E-commerce & Retail · head to head
BigCommerce vs Inventory Lab
BigCommerce
E-commerce & Retail
Enterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants
- From
- $29.95/month
- Rated
- -
Inventory Lab
E-commerce & Retail
FBA inventory management made simple
- From
- $29/month
- 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; Inventory Lab inventoryLab is no longer sold standalone and is now bundled into Three Colts' Seller 365 plans starting at $69 per month for a single user, rising to $199 per month for the Pro tier
- They diverge on capability: BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Inventory Lab covers FBA inventory tracking.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BigCommerce and Inventory Lab actually diverge.
| Attribute | BigCommerce | Inventory Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $29.95/month | $29/month |
| Founded | 2009 | 2011 |
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Inventory Lab
- FBA inventory tracking
- Repricing automation
- Price monitoring
- Sales analytics
- Profit calculations
- Supplier management
- Alerts and notifications
- Forecasting tools
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
BigCommerce
No use cases recorded yet. See the BigCommerce review.
Inventory Lab
- Amazon and Walmart reseller inventory, listing and profit tracking as part of Seller 365not BigCommerce
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
Inventory Lab
- InventoryLab is no longer sold standalone and is now bundled into Three Colts' Seller 365 plans starting at $69 per month for a single user, rising to $199 per month for the Pro tier
- Multichannel listing requires the separate UniCon add-on, priced from $49 to $449 per month depending on tier
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
Inventory Lab
$29/month- Essentials$29/month
- Inventory management
- Price monitoring
- Email alerts
- Pro$99/month
- All Essentials features
- Automated repricing
- Advanced analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Inventory Lab if
- You need fba inventory tracking.
- You also want repricing automation.
Questions people ask
- Is BigCommerce or Inventory Lab better?
- Neither clearly leads. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and Inventory Lab at $29/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or Inventory Lab?
- BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and Inventory Lab at $29/month.
- Does BigCommerce or Inventory Lab run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What can BigCommerce do that Inventory Lab cannot?
- BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Built-in SEO, Abandoned cart recovery, Customer segmentation. Inventory Lab covers FBA inventory tracking, Repricing automation, Price monitoring, Sales analytics.