TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce v4.2.11 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.6/5 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 | 5,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 5, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | TaxJar - Sales Tax Automation for WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Calculates sales tax at cart and checkout through the TaxJar API; Syncs orders, refunds and cancellations to TaxJar for return reporting; Supports customer tax exemptions, product tax codes and nexus regions | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Requires a TaxJar account and API token; calculation depends on that service; Readme says stores above 1,000 orders a month need an upgraded TaxJar account; Cart and order totals call the external API while tax calculation is enabled | 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 | Sales tax calculated at cart and checkout via TaxJar API, Optional tax calculation for orders created through the WooCommerce REST API, Optional storage of calculated rates in the WooCommerce tax table, Automatic order sync to TaxJar, with cancellations, Refunds synced to TaxJar, Record queue processed on a schedule for failed or pending syncs, Download of historical orders from TaxJar setting, Customer tax exemption type and exempt regions on user profiles, Product tax codes derived from WooCommerce tax classes, Nexus regions fetched from TaxJar and cached, Tax calculation for WooCommerce Subscriptions renewal orders | 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 | — | Stripe |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions, WooCommerce Gift Cards, WooCommerce Smart Coupons, WooCommerce PDF Product Vouchers | — |
| Other | TaxJar API | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1.2 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.taxjar.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |