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Pros:

It has a good amount of templates you can explore. Despite it is thought for people less into web designing, it also allows more tech-savvy users and developers to apply some HTML and CSS styling.

Cons:

Support sometimes doesn't know everything about ongoing issues with the platform so sometimes it is frustrating to iterate an issue that team members don't even know are happening.

BigCommerce ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.2
Customer Service
4.2
Features
4.2
Value for Money
4.1

Likelihood to recommend

8.1/ 10

BigCommerce has an overall rating of 4.4 out 5 stars based on 328 user reviews on Capterra.

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Stephanie
Stephanie
System Administrator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

I prefer BigCommerce for its simplicity and ease of use

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: BigCommerce has been the answer to all of the problems that have plagued my online store. Adding and managing products has never been simpler than it is on this site. With just a few clicks, I can make simple, customizable, and downloadable products.

Pros:

In every way, BigCommerce is the ideal platform for my company. This platform's dashboard is fantastic, and I appreciate how simple it makes managing and uploading stock. The quickness and dexterity that has been put into protecting and expanding my product sales has met with my complete satisfaction. To run my online store without any restrictions and in a professional manner is a dream come true.

Cons:

Although there are times when certain features do not function properly, such as when I am unable to access the applications within the back end or when newly updated features are not compatible with my configuration since I am still using an earlier version of BigCommerce, I have been using the platform for years.

VIPUL
Treasury Analyst in US
Apparel & Fashion, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

great way to do business

5.0 8 months ago

Comments: Overall great experience and happy to use big commerce on daily basis for ecommerce business. Thanks.

Pros:

Everything so far as it's easy and fast to many critical process.

Cons:

Reporting needs changes as return reports have full refund but not able to run for partial refunds.

IRYNA
Artist in Greece
Arts & Crafts, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

BIGCOMMERC-FRAUDERS!

1.0 8 months ago

Cons:

BIGCOMMERC-FRAUDERS! Return the money!!! Terrible. Nothing works! Impossible to change the topic...No feedback. Read reviews before contacting them. Not a single good review. These are scammers!

Krunal
Cyber Risk and Analysis in US
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review of BigCommerce

5.0 7 months ago

Pros:

BigCommerce extends a secure and reliable platform to create customizable apps without sacrificing a lot of time. This creates room for attraction for users.

Cons:

BigCommerce may require more development for extensive projects. It is important to check project scope before considering BigCommerce no matter the business type of small business or enterprise.

Leanne
Business Manager in Australia
Consumer Electronics, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: I am very impressed with BC and feel it would be a good fit for people with little ecommerce experience.

Pros:

Provides simply set up and easy to load products.

Cons:

no access to database - even read only. If we had access to database, we could create a number of reports we currently dont have access to.

Justin
Justin
Business Owner in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Music, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce Honest Review

2.0 2 years ago

Comments: I didn't like BigCommerce. It was not user intuitive and the customer service was terrible. If you want to cancel the subscription, it is a multi step process and hard to accomplish.

Pros:

I liked that it was pretty easy to set up and use a free template. It looked clean and basic.

Cons:

I had trouble converting customers and having to pay high amount for good template. It looks good until you dive under the hood and then it is not what is expected. The fees are also very high compared to Wordpress or other alternatives.

Alternatives Considered: Wix, WordPress and Squarespace

Reasons for Choosing BigCommerce: I thought it would be better because of lower fees but ultimately I found out that it was not a good option to switch to BigCommerce.

Switched From: Wix, WordPress and Squarespace

Reasons for Switching to BigCommerce: It looked enticing and seemed to be better than the competition. However, upon building a website, I found that the other alternatives were WAY better.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good Platform but has some fatal flaws

3.0 2 years ago

Comments: Not bad for simple stores. Support is responsive, but isn't very helpful. It's strange how many times I've contact developer support and said oops, looks like we don't have documentation for that. They roll out upgrades to their backend that are still very buggy.

Pros:

Easy product management, plenty of payment gateways available, decent theme store. Handles product options / variants better than Shopify. Has some good B2B / wholesale features out of the box.

Cons:

Themes are over bloated with way too many files. You can't edit the CSS and JS files online. Makes relatively easy changes (on other platforms) too time consuming. Often suffers from indexing delays and/ or caching issues so that your changes or new products you add take 30+ minutes to show up on the site. Main navigation menu is automated. You have to either hard code a menu or use an app if you want customizations to your menu. Stencil CLI can either work smoothly for editing themes or you'll spend hours chasing down compatibility issues. No way in store to easily find orphan pages.

