Transition from Bitrix and Tilda

Why Ukrainian businesses should abandon Russian platforms

Ukrainian businesses are increasingly reviewing the technological basis of their websites, online stores, CRM systems, and B2B portals. The reason is not only the technical limitations of old platforms, but also security, legal risks, reputation, and the company's principled position during wartime.

Solutions such asBitrix / 1C-Bitrix / Bitrix24andTildahave Russian origins or significant ties to the Russian digital ecosystem. For a Ukrainian company, using such platforms today is not just a technical issue. It is a question of digital independence, cybersecurity, ethics and compliance with the Ukrainian legal framework.

EvoCommerce.netis a Ukrainian platform for creating your own B2C online stores, B2B portals, catalogs, integrations, customer accounts, marketing tools, and digital sales infrastructure. It can be a logical alternative for companies that want to switch from Russian or Russian-related platforms to a Ukrainian e-commerce solution.

Why the use of Russian platforms is a problem

After the start of a full-scale war, the use of Russian software in Ukraine became not only reputationally dangerous, but also legally risky. In 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine supported a bill to ban the use of software products and access to electronic information resources created by Russian companies or associated with aggressor countries; the document also provides for restrictions on access to resources owned or controlled by sanctioned persons.

Separately, Ukraine has a sanctions policy against Russian companies and digital products. Public sources indicate that 1C, Parus, Galaktika, Bitrix24 and other Russian IT companies are under sanctions until 2033; at the same time, it is important for private businesses to check a specific counterparty, license, payment and product for sanctions and compliance risks.

Therefore, for a Ukrainian company, continuing to use Russian platforms is at least immoral and dangerous. In cases where it comes to paying for sanctioned products, working with sanctioned companies, government procurement, or accessing prohibited information resources, this may also have legal consequences.

Why you should switch now

The transition from Russian platforms should not be postponed. The longer a business operates on such a system, the more data, customers, SEO pages, integrations, and internal processes remain tied to a risky technological foundation.

This creates several problems for the company:

• loss of control over critical digital infrastructure;
• risk of blocking or loss of access;
• reputational blow to the brand;
• issues related to the security of client and commercial data;
• risk of dependence on Russian or Russian-affiliated developers;
• the complexity of B2B development, integrations and modern e-commerce logic;
• the inability to build our own Ukrainian digital trading system.

Switching to EvoCommerce.net allows you to not just change the platform, but to create a new foundation for the development of online sales, B2B, integrations, automation, and customer service.

Disadvantages of Tilda for Ukrainian business

Tilda is a visual website builder that is often used for landing pages, presentation pages, small websites, and simple online stores. Tilda allows you to create an online store with a catalog, personal account, and delivery services, but by its nature it is primarily a no-code builder, not a professional e-commerce platform for complex trading processes.

For a small site, Tilda may seem convenient. But for a serious Ukrainian business, especially for a B2C store with a large catalog or B2B sales, its limitations become critical.

The main disadvantages of Tilda:

• limited catalog logic for complex trading;
• poor suitability for large commodity bases;
• limited customization of backend logic;
• the complexity of building full-fledged integrations with BAS/1C, ERP, CRM, WMS;
• lack of a full-fledged B2B portal;
• weak capabilities for corporate accounts, roles, access rights, personal price lists and complex wholesale scenarios;
• platform and subscription dependency;
• restrictions on exporting code and data;
• reputational and security risks due to origin and ties to the Russian Federation.

It is particularly important that Tilda has significant export restrictions. The Tilda help states that Tilda CRM, Tilda Members, and Product Catalog are not exported, are only available on Tilda, and products may be unpublished after a subscription is canceled; it is also prohibited to modify the exported code outside the platform and use it to create pages outside of Tilda.

For businesses, this means that even if the site looks “yours,” a critical part of the logic remains tied to the service.

Why Tilda is not suitable for a full-fledged B2B portal

A B2B portal is not a landing page, a showcase, or a simple catalog. It is a system that automates work with wholesale customers, dealers, partners, managers, prices, documents, orders, and integrations.

