E-commerce & Retail · head to head
BigCommerce vs commercetools
BigCommerce
E-commerce & Retail
Enterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants
- From
- $29.95/month
- Rated
- -
commercetools
E-commerce & Retail
The Digital Commerce AI Company
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: BigCommerce listed on G-Cloud 14 by reseller CTI Digital Limited at £14,000 per instance for a managed BigCommerce implementation; commercetools no pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BigCommerce and commercetools actually diverge.
| Attribute | BigCommerce | commercetools |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $29.95/month | On request |
| Pricing model | subscription | quote |
| Founded | 2009 | Unknown |
Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (E-commerce & Retail).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in BigCommerce
- Multi-channel selling
- Built-in SEO
- Abandoned cart recovery
- Customer segmentation
- Marketing automation
- B2B functionality
- API access
- Advanced security
Only in commercetools
Nothing recorded that BigCommerce does not also cover.
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
BigCommerce
- Listed on G-Cloud 14 by reseller CTI Digital Limited at £14,000 per instance for a managed BigCommerce implementation
commercetools
- No pricing plans or figures are published; the pricing page states specific pricing details require contacting sales and offers only a Talk to sales link
- Premium Support, Audit Log Premium, Advanced B2B APIs and additional regions are sold as separate paid add-ons rather than included in the base order-based price
Pricing, plan by plan
BigCommerce
$29.95/month- Standard$29.95/month
- Unlimited products
- 2 staff accounts
- Basic reports
- Plus$79.95/month
- All Standard features
- Up to 5 staff accounts
- Advanced reports
commercetools
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the commercetools review.
Which should you pick?
Choose commercetools if
Nothing in the data separates commercetools from BigCommerce on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is BigCommerce or commercetools better?
- Neither clearly leads. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and commercetools at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or commercetools?
- BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and commercetools at On request.
- Does BigCommerce or commercetools run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What can BigCommerce do that commercetools cannot?
- BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Built-in SEO, Abandoned cart recovery, Customer segmentation.