WooCommerce Elavon Converge Gateway vs WooCommerce Stripe Gateway
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| Feature | WooCommerce Elavon Converge Gateway v2.14.9 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway v11.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 700,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 16, 2026 |
| Editions | WooCommerce Elavon Converge Gateway ($) | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway |
| Pros | Credit card and electronic check payments; Saved payment methods and end-of-day settlement; Block checkout support for cards and electronic checks | Cards plus many local and buy-now-pay-later methods; Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link express checkout; Subscriptions and pre-orders support |
| Cons | Paid WooCommerce.com extension, not free; Needs Elavon Converge account credentials and an SSL certificate; Requires PHP 7.4 or newer | Needs a Stripe account and API keys; Many payment methods to enable and check per country; Requires WooCommerce 11.0 or newer |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Credit card payments ($), Electronic check payments ($), Saved payment methods ($), Capture of authorised charges ($), End-of-day settlement request ($), Nonce check on payment forms ($), Rate limiting for requests ($), Credit card block checkout ($), Electronic check block checkout ($) | Unified payment element gateway, Card payments, Local and buy-now-pay-later methods, Express checkout with wallets and Link, Subscriptions support, Pre-orders support, Emails for failed refunds and authentication, Agentic commerce product feed, behind a feature flag |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Elavon Converge ($) | Stripe, Affirm (via Stripe), Klarna (via Stripe) |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.4 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | www.convergepay.com, api.wordpress.org | js.stripe.com, api.stripe.com, api.woocommerce.com, files.stripe.com, dashboard.stripe.com |