Litium is a strong fit for companies operating in the Nordic region, offering good support for multi-brand, multi-storefront setups and strong digital experience management. BigCommerce is more globally visible, boasting a broad app ecosystem and numerous built-in features that can make it more immediately useful outside specialist markets.
BigCommerce
Feature-rich out of the box even on lower tiers
Good security and reliability
No transaction fees
Limited customization in design and layout
Some features are hidden, documentation or setup can be non-intuitive
Cost scaling / plan thresholds
What is BigCommerce
BigCommerce is an enterprise-capable SaaS ecommerce platform offering rich built-in commerce, SEO, and omnichannel tools that scale with growing businesses, though with some limitations in design flexibility and steep costs at higher tiers.
Usecases for BigCommerce
Growing businesses / mid-market merchants that need built-in features, solid reliability, and a platform that scales without changing stacks.
Litium
A well-designed webshop UI that’s “easy to adjust” once you’re familiar with it
Bundles strong marketing and customer-engagement tools—campaigns, email, CMS
Solid commerce stack
PIM channel limitations
Integration hiccups. Compatibility issues can arise
Steep learning curve
What is Litium
Litium is a full-stack, cloud-native commerce suite—“Litium Commerce Cloud”—that bundles e-commerce, PIM, CMS, campaigns, personalization, and order management into one platform, with optional headless decoupling via GraphQL or REST APIs.
Usecases for Litium
B2B and manufacturing portals, as well as DTC and brand-focused growth.
Full
None
Partial
Integration
BigCommerce
Litium
Crystallize
Tech
Architecture
Open SaaS, monolithic with optional headless APIs
Serverless multi-tenant SaaS
Event based architecture with horizontal scaling
Cloud infrastructure
Google Cloud
Fastly CDN and Elasticsearch
AWS
API coverage
REST + GraphQL APIs (partial coverage)
Open REST / GraphQL
GraphQL
Built with
PHP/Node.js backend, GraphQL layer
Microsoft .NET 6 core backend, Angular-based back-office UI
TypeScript / GraphQL
Security features
PCI DSS Level 1, SSL, MFA, DDoS protection
ISO 27001-certified hosting / SAML/OAuth support
TLS/SSL, DDoS protection, SOC2 compliance
Scalability
Maintenance
Managed
Managed
Customization level
Moderate: theming system + API integrations
Frontend integration
Stencil framework, Next.js & React supported via APIs
Frontend agnostic
Framework-agnostic
AI/Machine learning
Built-in AI product recommendations + third-party
Via third-party
Via third-party
Multitenancy
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24/7 partner network / email helpdesk / Litium Dev Forum
Slack / Community / Dedicated account manager (Enterprise)
Documentation quality
Comprehensive docs, BigCommerce University
Comprehensive docs with tutorials, guides, API references
Comprehensive, well-organized
Additional resources
Webinars / Training / Growth services
Webinars / Livestreams / guides / case studies
Livestream videos / API Reference / Developer guides
Community
Community and forums
Large, active merchant community and forums
Active Litium Dev Forum for Q&A, ideas and bug reports
Growing and Active (Slack)
Professional training
Certification programs
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Feature-rich out of the box even on lower tiers
Limited customization in design and layout
Partial
Integration
