WooCommerce Bookings vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Bookings v2.2.9 · 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 | WooCommerce Bookings ($) | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Date, time and month pickers for bookable products; Google Calendar sync and ICS calendar export; Booking emails, reminders and a reports dashboard | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Paid Woo.com extension; the code has no free edition; Google Calendar sync relies on the WooCommerce.com connection service; Rules, people and resources are configured per product | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Bookable product type ($), Booking form on product pages ($), Date, time and month pickers ($), Availability rules and global availability ($), Person types and bookable resources ($), Google Calendar sync of bookings ($), ICS calendar export ($), Booking confirmation and reminder emails ($), Deposits and partial payment handling ($), Booking cost calculation ($), REST API for bookings ($), Booking reports dashboard ($) | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce.com connection service ($) | ShipStation |
| Other | Google Calendar ($) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.8 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.woocommerce.com, www.googleapis.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 | — | 6 |
| Custom tables | 3 | — |