Customer Reviews for WooCommerce vs Google for WooCommerce
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| Feature | Customer Reviews for WooCommerce v5.125.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Google for WooCommerce v3.10.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.7/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 80,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Customer Reviews for WooCommerce · Customer Reviews for WooCommerce Pro ($) | Google for WooCommerce |
| Pros | Automatic review request emails after orders; Product Q and A tab and review photos; Review reward coupons and a trust badge | Syncs the WooCommerce product feed to Google Merchant Center; Sets up Google Ads campaigns from the store admin; Syncs coupons and shipping rates to Google |
| Cons | Some features need a Pro licence and the vendor's service; Email verification and review feeds run on vendor servers | Needs a Google account with Merchant Center and Ads access; Only works with WooCommerce; Connects to several Google services, so setup takes time |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Automatic review reminder emails after orders, Product question and answer tab, Captcha on review and question forms, Trust badge shortcode and block, Review grid, slider and rating blocks, Email verification through the vendor service, Licence key check against the vendor API ($) | Product feed sync to Google Merchant Center, Google Ads account and campaign setup, Ads recommendations shown in the admin, Merchant Center policy compliance check, WooCommerce coupon sync to Google, Shipping rates sent to Google, Plugin event tracking through WooCommerce Tracks |
| Integrations | ||
| Marketing | — | Google Ads |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | Google Merchant Center, WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, hCaptcha | — |
| Requires WordPress | 4.5 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | z4jhozi8lc.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, www.google.com, api.cusrev.com | ads-developers.googleblog.com, api.telegram.org, maker.ifttt.com, api.sendgrid.com, www.googleapis.com, www.gstatic.com, cloud.google.com, iamcredentials.googleapis.com, iamcredentials.universe, cloudresourcemanager.universe, api.pwnedpasswords.com |
| Blocks | 4 | — |
| Shortcodes | 7 | — |