BigCommerce

Commerce built for momentum

Also known as
bigcommerce

Available worldwide · Popular in: US, GB

What is BigCommerce?

BigCommerce is a hosted SaaS e-commerce platform offering storefront hosting, payments processing, multi-channel selling, and integrations for businesses from startups to enterprises. Features include headless commerce, B2B capabilities, inventory management, and support for over 1,200 third-party apps.

Independently observed

BigCommerce pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $29/moSubscription

From $29/month (annual billing). Free trial available. Embedded payment providers at zero transaction fees.

Core

$29/month billed annually; auto-upgrades when exceeding GMV cap
annual

Startups and small businesses

gmv_cap
$30K TTM
  • 24/7 chat & email support
  • Zero fees with Embedded Payment Providers

Growth

$79/month billed annually; auto-upgrades when exceeding GMV cap
annual

Established businesses scaling toward $100K in annual sales

gmv_cap
$100K TTM
  • 24/7 live phone & chat support
  • Zero fees with Embedded Payment Providers

Scale

$299/month billed annually plus 0.9% on GMV above cap
annual

Fast-growing businesses with $1M+ in annual sales

gmv_cap
$1M+ annual sales
  • 24/7 live phone & chat support
  • Zero fees with Embedded Payment Providers

Performance

Contact sales
Contact sales
annual

High-volume businesses with custom requirements

  • Custom payment terms
  • Dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • 24/7 live phone & chat support

What BigCommerce does

The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core
Platform type
Hosted all-in-one SaaS
Licensing
Open-source
Deployment
Self-hostable
Pricing
Free / open tier
Transaction fees beyond plan
Payments
Payments model
Built-in payments
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
1,200+ apps
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (23)

Independently observed
  • Adyen
  • Affirm
  • Afterpay
  • Amazon Pay
  • Bank of New Zealand
  • Checkout.com
  • Clearpay
  • Fortis
  • Global Payments
  • Klarna
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Braintree
  • PayPal Complete Payments
  • PayPal Wallet
  • Bluesnap
  • Bankful
  • Sezzle
  • Stripe
  • TD Online Mart
  • Worldpay
  • Zip Money
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Recorded Future

BigCommerce alternatives

Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for BigCommerce, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 79 / 100
medium · 64%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Integrations890.1715.5
Pricing Transparency1000.099.4
Security Posture900.087.4
Capabilities750.097.0
Reliability500.084.1
Price Level500.062.9

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"headless":true,"free_tier":false,"open_source":false,"b2b_features":true,"platform_type":"hosted_saas","self_hostable":false,"payments_model":"built_in","pci_compliance":true,"pos_omnichannel":false,"transaction_fees":true,"extension_ecosystem":"1,200+ apps","multi_currency_language":true}mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count1,200mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["AU","DK","DE","ES","FR","IN","IT","MX","NL","NO","AT","SG","SE","GB","US"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYeslowsource · 2026-08-05 · 48%
Modelfreemiumhighsource · 2026-08-05 · 80%
Starting gbp29mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Price levelmidmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%