Ecommerce Platforms
BigCommerce: features, pricing and who it fits
Sales volume decides which BigCommerce plan you sit on, because caps track trailing twelve month revenue and Scale adds a 0.9% overage. Core is $29 monthly when billed yearly. Growing merchants like its built-in B2B tooling and open APIs.
Who BigCommerce is for
Best for
- Growing stores wanting B2B tools and open APIs on a hosted platform
- Merchants that want no transaction fee on embedded payment providers
- Mid-market brands expecting to cross sales tiers
Look elsewhere if
- Merchants who dislike sales-based plan caps and forced upgrades
- Tiny stores wanting the cheapest possible plan
Fit by company size
| Category | 1-10 people | 11-50 people | 51-500 people | 500+ people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecommerce Platforms | Workable | Strong fit | Strong fit | Strong fit |
| Website Builders | Poor fit | Strong fit | Strong fit | Strong fit |
Strong fitWorkablePoor fitNo data from the vendor
BigCommerce features
- Hosted versus self-hosted
- Hosted SaaS
- Payment processing and transaction fees
- Card rates from 2.89% + $0.29 (Amex 3.50%); Open Payment Provider fee 2.0% / 1.0% / 0.6% / none by plan
- B2B and wholesale features
- Price Lists on Performance only; customer groups on Growth and up
- Scalability and checkout limits
- Sales caps: $30K, $100K TTM GMV, $33,333/month on Scale; 0.9% overage on Scale
- Pricing model and transparency
- Tiered with GMV caps, about 25% discount yearly
- Target company size
- Small to enterprise
- Ecommerce capability
- Native ecommerce
- Hosting, uptime and speed
- Vendor-hosted
- Pricing model
- Tiered with GMV caps, about 25% discount yearly
BigCommerce pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core | $39/mo monthly, $29/mo yearly | per store | Up to $30K trailing twelve month GMV; Open Payment Provider fee 2.0% |
| Growth | $105/mo monthly, $79/mo yearly | per store | Up to $100K TTM GMV; 1.0%; customer groups and segmentation |
| Scale | $399/mo monthly, $299/mo yearly | per store | $33,333/month GMV cap, 0.9% overage above cap; 0.6% |
| Performance | Custom, from $1,499/mo | per store | $1M+ annual sales; billed annually; Price Lists and advanced promotions |
15-day free trial without credit card. Card processing from 2.89% + $0.29, Amex 3.50%. Embedded payment providers carry no fee on any plan.
Prices as published by BigCommerce on the date above. Quotes for larger teams often differ, which is what a request on SaaSBid surfaces.
Worth knowing before you buy
- Plans are capped by trailing twelve month sales ($30K on Core, $100K on Growth), so growth forces upgrades.
- Scale charges 0.9% overage above its $33,333 monthly cap.
- Price Lists (B2B) appear only on Performance per the pricing page.
- Embedded payment providers add no fee; Open Payment Providers do (2.0% to 0.6%).
- 15-day trial needs no credit card.