In Tilda, you can make a beautiful page or a simple store, but it is almost impossible to build a full-fledged B2B architecture with the following elements:

• corporate accounts of companies;
• multiple users within the same company;
• roles: purchaser, financier, manager, administrator;
• personal catalogs;
• individual price lists;
• contract prices;
• customer groups;
• minimum and multiple orders;
• quick order by article number;
• requests for commercial offers;
• approval of orders;
• bills, acts, invoices;
• credit limits;
• accounts receivable;
• procurement history;
• integration with BAS/1C, ERP, CRM, WMS;
• analytics by clients, managers and segments.

That's why for B2B sales, Tilda is not a solution, but only a visual shell. It can show a product or offer, but cannot fully manage the B2B process.

Disadvantages of Bitrix / 1C-Bitrix / Bitrix24

Bitrix has long been used in Ukraine for websites, CRM, corporate portals, and online stores. But today this platform has several problems: Russian origin, sanctions risks, complexity of support, outdated architectural logic, and poor compliance with modern Ukrainian e-commerce requirements.

The official 1C-Bitrix website states that the company operates in the IT sector, holds positions in the Russian market, and the products “1C-Bitrix24” and “1C-Bitrix: Website Management” are included in the Russian software register; the company’s legal address in Moscow is also indicated.

Separately, Bitrix24 is mentioned in the sanctions databases as an entity with the source “Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions”, jurisdiction Russia and Russian registration.

The main disadvantages of Bitrix for Ukrainian businesses:

• Russian origin and connection to the Russian IT ecosystem;
• sanctions and compliance risks;
• complex technical support;
• dependence on specialists working with Bitrix;
• expensive improvements;
• heavy architecture for rapid development;
• complexity of updates and customization;
• often overloaded functionality that is not always needed for e-commerce;
• weak flexibility for a modern frontend;
• the difficulty of building a high-quality B2B portal without expensive individual improvements;
• cybersecurity and reputation risks.

Bitrix may look “powerful,” but for modern e-commerce, it’s not just the number of features that matters. It’s important that the platform is flexible, secure, adapted to the Ukrainian market, suitable for integrations, AI tools, B2B sales, and long-term development.

What makes Bitrix weak for modern e-commerce?

Bitrix has historically developed as a comprehensive solution for websites, CRM, corporate portals, and business processes. But an online store often needs not a “heavy universal system,” but a specialized e-commerce platform.

Typical weaknesses of Bitrix compared to modern e-commerce architecture:

• complexity of implementation;
• high dependence on the integrator;
• high cost of support;
• technical cumbersomeness;
• complexity of updates;
• the risk of being “overgrown” with custom modifications;
• heavier frontend development;
• less flexibility in creating a modern UX;
• the difficulty of adapting to Ukrainian logistics, payment and accounting scenarios without additional work;
• problematic use due to Russian origin.

For Ukrainian businesses today, Bitrix is ​​not just a technical choice. It is a risky dependence on a Russian software product.

EvoCommerce.net as a Ukrainian alternative

EvoCommerce.net is a Ukrainian platform for creating your own digital commerce infrastructure. It is suitable for companies that want not just a website, but an online sales system that grows with the business.

On EvoCommerce you can create:

• B2C online store;
• B2B portal;
• hybrid B2C+B2B model;
• product catalog;
• personal accounts of clients;
• offices of wholesale buyers;
• personal price system;
• integration with CRM, ERP, BAS/1C, WMS;
• connecting payments and deliveries;
• SEO structure;
• marketing tools;
• analytics;
• AI solutions for catalog, sales, and support.

EvoCommerce provides systematic work with the catalog, products, properties, categories, prices, currencies, import and export of goods. The platform also contains modules for the store, orders, payments, delivery, statuses, integration of payment systems and delivery methods.

This allows you to build not just a page or a simple store, but a full-fledged e-commerce system.

Comparison of Tilda, Bitrix and EvoCommerce

The main difference in B2B: EvoCommerce is not a “wholesale site”

Many companies mistakenly think that a B2B portal is just an online store where the customer sees a different price after logging in. In fact, this is only a minimal simulation of B2B.

A true B2B portal is a system that manages the complex relationship between a seller and a wholesale customer.

In EvoCommerce, a B2B portal can include:

• corporate accounts;
• multiple users from the same company;
• roles and access rights;
• personal catalogs;
• personal prices;
• individual price lists;
• separate terms of delivery and payment;
• quick order;
• repeat orders;
• requests for commercial offers;
• approval of orders;
• procurement history;
• documents;
• bills;
• integration with BAS/1C, CRM, ERP;
• analytics by clients, managers, segments and products;
• B2B marketing;
• AI recommendations and product selection.

