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BigCommerce vs PlanetScale: 2026 Comparison

BigCommerce PlanetScale
Overview An enterprise-grade e-commerce platform with built-in features for scaling online businesses without transaction fees. A serverless MySQL-compatible database platform with branching, deploy requests, and automatic scaling.
Pricing Subscription ($39-$399/month) Freemium (Free-$39/month)
Key Features
  • Multi-channel selling
  • No transaction fees
  • Built-in SEO
  • Headless commerce
  • B2B features
  • Payment integrations
  • Custom checkout
  • Analytics
  • MySQL compatible
  • Database branching
  • Deploy requests
  • Auto-scaling
  • Read replicas
  • Insights
  • Connection pooling
  • CLI
Pros
  • No transaction fees
  • Strong built-in features
  • Multi-storefront support
  • Good SEO tools
  • Database branching is revolutionary
  • Serverless scaling
  • Great developer experience
  • Vitess-powered
Cons
  • Annual sales thresholds per plan
  • Fewer themes than Shopify
  • Steeper learning curve
  • Free tier removed
  • MySQL only
  • No foreign keys enforcement
  • Can be expensive at scale

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