Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce v3.2.86 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 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 | 2,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Payment Plugins Braintree For WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Credit cards, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay and Venmo; Refunds, voids and saved payment methods; Subscription products without a separate subscriptions plugin | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Sends merchant details to the vendor unless the register option is turned off; Needs a Braintree merchant account; Large plugin with many gateways to configure | 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 | Credit and debit card payments, PayPal checkout, Google Pay and Apple Pay, Refunds from the order screen, Void charges, Subscription products without WooCommerce Subscriptions, Fastlane checkout, Local payment methods such as iDEAL, SEPA and P24 | 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 | Braintree, PayPal, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Venmo | Stripe |
| Other | — | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | Only if you agree |
| External services | 0x2vnavy35.execute-api.us-west-1.amazonaws.com, js.braintreegateway.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |