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Best E-commerce Platforms · head-to-head

BigCommerce vs Ecwid by Lightspeed

A sourced, side-by-side comparison for e-commerce platforms. Ecwid by Lightspeed has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.

Ecwid by Lightspeed has the lower entry price — BigCommerce starts at $39/mo, Ecwid by Lightspeed at $5/mo. Free tier: BigCommerce No, Ecwid by Lightspeed No. HIPAA: BigCommerce No, Ecwid by Lightspeed No.

As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below

Side by side

BigCommerce

$39/mo entry
Entry price$39/mo (Core)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)No
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forMid-market and enterprise B2B sellers

Ecwid by Lightspeed

$5/mo entry
Entry price$5/mo (Starter)
Free tierNo
HIPAA (BAA)No
SOC 2Yes
GDPRYes
Best forBusinesses adding a store to an existing website without rebuilding it

Sources — BigCommerce: bigcommerce.com (verified 2026-09-02) · Ecwid by Lightspeed: ecwid.com (verified 2026-09-02)

Key features

BigCommerce: No platform transaction fees on any paid plan; Native B2B with customer groups, price lists, and purchase orders; API-first: 90%+ platform data exposed via API, 400+ calls/second; Multi-storefront management from single account

Ecwid by Lightspeed: Embed into any existing website or CMS (WordPress, Wix, Weebly, etc.); Sell across 500+ global marketplaces and social channels; Multilingual storefronts on Business plan and above; Zero platform transaction fees across all plans

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