GoDaddy Vs Bigcommerce comparison of two popular hosting and ecommerce website services looking at important hosting features like performance, pricing, pros and cons, and more – to help you decide which of these two web hosts you should choose.
GoDaddy | BigCommerce | |
| About: | GoDaddy has been in the media recently, especially in TV ads and print media. It provides domain names as well as web hosting that is user-friendly along with reasonably priced plans and impressive uptimes. | Bigcommerce offers ecommerce software to small and medium enterprises complete with all tools needed to setup and run an online store successfully. Bigcommerce enables retailers to create and maintain websites across the world. |
| Founded in: | 1997 | 2009 |
| BBB Rating: | A+ | A+ |
| Address: | 14455 N. Hayden Rd. #219 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 | Level 6, 1-3 Smail Street, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia |
| Phone Number: | (480) 505-8877 | (888) 699-8911 |
| Email Address: | Not Listed | [email protected] |
| Types of Support: | Phone, Live Support, Chat, Ticket, Training | Phone, Live Support, Chat, Ticket, Training |
| Data Center / Server Location: | Phoenix, Arizona | Proprietary CDN |
| Monthly Price: | From $4.99 per month | From $29.95 per month |
| Unlimited Data Transfer: | Yes (Except on Economy Plan) | No |
| Unlimited Data Storage: | Yes (Except on Economy Plan) | No |
| Unlimited Emails: | Yes (Except on Economy Plan) | No |
| Host Multiple Domains: | Yes (Except on Economy Plan) | No |
| Hosting Controlpanel / Interface: | cPanel | Bigcommerce Interface |
| Server Uptime Guarantee: | 99.90% | 99.99% |
| Money-Back Guarantee: | 30 Days | 15 Days |
| Dedicated Hosting Available: | Yes | No |
| Bonuses & Extras: | Premium DNS Management Tool (Ultimate Plan only). Double Processing Power and Memory (Ultimate Plan only). DudaMobile automatically converts your site to mobile (all plans except Economy). SSL Certificate (Ultimate Plan only). Website Accelerator (Ultimate Plan only). SSL Certificate (Ultimate Plan only). Malware Scanner (Ultimate Plan only). | Massive library of modern and responsive themes; 76 premium themes (between $145 - $235) and 7 free themes. |
| The Good: | Great Uptime: You would expect a company like GoDaddy to have one of the best uptimes in the industry just giving the fact that they are so huge. But I have yet to hear a complaint about GoDaddy uptime. Uptime is one of those things you expect a web hosting company to deliver on and GoDaddy does that with style. Linux and Windows Hosting: GoDaddy is one of the rare few hosting providers who give you the option to go for Windows rather than the industry-standard Linux operating system. If you've got ASP.NET websites, this is the place for you. Great Tech Support: Time and time again, web hosting companies get complaints about their customer service. Whether it is a lack of knowledge or huge wait times, but GoDaddy have pulled a rabbit out of their hat with this magic. They have the absolute best customer service. User Friendly: Most of GoDaddy is built around the idea of the newer end customers. All of their tools are newbie friendly. Personally I love theircPanel which should be an industry standard at this point. Everything I need is right at my fingertips and I have absolutely no complaints about their UX. | All in one ecommerce software solution. 24/7 Support. Intuitive Built-in Features Good Customer Service. No Transaction Fees. |
| The Bad: | Not a Great Value: Unless you catch GoDaddy on a great promotional deal, you're going to be a little upset at the prices you are paying. You just don't get the same level of performance with GoDaddy lower end service packages. But if you catch them in a promotion, winner winner chicken dinner. Online Store Lacks Features: For me, at this day and age, e-Commerce additions should be a no brainer. You should get all the bells and whistles because the web hosting company usually takes a chunk of your money anyways. For GoDaddy, they miss the boat with missing features and errors just attacking your store at every angle. | Expensive BigCommerce Themes. Extra fees. |
| Summary: | Also available in this web-hosting service is great support along with 1-Click app installs and more. It is worth noting that it is easy to use domain name registration coupled with hosting. Users do not have to worry about their websites being mobile ready or choosing between Linux and Windows. Users can also access accounts on the Go Daddy mobile app with the websites themselves being tweaked to let users easily access account information. | Global retailers can customize their site, manage payment portals and shipping and even list their products on eBay, Amazon and even Facebook. Customers can sign up to try their service free of cost for 15 days. Retailers will be able to build online stores which engage customers and increase sales. The latest marketing and conversion tools enable merchants to grow their business exponentially. Also noteworthy is the cloud-based solution which is 25% of the cost offered by their competitors. |