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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Stripe Billing

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AStripe Billing subscription management software is used to bill and manage customers in various ways, from simple recurring billing to usage-based billing and sales-negotiated contracts. It is used to automate revenue management workflows, and accept payments globally.

    $620

    per month 1 year contract

    WooCommerce

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce 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.

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    Pricing
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Editions & Modules
    Pay As You Go
    0.7%
    of Billing Volume
    Pay Monthly
    $620
    per month 1 year contract
    Custom Pricing
    Contact Sales
    Woo Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—WooCommerce is a free and open-source plugin for WordPress. Merchants can host their WooCommerce store on any private hosting service, or with Automattic directly via WordPress.com. Some added features or services from the WooCommerce Official Marketplace may have one time or subscription pricing.
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    Stripe
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    Automattic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Stripe Billing and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Stripe Billing
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.1
    96 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.095 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.078 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings7.383 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings9.388 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.188 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings9.596 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings7.492 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings8.074 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Stripe Billing and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Stripe Billing
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.0
    91 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings5.259 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings6.891 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Stripe Billing and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Stripe Billing
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    8.5
    85 Ratings
    2% above category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.585 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Stripe Billing and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Stripe Billing
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    6.4
    94 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.591 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.374 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings6.583 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Stripe Billing and WooCommerce
    Feature
    Stripe Billing
    -
    Ratings
    WooCommerce
    7.9
    93 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings6.647 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.391 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings8.190 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings8.584 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.986 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Small Businesses
    WooCommerce Subscriptions
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Chargebee
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Zuora
    Score8.6 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (95 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Stripe BillingWooCommerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Stripe
    If you have a small to medium sized business Stripe is most likely the perfect solution for you. It will automate almost all of your billing, freeing up your time to be used elsewhere. If you have a large business I would recommend getting in touch with the Stripe customer support team first to ensure it will be a good fit for you.
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    Automattic
    WooCommerce is best suited to customers whose website is built on the WordPress platform, and whose development team has a good understanding of plug-in implementation. If your website is not built on WordPress, but on Laravel or React (or any other non WordPress technology), then WooCommerce is not for you. WooCommerce is also great for customers who just need a simple online shopping experience. If your needs involve more complex or immersive features such as timed discounts, pick up locations, delivery reminders, or post shopping feedback surveys, know that you will need to purchase additional add-ons to make to get these features using WooCommerce set up on WordPress.
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    Pros
    Stripe
    • Stripe attempts to bill clients multiple times, so if the initial attempt to collect payment fails, they keep trying. Often payment is collected on the 2nd or 3rd try. This ability to re-try billing attempts with the same user on a monthly basis increases the overall amount we collect in payments.
    • It is easy to search for customers using Stripe- type in the first few letters of the subscriber's name and they immediately appear. It's a simple feature, but very useful when fielding customer service calls.
    • Stripe does make it easy to create new coupon codes or issue partial or total refunds.
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    Automattic
    • Free base package means I can use it when I need to and not pay for it when I'm not using it
    • I can customize the e-commerce options and integrate the calendar booking
    • Payment processing is quick and easy and I can choose my provider
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    Cons
    Stripe
    • Dashboard gives too much info for dept. use, may vary for others.
    • Be able to export multiple invoices as a PDF at once.
    • Getting to the invoices can be tricky if you have to click on multiple links.
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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
    Stripe
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Stripe
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    It is built on the Wordpress platform, so there are some quirks compared to a dedicated e-commerce product, but it is very intuitive and easy to use, especially for anyone with Wordpress experience. There are numerous great support articles and learning resources available. Significant customization can be achieved with plugins vs other eCommerce platforms, which may require more custom code and have fewer plugin options.
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    Support Rating
    Stripe
    I have had no problems with Stripe support, they are prompt and it does not crash like other platforms or software. They are also great about notifying if maintenance is needed. Since the interface is so easy to use, I haven’t had to contact support that much, versus other platforms, it can be hard to be aware of certain features.
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    Automattic
    not muh support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Stripe
    Our previous product was Cloudnet360, which provides an integrated shopping cart and CRM. With Cloudnet, our customers had to leave our site and go to an outside checkout page in order to purchase. In addition, Stripe provides a robust API which allows us to automate more of the work of maintaining a subscription service.
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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
    Stripe
    • By managing our e-commerce, Stripe makes it easy to have a subscription business, so it automates the whole thing.
    • ROI would be much higher with better analytics -- having to create reports and segment customers manually is a pain and definitely eats into the ROI of the product
    • I would also like to see more AI applied to the reporting and data for better insights
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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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    ScreenShots

    WooCommerce Screenshots

    Screenshot of a single product and description.Screenshot of WooCommerce checkout blocks.Screenshot of WooCommerce settings.Screenshot of WooCommerce product editing.Screenshot of WooCommerce products listing.