BigCommerce pricing on the US site is $29 a month for Core, $79 for Growth and $299 for Scale when paid yearly, or $39, $105 and $399 paid monthly, and Performance starts at $1,499 a month billed annually. Your sales decide which you pay: each plan caps trailing 12-month sales and moves you up automatically when you pass it. Figures are from BigCommerce's pricing page, checked on 10 November 2026, in US dollars before tax. Standard, Plus, Pro and Enterprise are the same four plans under their old names, renamed on 1 June 2026 when the caps and fees also changed.
Every BigCommerce plan and price
| Core | Growth | Scale | Performance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old name (before 1 June 2026) | Standard | Plus | Pro | Enterprise |
| Paid yearly, per month | $29 | $79 | $299 | From $1,499, billed annually |
| Paid monthly | $39 | $105 | $399 | Not listed |
| Sales cap | $30K a year | $100K a year | $33,333 a month, then 0.9% on sales above it | $250K a month, then 0.6% above it |
| What happens at the cap | Moved to Growth | Moved to Scale | Moved to Performance at $2M a year | Contracted |
| Fee on orders through an Open Payment Provider | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | None on contracted terms |
| Inventory locations | Up to 4 | Up to 5 | Up to 8 | Custom |
| Extra storefronts | $30 a month each, up to 3 | $50 each, up to 5 | $100 each, up to 8 | Contact sales |
All four plans include staff accounts, products, file storage and bandwidth, single-page checkout, multi-currency, real-time shipping quotes, a blog and product reviews. Growth adds customer groups, abandoned cart emails, persistent carts and stored cards. Scale adds product filtering and Google customer reviews. Price Lists, which set SKU-level prices for customer groups and which most B2B sellers need, are only ticked on Performance, along with advanced promotions and a Customer Success Manager.
Core, Growth and Scale have no contract; Performance does. The free trial is 15 days with no credit card.
What changed on 1 June 2026
BigCommerce's 2026 plan and pricing update kept the prices of Standard, Plus and Pro but cut the caps: Standard allowed $50K a year and Core allows $30K; Plus allowed $180K and Growth allows $100K. Pro's charge of $150 a month per $200K block of sales above $400K became a flat 0.9% above $33,333 a month. The Open Payment Provider Fee is new. Existing stores moved on or after 1 June according to their sales.
How the sales caps force an upgrade
BigCommerce measures sales as GMV: the order value, including tax and shipping, minus 10%. Amazon, eBay and social orders count. It is checked on the first of each month against the last 12 months. Cross a cap and you are upgraded after notice, mid-term on annual billing with the difference charged. You can only downgrade to a plan whose cap you fit under.
In your own order figures the caps sit a little higher. Our arithmetic, dividing each cap by 0.9:
| Cap | In BigCommerce's GMV | In order value incl. tax and shipping |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $30,000 a year | About $33,333 a year |
| Growth | $100,000 a year | About $111,111 a year |
| Scale, before overage | $33,333 a month | About $37,037 a month |
| Scale to Performance | $2,000,000 a year | About $2,222,222 a year |
| Performance, before overage | $250,000 a month | About $277,778 a month |
The practical result is that the plan is decided by revenue, not by features. A store doing $10,000 a month in orders, about $108,000 a year in GMV, is past Growth's cap and on Scale at $299 a month whether or not it uses Scale's features.
Scale's overage is the line to model. Above $33,333 of GMV in a month, BigCommerce charges 0.9% of the rest. By our arithmetic, at $166,667 of GMV a month ($2M a year), the overage reaches about $1,200 a month, so Scale costs about $1,499 in total, the same as Performance's starting price. That is the point where BigCommerce moves you to Performance anyway.
Fees beyond the plan price
The Open Payment Provider Fee. On Core, Growth and Scale, BigCommerce charges 2.0%, 1.0% or 0.6% of the GMV of orders paid through a provider that is not on its Embedded Payment Provider list. That list includes BigCommerce Payments, Stripe, PayPal Braintree, Adyen and Worldpay. The fee is set per order by the provider that processed it, billed monthly and may not be passed to shoppers. It also applies to offline orders, including orders paid by purchase order, so on a self-serve plan every B2B PO order carries it. Contracted Performance plans do not pay it.
Card processing. This is paid to your payment provider, not BigCommerce. BigCommerce's page says PayPal Braintree card processing begins at 2.89% + $0.29 per transaction on all plans, with American Express at 3.50%. US businesses on Growth, Scale or Performance can apply for a negotiated Braintree rate.
Support and storefronts. Phone support is $29 a month on Core and included above it. Express routing is $99 a month on Growth or Scale, and priority support $199 on Scale. Each extra storefront costs $30, $50 or $100 a month on Core, Growth or Scale, and is quoted on Performance.
Themes. Every store starts on Cornerstone, BigCommerce's free theme, and the theme marketplace has free and paid themes. Two paid themes we checked in the theme store were listed at $235 (Portobello Rise) and $295 (Brick Lane Taste).
Apps. BigCommerce lists over 1,200 apps. Each is priced by its developer, so add up the ones you need, such as search, subscriptions and ERP connectors, before comparing platforms. Feeds to Google, Meta and TikTok through Feedonomics Surface are free for up to 100,000 SKUs.
Headless hosting. If you build a headless storefront on Catalyst, BigCommerce's Next.js storefront, hosting is a separate bill and the codebase is yours to maintain.
B2B Edition pricing
BigCommerce does not publish a price for B2B Edition. Its help center describes it as BigCommerce's enterprise-level B2B offering and says to request it through your Customer Success Manager or the sales team. It adds company accounts with buyer roles, a buyer portal, sales-staff quotes, shared shopping lists, an invoice portal with payment terms and a quick-order pad, and works with Multi-Storefront and Catalyst.
