Inventory Management vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Inventory Management v2.5.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Inventory Management ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Syncs products, categories and orders to the forecasting service; Live sync on product updates and completed orders; Stock updates from the service are applied to WooCommerce | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Needs a paid Shelf Planner subscription and licence key; Store data is sent to the vendor's cloud service; Forecasting logic is not visible in this plugin | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Sends product and order data to the forecasting service ($), Live sync when a product is updated or an order completes ($), Applies stock quantity updates sent by the service ($), Category list sync for the service ($), Setup flow that links the store with a licence key ($), REST endpoints the service calls on the store ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Multilingual (WCML) ($) | — |
| Other | Shelf Planner API ($) | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 3.5.0 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.shelfplanner.com, api-uat.shelfplanner.com, api-dev.shelfplanner.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 1 |