Stripe Payments vs. WooCommerce

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Stripe Payments
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Stripe is a payment gateway software solution which supports a range of payment related needs such as subscription management and recurrent billing via Stripe Billing, integration with third party payment services via the Stripe Connect API, assistance starting an Internet business which accepts payements via Stripe Atlas, fraud prevention via Stripe Radar, and payment analytics via Stripe Sigma. Additional features and modules include Stripe Issuing, which allows users to create,…
$0.02
per charge
WooCommerce
Score 8.1 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
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Editions & Modules
Sigma
$0.02
per charge
Radar
$0.05
per screened transaction
Issuing
$0.10
per virtual card
Terminal
2.7% + 0.05
per successful charge
Integrated
2.9% + 0.30
per successful charge
Atlass
$500
one-time fee
Premium Support
1,800
per month
Customized
Contact sales team
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
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
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Considered Both Products
Stripe Payments
Chose Stripe Payments
Stripe was basically the easiest to install, configure, and use with my set up of WordPress with WooCommerce. Additionally, I was able to expand functionality with paid plugins to get me the setup I needed to sell to my customers. Other processors have the same fee structure, …
Chose Stripe Payments
Stripe provides far better tools for reporting and tracking of revenue. It also enabled the feature to checkout on our website without requiring a redirect or having to complete a site audit as is required with some card processors. The website installation was completed within …
Chose Stripe Payments
We use Square for point of sale payments but we only use that occasionally if we are at an expo or similar. I have also used a credit card service from our bank but it was several years ago and it was technologically slow and expensive. Stripe is easier to use and reasonably …
WooCommerce
Chose WooCommerce
One single word: cost!
Most WooCommerce alternatives have very high monthly or annual costs. WooCommerce permits to have an implementation cost (low or high based on customization) and a very low maintenance cost.
Even if some plugins are very expensive, the maintenance cost is a …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Payment Gateways
Comparison of Payment Gateways features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
2.6
3 Ratings
72% below category average
WooCommerce
-
Ratings
Fraud Detection1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
API or SDK2.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Recurring Payment Support3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and Invoicing Support4.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Support2.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Payment Form Acceptance1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Online Storefront
Comparison of Online Storefront features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
6.2
84 Ratings
21% below category average
Product catalog & listings00 Ratings6.983 Ratings
Product management00 Ratings6.384 Ratings
Bulk product upload00 Ratings2.067 Ratings
Branding00 Ratings6.973 Ratings
Mobile storefront00 Ratings6.377 Ratings
Product variations00 Ratings6.977 Ratings
Website integration00 Ratings6.984 Ratings
Visual customization00 Ratings6.881 Ratings
CMS00 Ratings6.963 Ratings
Online Shopping Cart
Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
6.2
80 Ratings
20% below category average
Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings6.852 Ratings
Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.680 Ratings
Online Payment System
Comparison of Online Payment System features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
5.7
75 Ratings
37% below category average
eCommerce security00 Ratings5.775 Ratings
eCommerce Marketing
Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
5.2
83 Ratings
36% below category average
Promotions & discounts00 Ratings5.780 Ratings
Personalized recommendations00 Ratings5.066 Ratings
SEO00 Ratings5.072 Ratings
eCommerce Business Management
Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Product A and Product B
Stripe Payments
-
Ratings
WooCommerce
4.5
81 Ratings
54% below category average
Multi-site management00 Ratings1.640 Ratings
Order processing00 Ratings6.379 Ratings
Inventory management00 Ratings6.978 Ratings
Shipping00 Ratings2.073 Ratings
Custom functionality00 Ratings5.775 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Small Businesses
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 9.1 out of 10
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Apple Pay
Apple Pay
Score 9.1 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Adyen
Adyen
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Digital Commerce
IBM Digital Commerce
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
6.1
(80 ratings)
7.1
(84 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
7.1
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(15 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Stripe PaymentsWooCommerce
Likelihood to Recommend
Stripe
Stripe is very suitable for small businesses. They provide you with a nice portable CC scanner when you sign-up. If you have an eCommerce store Stripe will most likely be compatible with it. Even if you have a more custom site built using Wordpress/WooCommerce Stripe has a free plug-in that's ready to use.
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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
Stripe
  • They are reliable. I can count on everything going smoothly with transactions.
  • They are accurate. I don’t run into problems with collecting the proper amounts or being overcharged for fees.
  • They have good customer service. If I have a question about the customer portal or a problem with a customer, they help me resolve these issues.
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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
Stripe
  • It would be nice to be able to see my Shopify payments from my main payment gateway. I currently have to go to Shopify for that.
  • The ability to be able to offer discounted rates at a smaller threshold would be nice.
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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
Stripe is the leader in the industry when it comes to any type of industry. All that is needed is a plan and then implementing that plan either with a developer, or through the help of Stripe's customer service team to assist in getting you setup. The ease of use time it takes to get up and running is second to none
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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
Stripe
Best in class for usability. There's nothing close when it comes to how easy it is to use. Their knowledge base is great too if you get confused
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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
Stripe
Stripe's support is nearly perfect – great attention to detail, fast response times, and a willingness to really dig into issues and get to the bottom of them. In the five years we've been using Stripe, the only negative thing I can say about their customer support is that it seems like there has been a slight shift to less technical front-line support agents, which means it's more likely your issue will have to be escalated before you get more information. This, however, has happened as Stripe rolled out more real-time support features like call and chat, and that really isn't workable if you're escalating everything right off the bat. It's absolutely an acceptable trade-off.
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Automattic
not muh support
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Implementation Rating
Stripe
It took less than an hour to have everything setup and running
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Automattic
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Alternatives Considered
Stripe
We found that Stripe was much easier to have integrated with our site, as well as easier on the users when it comes to inputting payments. On our end, the dashboard and reporting are very easy to utilize and make it very easy to understand how our business is doing.
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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
  • It makes getting money from your clients really easy
  • It gives your clients the guarantee that their payment information is totally secure and confidentially used and kept
  • It is very easy to integrate with online assets of the company
  • In a couple of occasions, some companies have wanted me to use Stripe for them to pay me, and I have had a couple of hiccups. This was more related to the way that these companies set up the Stripe integration of my account to their platform. In both cases, the integration has not been possible and to this date, I still do not know why with exactitude.
  • As I said before, the commissions kept by Stripe could be lower, and shared with the CC companies, rather than having us clients pay for all of o it.
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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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