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BigCommerce vs. Shopify Plus

More freedom. Less maintenance. No ceiling.

Brands who chose BigCommerce over Shopify Plus:

Don’t take our word for it.

Get more freedom.

B2C & B2B

Sell B2B and B2C from one back end. Offer unique pricing to different customer types. Get advanced B2B features with B2B Edition.

Omnichannel

Reach shoppers everywhere with optimized product feeds and improved return on ad spend with BigCommerce + Feedonomics.

Multi-Storefront

Add brands. Expand into new markets, regions, and channels. Intuitively manage all from one platform with Multi-Storefront.

Headless

Deliver seamless online brand experiences with our customizable page builder, or headless architecture.



Integrations

Connect with the essential frameworks and tools you already trust with a best-in-class partner ecosystem.



Expertise

Count on the industry’s most trusted experts for strategic migration, launch, innovation, and success support.



Different ecosystems.

Shopify monetizes its client base through proprietary technologies with additional costs for using “outside” solutions. This creates a gated ecosystem.

BigCommerce provides open choice to partner with best-in-class solutions. This empowers a flexible, modern ecommerce ecosystem.

More big differences.

Shopify Plus acts as a payment gateway, a shipping and fulfillment provider, and an email marketing service — all under the label “ecommerce platform”.

In contrast, BigCommerce focuses all resources on building the best cloud-based, multi-channel platform in the industry — backed by obsessive merchant success support after the sale.

Shopify Plus offers few additional features beyond what is included in Shopify for small businesses, so several third-party apps are needed to reach native feature parity with BigCommerce.

BigCommerce natively offers Powerful B2B features, Multi-Storefront, Feedonomics, BOPIS, fully customizable check out, Amazon Buy with Prime integration, advanced promotions and loyalty — all intuitively managed from one platform — with automatic hosting, updates, compliance, and Tier 1 security included.

Shopify Plus plans start at “$2000 USD per month or a variable fee for higher volume businesses.”

BigCommerce Enterprise plans are custom tailored to your needs, annual online GMV, and desired configuration. While Shopify Plus may raise fees for higher volume (in addition to charging for use of solutions outside their ecosystem), BigCommerce never adds transaction fees, and rewards your success by reducing the cost per order as you grow in volume.

More sales. More freedom. Less friction.

That’s BigCommerce. Discover why more brands are leaving Shopify Plus with a free demo today.

See for yourself.

We’d be happy to take you through a demo tailored for your specific needs.