BigCommerce pricing: Core $29/mo (billed annually), up to $30K trailing-12-month GMV. Free plan: no free plan — 15-day free trial. Each figure links to the comparison it was verified in.
BigCommerce charges per store, not per seat, and your plan is set by trailing-12-month sales, so growth alone moves you up a tier.
Core is $29/mo billed annually for up to $30K in trailing-12-month GMV, Growth covers up to $100K and auto-upgrades you to Scale above that, and Scale adds 0.9% on GMV above its cap. The page doesn't print a price for Growth or Scale, so get those in writing before you commit. The plans were also renamed on June 1, 2026 (Standard became Core, Plus became Growth, Pro became Scale), which matters when you compare old reviews or invoices. My advice: model fees on next year's sales, not last year's, because a strong holiday season is exactly what trips an auto-upgrade, and a platform fee tied to revenue eats margin just like a payment fee does. Then read BigCommerce vs Shopify.
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| Attribute | Value | Source & date |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Core $29/mo (billed annually), up to $30K trailing-12-month GMV | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
| Free plan | No free plan — 15-day free trial | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
| Growth plan | Up to $100K TTM GMV; auto-upgrades to Scale above that | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
| Scale plan | $33,333/mo GMV cap, then 0.9% on GMV above it | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
| Performance plan | Custom pricing from $1,499/mo, for $1M+ in annual sales | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
| Plan renaming | Standard→Core, Plus→Growth, Pro→Scale, Enterprise→Performance, effective June 1, 2026 | bigcommerce-vs-shopify |
Compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Each value links to the vendor page it came from. BigCommerce’s own security documentation: security.bigcommerce.com. Scope: Hosted BigCommerce SaaS (Core, Growth, Scale, Performance plans); BigCommerce's support center is JS-rendered, so control-panel SSO/2FA/IP details could not be verified.
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