TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BigCommerce

    Score8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    BigCommerce is a SaaS platform that allows SMBs to develop eCommerce sites. Features include the capabilities to design the storefront, configure products, manage payments, generate traffic, and optimize conversion.

    $39

    per month

    OpenCart

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AOpenCart is an open-source eCommerce platform. It features support for unlimited categories and products, multiple currencies and languages, shipping, payments, and mobile access.

    $0

    Pricing
    BigCommerceOpenCart
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $39
    per month
    Plus
    $105
    per month
    Pro
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BigCommerceOpenCart
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BigCommerceOpenCart
    Considered Both Products
    BigCommerce
    Chose BigCommerce
    BigCommerce was the platform our company already used when I joined - we will likely transition to a new platform. Shopify is faster, OpenCart is more scalable.
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    BigCommerce gave us room to grow. It seemed to offer options further than we would have had [an] interest in going. The list/choices of apps were great. I do not know if the individuals who wrote the 3rd party apps were vetted, it really felt like they were. They know …
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    Of all the eCommerce platforms we evaluated, only Shopify would compete. Shopify is a better bet with smaller catalogs and less custom business requirements in our experience. While the app store in Shopify is robust, BigCommerce has better native features that were important …
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    Easy to use and it feels like it’s mine and not being hosted by some other company.
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    I prefer BigCommerce over other eCommerce options. Out of the box, BC offers more than its competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    I tried using an open-source platform and debated using this instead of BigCommerce. The open-source platform would be cheaper on a month to month basis and much more flexible when it came to customization, but was far more expensive to get initially set up and required us to …
    Incentivized
    Chose BigCommerce
    BigCommerce beat them out in price plans, percent of cut into retail sales, ease of use in setting up site, ease of HTML customization, flexibility of HTML customization, average rate of downtime, ease of upgrades.
    Incentivized
    OpenCart
    Chose OpenCart
    Opencart and Magento both are very stable and easily useable. Learning OpenCart is often easier than learning Magento. Opencart also supports multi vendor websites using a single code, which is you with yearly upgrades. If you are not using open source like Shopify , you won't …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    BigCommerceOpenCart
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of BigCommerce and OpenCart
    Feature
    BigCommerce
    7.9
    424 Ratings
    OpenCart
    8.7
    8 Ratings
    Product catalog & listings8.3420 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Product management8.2417 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.4317 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Branding7.9368 Ratings7.77 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.1408 Ratings9.98 Ratings
    Product variations8.6394 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Website integration8.4348 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Visual customization7.8410 Ratings8.16 Ratings
    CMS6.5302 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of BigCommerce and OpenCart
    Feature
    BigCommerce
    8.0
    410 Ratings
    OpenCart
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery7.7368 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.3405 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of BigCommerce and OpenCart
    Feature
    BigCommerce
    8.3
    406 Ratings
    OpenCart
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    eCommerce security8.3406 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of BigCommerce and OpenCart
    Feature
    BigCommerce
    7.9
    411 Ratings
    OpenCart
    6.8
    8 Ratings
    Promotions & discounts7.8387 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations7.5323 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    SEO8.5382 Ratings5.06 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of BigCommerce and OpenCart
    Feature
    BigCommerce
    7.9
    416 Ratings
    OpenCart
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    Multi-site management8.3191 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Order processing7.9395 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Inventory management7.9351 Ratings7.67 Ratings
    Shipping7.8356 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.9351 Ratings8.86 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BigCommerceOpenCart
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (443 ratings)
    9.9
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (53 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.7
    (349 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)