WooCommerce vs Zid
WooCommerce
woocommerce.com
Zid
zid.saSide by side
| Figure | WooCommerce | Zid |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.42/mo | 99 SAR/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Ecommerce platforms | 9.5 (#1) | 9.1 (#16) |
| Spec score · No-Code E-Commerce Platforms | 8.7 (#11) | 8.5 (#15) |
| Spec score · Small Business eCommerce Software | 8.7 (#10) | 8.5 (#11) |
| Abandoned cart recovery | Yes | Yes |
| App marketplace | Yes | Yes |
| Digital products | Yes | Yes |
| Founded | 2005 | 2017 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA | LinkedIn gives Zid's headquarters as Al Rahmaniyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. |
| Hosting model | self-hosted | hosted |
| Marketing | WooCommerce promotes coupons, email marketing, upsells, cross-sells, Google Shopping, Facebook promotion and Mailchimp integration. | The platform provides coupons plus advertising integrations for channels including Snapchat and TikTok. |
| Payments | The platform supports cards, bank transfers, checks, cash on delivery and gateways including WooPayments, Stripe, PayPal, Square and Amazon Pay. | Zid supports electronic payment options and installment providers such as Tabby and Tamara, while the Starter plan lists bank transfer and cash on delivery. |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.7 out of 5 from 41.9K reviews. | 3.9 out of 5 from 481 reviews |
| Sales channels | omnichannel | omnichannel |
| SDKs | Official REST API libraries are documented for JavaScript, PHP, Python and Ruby. | Zid documents a Python SDK and Zid MUI components, while Laravel and TypeScript SDKs are described as forthcoming. |
| Shipping | WooCommerce provides automated tax calculations, live carrier rates and label printing, with additional shipping integrations available. | Zid Shipping offers one contract covering 35 companies, local and international service levels, centralized shipment management and unlimited monthly orders. |
| Transaction fee | payment_only | varies |
Plans
WooCommerce
- WooCommerce coreFree
- WooCommerce mobile appFree
- Typical hosting$25 a month
- Extensions$29 a year
Zid
- Rise99 SAR a month
- Growth299 SAR a month
- ProfessionalPrice not published
- StarterFree
- ProPriced on request
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.