BigCommerce App Marketplace Scraper — Ratings, Pricing, and Partner Tiers

Pairs with our Shopify App Store Scraper for cross-platform competitive analysis — the two actors share the same output schema so you can load both datasets into any BI tool and compare ecosystem size, pricing distribution, and category coverage across the two leading hosted ecommerce platforms. Run both to get the full picture; run this one alone if your focus is BigCommerce.

Scrapes the full BigCommerce App Marketplace catalog — currently ~1,300 apps — returning name, developer, rating, review count, pricing model, partner tier, and feature flags. No authentication required.

What does the BigCommerce App Marketplace Scraper do?

The scraper discovers app URLs from BigCommerce's public sitemap (/apps/sitemap-marketplace-apps.xml) then extracts structured data from the Next.js __NEXT_DATA__ blob embedded in each app detail page. No undocumented APIs are used. You can also supply specific app URLs directly to skip the sitemap crawl.

What data does it extract?

Field	Type	Description
app_name	string	App name
slug	string	URL slug (unique identifier)
app_registry_id	string	BigCommerce internal App Registry ID
tagline	string	Short summary
description	string	Full app description (plain text)
logo_url	string	App logo image URL
screenshots	string	Screenshot image URLs (comma-separated)
rating	number	Average rating (0–5)
reviews_count	number	Number of reviews
pricing_type	string	Pricing model (Monthly, One-Time, Free)
monthly_price	number	Monthly price in USD (0 if free)
upfront_price	number	One-time / upfront price in USD
pricing_text	string	Raw pricing string (e.g. $15 / month)
free_trial	boolean	Has a free trial
free_trial_days	number	Number of free trial days (0 if no trial)
app_tier	string	Partner tier: Elite, Premier, Standard, or null
single_click	boolean	Single-click install available
multi_storefront	boolean	Supports multi-storefront
multi_location	boolean	Supports multi-location
catalyst_compatible	boolean	Compatible with Catalyst composable storefront
unified_billing	boolean	Uses unified BigCommerce billing
terms_of_service_url	string	Terms of service URL
privacy_policy_url	string	Privacy policy URL
support_url	string	Support / documentation URL
created_on	string	App listing creation date (ISO 8601)
last_updated	string	App registry last update date (ISO 8601)
app_url	string	Full URL to the app detail page

On the app_tier field: BigCommerce's partner program has three tiers — Elite, Premier, and Standard. Elite partners meet stricter requirements for support SLAs, integration depth, and merchant success metrics. For agencies evaluating app reliability or negotiating implementation projects, filtering to app_tier = 'Elite' surfaces the apps BigCommerce has formally validated at the highest level.

Sample record

{
  "app_name": "ShipperHQ",
  "slug": "shipperhq",
  "rating": 4.2,
  "reviews_count": 87,
  "pricing_type": "Monthly",
  "monthly_price": 50,
  "pricing_text": "$50 / month",
  "free_trial": true,
  "free_trial_days": 30,
  "app_tier": "Elite",
  "multi_storefront": true,
  "catalyst_compatible": false,
  "app_url": "https://www.bigcommerce.com/apps/shipperhq/"
}

How to use it

Full catalog:

{
  "maxItems": 0
}

Specific apps (bypass sitemap crawl):

{
  "appUrls": [
    "https://www.bigcommerce.com/apps/shipperhq/",
    "https://www.bigcommerce.com/apps/klaviyo/"
  ]
}

Field	Type	Default	Description
appUrls	array	[]	Specific app detail URLs. Bypasses sitemap when set.
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum apps. 0 = unlimited (~1,300).

Use cases

• Cross-platform competitive analysis — Run this actor alongside the Shopify App Store Scraper and load both datasets into a BI tool. Compare ecosystem size (Shopify ~10k apps vs BigCommerce ~1.3k), pricing distribution, and category coverage to advise merchant platform migration decisions.
• Agency technology selection — Filter to app_tier = 'Elite' for apps that have passed BigCommerce's highest partner validation, then cross-reference rating and reviews_count to select recommended integrations for client builds.
• App builder competitive intelligence — Track competitor ratings, review counts, pricing changes, and tier changes over scheduled runs. The last_updated field lets you detect when a listing was modified.
• Ecommerce ecosystem research — Analyze the free vs. paid vs. freemium split, free_trial_days distribution, and feature flag prevalence across the marketplace for go-to-market benchmarking.

FAQ

Does this scraper require authentication? No. All data comes from publicly accessible app detail pages on bigcommerce.com.

How often is the BigCommerce marketplace data updated? App listings are updated by developers; the BigCommerce sitemap refreshes on their schedule. Schedule periodic runs to track changes over time.

What export formats are available? Apify supports JSON, CSV, and Excel export from the dataset view.

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Further reading: Software Marketplace Data: App Stores, Review Sites, and Partner Directories