Needle vs. WooCommerce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Needle
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Needle is an eCommerce platform built around targeted discoveries, tailored responses, and customer loyalties.N/A
WooCommerce
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
WooCommerce is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress, developed by WooThemes (recently acquired by Automattic). Like WordPress, it is designed to be an extendable, adaptable, open-sourced platform. WooCommerce allows merchants to sell physical products, downloadables, or services.N/A
Pricing
NeedleWooCommerce
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NeedleWooCommerce
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsContact sales team for pricing
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Community Pulse
NeedleWooCommerce
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
NeedleWooCommerce
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Needle
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
6.0
84 Ratings
25% below category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings6.683 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings6.184 Ratings
Bulk product upload00 Ratings2.267 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings6.673 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings6.177 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings6.677 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings6.784 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings6.681 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings6.663 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Needle
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
6.0
80 Ratings
23% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings6.552 Ratings
Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.580 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Needle
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
5.5
75 Ratings
41% below category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings5.575 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Needle
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
5.1
83 Ratings
38% below category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings5.580 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings4.966 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings4.972 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Needle
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
4.4
81 Ratings
56% below category average
Multi-site management00 Ratings1.740 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings6.179 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings6.678 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings2.273 Ratings
Custom functionality00 Ratings5.575 Ratings
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User Ratings
NeedleWooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(84 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NeedleWooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
Needle
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Automattic
[WooCommerce] does really well for simple stores that don't have a lot of products. It's really easy to set up and get products added so people can purchase them online. It's not the best for really complicated stores with products that need a lot of customization; you have to find 3rd-party plugins to add additional functionality to your store and sometimes those can create conflicts between one another.
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Pros
Needle
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Automattic
  • Keeps track of product inventory, including details of product variations such as colors and sizes if required.
  • Keeps track of orders so that the shopkeeper has one place to log in and see the status and history of orders to her shop.
  • Creates shop-related pages automatically. Once you add one or more products, they will automatically appear on your shop home page. Additionally, pages for viewing shopping carts and for checking out are automatically created.
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Cons
Needle
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Automattic
  • Because of how the Wordpress database is structured, WooCommerce isn't great for large or complex e-commerce sites.
  • More out-of-the-box options would be nice within the base software.
  • Because add-on plugins are developed by 3rd parties, sometimes you get conflicts that break things.
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Likelihood to Renew
Needle
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Automattic
Despite very rare glitches, more connected to an excessive number of plugins, that affect the speed of the site, we are extremely satisfied with the platform, the ability to import and export products, even though we just export them, as we have our proprietary system for updating inventories. We love the ease of upgrading, enhancing, innovating, and the freedom we have to do whatever we want, which is a plus, when you consider Shopify can take down your whole store as they please, if they think you aren't abiding to their TOS or their ever changing set of rules.
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Usability
Needle
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Automattic
I gave it lots of points for being a simple product that instantly gives you a store. Very intuitive and simple for the client to update or implement. Loses LOTS of points when you want to do anything besides just sell stuff (coupons, etc) then it makes you pay big money for the add-ons and makes it difficult and time-intensive to develop your own.
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Support Rating
Needle
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Automattic
not muh support
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Alternatives Considered
Needle
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Automattic
We were pretty sure we wanted a WordPress site so that we had more control over the site itself, having been burned by third-party vendor sites before. The fact that WooCommerce integrates so well with WordPress was a big selling point for us. Magento would have been too heavy of a lift for our small dev team and we didn't want to rely on Shopify or BigCommerce (though all of those products could have their merits for other projects or clients).
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Return on Investment
Needle
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Automattic
  • Positive: low cost to start up, and allowed us to start selling right away.
  • Negative: better plug-ins have a high cost of entry. For example if you want to do subscriptions you need a paid plugin for it.
  • Positive: easily integrates with PayPal and Stripe.
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