AWP Classifieds vs Osclass

AWP Classifieds is a WordPress plugin for adding classified ads and listings to a WordPress site. It is aimed at non-technical business users creating directories. Listings can contain images and embedded video, expire automatically, and move in or out through CSV import and export. The plugin supports free or paid ads, fee plans, listing approval, messaging, featured listings, and payment gateways including PayPal, PayPal Pro, Stripe, and Authorize.net. Integrations listed by the maker include Yoast SEO, WP-PageNavi, and BuddyPress. Pages can be responsive when used with a mobile-friendly theme. The maker says it has tested the software with hundreds of thousands of listings. A free core plugin is available; paid plans add features and one year of support and updates. Basic costs $49.50 a year at an introductory price and renews at the full 99 USD per year. Pro costs $149.50 a year introductory, renewing at 299 USD per year; Elite costs $249.50 a year introductory, renewing at 499 USD per year. Support covers built-in features, not custom code or customization. Multisite requires activation on individual subsites.

Osclass is a free, open-source PHP and MySQL script for building self-hosted classifieds sites, including marketplaces, real-estate directories, car classifieds, job boards and niche selling platforms. Its core includes listings, nested categories, custom fields, comments, media uploads, users, moderation, location and currency settings, SEO routes, themes, plugins and an administrative back office. It runs on PHP 7.4 or later with CURL, MySQLi and GD, and supports MySQL 5.7 or later or MariaDB. The base installation requires 10 MB of disk space. Built-in translations support multiple active languages and RTL where themes allow it, while SEO options include canonical URLs, hreflang and custom search URL rules. Osclass can be extended through themes and plugins, and its premium Osclass Pay extension adds featured listings, publishing fees, wallets, memberships and payment connectors. Free integrations include Cloudflare Turnstile and analytics tools. The core is free under Apache License 2.0. Themes, plugins, language packs and geolocation SQL data may need separate installation, and commercial themes and plugins are sold separately; paid bundles are also listed.