Mailchimp for WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Mailchimp for WooCommerce v6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 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 | 200,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | September 23, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Mailchimp for WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Syncs customers, orders, products and coupons to Mailchimp; Abandoned cart tracking and post-purchase automations; Newsletter opt-in at checkout; Official Mailchimp plugin, free to use | 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 Mailchimp account connected through OAuth; Sends store data to Mailchimp on every sync; Blocked customer emails are reported to a vendor service | 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 | Order sync to Mailchimp, Product and category sync, Coupon sync, Abandoned cart tracking, Newsletter opt-in at checkout, SMS consent at checkout, Storefront pixel for Mailchimp automations, Block emails on a vendor spam list, WP-CLI commands, Personal data export and erase hooks | 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 |
| Mailchimp | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce Store API | — |
| Other | Mailchimp vendor service (Tower) | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | tower.vextras.com, login.mailchimp.com, woocommerce.mailchimpapp.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 1 |
| Custom tables | 2 | — |