BigCommerce vs ShopBase (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 ShopBase if

• Fits if you dropship or print on demand
• Makes sense if you want phone management for orders

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 14-day trial
• Pricey if you use third-party payments: a fee of 2% on Basic goes on top of the provider's
• Watch out: Enterprise is $1,999 a month, billed monthly only, and a downgrade waits 12 months
• Watch out: each extra storefront costs the plan's monthly price

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.

ShopBase

• Third-party payment providers carry a platform fee of 2% on Basic, 1% on Standard, 0.6% on Pro and 0.2% on Enterprise, on top of the provider's own charges.
• Each extra storefront costs the plan's monthly price ($19 on Basic, $59 on Standard, $299 on Pro, $79 on Enterprise), with volume discounts through support.
• Enterprise is $1,999 a month with no yearly option, and a downgrade is possible only after 12 months.
• The pricing page shows a 14-day trial but no free plan.

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.

ShopBase

Store builder and themes

A drag-and-drop builder with themes and templates, free SSL and unlimited bandwidth on every plan.

Dropshipping sourcing

Native AliExpress Connect for product sourcing and fulfillment, supplier integration by CSV, and tracking numbers that sync to PayPal.

Print on demand

The vendor runs a sister print-on-demand platform, PrintBase, and promotes ShopBase as a storefront for it.

Sales and marketing tools

Abandoned-checkout recovery, discount codes, upsell and cross-sell tools, unlimited contacts and fraud analysis.

Global selling

Storefront translation, tax settings and a Global Markets feature for localized selling.

Mobile store management

iOS and Android apps for managing a store from a phone.

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.

ShopBase

• Basic$17

  per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)

  5 additional staff accounts, 2 domains per store and a 2% fee on third-party payment providers.

• Standard$53

  per month, billed yearly ($59 billed monthly)

  10 additional staff accounts, 10 domains per store and a 1% third-party payment provider fee.

• Pro$269

  per month, billed yearly ($299 billed monthly)

  100 additional staff accounts, priority support and a 0.6% third-party payment provider fee.

• Enterprise$1,999

  per month, billed monthly only

  Six storefronts included, unlimited staff and domains, a 0.2% third-party payment provider fee and features for flash-sale traffic.

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.

ShopBase

• Annual discount

  About 10% off with yearly billing

  Yearly plans cost $17, $53 and $269 a month instead of $19, $59 and $299 on Basic, Standard and Pro, paid annually. Enterprise has no yearly price.