Avalara AvaTax vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Avalara AvaTax v3.9.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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 | Avalara AvaTax ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Sales tax calculated from Avalara rates at checkout; Address and VAT number checks in checkout blocks; Reconciliation and reports from the Avalara account | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Needs an Avalara account, licence key and company setup; E-invoicing and business licensing need separate Avalara plans; Sends order and customer data to Avalara services | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Tax calculated from Avalara at checkout ($), 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 ($), Business license registration status ($) | 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 | — | ShipStation |
| Other | Avalara AvaTax REST API ($), Avalara integration configuration API ($), Avalara HS classification API ($), Avalara ELR identity and token service ($), CertCapture exemption certificate script ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.2 or higher | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 or higher | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| 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 | 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 | 2 | 6 |