Retainful vs WooCommerce
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| Feature | Retainful v2.6.45 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1,000+ | 7M+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Retainful · Retainful Premium plan ($) | WooCommerce |
| Pros | Abandoned cart recovery and signup popups for WooCommerce; Next-order and referral coupons created automatically; Works with WPML, Polylang and WooCommerce Multi-Currency | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management |
| 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 | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | AfterPay, PayPal (WooCommerce IPN) | PayPal |
| Retainful API | — | |
| Analytics | — | WooCommerce usage tracking service |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML, WooCommerce Multi-Currency | WooCommerce.com |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0.0 | 7.0 |
| 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 | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is |
| Blocks | — | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |
| Custom tables | — | 31 |