This is a fundamentally different level than Tilda or a simple site on Bitrix. Tilda is actually not designed for this level of B2B. Bitrix can require complex and expensive customization, while remaining a Russian platform with all the risks.

What can be transferred from Tilda or Bitrix to EvoCommerce

The transition can be organized in stages. Typically, the following are transferred:

• site structure;
• product categories;
• goods;
• descriptions;
• photo;
• characteristics;
• prices;
• SEO data;
• information pages;
• blog materials;
• application forms;
• contact details;
• URL structure or redirects;
• customer data, if technically and legally possible;
• order history, if available for export;
• integration logic;
• content for a new website or B2B portal.

After the migration, the site is not just copied. It can be improved: update the design, catalog structure, SEO, product cards, checkout, personal accounts, integrations, and B2B functionality.

How to switch to EvoCommerce

Recommended transition process:

1. Audit of the current platform. The site is analyzed on Tilda or Bitrix: structure, products, pages, SEO, integrations, customer base, orders, design, speed and technical risks.
   

2. Defining the target model. The format is selected: B2C online store, B2B portal or B2C+B2B.
   

3. Preparing the EvoCommerce structure.A new catalog, categories, filters, pages, user accounts, order scripts, and SEO structure are being formed.
   

4. Export and transfer of dataProducts, content, photos, SEO data, customers, orders, and other data that is technically available are transferred.
   

5. Integration settings:CRM, ERP, BAS/1C, payments, delivery, analytics, warehouse systems and marketing tools are connected.
   

6. Creating or updating a design.A modern frontend is being developed for the company's brand, audience, and business model.
   

7. B2B portal setup.Customer accounts, personal prices, price lists, roles, rights, documents, repeat purchases, and other B2B scenarios are created.
   

8. TestingThe catalog, cart, checkout, forms, accounts, payments, delivery, SEO, redirects, analytics, and integrations are checked.
   

9. Launching a new site.Connect a domain, SSL, sitemap, Google Search Console, analytics, advertising accounts and CRM.
   

10. Refusal from the Russian platformAfter verifying the data and launching a new resource, the company can gradually abandon Tilda or Bitrix.
    

Benefits of switching to EvoCommerce.net

1. Ukrainian solution without Russian dependence.Business is moving to a platform that meets the Ukrainian market, ethical position, and need for digital independence.
   

2. Fewer legal and reputational risksThe company does not work with Russian or Russian-related platforms.
   

3. EvoCommerce's own e-commerce infrastructureallows you to build not just a website, but a sales system.
   

4. A full-fledged B2B portalThis is a major advantage for wholesale companies, manufacturers, distributors and dealer networks.
   

5. Deeper integrationsThe platform can be connected to BAS/1C, CRM, ERP, WMS, payments, delivery, and analytics.
   

6. Better control over the customer baseThe company independently manages customers, segments, purchase history and repeat sales.
   

7. Modern design and frontendA new website can be created for your brand, audience, SEO, and specific sales scenarios.
   

8. The B2C+B2B capability in oneEvoCommerce system allows you to combine retail, wholesale, and affiliate marketing.
   

9. AI tools for sales developmentThe platform can be developed with AI search, recommendations, product selection, content generation, analytics, and tips for managers.
   

10. Scaling for years to comeEvoCommerce can be developed according to business strategy, not the limitations of the designer or Russian platform.
    

Conclusion

Using Tilda, Bitrix, 1C-Bitrix or Bitrix24 for Ukrainian business today is not only a technically outdated or limited solution. It is also a matter of ethics, security, sanctions risks and digital independence.

Tilda may be convenient for simple pages, but it is not suitable for serious e-commerce and a full-fledged B2B portal. Bitrix may have many features, but remains a Russian platform with complex support, high risks, and questionable feasibility for Ukrainian businesses.

EvoCommerce.netmakes it possible to switch to the Ukrainian platform, create your own online store, build a real B2B portal, set up integrations, develop sales, work with AI tools, and control your own digital trading infrastructure.

Switching from Bitrix or Tilda to EvoCommerce is not just a change of platform. It is a step towards safe, ethical, Ukrainian, and professional e-commerce.