Drip for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Drip for WooCommerce v1.1.10 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | September 3, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Drip for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Official Drip connector for WooCommerce stores; Sends cart and product view events for automation workflows; Optional sign-up checkbox at checkout | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Requires a Drip account; nothing useful works without it; Loads a Drip tracking script from tag.getdrip.com on the front end | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Drip tracking script on the front end, Cart events sent to Drip, Product view events, Customer identified on order thank-you page, Email sign-up checkbox at checkout, Plugin version header on Drip webhooks | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Drip | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 4.6 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | tag.getdrip.com | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |