PW WooCommerce Gift Cards Pro vs WooPayments
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| Feature | PW WooCommerce Gift Cards Pro v3.95 · 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 | PW WooCommerce Gift Cards Pro ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Gift card product type with balance tracking; Designable gift card email; Balance check shortcode and REST API | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Paid product that needs a Pimwick licence key; Updates come through the vendor updater; Expressive checkout needs the matching gateway integration | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Gift card product type ($), Designable gift card email ($), Gift card balance check shortcode ($), Balance check and debit over AJAX for the front end ($), Gift card section in the WooCommerce account menu ($), REST API for gift cards ($), Redemption restrictions per product ($), Licence activation and vendor updater ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | WooCommerce PayPal Payments ($), WooCommerce Payments ($), WooCommerce Stripe Gateway ($) | Stripe |
| Plugins | Event Solution (Eventin) ($) | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | pimwick.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |