The typical searcher runs a BigCommerce store that has outgrown a plan, or never liked paying a percentage of sales on top of the subscription. Some want to own the code, others want a lower fixed price, and a few want a platform with a larger app and theme market. They move to Shopify, to open source software such as WooCommerce, or to a headless commerce engine.
Short answer: The closest replacements for BigCommerce in our ecommerce platform ranking are Shopify, WooCommerce and Shopware. Choose Shopify if you want a hosted platform with the same model and no sales cap on each plan. All 13 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Ecommerce Platform in 2026, and each says where it differs from BigCommerce.
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Pricing: Per month by plan, published; 0.6% to 2% fee outside embedded payment providers
Established in: United States
Built for: A mid-size catalogue that would otherwise buy five Shopify apps
Not for: A first store with ten products
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Why buyers look past BigCommerce
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Plans are tied to sales volume
BigCommerce's pricing page ties each plan to a trailing twelve-month sales cap: Core up to $30K, Growth up to $100K, and Scale with a base of $33,333 a month and a 0.9% charge above it. Annual prices run from $29 a month for Core to $299 for Scale. A store that grows therefore moves up a tier because of revenue, not because it needed a feature.
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A fee for not using the embedded payments
Orders through BigCommerce's embedded payment providers carry no platform fee. Orders through other (open) payment providers are charged on sales at 2.0% on Core, 1.0% on Growth and 0.6% on Scale. A merchant who is tied to a regional processor for cost, licensing or banking reasons pays this on top of the subscription.
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A SaaS platform, not code you hold
BigCommerce describes itself as an open SaaS platform with headless options and full API access, but the store itself runs on the vendor's infrastructure. Teams who want to host the application themselves, modify the checkout in code or avoid a vendor's pricing changes have to leave the SaaS model, which is why the open source platforms appear in this search.
Quoted per organisation; commonly a share of revenue
Enterprise commerce for companies already inside Salesforce
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What each one does differently
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Shopify
Canada · Per month by plan, published; 0.6% to 2% fee outside Shopify Payments
The closest hosted rival, with the same shape of pricing: Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus tiers, published monthly and annual prices, and a fee on orders paid through third-party gateways (2% on Basic down to 0.2% on Plus). Its pricing page shows no sales cap per plan. Compare BigCommerce's native B2B tooling before assuming parity.
Switch from BigCommerce if you want a hosted platform with the same model and no sales cap on each plan.
United States · Free plugin; you pay for hosting and extensions
A free, GPL-licensed plugin for WordPress, owned by Automattic. There is no platform subscription and no platform fee on sales, but you pay for hosting, extensions and the maintenance of a WordPress site. Updates, security and performance become your responsibility, where BigCommerce handles them.
Switch from BigCommerce if you already run WordPress and want to remove the platform fee and the sales caps.
Germany · Free community edition; paid plans from €600 a month published, priced on GMV
A German platform with an MIT-licensed free Community Edition, which is self-hosted only. Paid plans (Rise from 600 euro a month, Evolve from 2,400 euro) are priced on gross merchandise value, and SaaS, PaaS and self-hosted deployments are offered. Aimed at larger and B2B merchants, with a higher entry price than BigCommerce Core.
Switch from BigCommerce if you sell B2B or to several European markets and want an open source core from an EU vendor.
Poland · Free open source; Saleor Cloud from $1,599 a month published, capped by GMV
A BSD-3-licensed headless commerce API written in Python, GraphQL only, with no built-in storefront theme model. Saleor Cloud starts at $1,599 a month for up to $200,000 of monthly sales, with a 0.8% fee above the cap. Far more expensive than BigCommerce Core and aimed at developer teams.
Switch from BigCommerce if you already build a custom storefront and want a GraphQL commerce backend you can self-host.
Denmark · Free open source; managed cloud published
A TypeScript commerce framework from a Danish company, MIT-licensed at its core with enterprise features under a commercial agreement. Medusa Cloud is advertised from $29 a month and charges for infrastructure without a share of sales. It is a developer framework, so there is no theme market or merchant-ready admin to buy.
Switch from BigCommerce if you have developers and want to remove a sales-based charge by building on a framework.
France · Free download; hosted plan from €24 a month, published; modules paid
A French open source platform in PHP, distributed under the Open Software Licence 3.0, with a marketplace of paid modules and themes. You host it yourself or buy its hosted offering, and the merchant, not the vendor, carries upgrades and security patching. Strong in European markets, weaker on built-in B2B than BigCommerce.
Switch from BigCommerce if you want a self-hosted store with a large module market and a European vendor.
Poland · Free open source; Sylius Plus from €800 a year published, priced on GMV
A Polish headless platform on Symfony and PHP, MIT-licensed and free in its Community Edition, with a commercial Sylius Plus edition. It is built for mid-market B2C and B2B brands with their own developers. There is no hosted storefront builder, which is the main contrast with BigCommerce.
Switch from BigCommerce if your team writes PHP and needs a customisable B2B or B2C platform you control.
Germany · Subscription from €121 a month or purchased licence by edition, published; no revenue share
A German shop system, from Freiburg, that charges fixed subscription fees and states that it takes no share of revenue. It supports B2B and B2C, multi-shop management and ERP, PIM and CRM integration on a Symfony framework. It is a heavier project than a BigCommerce store, and the market for apps and themes is smaller.
