BigCommerce vs Medusa: which fits your store?

Last verified 2026-10-01

BigCommerce and Medusa are both ecommerce platform tools compared here on pricing verified 2026-10-01, published plans, App Store standing, and themes from recent merchant reviews. Medusa starts cheaper ($29/mo vs $39/mo); neither offers a free tier. — auto-generated from tracked data; editorial verdict pending.

How do BigCommerce and Medusa compare?

	BigCommerce	Medusa
App Store rating	—	—
Price from	$39/mo	$29/mo
Free tier	✗ no	✗ no
Published plans	4	4
Data confidence	high	high

What would you actually pay?

BigCommerce plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Core	$39	Up to $30K trailing-12-month GMV; automatically upgrades to Growth above the threshold; Open Payment Provider fee is 2.0% of eligible order GMV; additional storefronts cost $30/month, maximum 3.
Growth	$105	Up to $100K trailing-12-month GMV; automatically upgrades to Scale above the threshold; Open Payment Provider fee is 1.0% of eligible order GMV; additional storefronts cost $50/month, maximum 5.
Scale	$399	Up to $33,333/month GMV; 0.9% overage on GMV above the cap; automatically upgrades to Performance at $2 million trailing-12-month GMV; Open Payment Provider fee is 0.6% of eligible order GMV; additional storefronts cost $100/month, maximum 8.
Performance	—	Custom terms for businesses with $1M+ in annual sales; GMV limits, payment terms, storefront capacity, and support are contract-based.

Prices are in US dollars and exclude applicable taxes. Annual prices are stated as monthly equivalents billed annually.

Verified 2026-10-01 from vendor pricing page.

Medusa plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Develop	$29	Includes 1M edge requests/month; 10,000 free-text search requests/month; 100 emails/day and 1,000 emails/month hard limit; 1 shared app server; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 1 preview environment, then $10/PE/month; 600 compute hours/month capped per environment; 10 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 1 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 300 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 1 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 1 cloud seat, then $30/seat/month.
Launch	$99	Includes 5M edge requests/month, then $0.30 per 1M; 10,000 free-text search requests/month, then $20 per 100,000; 1,500 emails/day and 10,000/month, then $0.70 per 1,000; 2 shared app servers with autoscaling; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 3 preview environments, then $10/PE/month; 1,000 compute hours, then $0.16/hour; 40 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 5 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 500 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 250 MB key-value storage, then $100 per 5 GB; 10 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 1 cloud seat, then $30/seat/month.
Scale	$299	Includes 10M edge requests/month, then $0.30 per 1M; 10,000 free-text search requests/month, then $20 per 100,000; 10,000 vector requests/month, then $40 per 100,000; 1,500 emails/day and 25,000/month, then $0.70 per 1,000; 2 app servers and 1 worker with autoscaling; 1 long-lived environment, then $60/LLE/month; 5 preview environments, then $10/PE/month; 2,800 compute hours, then $0.16/hour; 100 GB data transfer, then $0.125/GB; 10 GB-month object storage, then $0.025/GB-month; 10 GB-month database storage, then $0.50/GB-month; 1,000 build minutes, then $0.014/minute; 250 MB key-value storage, then $100 per 5 GB; 10 GB logs, then $0.50/GB; 3 cloud seats, then $30/seat/month; log drains cost $50/month.
Enterprise	—	Custom limits and pricing for edge requests, search, emails, compute, environments, storage, data transfer, build minutes, key-value storage, logs, seats, and other resources.

Verified 2026-10-01 from vendor pricing page.

Which features does each include?

Feature	BigCommerce	Medusa
Hosted online store	✓	✓
Point of sale	✓	—
Multichannel selling	✓	✓
B2B / wholesale	✓	—
Headless / API-first	✓	✓
App ecosystem	✓	—
Themes & templates	—	✓
Abandoned cart recovery	✓ paid	—
Multi-currency	✓	✓
Multilingual storefronts	—	—
Native subscriptions	—	—
Carrier shipping rates	✓	—
Built-in email marketing	—	✗
SEO tools	✓	—
Zero platform transaction fees	✓ paid	✓
Free plan	✗	✗

Extracted from each vendor's App Store listing (2026-07-15); "—" = not stated there. Verify tier availability on vendor pricing pages.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or Medusa?

Medusa starts lower at $29/mo, vs $39/mo for BigCommerce (verified 2026-10-01).

Does BigCommerce or Medusa have a free plan?

Neither publishes a free tier.

Which is rated higher on the Shopify App Store?

App Store ratings are shown in the table above where available.

How we compare: pricing and plans are collected automatically from vendor pages on a schedule and shown with verification dates; ratings come from the Shopify App Store; merchant sentiment is synthesized from the most recent App Store reviews (paraphrased, never quoted). We currently have no affiliate relationship with either vendor. Found an error? The data snapshot behind this page is dated — check the vendor's page for same-day changes.

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