BigCommerce vs. NetSuite ERP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BigCommerce
Score 7.8 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
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.
$39
per month
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Pricing
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Editions & Modules
Standard
$39
per month
Plus
$105
per month
Pro
$399
per month
Enterprise
Custom
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.Users subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
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Community Pulse
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Considered Both Products
BigCommerce
Chose BigCommerce
BigCommerce had a much strong B2B integration and platform in general than Shopify. Netsuite was too expensive at the time to considering it.
Chose BigCommerce
We chose BigCommerce over competitors due to customization and cost. We're able to have the site we're looking for, easily managed within our marketing team without hours of tedious revisions.
NetSuite ERP
Chose NetSuite ERP
Netsuite is much less expensive than SAP and easier to implement and use. I have not seen the Quickbooks enterprise edition - we upgraded from QuickBooks Pro and Netsuite handles multiple users much better than QuickBooks did 6 years ago. BigCommerce has more ecommerce features …
Chose NetSuite ERP
While I wasn't directly involved in decision-making when our company selected NetSuite ERP (I was not yet with the company), I can provide insight into why it was chosen over other options. NetSuite ERP stood out from others at the time due to its comprehensive nature and …
Features
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
7.1
445 Ratings
9% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings7.8441 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management7.6438 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload7.2337 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding6.9387 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront7.5427 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations6.9414 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration7.5367 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization6.6430 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS6.5320 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
7.5
430 Ratings
2% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery7.4387 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience7.5425 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
7.8
426 Ratings
6% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
eCommerce security7.8426 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
7.1
431 Ratings
8% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts7.2407 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations6.6338 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO7.4401 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
7.4
436 Ratings
8% below category average
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Multi-site management8.0207 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing8.0415 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management7.8368 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping6.7376 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality6.6371 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
148% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings1.013 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings1.010 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings1.39 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.2
74 Ratings
21% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.164 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings9.947 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.7
81 Ratings
15% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.762 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.880 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.9
72 Ratings
30% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings9.971 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.970 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.9
319 Ratings
3% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.3313 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.4289 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.926 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.937 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.1
48 Ratings
14% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings8.928 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.635 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.4
257 Ratings
18% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings9.953 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings7.9253 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings8.937 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.548 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings9.921 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
7.9
255 Ratings
6% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.5244 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings9.927 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings9.831 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.927 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings9.935 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
6.6
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings6.023 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
Capital Project Management00 Ratings4.014 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
4.1
17 Ratings
52% below category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings3.311 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings3.010 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings3.68 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
82% below category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings3.47 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
72% below category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings3.48 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings1.910 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings3.613 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings9.913 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
11 Ratings
72% below category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings3.48 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings1.911 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings3.47 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings3.48 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings3.58 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.1
17 Ratings
75% below category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings2.89 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings2.88 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings9.914 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings2.511 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
9.4
16 Ratings
24% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.912 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings9.910 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
8.4
173 Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.817 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.7170 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
BigCommerce
-
Ratings
NetSuite ERP
3.9
13 Ratings
60% below category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings2.510 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings3.29 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Small Businesses
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Score 10.0 out of 10
Zoho One
Zoho One
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Shopify Plus
Shopify Plus
Score 8.9 out of 10
Infor VISUAL
Infor VISUAL
Score 7.4 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
24SevenOffice
24SevenOffice
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(458 ratings)
8.4
(410 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(54 ratings)
8.5
(50 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(28 ratings)
7.9
(272 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(6 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(6 ratings)
8.0
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(28 ratings)
5.9
(217 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Online Training
8.2
(3 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.2
(15 ratings)
5.4
(17 ratings)
Configurability
8.2
(4 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(4 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.9
(362 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(3 ratings)
4.8
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(3 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BigCommerceNetSuite ERP
Likelihood to Recommend
Commerce.com
BigCommerce is really well suited for someone who wants to get selling quickly, but may not have endless developer experience, or even web design experience for that matter. Their templates, even the free ones, are very attractive and supported by tons of third party apps. I think the only times it is not a slam dunk recommendation would be if someone is dead set on using another solution like Shopify, or if they are not looking for an ecommerce site and more of a flat website, this would be overkill.
