Is BigCommerce or Saleor better?

Neither clearly leads. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and Saleor at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or Saleor?

Saleor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29.95/month for BigCommerce and Free for Saleor.

Does BigCommerce or Saleor run on more platforms?

BigCommerce runs on Web. Saleor runs on web, api.

Can I use Saleor for free?

Yes. Saleor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month.

What can BigCommerce do that Saleor cannot?

BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Built-in SEO, Abandoned cart recovery, Customer segmentation. Saleor covers GraphQL API, Admin dashboard, Webhooks and apps, Omnichannel order processing.

E-commerce & Retail · head to head

BigCommerce vs Saleor

BigCommerce

E-commerce & Retail

Enterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants

From: $29.95/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Saleor

E-commerce

Open-source, headless e-commerce platform with a GraphQL API

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Saleor has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
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; Saleor saleor requires development resources to build a storefront, since it ships as an API-only backend without a front-end store out of the box.
They diverge on capability: BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Saleor covers GraphQL API.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which BigCommerce and Saleor actually diverge.

Attributes where BigCommerce and Saleor differ
Attribute	BigCommerce	Saleor
Starting price	$29.95/month	Free
Pricing model	subscription	open-source
Free tier	No	Yes
Platforms	Web	web, api
Category	E-commerce & Retail	E-commerce
Founded	2009	2019

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated).

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 Saleor

GraphQL API
Admin dashboard
Webhooks and apps
Omnichannel order processing
Configurator CLI
OpenTelemetry tracing
OpenID Connect support

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.

Saleor

Custom headless storefrontsnot BigCommerce
Composable commerce architecturesnot BigCommerce
Omnichannel retail and B2B commercenot BigCommerce
Developer-built e-commerce requiring deep API accessnot 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

Saleor

Saleor requires development resources to build a storefront, since it ships as an API-only backend without a front-end store out of the box.
Self-hosting requires managing infrastructure, scaling, and updates, which adds operational overhead compared to fully managed platforms.
Saleor Cloud's paid tiers start at $1,599/month, making the managed offering costly for small merchants compared to typical SaaS store builders.
The GraphQL-first, code-driven approach has a steeper learning curve for non-technical users than drag-and-drop e-commerce builders.

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

Saleor

Free

Sandboxes (Cloud)Free
- Free forever tier for prototyping and development
Select (Cloud)$1599/month
- Up to $200,000 GMV monthly
- 0.8% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Dedicated Slack channel
Volume (Cloud)$3999/month
- Up to $1,000,000 GMV monthly
- 0.4% fee on orders exceeding GMV limit
- Dedicated Slack channel
Enterprise (Cloud)$undefined/mo
- Custom GMV limits
- Fees negotiable as low as 0.2%
- Project delivery lead

Which should you pick?

Choose BigCommerce if

You need multi-channel selling.
You also want built-in seo.

BigCommerce review

Choose Saleor if

You need graphql api.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, api.
You also want admin dashboard.

Saleor review

Questions people ask

Is BigCommerce or Saleor better?: Neither clearly leads. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month and Saleor at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or Saleor?: Saleor has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $29.95/month for BigCommerce and Free for Saleor.
Does BigCommerce or Saleor run on more platforms?: BigCommerce runs on Web. Saleor runs on web, api.
Can I use Saleor for free?: Yes. Saleor has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. BigCommerce starts at $29.95/month.
What can BigCommerce do that Saleor cannot?: BigCommerce covers Multi-channel selling, Built-in SEO, Abandoned cart recovery, Customer segmentation. Saleor covers GraphQL API, Admin dashboard, Webhooks and apps, Omnichannel order processing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Saleor: Is Saleor free to use?

Yes. Saleor is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license and can be self-hosted for free. Saleor Cloud also offers a free Sandboxes tier for prototyping and development.

Source

Saleor: How much does Saleor Cloud cost?

Saleor Cloud paid plans start at $1,599/month for the Select plan (up to $200,000 monthly GMV), with Volume at $3,999/month and custom Enterprise pricing for larger merchants.

Source

Saleor: Does Saleor provide a storefront out of the box?

No. Saleor is an API-only, headless commerce backend built on GraphQL; storefronts must be built separately using the API and are not bundled with the platform.

Source

BigCommerce vs Saleor

BigCommerce

Saleor

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in BigCommerce

Only in Saleor

What people use each for

BigCommerce

Saleor

Where each one falls short

BigCommerce

Saleor

Pricing, plan by plan

BigCommerce

Saleor

Which should you pick?

Choose BigCommerce if

Choose Saleor if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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