Retainful vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Retainful v2.6.45 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 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 | 1,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Retainful · Retainful Premium plan ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Abandoned cart recovery and signup popups for WooCommerce; Next-order and referral coupons created automatically; Works with WPML, Polylang and WooCommerce Multi-Currency | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Plugin is being deprecated in favour of a newer Retainful plugin; Needs a Retainful account and sends store and visitor data to it; Premium features need a paid Retainful plan | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Abandoned cart tracking script, Next-order coupon generation, Referral coupons in the coupon list, Signup popup with coupon, Product view tracking, REST endpoints for store sync, WooCommerce Multi-Currency support, Polylang and WPML support, AfterPay quote capture, Upgrade to premium link in the admin, Admin notice about the plugin being replaced | 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 | AfterPay, PayPal (WooCommerce IPN) | Stripe |
| Retainful API | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML, WooCommerce Multi-Currency | — |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.0 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.retainful.com, webhooks.retainful.net, js.retainful.com, feedback.retainful.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |