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BigCommerce: Enterprise ecommerce platform for ambitious merchants
commercetools
The Digital Commerce AI Company
As of 29 August 2026, commercetools's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. Composable, headless commerce platform providing enterprise commerce infrastructure and APIs for online, in-store and in-chat sales channels. Softwr lists it under E-Commerce.
Overview
What commercetools does
Composable, headless commerce platform providing enterprise commerce infrastructure and APIs for online, in-store and in-chat sales channels.
What people use it for
- Composable commerce platforms for enterprise retailers
- B2C and B2B commerce API infrastructure
- Multi-region commerce operations
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about commercetools.
- No published pricing: customers cannot see costs, tier details, or feature breakdowns before contacting sales
- Order-based pricing opacity: described as 'transparent' but actual fee structure per order is undisclosed
- Free trial time-gate: 60-day trial does not reveal production pricing for ongoing operations
- Marketplace distribution unclear: availability on Google Cloud and AWS Marketplaces implies pricing varies by channel without transparency
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Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Does commercetools publish pricing online?
No. Pricing is not published on their website. Customers must contact sales, start a free 60-day trial, or purchase through Google Cloud or AWS Marketplaces to discuss pricing.
SourceWhat is the pricing model for commercetools?
commercetools uses order-based pricing (not Gross Merchandise Value dependent) described as 'transparent and growth-friendly' with 'no hidden fees or penalties for scaling,' but exact per-order costs are disclosed only through sales consultation.
SourceDoes commercetools offer a free trial?
Yes. A 60-day free trial includes full access to production-ready infrastructure, APIs, tools, and preloaded sample B2C/B2B data, with the option to move MVP to production without setup costs.
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- All E-Commerce softwareThe full category
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Compare commercetools with
- Magento
- BigCommerce
- Saleor
- Square
- Shopkeep
- Stripe
- FullStory
- Klarna
- Medusa
- UnoPIM
- Contentful
- Heartland Retail
- Memberful
- Mollie
- Namecheap
- OpenCart
- Oracle Commerce
- PrestaShop
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Open core commerce platform, free as Magento Open Source and licensed by revenue as Adobe Commerce
Free plan14 researched notesHosted e-commerce platform that charges no transaction fee and no surcharge for third party gateways
From $29.95/mo13 researched notesBuy now pay later and instalment checkout for online and in-store merchants
Pricing on request12 researched notesAutomate and scale your product data with an AI-powered open-source PIM.
Free plan14 researched notesCloud point of sale and inventory management sold alongside Heartland card processing
From $150/mo13 researched notesMembership platform for creators to sell subscriptions, courses and gated content
From $49/mo9 researched notesEuropean payment service provider with published per-transaction rates and no monthly fee on the online plan
From £0.3/transaction12 researched notesICANN-accredited domain registrar that also sells shared hosting, SSL certificates and email
From $0.88/yr13 researched notesSelf-hosted open source shopping cart written in PHP, released under the MIT licence
Free plan13 researched notes
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