BigCommerce vs Saleor: which fits your store?

Last verified 2026-08-29

BigCommerce and Saleor are both ecommerce platform tools compared here on pricing verified 2026-08-29, published plans, App Store standing, and themes from recent merchant reviews. Saleor starts cheaper (free vs $39/mo); Saleor has a free tier, BigCommerce does not. — auto-generated from tracked data; editorial verdict pending.

How do BigCommerce and Saleor compare?

	BigCommerce	Saleor
App Store rating	—	—
Price from	$39/mo	free
Free tier	✗ no	✓ yes
Published plans	4	6
Data confidence	high	high

What would you actually pay?

BigCommerce plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Core	$39	Up to $30,000 trailing-12-month GMV; automatically upgrades to Growth above the threshold.
Growth	$105	Up to $100,000 trailing-12-month GMV; automatically upgrades to Scale above the threshold.
Scale	$399	Includes up to $33,333 in monthly GMV; 0.9% overage applies to GMV above the cap. Automatically upgrades to Performance once trailing-12-month GMV reaches $2 million.
Performance	—	Custom volume limits and payment terms.

Prices are in US dollars and exclude taxes.

Verified 2026-08-29 from vendor pricing page.

Saleor plans

Plan	Monthly	Limits / notes
Sandboxes	$0	For prototyping and development
Starting Point	$1599	Up to $200,000 GMV monthly; 0.8% from orders exceeding GMV
Volume	$3999	Up to $1,000,000 GMV monthly; 0.4% from orders exceeding GMV
Enterprise	—	Custom; as low as 0.2% from orders exceeding GMV
Accelerator Plan (Optional Add-on)	—	$6,000 one-time fee, 100% credited over year 1 ($500/mo credit). Includes Cloud subscription and full support.
Forward Deployed Engineering (Optional Add-on)	—	$12,000 one-time fee, 100% credited over year 1 ($1,000/mo credit). One month of dedicated engineering.

Verified 2026-08-08 from vendor pricing page.

FAQ

Which is cheaper, BigCommerce or Saleor?

Saleor starts lower at free, vs $39/mo for BigCommerce (verified 2026-08-29).

Does BigCommerce or Saleor have a free plan?

Saleor has a free tier; BigCommerce does not publish one.

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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