In practice, budget for Performance plus whatever BigCommerce quotes for B2B Edition. Third-party guides print figures BigCommerce has not confirmed, so get the quote in writing. Without B2B Edition, Growth and Scale can still price for trade buyers through customer groups, just not with Price Lists.
Worked examples for three company sizes
These are examples with assumed inputs. They use yearly billing and prices checked on 10 November 2026, assume sales are spread evenly across the year and leave out tax, card processing, apps and B2B Edition.
A $600,000-a-year direct-to-consumer brand
Orders of $50,000 a month, so $45,000 of GMV a month and $540,000 over 12 months. That is past Growth's cap, so the store is on Scale.
| Line | Per month |
|---|---|
| Scale, paid yearly | $299 |
| Overage: ($45,000 − $33,333) × 0.9% | $105 |
| Open Payment Provider Fee, paying through Stripe | $0 |
| Total to BigCommerce | $404 a month, $4,848 a year |
If the same store took cards through a gateway that is not on the embedded list, it would add 0.6% × $45,000 = $270 a month, for a total of $674.
A $1.5 million wholesale and retail distributor
Orders of $125,000 a month, so $112,500 of GMV a month and $1.35M over 12 months, under the $2M point. Assume 30% of orders are trade orders paid by purchase order and the rest go through PayPal Braintree.
| Line | Per month |
|---|---|
| Scale, paid yearly | $299 |
| Overage: ($112,500 − $33,333) × 0.9% | $712.50 |
| Open Payment Provider Fee on PO orders: 30% × $112,500 × 0.6% | $202.50 |
| One extra storefront for the trade site | $100 |
| Total to BigCommerce | $1,314 a month, $15,768 a year |
That is about 1.2% of GMV before card fees. If trade customers need SKU-level price lists, this company needs Performance, from $1,499 with no PO fee on contracted terms, plus the B2B Edition quote.
A $4 million multi-brand manufacturer
Orders of $333,333 a month, so $300,000 of GMV a month and $3.6M over 12 months. Past $2M, the store is on Performance.
| Line | Per month |
|---|---|
| Performance, starting price | From $1,499 |
| Overage: ($300,000 − $250,000) × 0.6% | $300 |
| Total to BigCommerce, before negotiation | From $1,799 a month, from $21,588 a year |
Performance is negotiated, and B2B Edition and storefronts are quoted on top. Treat $1,799 as a floor, not a quote.
BigCommerce vs Shopify pricing
BigCommerce ties the plan to your sales. Shopify's pricing page, checked on 10 November 2026, has no sales caps on Basic ($19 a month paid yearly), Grow ($49) or Advanced ($299), and Plus starts at $2,300 a month. Both add a fee for disfavored payment providers: Shopify 2% to 0.2% unless you use Shopify Payments, BigCommerce 2% to 0.6% unless you use an embedded provider.
Using the three examples above, with fee-free payments on both platforms:
| Annual order value | BigCommerce, per month | Shopify, per month |
|---|---|---|
| $600,000 | $404 on Scale | $49 on Grow, or $299 on Advanced for 15 staff accounts |
| $1.5M | $1,011.50 on Scale, before PO fees and storefronts | $299 on Advanced |
| $4M | From $1,799 on Performance | From $2,300 on Plus |
On subscription alone, Shopify is cheaper for most stores under $2M a year and BigCommerce's Performance starts lower than Shopify Plus. Card processing usually costs more than either subscription, and Shopify does not print its Shopify Payments rate, so compare the rates you are offered. B2B matters too: Shopify lists B2B with up to 3 catalogs on Basic, Grow and Advanced and unlimited on Plus, while BigCommerce puts Price Lists on Performance and quotes B2B Edition. See Shopify pricing for Shopify's plans and Shopify vs Shopify Plus before a Plus term.
When BigCommerce is worth it
- Wholesale and retail from one catalog. Trade accounts, quotes and an ERP as the source of truth suit BigCommerce. Price it as Performance plus B2B Edition.
- Several brands or regions. One back office, priced per storefront.
- Large stores comparing enterprise tiers. Performance starts below Shopify Plus.
- Not for a small single-brand store. Below $2M, the caps and overage usually cost more than Shopify.
- Not if you need to change the platform's core behavior. That points to Adobe Commerce or a custom build.
If the reason to change is a slow or limited front end, read composable commerce, explained before you plan a headless build.
What it costs to build and run the store
The subscription is rarely the largest line in the first year. Building the store and connecting it to the ERP usually are.
Building the store. Our BigCommerce Store Build is from $9,000 fixed, from 6 weeks: a custom theme, catalog set-up for up to 500 products, payments, shipping and tax, up to three integrations and launch support. B2B, multi-storefront and headless builds are quoted higher, as a fixed price before work starts.
Moving to BigCommerce. A Platform Migration is from $7,000 fixed, from 4 weeks, with the data migrated and reconciled, a full redirect map, a rehearsed cutover with a rollback plan and 30 days of monitoring. Magento, custom-built and multi-store sources are quoted higher.
The ERP integration. One scoped integration, such as order sync between BigCommerce and the ERP, is an AI Quick Win Sprint at $8,000 fixed over 3 weeks. A production agent for the order desk, such as an account-service agent that answers order and stock questions from store and ERP data, is a flat fee from $8,000. Ongoing development, headless storefronts and B2B set-up are an embedded team at $3,000–$7,500 per engineer per month.
You do not need any of this if a marketplace theme and a few apps cover the store and nothing has to sync with an ERP. If you run the store day to day and want help with search, upkeep and marketplaces, see Gigabit for ecommerce.
BigCommerce changed its plans and fees in 2026 and may again. Check bigcommerce.com/pricing before you sign, and model your own 12 months of GMV against the caps.