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NetSuite
It is suited well for its scalability and offerings of options as you need them. Auditing Where lesser ERPs require multiple 3rd party connections to get certain functionality, NetSuite ERP offers it as part of the core already or as an advanced feature you can opt into. It is still a part of the NetSuite environment and managed by NetSuite.
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Pros
Commerce.com
  • We really appreciate how easy it is to add products, and variants of products.
  • The integrated site analytics is pretty slick and tells us how our customers are utilizing our site/allows us to recognize trends.
  • Adding sales badges is a breeze and allows us to target specific items for sale to market!
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NetSuite
  • Tracks fixed assets and debt activity for month end rollforwards.
  • Creates a solid audit trail and supporting documentation path for anyone to follow, internally or externally (auditor).
  • Maintains reporting structure and workflow processes for better implementation as training or process improvement/overhaul.
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Cons
Commerce.com
  • In my experience, customer support FAILS terribly in knowledge of getting a BC site live
  • In my experience, the back side/ dashboard is very archaic compared to Volusion, will add hours of work to your week.
  • In my experience, pretty much anything you NEED is done with an "app" at additional cost. I think we have a few hundred dollars in apps already on top of cost of BigCommerce.
  • I feel coming from Volusion to BigCommerce was so depressing but we do feel secure that the company will remain in business. We are looking for something else already.
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NetSuite
  • I have found it to be a bit slow sometimes when saving.
  • I am not sure if this is Chase Bank or NetSuite, but a direct link to upload bank transactions or credit card transactions would be nice.
  • This is too hard, bc Netsuite works really well.
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Likelihood to Renew
Commerce.com
I personally would not even consider another e-commerce website platform.
Bigcommerce may have the same (or close to the same) functionality and integrations as other SaaS platforms but they excel at customer service and tech support. At the end of the day you need a company that will answer the phone in less than a minute especially if you're having a 5 alarm issue. That said, we hardly ever have any issues. The site was down for a few minutes one time 5 years ago. Sometimes we have issues with coding or apps and they help me with that too. They even walked me through installing our new theme when the contracted developers told me that wasn't included in the development of our new website.
Bigcommerce comes out with new innovations every year, not including apps that other people write for the platform, and there are a lot of those and new ones all the time. And there are a LOT of awesome themes to choose from (Halothemes are the best).
And the price is reasonable!
I'd give Bigcommerce my business any time and recommend them to anyone looking to run an e-commerce website. You could even use them for a non-shopping site, we have one of those too!
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NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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Usability
Commerce.com
I think that overall it has a great front end for the customer. On the back end, it takes a little spin-up time, but in just a couple of hours you can really have your head wrapped around everything you're going to need 99% of the time. It takes me about 5 minutes to train a new user on how to interact with customer orders.
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NetSuite
NetSuite is a cloud tool, and is easy to implement for mid-sized organizations. It comes with standard forms/ printing layouts, and financial reporting (both summary and detailed), which are very handy for business users. In addition to these, with 99.99% service availability, NetSuite makes it one of the most reliable ERP tools available on the market.
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Reliability and Availability
Commerce.com
So far in my time with BigCommerce I have not had any down time when it comes to my webstore or accessing it at any time I need to. Knowing that they have such a good uptime, it makes me feel comfortable that my customers can access things anytime, but also keep sales going 24/7
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NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Performance
Commerce.com
I have not had any issues with pages loading slow or any real other issues, not that I have encountered so far. Speed of the site and images loading are fantastic and everything just seems to work nicely, which may seem like a simple thing to say about things, but when something just WORKS! Its rather nice vs fighting with things to work right.
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NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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Support Rating
Commerce.com
Because they are always there no matter how simple or complex the question is, if they don't know the answer they don't fake it and just make you go away feeling frustrated.. they get you to someone that does know the answer. I always appreciate their help and their honesty!
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NetSuite
I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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In-Person Training
Commerce.com
No answers on this topic
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Online Training
Commerce.com
They have a comprehensive online help file system that makes it easy to do almost anything. They cover just about everything you'd want to do with your online store with images, clear descriptions and in some cases video. I will, however, say the videos should be a little more professorially done and not sound like the employees are doing it in their cubical.
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NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Implementation Rating
Commerce.com
A certified BigCommerce design and solution partner will usually comprise a team of highly experienced designers, developers and marketers. It is our view that in the vast majority of cases, this will pay dividends in the long-term - especially for those teams that could use the extra support.
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NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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Alternatives Considered
Commerce.com
BigCommerce even with add-ons such as a PIM and B2B functionality wins for small businesses on affordability and ease of use. No servers or updates to worry about and no expensive agencies to pay. This being said, if the budget were no issue, for larger organisations Magento is perhaps a better option.
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NetSuite
Advanced features that Netsuite had. Easy integration with other financial and CRM systems. Implementation and governance can be easy handled. Easy to maintain and support. Handles very high volume of data. More new features are in pipeline. As it is used across many company and around the globe, it has good community, so no resource constraint.
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Scalability
Commerce.com
I believe after seeing all of the parts of this platform, one is able to develop the business and keep adding on select features for the business. There are multiple options for purchase with the various platforms once the business grows more. The different features being offered by the platform can lead us to scalability.
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NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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Return on Investment
Commerce.com
  • Provides a robust platform to sell a high-risk product.
  • Page Builder saves you time and money by negating the need to buy a template.
  • Includes robust promotion settings that allow for codes and automatic discounts, bulk discounts, and customer groups (i.e. military discount), all native options.
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NetSuite
  • NetSuite software has improved our process controls and enhanced cash management, especially in huge projects.
  • The software has helped us with budgeting, forecasting, and real-time financial reporting.
  • Introduction of NetSuite ERP into our organisation has completely changed the way we do things by enhancing compliance, ensuring real-time project milestone tracking, and enabling portfolio management.
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ScreenShots

BigCommerce Screenshots

Screenshot of enterprise ecommerce for high-volume brands like Skullcandy.Screenshot of the integration that lets you list products on Amazon directly from the BigCommerce control panel, with centralized inventory and order processing and fulfillment.Screenshot of where to customize the look and feel of a storefront.

NetSuite ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Netsuite's mobile-friendly design