Airwallex Payments vs WP Simple Pay
Airwallex Payments
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| Figure | Airwallex Payments | WP Simple Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $12/mo | $4.13/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 4 |
| Spec score · Payment Processing Software | 9.4 (#2) | 7.1 (#57) |
| Integrations | Airwallex-maintained payment plugins are available for Shopify, SHOPLINE, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud. | The pricing comparison lists AffiliateWP, Divi, Elementor, Block Editor, Zapier, and webhooks as integrations. |
| Payment methods | Airwallex says Payments supports Visa and Mastercard plus more than 160 local methods such as Alipay, iDEAL and GrabPay. | The site lists cards, US bank accounts, SEPA Direct Debit, and buy-now-pay-later options including Klarna, Afterpay/Clearpay, and Affirm. |
| Purpose | Airwallex Payments lets businesses accept global shopper payments and settle, convert, and manage funds through its financial platform. | WP Simple Pay is a WordPress Stripe payment form plugin for accepting one-time payments, recurring payments, and donations without a shopping cart. |
| Security | Airwallex’s Trust Center lists PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, Visa Service Provider, and ISO/IEC 27001 among its compliance areas, and lists PCI DSS Level 1 certification documents. | The site says payment processing and storage use Stripe’s PCI-compliant servers and that payment information does not touch the user's server. |
| Support | The pricing page lists help centre articles, FAQs, and email support across the displayed plans; Accelerate also lists a dedicated account manager and onboarding support. | Plans include standard, priority, or premium support, and the company describes its support as available to answer customer questions. |
Plans
Airwallex Payments
- ExploreFree
- ExploreFree
- Grow$12 a month
- AcceleratePriced on request
- Domestic card acceptancePrice not published
- International card acceptancePrice not published
- Local payment methodsPrice not published
- Subscription managementPrice not published
WP Simple Pay
- Personal$49.50 a year
- Plus$99.50 a year
- Professional$199.50 a year
- Elite$299.50 a year
In their own words
Airwallex Payments
Airwallex Payments helps businesses accept international payments and settle, convert, and manage funds through its financial platform. Merchants can take cards and more than 160 local payment methods, although availability depends on the merchant entity’s location. Checkout choices include hosted pages, embedded components, payment links, eCommerce plugins, and the Payments API; dedicated iOS and Android SDKs support app checkout. Like-for-like settlement can put funds in the currency charged into an Airwallex Wallet. Payment acceptance tools include smart routing, automatic retries, message optimization, and 3D Secure logic. Real-time fraud evaluation, configurable risk rules, and dispute management are available through the web app or API. Maintained plugins are listed for Shopify, SHOPLINE, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Explore is free per user/month; Grow is $12 per user/month plus a team-size-based platform fee. Processing fees apply to both, including 2.8% + $0.30 for domestic cards and 4.30% + $0.30 for international cards.
WP Simple Pay
WP Simple Pay has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.