Big Cartel vs. Elastic Path

Big Cartel

Elastic Path

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Big Cartel	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	Big Cartel is an eCommerce platform built for artists, such as artists, designers, and musicians, to build an online store.	$15 per month
Elastic Path	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Elastic Path is an API-first composable commerce platform for B2B organizations with complex catalogs, multi-tier pricing, and distributor-specific workflows. Key capabilities include Product Experience Manager (PIM), Cart & Checkout, Promotions Builder, Subscriptions, Semantic AI Search, Composer (iPaaS), and Visual CMS.	N/A

Pricing

Big Cartel

Elastic Path

Editions & Modules

Platinum: $15
per month
500 Products: $29.99
per month
Diamond: $30
per month
Gold: Free

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Big Cartel	Elastic Path
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

A 20% discount is offered for annual billing.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Big Cartel	Elastic Path

Features

Big Cartel

Elastic Path

Online Storefront

Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
	Big Cartel 10.0 1 Ratings 25% above category average	Elastic Path 7.6 1 Ratings 2% below category average
Product catalog & listings	10.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Product management	10.01 Ratings	5.01 Ratings
Branding	10.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Mobile storefront	10.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Product variations	10.01 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Website integration	10.01 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Visual customization	10.01 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Bulk product upload	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
CMS	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Online Shopping Cart

Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
	Big Cartel 10.0 1 Ratings 27% above category average	Elastic Path 7.0 1 Ratings 9% below category average
Checkout user experience	10.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings

Online Payment System

Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
	Big Cartel 10.0 1 Ratings 18% above category average	Elastic Path 8.0 1 Ratings 4% below category average
eCommerce security	10.01 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

eCommerce Marketing

Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Big Cartel 10.0 1 Ratings 26% above category average	Elastic Path 9.7 1 Ratings 23% above category average
Promotions & discounts	10.01 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Personalized recommendations	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
SEO	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

eCommerce Business Management

Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
	Big Cartel 10.0 1 Ratings 22% above category average	Elastic Path 8.4 1 Ratings 5% above category average
Order processing	10.01 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Inventory management	10.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Shipping	10.01 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Custom functionality	10.01 Ratings	9.01 Ratings
Multi-site management	00 Ratings	9.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Big Cartel	Elastic Path
Small Businesses	Ecwid by Lightspeed Score 10.0 out of 10	Ecwid by Lightspeed Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Shopify Plus Score 8.9 out of 10	Shopify Plus Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	IBM Digital Commerce Score 9.0 out of 10	IBM Digital Commerce Score 9.0 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Big Cartel	Elastic Path
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Big Cartel	Elastic Path
Likelihood to Recommend	Big Cartel LLC It's well suited for simple e-commerce and basic inventory management needs. Incentivized Andre Yeu Business Partner Read full review	Elastic Path Elastic path is a cost-effectively product which bring the advanced capabilities to enable business to drive a better customer experience. The ecommerce solution is very clean and it is built heavily using open source tools.Elastic path ecommerce is definitely a strong competitor which would fit for any retailers / telco's . Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Big Cartel LLC It's very easy to use and does not require a lot of configuration or setup. It has been extremely reliable. Clients never have issues with purchasing from it and it has always has been up for us. It's very fast. It loads quick both on the consumer/front end and also admin/backend. Pricing model is flat, not percentage of transactions. Incentivized Andre Yeu Business Partner Read full review	Elastic Path Easy for non-Java programmers to understand Comes with a lot of built-in functionality Incentivized Carl Thien Web Developer Read full review
Cons	Big Cartel LLC For our needs I really can't think of anything! Incentivized Andre Yeu Business Partner Read full review	Elastic Path Product management tool should be assesible over web. Versioning of catalog items would a nice feature to have. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Big Cartel LLC No answers on this topic	Elastic Path Team now has skill using Elastic Path Incentivized Carl Thien Web Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Big Cartel LLC No answers on this topic	Elastic Path As a system integrator here are my thoughts -- Elastic path is one of best ecommerce tools, which would fit any retailer/ telcos business needs. The software architecture is well thought through and it is built with open source tools, the Ecommerce application is easily extensible and it enables clients to get there E-commerce application in less time. We have evaluated other products like ATG ecommerce, WCS, Magento. Elastic path is definitely a briliant ecommerce product which I would recommend to any clients. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	Big Cartel LLC The basic plan at $10/month easily saves us that in time from having to manage our own e-commerce system on our own site. Incentivized Andre Yeu Business Partner Read full review	Elastic Path The positive impact was quick development time Incentivized Carl Thien Web Developer Read full review
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