Avalara AvaTax vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Avalara AvaTax v3.9.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | — | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Avalara AvaTax ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Sales tax calculated from Avalara rates at checkout; Address and VAT number checks in checkout blocks; Reconciliation and reports from the Avalara account | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Needs an Avalara account, licence key and company setup; E-invoicing and business licensing need separate Avalara plans; Sends order and customer data to Avalara services | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Tax calculated from Avalara at checkout ($), Shipping address validation block ($), VAT number validation block ($), Tax exemption certificate capture ($), Retail delivery fee on orders ($), Pushes transactions to Avalara in the background ($), Reconciliation runs from the Avalara data ($), Scheduled tax reports ($), Landed cost sync ($), E-invoicing through Avalara ELR ($), Business license registration status ($) | 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 |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | Avalara AvaTax REST API ($), Avalara integration configuration API ($), Avalara HS classification API ($), Avalara ELR identity and token service ($), CertCapture exemption certificate script ($) | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 or higher | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 or higher | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | api.wordpress.org, rest.avatax.com, sandbox-rest.avatax.com, config.connector.avalara.com, config.connector.sbx.avalara.com, api.classification.avalara.net, api-sandbox.classification.avalara.net, identity.avalara.com, ai-sbx.avlr.sh, app.certcapture.com, sbx.certcapture.com, www.businesslicenses.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 1 |