Astra vs Easy Digital Downloads
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| Feature | Astra v4.14.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Easy Digital Downloads v3.7.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 40,000+ |
| Last updated | October 15, 2026 | October 14, 2026 |
| Editions | Astra · Astra Pro ($) | Easy Digital Downloads · Easy Digital Downloads Pro ($) |
| Pros | Header and footer builder with schema markup; Compatibility layers for WooCommerce, Elementor, LearnDash and Yoast SEO; Lightweight front end and RTL and translation support | Built for selling digital downloads, with checkout and customer downloads; Stripe, PayPal and Square payment gateways; Discounts, reports and blocks for checkout pages |
| Cons | Astra Pro add-on and premium modules are sold separately; Free theme shows Pro upgrade notices in the admin; Optional usage tracking asks for consent first | Subscriptions, recurring payments and recurring revenue reports need Pro; Pro requires a licence key from the vendor |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Header and footer builder, Schema.org markup, WooCommerce compatibility layer, Elementor compatibility layer, LearnDash compatibility layer, Google Fonts in the typography options, Pro upgrade notices | Digital product downloads, Checkout and purchase blocks, Discount codes and claims, Stripe payments, PayPal Standard payments, Square payments, Sales and download reports, Email summary of sales, Pro licence connection from the Lite edition ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe, PayPal, Square |
| — | Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun | |
| Analytics | — | MonsterInsights (Google Analytics for WordPress) |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Elementor, LearnDash, Yoast SEO | Elementor |
| Other | Google Fonts | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | fonts.googleapis.com, api.ipify.org | services.easydigitaldownloads.com, easydigitaldownloads.com, downloads.wordpress.org, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, api.stripe.com, connect.squareup.com, opencollective.com, ipinfo.io, plugin.easydigitaldownloads.com, static-eu.payments-amazon.com, static-na.payments-amazon.com, sellercentral.amazon.com, payments.amazon.co.uk, payments.amazon.de, www.paypal.com |
| Blocks | — | 16 |
| Shortcodes | — | 14 |