BigCommerce vs ExpandCart
BigCommerce
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ExpandCart
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| Figure | BigCommerce | ExpandCart |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 5 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 9.2 (#8) | 9.0 (#28) |
| Spec score · No-Code E-Commerce Platforms | 9.2 (#2) | 9.1 (#5) |
| Abandoned cart recovery | Yes | Yes |
| App marketplace | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Hosting model | hosted | hosted |
| Omnichannel selling | Merchants can sync products across Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, eBay, and other channels from a single source of truth. | The platform combines web stores, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, mobile apps and physical retail through one dashboard. |
| Payments | BigCommerce supports 250+ local payment methods across 100+ countries and 65+ payment providers, including 20+ embedded providers without added fees. | Official pages list PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and more than 30 regional payment gateways, with additional gateway integrations available by quote. |
| Sales channels | omnichannel | The platform supports selling through an online store, mobile app, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram, and local retail stores. |
| Store design | The platform provides drag-and-drop visual editing, real-time collaboration, templates, and full storefront customization. | ExpandCart advertises 50 templates and an editor for customizing a store’s design. |
| Support | 24/7 technical support by chat and email is available on all plans, while included 24/7 phone support is available on Growth, Scale, and Performance. | The company advertises 24/7 support through phone, email and live chat, plus tickets, a help center and a knowledge base. |
| Transaction fee | varies | none |
| What it does | BigCommerce is an open ecommerce platform that helps businesses build, manage, and scale online stores. | ExpandCart is a cloud ecommerce platform for creating and operating online stores without prior technical experience. |
Plans
BigCommerce
- Core$29 a month
- Growth$79 a month
- Scale$299 a month
- Performance$1,499 a month
- PerformancePriced on request
ExpandCart
- Standard$19 a month
- Professional$39 a month
- Ultimate$149 a month
- FreeFree
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
BigCommerce
BigCommerce is a hosted ecommerce platform for building and managing online stores. Store design tools include templates, drag-and-drop editing, real-time collaboration, and storefront customization. Merchants can manage multiple brands, regions, and customer segments from one backend, and synchronize products across channels such as Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, and eBay. The platform supports digital products, abandoned-cart recovery, and eight inventory locations. Payment support includes more than 250 local methods across over 100 countries and more than 65 providers. B2B features include customer-specific pricing, quotes, purchase orders, invoicing, net terms, buyer accounts, and company hierarchies. Other offerings include AI product-content generation, AI discovery across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Copilot, and Catalyst, a composable storefront framework built on Next.js and React. BigCommerce advertises over 1,200 apps and integrations. Plans start at $29 a month when billed annually, and a 15-day trial is available. If users do not upgrade, store data is kept for 90 days after the trial before deletion.
ExpandCart
ExpandCart is a hosted platform for creating and managing an online store without technical experience. It supports web, Android and iOS, and lists omnichannel sales, abandoned cart recovery and an app marketplace. Store owners can customize a design using an editor and 50 templates. The platform names PayPal, PayTabs, Aramex, Microsoft Dynamics and Google Shopping among its integration partners. Merchants can source products from Middle East suppliers and use dropshipping platforms such as AliExpress. Plans set different product limits: Standard allows 100, Professional allows 1,000 and Ultimate has no product limit. Standard costs $19 a month, Professional $39 a month and Ultimate $149 a month, each billed monthly. Enterprise has no listed price and includes a multi-merchant store and advanced ecommerce apps, with several optional services. ExpandCart lists a free plan and a 14-day trial, no transaction fee, and free SSL using HTTPS. Ultimate and Enterprise subscribers can access free migration for specific shopping cart scripts.