BigCommerce vs Miva (2026): which should you pick?

Pick BigCommerce if

• Fits if you want discount types and shipping rules built in rather than added as apps
• Works for selling on Amazon, eBay and Walmart from one catalog

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if your sales are growing, as passing $30K a year moves you up to Growth at $79 a month
• Pricey if you want abandoned-cart emails, customer groups or stored cards, which start on Growth at $79 a month
• Watch out: paying through a provider outside BigCommerce's list adds 2% a sale on Core and 1% on Growth
• Watch out: Scale covers $33,333 of sales a month and charges 0.9% on anything above it
• Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 15-day trial

Pick Miva if

• Fits if you sell to businesses and consumers from one large catalog
• Works for merchants who need to connect an ERP or warehouse system

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to see a price, because the page is a contact form
• Skip it if you want to try before talking to sales, as nothing free is listed
• Watch out: Vexture, MivaPay and InsureShield are named products, and it is unclear which are included
• Watch out: the company is built around US sales and support, with addresses in California and Florida

BigCommerce

• Each plan caps sales over the past twelve months (gross order value minus 10%); passing $30K on Core or $100K on Growth moves the store up a plan.
• Orders paid through providers outside BigCommerce's embedded list carry a fee of 2% on Core, 1% on Growth and 0.6% on Scale.
• Scale covers $33,333 of sales a month and charges 0.9% on sales above that.
• Customer groups, abandoned-cart emails and stored cards need Growth or higher, and product filtering needs Scale.

Miva

• No prices are published: the pricing page is a contact form that matches you with a sales specialist.
• Built around US-based sales and support, with phone numbers and addresses in California and Florida.
• Features such as Vexture, MivaPay and InsureShield are separate named products, and the site does not say which are included by default.

BigCommerce

Checkout and payment partners

A single-page checkout with Apple Pay, Google Pay and Amazon Pay, and more than 100 currencies through the payment provider you choose, such as Stripe, PayPal, Adyen or Klarna.

Discounts and promotions

More than 70 discount options, coupons and gift cards come built in on every plan, without a third-party app.

Shipping quotes and rules

Real-time shipping rates from carriers such as UPS, USPS and FedEx, with the ShipperHQ shipping rules engine available as well.

Inventory across locations

Track stock and fulfil orders from 4 locations on Core up to 8 on Scale, including in-store pickup and curbside collection.

Marketplaces, ads and point of sale

Connect the store to Amazon, eBay and Walmart, send product feeds to Google, Meta and TikTok through Feedonomics Surface, and link POS systems such as Square or Clover.

Several storefronts in one account

Run extra storefronts for other brands or regions from one dashboard, for $30 a month each on Core (up to 3) and more on higher plans.

Miva

B2B and DTC on one site

Wholesaler applications, quote workflows, account-specific product visibility and pricing, and automated reordering, subscriptions and contracts.

Multiple storefronts

A MultiStorefront feature manages several storefronts, with products, customers and orders organized from one place.

PageBuilder

No-code editing tools for building and changing pages and designs.

Vexture product discovery

An AI search and merchandising product that the vendor positions around what shoppers mean and what the store sells.

Miva Connect and MivaPay

Native connections to ERP, order management, warehouse, shipping, tax and marketing systems, plus a native payment solution.

Hosted and maintained

Runs on cloud infrastructure that the vendor updates; the vendor lists 24/7 customer support.

BigCommerce

• Core$29

  per month for up to $30K sales a year, billed annually ($39 monthly)

  For new stores: up to 4 inventory locations and 24/7 chat and email support, with a 2% fee on orders through payment providers outside BigCommerce's list.

• Growth$79

  per month for up to $100K sales a year, billed annually ($105 monthly)

  Adds customer groups, abandoned-cart emails, stored cards and phone support, with 5 inventory locations and a 1% fee on orders through other providers.

• Scale$299

  per month up to $33,333 sales a month, billed annually ($399 monthly)

  Adds product filtering and 8 inventory locations, charges 0.9% on sales above the monthly cap and 0.6% on orders through other payment providers.

• Performance$1,499

  per month and up, billed annually

  Custom pricing for high-volume stores, sold through sales, with a dedicated customer success manager and no fee on other payment providers under contract.

Miva

Pricing could not be confirmed. See miva.com.

BigCommerce

• Annual discount

  Pay annually to save 25%

  Core costs $29 a month billed annually against $39 billed monthly, Growth $79 against $105 and Scale $299 against $399.

Miva

No public discounts listed.