WooCommerce Amazon Pay vs WP Simple Pay
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| Feature | WooCommerce Amazon Pay v2.6.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.5/5 Visit Details | WP Simple Pay v4.17.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 8,000+ |
| Last updated | July 22, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Amazon Pay for WooCommerce | WP Simple Pay Lite · WP Simple Pay Pro ($) |
| Pros | Shoppers pay with address and payment details saved at Amazon; Amazon widgets keep the buyer on the store during checkout; Block checkout blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner | Payment form block and shortcode for Stripe card payments; Subscriptions available in the free version; Optional hCaptcha or Cloudflare Turnstile on payment forms |
| Cons | Needs an Amazon Pay merchant account and Login with Amazon client ID; Relies on Amazon widget scripts loaded on checkout pages; Includes legacy code paths for older Amazon API versions | Lite adds a 3% application fee to each transaction; Custom fields, coupons and on-site overlay forms need Pro; Sends usage data only if the site opts in, and loads Stripe and captcha scripts |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Login with Amazon and checkout session handling, Amazon address and wallet widgets, Amazon payment notifications handler, Blocks for changing the address and a logged-out banner, Recurring payments with WooCommerce Subscriptions (legacy), Buyer index table for Amazon buyers, WPML compatibility, Drip email marketing compatibility, Alexa delivery notifications | Payment form block for the block editor, Payment form shortcode, Stripe.js loaded on payment pages, hCaptcha or Cloudflare Turnstile on payment forms, Recurring subscriptions in Lite, 3% application fee on Lite transactions, Custom fields on payment forms ($), No application fee ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Amazon Pay | Stripe |
| Drip | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions, WPML | — |
| Other | Alexa delivery tracker | hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | static-na.payments-amazon.com, static-eu.payments-amazon.com, static-fe.payments-amazon.com, origin-na.ssl-images-amazon.com, payments.amazon.com, payments-eu.amazon.com, mws.amazonservices.com, mws-eu.amazonservices.com, mws.amazonservices.jp | wpsimplepay.com, api.stripe.com, translations.wpsimplepay.com, connect.wpsimplepay.com, telemetry.wpsimplepay.com, www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, requests.wpsimplepay.com, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, js.stripe.com, js.hcaptcha.com |
| Blocks | 2 | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 5 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |