBay, Walm","multi_currency_language":true}` | `{"headless":true,"free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"b2b_features":true,"platform_type":"headless","self_hostable":true,"payments_model":"both","pci_compliance":true,"pos_omnichannel":true,"transaction_fees":true,"extension_ecosystem":"Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market","multi_currency_language":true}` |
| integrations.count | 600 | 1 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon"},{"name":"eBay"},{"name":"Walmart"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"Meta"},{"name":"TikTok"},{"name":"UPS"},{"name":"USPS"},{"name":"FedEx"},{"name":"Royal Mail"},{"name":"Canada Post"},{"name":"Australia Post"},{"name":"Apple Pay","native":true,"category":"payments","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Pay","native":true,"category":"payments","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Pinterest","native":true,"category":"ads","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft","native":true,"category":"ads","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Stripe Connect"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | BSD-3-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"PL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Feedonomics Surface Basic","features":["Automated feed build","24/7 chat support","AI-powered product categorization","Error reporting"],"description":"Free tier for product feed management","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"SKUs":"100,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Surface Retail","summary":"$29/mo for up to 1K SKUs and 2 connections","features":["Bulk editing tools","Transformation rules","External data sources","Custom field mapping"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"SKUs":"1,000","connections":"2"}},{"free":false,"name":"Surface Retail","summary":"$49/mo for up to 10K SKUs and 4 connections","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"SKUs":"10,000","connections":"4"}},{"free":false,"name":"Surface Retail","summary":"$89/mo for up to 30K SKUs and 8 connections","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":89,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"SKUs":"30,000","connections":"8"}},{"free":false,"name":"Surface Retail","summary":"$199/mo for up to 100K SKUs and 20 connections","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":199,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"SKUs":"100,000","connections":"20"}},{"free":false,"name":"Managed Service","description":"Dedicated feed manager for optimization and syndication","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans from $29/mo to $199/mo based on SKU volume and channel connections.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.bigcommerce.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:06:16.870Z","freeTrialDays":15,"startingPrice":{"amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Sandboxes","summary":"Free forever","features":["Isolated development environments","Data branching","Automated backups and snapshots","Data obfuscation for privacy","No API rate limiting"],"description":"Development and staging environments for prototyping and testing new features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"environments":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$1,599/month + 0.8% on orders exceeding $200k GMV","features":["Up to $200k GMV monthly included","0.8% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit","Fair API usage policy","Discovery and onboarding","Solution architect pairing","Dedicated Slack support channel","Direct support access"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":1599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.8}],"description":"Starter plan for new projects and smaller companies","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"gmv_monthly":"$200,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Volume","summary":"$3,999/month + 0.4% on orders exceeding $1M GMV","features":["Up to $1M GMV monthly included","0.4% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit","Fair API usage policy","All Standard plan support features","Dedicated delivery lead","Regular check-ins and tactical sessions","Quarterly business reviews"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":3999,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.4}],"description":"High-volume plan for established businesses with large transaction throughput","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"gmv_monthly":"$1,000,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing from 0.2% on transactions","features":["Best unit economics for scale","Custom pricing negotiated per needs","Fair API usage policy","Full support and delivery services","Quarterly business reviews","Strategic partnership approach"],"components":[{"of":"transactions","kind":"percentage","rate":0.2}],"description":"Custom enterprise plan with negotiated pricing for large-scale operations","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Accelerator Plan","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":6000,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Forward Deployed Engineering","components":[{"kind":"one_time","amount":12000,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $1,599/month. Free sandbox tier available for development.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://saleor.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T15:26:30.307Z","startingPrice":{"amount":1599,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | mid | high |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":29,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.41","date":"2026-10-09T10:26:19Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.40","date":"2026-10-07T08:27:21Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.40"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.39","date":"2026-10-06T10:39:32Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.39"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.73","date":"2026-10-07T08:27:09Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.73"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.38","date":"2026-10-02T12:11:01Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.38"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.72","date":"2026-10-02T12:10:56Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.72"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.37","date":"2026-09-30T10:55:59Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.37"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.36","date":"2026-09-24T09:06:43Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.36"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.71","date":"2026-09-24T09:06:08Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.71"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.21.71","date":"2026-09-24T09:05:42Z","type":"stable","version":"3.21.71"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.70","date":"2026-09-18T12:31:02Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.70"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.35","date":"2026-09-17T15:27:26Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.35"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.34","date":"2026-09-14T14:26:29Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.34"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.33","date":"2026-09-11T14:40:31Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.33"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.69","date":"2026-09-11T14:40:08Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.69"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.21.70","date":"2026-09-11T14:39:36Z","type":"stable","version":"3.21.70"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.32","date":"2026-09-09T12:18:48Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.32"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.31","date":"2026-09-02T09:47:45Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.31"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.23.30","date":"2026-09-01T11:57:52Z","type":"stable","version":"3.23.30"},{"url":"https://github.com/saleor/saleor/releases/tag/3.22.68","date":"2026-09-01T07:02:23Z","type":"stable","version":"3.22.68"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.98 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fsaleor%2Fsaleor&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (E-commerce Platforms)

| Capability | BigCommerce | Saleor |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Platform type | Hosted all-in-one SaaS | Headless / composable |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Free / open tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| Transaction fees beyond plan | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Payments** |  |  |
| Payments model | Built-in + BYO gateway | Built-in + BYO gateway |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Headless / API-first storefront | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| PCI-DSS compliance provided | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Reach** |  |  |
| Multi-currency / multi-language | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Selling** |  |  |
| B2B / wholesale features | ✓ | ✓ |
| POS / omnichannel | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| App / extension ecosystem size | 20+ embedded payment providers, major marketplace connectors (Amazon, eBay, Walm | Over 100 webhooks, extensible dashboard with iframe apps, open-source app market |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:16:22.577Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*