Alternatives Considered: WooCommerce and Shopify

Jaye
owner in US
Apparel & Fashion, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great ecomm site for your business

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I like the metrics & the options available

Pros:

Customer support is great, they get you fixed up really quick

Cons:

nothing really. Maybe could include a few more features for the base pricing. other than that, it's great

Vipul
financial analyst in US
Apparel & Fashion, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

best way to manage eCommerce business

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Great experience. Worth spending bucks on software as got high return and peace of mind.

Pros:

Everything is so easy to work with and helps us a lot to focus on eCommerce business.

Cons:

So far nothing has bothered us in a wrong way

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great solution for ecommerce

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: It's a great tool to create a ecommerce store from scratch

Pros:

Easy to create and manage an online store. It's quite smooth to use and straightforward.

Cons:

User interface could be improved and more efficient.

Clint
President in US
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce is great for your online business.

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Big Commerce is very easy to use and integrates with many other small business software providers. My website looks great!

Cons:

I have had no issues with Big Commerce other than my payment provider (Square) losing sync with the website every 30 days. This issue has been corrected though.

Alternatives Considered: Wix, Square Online, Squarespace and Shopify

Reasons for Switching to BigCommerce: I felt that Big Commerce offered a great value and was easier to use than the other platforms that I previewed.

Margaret
Margaret
UX Analyst in US
Design, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great e-commmerce platform if you can't afford custom designs but have a large inventory of products

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: The company I worked for had a B2B e-commerce website, but wanted to start a second e-commerce site that was more B2C focused since the clientele had different needs, and the B2B site was not set up to accommodate all the new B2C business. We were able to set it up quickly and provide accurate shipping costs and product option costs.

Pros:

I loved the versatility available for building product pages, being able to set it up so pricing adjusts automatically for different product options, and the import/export functions to update large inventories via Excel documents instead of manually editing within the web app.

Cons:

Initial setup can be confusing, especially when new to e-commerce and knowing how to tell it to calculate tax, shipping, etc. Their customer service is great though, so if you're confused about a setting you can call and talk to someone very quickly. I rarely ever waited more than 5 minutes to talk to a rep.

Garrett
CEO in US
Consumer Goods, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Great for rapid growth

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Postive. I have been using it for 6+ years already and do not see any reason to leave. it has grown with me over the years.

Pros:

Bigcommerce is easy to implement and one of the most versatile ecommerce/inventory/web store/website builder/order management platforms on the market. They are built for you to grow and will work for a startup or for a enterprise.

Cons:

I dont like the way they announce new features. Sometimes the degrade a feature but the only way to find out is to attend a "town hall" instead they should just email all users a list of features that are being updated or degraded.

Alternatives Considered: Shopify

Reasons for Switching to BigCommerce: Bigcommerce had a lower fee with more features included. they do not take a percentage of each sale like shopify tries to.

Asher
Financial Director in Jamaica
Consumer Goods, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce is a great online store solution.

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: We have used BigCommerce for over 6 years, and it has proved to be a fantastic online store solution, offering a simple interface, every feature you need, ease of payment for customers, and simple integration.

Pros:

Order management is the strongest point of BigCommerce, and that is exactly what you want from an online store. Integration is simple and accurate, reporting and analytics are comprehensive, and the scalable pricing structure is the cherry on top. An excellent product.

Cons:

I really don't have any complaints about BigCommerce. Oh wait, I thought of one - Stop asking me to change my password every 3 months - it's annoying !

Alternatives Considered: WooCommerce

Reasons for Switching to BigCommerce: We use both, but I feel BigCommerce is the better solution. It offers more features.

Jason
Owner in US
Printing, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Easy to use but they didn't have my back

4.0 4 years ago

Comments: At first it was great, but as they got bigger they didn't seem to value my business the same way and forced me to pay almost 3 times what I had agreed to. I was happy to switch to a competitor when I did.

Pros:

I liked that it was very easy to figure out. It was updated regularly and laid out nicely. I built my first e-commerce store on my own using this software.

Cons:

I kept hitting walls with what I wanted to do. Some of the features were limiting like "Options" and I kept hoping they would improved them. They also made a change to their pricing structure and took away Customer Groups on the plan I was on. It was $29/mo and then all of a sudden it was $79/mo. I wish they grandfathered me in. When I called to complain or work something out, they had a take it or leave it attitude... so I left it.

