Don’t Compromise Your Vision: OroCommerce vs. BigCommerce

Choosing the right eCommerce platform for your business is critical. OroCommerce is the only eCommerce platform built from the ground up for B2B sales organizations. BigCommerce is built for B2C, relying on a third-party-built app to deliver B2B functionality. OroCommerce recognizes that B2B success requires a platform engineered specifically for your unique demands.

OroCommerce was built by the original founders of Magento to handle complex workflows, intricate pricing structures, and the multi-layered relationships that drive B2B commerce. This means you get a complete solution with robust B2B functionality out of the box — no apps, add-on software, or compromises.

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OroCommerce vs. BigCommerce:
A Detailed Comparison

CRM to Optimize Business Operations

With OroCommerce, you get a powerful CRM built right in. Manage your contacts, track interactions, even run marketing campaigns – all without needing separate software. Empower your sales team to convert opportunities to quotes and quotes to cash - all in the same application, with reporting, email integration, and task management built in.

OroCommerce is built to unify buyers and sellers, not separate them. We know every sale is the end result of a long set of offline and online processes that you need to manage and track. BigCommerce is a transaction engine only.

Business Process Management/Workflow Engine

OroCommerce's workflow engine is a game-changer for automating complex processes. Set up custom approvals for orders, quotes, payments – whatever your business demands. Build unique ordering and checkout flows for different types of customers - all without writing code. From customer onboarding to customer success, BigCommerce demands expensive customizations or integrations to operate your business. OroCommerce does it all, out of the box.

Advanced Product Catalog for B2B

B2B catalogs are often complex. OroCommerce handles this gracefully, supporting product kits and bundles, units of measure, and scales to an unlimited number of product attributes and relationships. Our pricing engine is second to none in its ability to handle millions of pricebooks and complex calculations for your catalog.

BigCommerce is a B2C platform and simply not built for the real demands of B2B sales - no product kits, no unit of measure out of the box, and hard limits on scale (25K product limit per storefront, for instance).

Multi-Organization & Marketplace Capabilities

OroCommerce shines here. Manage multiple brands, business units, even build a B2B marketplace – all under one roof.

For example, our customer Azelis is managing 38 localized customer portals in 57 countries on OroCommerce. Our customer PartsBase runs the world’s largest aviation parts marketplace in 200 countries on OroCommerce. BigCommerce does not have the concept of business units or divisions which limits its ability to deliver software that mirrors your everyday business reality.

Robust User Management & Permissions

OroCommerce gives you fine-grained control over who accesses what, ensuring your data stays protected. Everything in OroCommerce is built to be configured exactly to your business needs because we know that B2B companies are complex organizations.

Need a custom role? In OroCommerce you can set access levels at the individual user level, the business unit, division, organization, or global levels. OroCommerce has field-level permissions allowing you to tailor exactly which pieces of data can be edited, and by who. In BigCommerce, all roles apply to all storefronts, with no awareness of hierarchy and the permissions don’t extend to the field level.

See How IDC Ranks OroCommerce vs BigCommerce for B2B

OroCommerce has been recognized as a Leader by IDC thanks to its extensive B2B features, high level of customization, fast implementation times, and seamless integration with a native CRM system.

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