Framer vs BigCommerce

Framer scores 8.2/10, BigCommerce 7.8/10. Where each one wins, what they cost and who should pick which, side by side.

The short answer

Framer scores 8.2/10 and BigCommerce scores 7.8/10 on our rubric. Framer is the stronger all-round pick.

Framer leads on ease of use and design. BigCommerce leads on flexibility and support. They tie on value.

Framer starts at $10/mo and has a free plan; BigCommerce starts at $29/mo with no free plan. Framer is the cheaper way in.

	Framer	BigCommerce
Score	8.2	7.8
From	$10	$29
Free plan	Yes	No
Sells online	No	Yes
Code export	No	Yes
Ease of use	7.8	7.2
Design	9.3	7.4
Flexibility	8.4	8.6
Value	7.6	7.6
Support	7.4	8.2

What Framer does well

• Best-in-class animation and interaction
• Fast modern output
• Designer-native workflow

What BigCommerce does well

• Plans include B2B, multi-storefront and headless features other platforms charge extra for
• No platform fee on orders through embedded payment providers

Who each one is for

Framer. Startup and product marketing sites, launch pages, and anything where motion carries part of the message. Designers moving from Figma find the model immediately familiar.

BigCommerce. B2B sellers, merchants running several storefronts or complex catalogs, and stores that want more built in and fewer apps. The native B2B feature set is the strongest reason to choose it.

Pricing side by side

What a year costs

Framer

Framer's plans are priced per site, and the headline numbers are low: $10 a month on Basic and $30 on Pro, billed yearly. The costs that add up are seats and add-ons. Each additional editor who can design and publish is $20 a month; a content-only editor who updates the CMS is $10. Each translated language is another $20 a month.

Basic, solo$120

Pro, solo$360

Pro + editor$600

Pro + editor + 1 language$840

Site planExtra editorTranslation locale

Editors at $20/month each; translation at $20 per locale per month.

BigCommerce

Each BigCommerce plan comes with a sales ceiling measured over the trailing twelve months. Core covers up to $30,000 a year and upgrades automatically to Growth; Growth covers up to $100,000 and upgrades to Scale. Scale includes $33,333 a month in sales and charges 0.9% on anything above that, with no jumps between tiers, and once you pass $2 million a year the account moves to Performance, which starts at $1,499 a month.

$25K in sales$348

$80K in sales$948

$300K in sales$3,588

$500K in sales$4,038

Plan priceScale overage at 0.9%

Overage calculated on GMV (gross order value minus 10%) above $33,333 a month. Payment processing fees are separate.

Who should skip each one

The bottom line

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