Create future-ready commerce experiences without compromise. See how Elastic Path compares to BigCommerce across architecture, catalog strategy, B2B capabilities, AI-readiness, integration model, and long-term scalability.
Elastic Path and BigCommerce both support brands selling online. But large enterprise customers with complex catalogs, B2B models, or multi-brand structures may find BigCommerce’s platform has major limitations.
Elastic Path offers unmatched catalog control with multiple catalogs, contextual pricing, and advanced merchandising, while BigCommerce’s single catalog limits flexibility and B2B scalability.
Elastic Path lets brands evolve freely with API-native extensibility and Composer, without relying on fragile apps. BigCommerce’s plugin-heavy model limits long-term flexibility and slows innovation.
Elastic Path Intelligent Commerce delivers agent-safe APIs, clear endpoints, and MCP aligned with AGNTCY, while BigCommerce’s limited APIs and app-based AI constrain automation and interoperability.
Elastic Path delivers dynamic bundles and native subscriptions without extra tools, while BigCommerce lacks true bundling and relies on third-party apps, adding friction and ongoing management.
Elastic Path supports multiple brands, regions, and models from one backend with shared data and flexible catalogs, while BigCommerce needs separate instances, making scaling slower and more costly.
Elastic Path's Composer offers pre-built integrations and centralized payments, search, and personalization, while BigCommerce depends on apps that require extra setup and lack unified monitoring.
Elastic Path offers intuitive tools like Product Experience Manager and Promotions Builder for complex catalogs, while BigCommerce has more limited merchandising, especially for variants and metadata.
Elastic Path’s API-first model supports step-by-step modernization with minimal disruption, while BigCommerce often needs full replatforming, adding risk and slowing enterprise teams.
Elastic Path is fully headless, enabling any front-end with a no-code builder with modern frameworks, while BigCommerce’s theme-based and Catalyst options limit B2B flexibility and customization.
Learn about the differences between Elastic Path and BigCommerce.
Elastic Path is better suited for large enterprises because it’s designed to handle complex catalogs, multi-brand structures, advanced B2B models, and rapid global expansion without forcing workarounds. A single Elastic Path instance can support dozens of storefronts, each with unique catalogs and pricing, while providing AI-ready APIs and centralized integrations through Composer. BigCommerce can work for smaller companies with simpler needs, but its single-catalog foundation, app-dependent extensions, and multi-store limitations make it harder to scale and maintain as complexity grows.
Elastic Path is purpose-built for multi-brand, multi-region, and multi-model commerce. A single Elastic Path instance can power dozens of storefronts with unique catalogs and pricing. BigCommerce requires separate stores per region or brand, leading to fragmented product data and customer records.
Yes. Elastic Path enables you to modernize commerce in pieces, not all at once. Start with cart/checkout, catalog, or promotions, and grow over time. BigCommerce requires full replatforming for meaningful changes.
Elastic Path provides:
BigCommerce offers Catalyst and Makeswift, but B2B features aren’t exposed through Catalyst, and the visual builder is limited in depth.
Elastic Path’s Composer replaces the “app store + SI partner” model with a centralized, no-code, fully monitored integration layer. BigCommerce relies on third-party apps and has no unified monitoring.
Elastic Path has first-class product variation management, multi-catalog support, dynamic bundles, and contextual pricing. BigCommerce SKUs are limited and cannot store metafields or unique content, making complex catalogs difficult to maintain.
Yes. Elastic Path has powerful native support for bundles, mixed configurations, and contextual price books. BigCommerce lacks dynamic bundles and supports multi-price strategies only in narrow B2B Edition scenarios.
Speak with one of our experts to learn more about how you can innovate and grow with Elastic Path.