Switch from BigCommerce if you want fixed licence costs, no revenue share and a German vendor.
United States · Paid per month by plan from $5, published; no transaction fees
Adds a store to a website you already have, rather than replacing the site. Plans run from $5 a month (10 products) to $149 (unlimited products), with no transaction fees on any plan, and Ecwid is owned by Lightspeed. Product limits on the lower tiers are the cost, and it has less depth for B2B than BigCommerce.
Switch from BigCommerce if you have a small catalogue on an existing site and want flat, low pricing.
Israel · Per month by plan, published; selling starts at the Core plan
A website builder with commerce built in. Wix lists a free plan plus Light, Core, Business and Business Elite tiers, with yearly prices shown from about $18 to $160 a month. It suits small stores that put the website first, and does not target the multi-storefront or B2B catalogue work BigCommerce does.
Switch from BigCommerce if your store is small and the website design matters more than the commerce engine.
United States · Per month by plan, published; 2% store fee on the Basic plan; 14-day trial only
A design-led site builder with four commerce plans, from 12 euro a month (annual) on Basic to 69 euro on Advanced. Basic charges a 2% fee on online store sales, and the higher plans charge none. Every site starts with a 14-day trial. Fewer developer and B2B tools than BigCommerce.
Switch from BigCommerce if you sell a modest range of products and want one tool for site and shop.
Moves up-market rather than down: a customisable commerce platform from Adobe aimed at large catalogues and complex B2B and B2C operations, with an agency or in-house developers expected. We could not confirm a published price on the vendor page, so assume a quoted contract, unlike BigCommerce's published plans.
Switch from BigCommerce if you have outgrown BigCommerce and have the developers and budget for a larger platform.
United States · Quoted per organisation; commonly a share of revenue
An enterprise platform joining B2C and B2B commerce with order management, POS and Salesforce's AI features. The vendor's page shows no prices and sends buyers to a sales call, so there is no BigCommerce-style published tier. Makes sense mainly if your business already runs on Salesforce.
Switch from BigCommerce if you are an enterprise already on Salesforce and want commerce in the same system.
BigCommerce remains the right choice when you sell to businesses as well as consumers, run several storefronts from one catalogue, or want a hosted platform with full API access and no product limits. Its native B2B features (account-specific pricing, quotes, approval workflows) are things other hosted platforms usually add through apps. If your sales sit inside your plan's cap and you use the embedded payment providers, the platform fee is zero and the subscription is the whole cost.
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What moving off BigCommerce involves
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Catalogue, customers and URLs
Export products, variants, customers and order history before you cancel, and map the old URL structure to the new one with redirects. BigCommerce stores often carry customer groups and account-specific prices, and those need a place to live on the new platform or they are lost in the move.
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Payments and fees on the other side
Check which payment providers the new platform supports and what it charges for each. Moving to a platform with its own payment product can lower fees, but a store tied to another processor may meet the same kind of percentage fee again, so compare the total cost at your real sales volume.
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Apps, B2B features and who runs it
List the apps and B2B features you use today and confirm each exists in the destination. On open source platforms, also name the person who will handle hosting, updates and security, because that work was the vendor's job on BigCommerce.
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Questions about replacing BigCommerce
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What is the best BigCommerce alternative?
For a like-for-like hosted platform, Shopify is the closest match, with published plans and a fee on third-party gateway orders.
For control over the code and no platform fee, WooCommerce (WordPress) or a headless option such as Medusa or Saleor fits better. The right answer depends on whether you have developers.
Does BigCommerce charge transaction fees?
Its pricing page lists a fee only on orders through open payment providers: 2.0% on Core, 1.0% on Growth and 0.6% on Scale.
Orders through its embedded payment providers carry a $0 fee on all plans. Payment processor charges are separate, for example PayPal Braintree starts at 2.89% plus $0.29.
What are the BigCommerce plan limits?
Plans are tied to trailing twelve-month online sales: Core up to $30K, Growth up to $100K, and Scale with a $33,333 a month base and a 0.9% charge above it.
Performance is custom and moves up from $2M. Exceeding a cap means paying for a higher plan.
Is there a free alternative to BigCommerce?
WooCommerce is a free plugin, but you pay for hosting and extensions. Shopware Community Edition, Saleor, Medusa, Sylius and PrestaShop are open source as well. None of these is free to run in practice, since you carry hosting and development costs.
Is there a European alternative to BigCommerce?
Yes. Shopware and OXID eShop are German, PrestaShop is French, Sylius and Saleor are Polish, and Medusa is Danish. Vendor location does not decide where your data sits, so check the hosting region too.
Can I try BigCommerce before paying?
Yes. The vendor's pricing page lists a 15-day free trial with full functionality and no credit card. Squarespace offers 14 days, so both are enough to test the admin but not a full seasonal cycle.
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Sources
Checked 7 October 2026
BigCommerce pricing: Plan prices, sales caps, open payment provider fees, embedded provider $0 fee, Braintree rate, 15-day trial.
BigCommerce home page: Open SaaS positioning, B2B features, multi-storefront, headless, parent company Commerce.
Shopify pricing: Plan names, prices and third-party gateway fees.
WooCommerce: Open source WordPress plugin owned by Automattic, free choice of hosting.
