MailPoet vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | MailPoet v5.43.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 500,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | MailPoet · MailPoet Premium ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Newsletter editor with responsive templates; Sign-up forms and new post notifications; WooCommerce integration for shop emails; Usage analytics is off by default | 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 | Sending goes through the MailPoet sending service; Captcha on forms loads Google or Cloudflare scripts when enabled; Some features need a paid MailPoet key | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Sign-up forms, Automatic emails such as welcome and post notifications, WooCommerce email editor integration, Email open and click tracking, Subscriber tracking consent capture, Captcha on sign-up forms | 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 |
| MailPoet sending service | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | bridge.mailpoet.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.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 | 5 | 6 |