Smartstore vs WooCommerce
Smartstore
smartstore.com
WooCommerce
woocommerce.comSide by side
| Figure | Smartstore | WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $2.42/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 8.8 (#38) | 9.5 (#1) |
| Abandoned cart recovery | Yes | Yes |
| App marketplace | Yes | Yes |
| Digital products | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 1999 | 2005 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Dortmund, Germany | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Licence | The Community Edition is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3; proprietary Smartstore plugins use separate EULAs. | WooCommerce core is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. |
| Marketing | Built-in marketing tools include gift cards, reward points, discounts and coupons. | WooCommerce promotes coupons, email marketing, upsells, cross-sells, Google Shopping, Facebook promotion and Mailchimp integration. |
| Payments | Listed payment integrations include Amazon Pay, PayPal, Klarna, Adyen, Mollie, Stripe, and finAPI. | The platform supports cards, bank transfers, checks, cash on delivery and gateways including WooPayments, Stripe, PayPal, Square and Amazon Pay. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.5 out of 5 from 22 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 1,054 reviews. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 16 reviews | 4.4 out of 5 from 1,283 reviews. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.5 out of 5 from 22 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 1,054 verified reviews. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 4.2 out of 5 from 6 reviews | 2.2 out of 5 from 145 reviews. |
| Self-hosting | Smartstore can be installed on premises, in private infrastructure or in a cloud environment, with Docker and Azure Marketplace deployment options. | WooCommerce runs as a self-hosted WordPress plugin, with source code and development tools available in a public GitHub monorepo. |
Plans
Smartstore
- Community EditionFree
- Enterprise B2B EditionPriced on request
- Enterprise B2C EditionPriced on request
- Premium EditionPriced on request
WooCommerce
- WooCommerce coreFree
- WooCommerce mobile appFree
- Typical hosting$25 a month
- Extensions$29 a year
In their own words
Smartstore
Smartstore has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
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.