Michael
Owner in US
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

The best decsion i have made in Ecommerce

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Headless ecommerce, no hidden fees and very easy to set up.

Cons:

It is a paid for service, a free version would allow people to use the service without paying for something you might not use one month but need the nest.

Ismaël Huberson
Ismaël Huberson
Founder in Côte d’Ivoire
Verified LinkedIn User
Apparel & Fashion, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: This platform has everything you need to design, sell, and ship products and services online. I highly recommend it!

Pros:

Bigcommerce is a fully featured ecommerce platform that is designed for anyone to get up and running to sell online. In addition to its simple and easy-to-use online store builder, Bigcommerce comes with a full arsenal of features including inventory management, payment processing, shipping options and more. With Bigcommerce, you can set up an account and be selling within a few minutes.

Cons:

Bigcommerce is a great ecommerce platform but needs some knowledge to better handle it.

Nickolas
Nickolas
Publisher and Retreat Leader in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Publishing, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Perfect Solution For My Needs

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I have been using BigCommerce for the past year to run my online store, and I am extremely satisfied with its performance. One of the standout features of this software is its robust and user-friendly e-commerce platform. It's easy to set up and manage products, process orders, and handle shipping and tax calculations.Another feature that I really appreciate is the integration with various payment gateways, such as PayPal and Stripe. This has made it easy for me to accept payments from my customers and has streamlined my checkout process.Overall, I highly recommend BigCommerce to any business owner looking for a reliable and feature-rich e-commerce platform. Its many features and intuitive design make it a valuable asset for any online store.

Pros:

One of the biggest benefits of BigCommerce is its comprehensive marketing and SEO tools. These tools have helped me to effectively promote my products and drive traffic to my store. For example, I have used the built-in email marketing tool to send targeted campaigns to my customers, and I have used the SEO tools to optimize my product pages for search engines.

Cons:

BigCommerce provides a wide range of features and functionality, but some users may find that they are limited in their ability to customize certain aspects of their store. For example, users may not be able to fully customize the design or layout of their store, or they may be limited in their ability to add custom functionality or integrations.

Shoaib
Data Analyst in UK
Pharmaceuticals, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce Review

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: We wanted an ecommerce platform that can help us manage our online orders, manage our content on the store and website and manage SKUs and shipments all in one platform. The product has been great and offers great features

Pros:

-Easy to use as compared to other ecommerce platforms -Managing orders and inventory is very easy -Great for designing online storefront -Great for both B2B and B2C

Cons:

The pricing is a trap, it increases with the use of different add ons

PierreAntoine
Ecommerce Manager in Canada
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A great platform to start a multi channels e-commerce business

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: BigCommerce was our first e-commerce platform, it allowed us to easily sell on Amazon & eBay through their partner Codisto. It's a great start for any small business that is looking for an affordable multi channel solution

Pros:

The price is really attractive and the fact that you'll receive a version of Codisto (multichannel integration tool) for free is quite pleasant when you are starting a new venture. I would advise anyone to give them a chance

Cons:

Monthly fee on paid theme, you can always purchase a theme outside of their store but you won't get support on that. Maybe a one time payment is better for the customer in the long run

Rick
CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Hardware, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

If you are serious about growing your business, there is no other platform to consider.

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: For the most part, BC is attentive and addresses our issues. Reps change more frequently than I would like and they are not very helpful. Most aren't there long enough to learn the position. The core staff and the support team are second to none. There is not one weak link on the support team. You will not understand how important this is until you need help from another provider and wait 30 minutes to talk to someone who knows less about the product than you and learned English as a second or third language.

Pros:

BigCommerce Support is not only the best there for an e-commerce platform. It is the single best support compared to every provider I have ever used. They answer the phones quickly. The person who picks up the phone knows what he/she is doing. Calls never have to be escalated and the issue is (almost) always resolved. My issues are normally fixed within 10 minutes of picking up the phone to dial. BC doesn't waste your time. PCI compliance was a big part of why we moved. BC takes it all on. We no longer have to provide scan reports or do any paperwork. Consistent conversion rates - there are few ups and downs. I can depend on my site to be functional. Adding products, categories and landing pages is simple. 2 months after moving to BigCommerce I let my entire development team go. We no longer needed any of them. Training an employee to add products takes just a few minutes.

Cons:

Some things seem to take forever to get done. 301 redirects are difficult to manage and a fix has been in and out of the works for years. Product page load times can exceed 1000ms. Mobile PageSpeed is big in Google's eyes and we are slower than average.

