1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice
Software Categories
Best Construction Categories
Best Facilities Management Categories
Best Human Resources Categories
Best Legal Management Categories
Best Manufacturing Categories
Best Medical Categories
Best Property Management Categories
Get 1-on-1 advice in 15 minutes. It's free.
Start Now
Josh P.
Advisor, 7 years
Get Free Advice
Updated February 4, 2026
BigCommerce vs Square Online: Which is best for you?
Talk to a human
Advice from pros
Custom shortlist of 3-5 vendors
55+ software advisors
1 million+ businesses helped
2 million+ verified software reviews
Starting Price
$39.00
per month
$49.00
per month
Free Trial
Free Version
Screenshots
and Demo
and Demo
See all
See all
Top Rated
Features
Features
Reporting/Analytics
4.75
Payment Options
4.71
CRM
4.67
See All
Returns Management
4.78
Order Tracking
4.64
Real Time Editing
4.63
See All
Integrations
See All
See All
Pros / Cons
- We use B2B Ninja for our quoting tool, which integrates with BigCommerce (and they recently purchased), saving our staff order entry time.
- The only aspect where I find that BigCommerce doesn't really measure up is site customization.
Read more
- Square Online has a set of comprehensive features and point of sales systems that make starting a business easy without needing to build an entire website to sell products from scratch.
- The service fees in place for credit card and online transactions is kind of high.
Read more
Ease-of-Use
4.2/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.6/ 5in the comparison
Value for Money
4.1/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.5/ 5in the comparison
Customer Support
4.2/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.3/ 5in the comparison
Functionality
4.2/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.5/ 5in the comparison
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
FrontRunners 2024
FrontRunners 2025
Advisor
Recommendations
Recommendations
N/A
N/A
Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
