Cleverbridge vs. WooCommerce Subscriptions

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cleverbridge
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
Cleverbridge is an enterprise eCommerce solution with subscription management capability to drive growth.N/A
WooCommerce Subscriptions
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
WooCommerce Subscriptions is a premium extension for WooCommerce which supports recurring payments and subscription-based services and products.N/A
Pricing
CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Cleverbridge
7.9
2 Ratings
3% above category average
WooCommerce Subscriptions
-
Ratings
Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Product management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk product upload6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Branding6.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile storefront8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Product variations9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Website integration8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual customization8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
CMS8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Cleverbridge
8.7
2 Ratings
14% above category average
WooCommerce Subscriptions
-
Ratings
Abandoned cart recovery8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Checkout user experience9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Cleverbridge
9.7
2 Ratings
15% above category average
WooCommerce Subscriptions
-
Ratings
eCommerce security9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Cleverbridge
8.2
2 Ratings
9% above category average
WooCommerce Subscriptions
-
Ratings
Promotions & discounts8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Personalized recommendations7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Cleverbridge
8.8
2 Ratings
12% above category average
WooCommerce Subscriptions
-
Ratings
Multi-site management8.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Order processing10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory management9.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Shipping9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom functionality7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
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CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ
Score 7.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
Likelihood to Recommend
6.6
(2 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CleverbridgeWooCommerce Subscriptions
Likelihood to Recommend
Cleverbridge
Cleverbridge is well-suited for big companies that have a client base and want to start online. If you have a wide range of products, and you sell worldwide--where different languages and different settings are needed for each region--then Cleverbridge is good solution. If you just want to start selling with limited stock and with couple of product types only in one region, then it's not good idea to begin with Cleverbridge.
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Automattic
WooCommerce Subscriptions is a solid option for WordPress based eCommerce sites, particularly if you are already using WooCommerce as your eCommerce platform. It works for simple subscriptions, allows for customization in terms of email notifications, pricing, coupons, etc. It obviously would not be a good fit for non-WordPress websites, and it may be too much if all you need are very simple subscription plans.
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Pros
Cleverbridge
  • Excellent partnet
  • Terrific at subscription software
  • Excellent security and uptime
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Automattic
  • Ease of ability for customers to purchase a product and choose their re-occurring timelines.
  • Well laid out admin UI to manage orders
  • Fair amount of customizable options within the plugin to suit varying needs
  • Updating the plugin is quick and painless
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Cons
Cleverbridge
  • Because of the many different settings, it becomes hard sometimes to set everything up
  • The slow system can take up to 10 seconds to save something
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Automattic
  • Better syncing to ActiveCampaign for renewal reminders
  • Make it easier for clients to update their credit cards and have it automatically apply to all subscriptions
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Likelihood to Renew
Cleverbridge
No answers on this topic
Automattic
We are very likely to renew our Woo Commerce subscriptions add on. We are dedicated to WordPress and plan to grow our business significantly. Woo Commerce subscriptions enables us to manage and extend our subscription revenue easily. We did not have this a few years ago and we have seen the uplift in revenue from using it!
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Usability
Cleverbridge
Usability is native, but the system is complex. It has a knowledge base, but who reads that, right? So without explanation, sometimes it's hard to understand how to move and set things. But as soon as you get it, it's not a problem anymore. There are 2 major things, which keeps me from giving a higher score: 1 - Delay in time when making changes; can take up to 2 sec when opening a product, and 10 secs when saving a product update. When you do several updates, it is time consuming; 2 - A lot of settings, which also in the end becomes time consuming.
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Automattic
I like almost everything about WooCommerce Subscriptions EXCEPT one of the main reasons we started using it has never worked out. When we started this subscription box company, I discovered that it was difficult to track how many of each unique product we needed to order to fulfill subscriptions. In my naivete, I thought it was a simple task . 4 years later, I have recently developed my own custom solution (after learning 5 different programming languages) and I now use the WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions API to get the data I need from the store en masse. Basically, I offer multiple selections that customers can make as part of their subscriptions. WooCommerce does not offer totals or reports for anything up that is not tracked using a 'variation ID' which you have to manually generate. My products have 80 or so variations per product sometimes and the WooCommerce system was actually a little buggy when I tried setting them all up at once so I gave up. Now I know that without that info, the selections in orders are treated as metadata and handled almost as if they are not relevant to the order
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Support Rating
Cleverbridge
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Automattic
The ticketing system of WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions is not state of the art. I wish it were an intercom type of support, But I honestly very rarely need support so it's partially a non-issue. Documentation is also very good so it preemptively addresses things that you might typically need support on. One thing I hate about WooCommerce plugins' support MO is that you're always asked to reset to the standard WP theme and deactivate all plugins, which is near impossible to do in a production environment. So their preliminary steps for offering support are highly onerous.
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Implementation Rating
Cleverbridge
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Automattic
It was a smooth and easy implementation for us. Downloaded the add-on and made a few integrations to salesforce and shipstation and we were up and running within a day
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Alternatives Considered
Cleverbridge
DR Waco e screwed up the company when we worked with them - they didn’t like customers - I know that sounds odd but it was true and their software was dreadful
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Automattic
WooCommerce Subscriptions is more robust than Cratejoy in every way but Cratejoy is a prepackaged solution that you don't have to build. If you have the time and patience, WooCommerce Subscriptions is the much better way to go because you would be cutting out the extremely high fees that Cratejoy charges per transaction in their marketplace and you would be setting yourself up for growth in the future as you continue to develop your own store.
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Return on Investment
Cleverbridge
  • We couldn’t have done this on our own
  • They provided cost-effective eCommerce for us
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Automattic
  • Increased recurring monthly/yearly revenue
  • Decreased time spent managing billing and subscriptions manually
  • Eliminated manual onboarding time, creating accounts by hand, etc.
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