Mohammad
Demand Generation Lead in UK
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce is the best e-commerce platform that ever existed

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: The product is recommended for both B2C and B2B offers very user-friendly interface and outstanding customer services. We have managed our online store with BigCommerce and the company made us convert more than any other previous platforms.

Pros:

The platform is simply extraordinary, very easy to use. -Great for web design and managing content within the website/online store -You can easily offer vouchers and discounts with add ons to prospects -Managing orders and processing orders is very simple and straightforward -Processing payments is great -Great for reviewing all the products and helps prospects decide what to buy

Cons:

-I would only point out as the pricing of the platform is the strength of the product as it is not expensive, but every add on comes with additional price which adds up for us. -Time to time updating themes have been problematic

Matt
Director of eCommerce in US
Apparel & Fashion, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Would switch if I could find something better

3.0 7 years ago

Pros:

Easy to get up and running. Features are some of the best offered in this class. Pricing doesn't take a cut off of sales.

Cons:

Many advanced features lacking or cost extra, like filtered search and navigation. Bugs are fixed and new features are added based on number of requests as opposed to the severity or need of the fix or feature. As a result, some bugs can persist for years if only a few people have reported them. No release notes or detailed info on updates. Overall it seems the company is still run more like a startup as instead of an established company that's accountable to their customers. Seems they focus more on doing things that get them headlines, marketing material, and talking points instead of what most meets their customer's needs. They can be quite tonedeaf when it comes to understanding the way retail works and what the needs of small businesses really are. It's quite a shame as there is a lot of potential. The only reason I stay is because either the better platforms are unaffordable (Magento, Demandware, Netsuite, Miva, etc) or the ones comparable in price lack essential features or have their own problems that I can't workaround (Shopify, Volusion, etc.) So I'm stuck until we grow more. Don't get me wrong, they have improved greatly in the 6 years I've been with them, but they have a long way to go.

Bianca L.
Bianca L.
Co-founder & CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

It's okay.

4.0 6 years ago

Pros:

We moved from Shopify to Bigcommerce because Shopify lacked features that Bigcommerce had out of the box such as proper product categories, saved payments, one-page checkout among others. These features have worked well and our conversion rates went from 3% to over 10%. Bigcommerce is great for more complicated product catalogs with lots of categories and skus whereas Shopify is great for simple catalogs.

Cons:

Bigcommerce continues to build out new features rather than fixing problems with current ones. Every week I hear about a new payment processor or some random feature that's built half-baked. I've been very, very frustrated at the lack of thought behind many features and their inability to fix simple problems. Their API's are a mess, with some of the API's passing all the data you need, and other's missing important data needed - so we're creating functions to call information that should be (and easily can be) included in the objects returned by the API. There is NO mobile application, even to check simple things like orders, which is the most ridiculous thing given we're in 2019.

Adam
IT Manager in US
Public Safety, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

BigCommerce Review

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: It works, and we need the software as we couldn't integrate two Shopify stores into our ERP. I hope we can expect BigCommerce to keep adding features because they really do have a lot of catching up to do.

Pros:

We stated using BigCommerce as the software behind our new website redesign. We like the ease of setting up the products, product customization and the large pool of experienced companies that design BigCommerce storefronts. It was easy to get setup and our new website was running in about 6 months.

Cons:

The order management system they have in place is just not good. You cannot edit orders. Which customers expect us to be able to do. If a customer wants to add an item you can add the item, but you cannot charge the customer for the additional item within BigCommerce software. Same goes with removing items from orders. If you remove an item from an order it does not give you an option to refund the difference. You have to do that outside BigCommerce software. Our website has been live on BigCommerce for about 4 weeks now and we just experienced our fist "outage" in over 5 years. So I am not optimistic about uptime since the site has already gone down once, and it has only been live for 4 weeks. Using BigCommerce it is hard to search for and find orders, even if you have an order number you are redirected to the "advanced search". Instead of being able to type in an order number and find the order you have to type in the number, wait for the advanced search page to load then type in the order number again. Come...on...guys. The same with product search. I can copy and paste a product name directly from our storefront, search in BigCommerce, then I get redirected to another "advanced search" page. Where I have to enter the SAME SEARCH again, then I get results. We are on an "enterprise" plan that in some ways, has less features than a store we run on a "basic" Shopify plan for less than 1/3 the cost. Inventory tracking is also not great.