BigCommerce is a SaaS platform that allows SMBs to develop eCommerce sites. Features include the capabilities to design the storefront, configure products, manage payments, generate traffic, and optimize conversion.
$29.95
per month
Shopify Plus
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Shopify Plus is an eCommerce solution built for enterprise-level companies that enables them to sell online and offline across social channels like Facebook , Pinterest, and marketplaces like Amazon and eBay.
Magento 1 was sunsetting so we initially looked to upgrade to Magento Cloud or Magento 2 Open Source. The conversion process was horrible and unable to be performed by our staff. The costs that developers quoted us were upwards of $100,000 PER SITE (we have 6!). This, of …
Compared to Shopify, which is the biggest competitor to BigCommerce, we had several meetings with Shopify and then considered going with Shopify Plus. We realized that while Shopify is more user-friendly, it also costs significantly more than BigCommerce, and I did not like how …
BigCommerce is a great and powerful platform that has lots of upside. We still have a couple basic sites running on BigCommerce, mainly for backing up customer and order data. At this time, we have moved most of our businesses over to Shopify Plus b/c we feel that we get much …
Volusion didn’t have some product presentation features we wanted, Shopify felt small for designs, Shopify Plus was closest but inventory handled differently. In the end it was about recommendations from other 3rd party users that helped make the decision.
We used both Yahoo's ecommerce platform which was awful and very limited, not to mention incredibly difficult to find developers for, to also using Shopify Plus which had a lot going for it too but was surprisingly limited out of the box compared to BigCommerce but has more …
We switched from Shopify due to the restrictions they implemented on our industry. While we spent tens of thousands of dollars investing in our Shopify store, we can't have them cutting us off anytime they want. We reviewed WooCommerce, but didn't like the storefront or …
BigCommerce has more modern tools than Yahoo Small Business, is managed unlike WordPress/WooCommerce, and is cheaper than Shopify with better product options management.
Every criterion we evaluated against BigCommerce either won outright or held its own. What got us over the line was the incredible personal support at every step of the way from onboarding and implementation through to BAU. I had a support ticket this morning which I resolved …
Of all the eCommerce platforms we evaluated, only Shopify would compete. Shopify is a better bet with smaller catalogs and less custom business requirements in our experience. While the app store in Shopify is robust, BigCommerce has better native features that were important …
We very much liked BigCommerce because it was the perfect fit or the best of both worlds as far as our business is concerned. It had a really robust shopping cart experience that comes standard and it allows for a Sandbox environment that we can use for future custom build-outs.
We originally started a relationship with Shopify. I spent hundreds of hours working on customized our store. Shopify's customer service and tech support were very frustrating. I finally decided to abandon Shopify since we could never get our store to function exactly as we …
With BigCommerce you have great support (not with the open-source alternatives) without the high order fee that comes with Shopify. You also never have to worry about server settings or up-time. And you still have a lot of freedom with the design and functionality.
BigCommerce was the platform our company already used when I joined - we will likely transition to a new platform. Shopify is faster, OpenCart is more scalable.
BigCommerce offers so much more features and capabilities out-of-the-box than all the other options combined. Sure the other options have a large marketplace of apps and add-ons, but things tends to break when a platform relies on their 3rd party apps to provide basic …
I have managed to build 2 large websites on BigCommerce and it is fast and reliable. Have managed builds on Magento as well as small website projects on Wix, GoDaddy and Shopify and they all have their pros and cons. This is an ever-changing space and it really comes down to …
We evaluated and used numerous platforms before finally landing with BigCommerce. Some of the platforms were cookie-cutter and didn't offer enough freedom to customize certain things. Other platforms required each individual piece of the platform to be manually added.... adding …
If you've been in the eCommerce business for long and don't roll your own solution, odds are you've compared Shopify against BigCommerce. We started on Shopify but decided to switch when Shopify wanted to penalize us 1% of our gross sales for not using their in-house credit …
Other than Shopify all of these solutions require a lot of development and maintenance as they are very custom. Shopify had a good product for direct to consumer but not as good on the B2B facing side of our business. We also don't like the stance they are taking on customer …
BC easily beats Shopify, and since Magento has moved to M2, it easily outpaces Magento as well. Salesforce Commerce Cloud is more powerful and robust but requires a significant investment that is not necessarily desirable for those looking for something more lightweight, which …
WordPress is ridiculously hard to learn, manage, and integrate. It’s not designed to be a one-stop-shop like BigCommerce. I like Shopify, but I would have to pay more to get what I get with BigCommerce, and I would have more apps to manage, sync, and update.
Shopify, while it has a larger learning curve, is better able to meet our needs as we grow. The customer service is easy to understand and often has step by step instructions in order to do what we need it to do. They offer different courses and have access to more apps that …
We found BigCommerce to be almost identical to Shopify in many ways, but Shopify had more apps in their marketplace and we couldn't find another significant difference at the time.
We selected Shopify over Magento due to development, hosting and payment processing costs. And BigCommerce was a decent choice, but this let us start small and grow quickly.
Shopify Plus is WAYYYYYY better than anything else that we have used, and it's not even close. The websites are faster and more reliable, both of which are critical to running an online business. The cost to run is way less. We are running five websites on Shopify Plus for less …
Shopify had the quickest go-to-market and most robust API among the products we compared. CommerceCloud required a VERY LONG integration phase that we just didn't have time for. BigCommerce fell short on the number of features and API coverage that we needed. Overall Shopify …
Shopify is a much easier and more intuitive platform to use.
The mobile focus is outstanding from the other competitors and the capability to modify the store without previous code or experience makes them the best e-commerce platform.
Shopify Plus offers a more robust solution than Woo commerce and is easier to train on than Big Commerce. Woo commerce is freeware with no support. Big Commerce offers more SEO features and is a more powerful solution, but harder to remote train users on - lots more …
Shopify Plus is way ahead of the pack in terms of features, automated and worry free maintenance / security / scaling / infrastructure, customer support, and speed. We've been building eCommerce sites for over a decade and it seems almost every positive trend in eCommerce is …