Starfish Reviews vs Strong Testimonials
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| Feature | Starfish Reviews v3.1.31 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | Strong Testimonials v3.3.15 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 100+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 23, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress · Starfish Reviews Premium ($) | Strong Testimonials · Strong Testimonials Pro ($) |
| Pros | Funnels route happy customers to public review sites; Testimonials and feedback collected on your own site; Shortcode and embed options for funnels and testimonials | Front-end submission form with moderation; Views, slideshows, widget, block and shortcodes; Average rating and count shortcodes |
| Cons | Review importing, reports and scraping need Premium; Freemius licence and account flow comes with the plugin; Large plugin with many premium-gated screens | Video testimonials, extra templates and imports need the paid version; Pulls remote notices and upsells from a vendor feed; Multiple overlapping views and templates to learn |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Review funnels that route happy customers to review sites, Funnel shortcode for embedding on pages, Testimonial capture and storage on your own site, Private feedback entries from unhappy customers, Custom branding on funnels and collections ($), Scheduled scraping of existing review profiles ($), Import reviews from funnel destinations and display them ($), Basic reports ($), Premium-only feedback screens ($) | Front-end testimonial submission form, View shortcode to display testimonials, Gutenberg block for testimonial views, Testimonial view widget, Average rating and count shortcodes, Email notifications sent through a mail queue, Privacy hooks for stored testimonial data, Pro extensions unlocked with a licence key ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | Freemius | Polylang, WPML |
| Other | Starfish community feed | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.4 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | starfish.reviews, api.freemius.com, checkout.freemius.com, cdnjs.cloudflare.com | license.wpchill.com, wp-modula.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |