Role Based Discounts vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Role Based Discounts v1.0.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Role Based Discounts | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Role and customer based prices with tiered quantity pricing; Hide prices and add-to-cart for logged-out visitors; CSV import of group prices | 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 | Needs WooCommerce; rules are set product by product; Sends a WooCommerce Tracks event when the importer screen is viewed; Contact popup for hidden prices depends on Contact Form 7 | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Tiered quantity pricing per product, Prices by customer role and individual customer, Hide prices for logged-out visitors, Hide add-to-cart on archives and single products, Contact Form 7 popup in place of hidden add-to-cart, Sticky add-to-cart bar on single products, CSV import of group prices, Free shipping message and rules for groups, Sale badge for group prices | 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 |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7 | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | — | 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 | — | 6 |