Merx vs WooCommerce
Merx
trymerx.com
WooCommerce
woocommerce.comSide by side
| Figure | Merx | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $2.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Product Configurator Software | 8.0 (#39) | 8.7 (#9) |
| Analytics | Conversion analytics show which options sell, where shoppers drop off, and configurator driven revenue by product and store. | WooCommerce connects with Google Analytics and provides reporting intended to support data-driven decisions. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Rating on G2 | 0.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews; the G2 profile is for a Canadian electronic-tendering MERX product, not clearly the trymerx.com 3D platform. | 4.4 out of 5 from 1,283 reviews. |
| What it does | Merx provides a browser-based 3D product-customization platform that lets shoppers design made-to-order products and sends production-ready files with orders. | WooCommerce is an open-source ecommerce platform and WordPress plugin for selling physical products, digital goods and services. |
Plans
WooCommerce
- WooCommerce coreFree
- WooCommerce mobile appFree
- Typical hosting$25 a month
- Extensions$29 a year
In their own words
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is free, self-hosted software for running an online store with omnichannel sales channels. Its core plan costs nothing, billed free with no monthly subscription. The plan lists unlimited products, unlimited orders, and unlimited APIs, allowing catalog and order volume without those stated caps. WooCommerce supports digital products as well as general online-store sales, includes abandoned-cart recovery, and provides an app marketplace. The listed transaction fee is payment-only. Because the hosting model is self-hosted, the store runs on hosting managed by the user rather than a hosted WooCommerce environment. WooCommerce is made by WooCommerce, founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA. The combination of omnichannel selling, digital-product support, recovery tools, and extensible apps gives store operators a broad core setup without a subscription charge. Hosting management remains part of choosing this model.