WooCommerce PayPal Pro (Classic and PayFlow Editions) Gateway vs WooCommerce Stripe Gateway
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Pro (Classic and PayFlow Editions) Gateway v4.5.1 · 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 PayPal Pro (Classic and PayFlow Editions) Gateway ($) | WooCommerce Stripe Gateway |
| Pros | Card payments on the store page through PayPal Pro or Payflow; Optional 3D Secure through Cardinal Commerce; Capture and cancel driven by order status changes | Cards plus many local and buy-now-pay-later methods; Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link express checkout; Subscriptions and pre-orders support |
| Cons | Last tested with WooCommerce 4.0 and WordPress 5.3; Shows a Cardinal Commerce upgrade notice for 3D Secure; Needs a PayPal Pro or Payflow merchant account and SSL | Needs a Stripe account and API keys; Many payment methods to enable and check per country; Requires WooCommerce 11.0 or newer |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal Pro classic card payments ($), PayPal Payflow card payments ($), 3D Secure through Cardinal Commerce ($), Capture when an on-hold order is processed or completed ($), Cancel when an on-hold order is cancelled or refunded ($), Pay for order page support ($), SSL check notice ($), Personal data export hooks ($) | Unified payment element gateway, Card payments, Local and buy-now-pay-later methods, Express checkout with wallets and Link, Subscriptions support, Pre-orders support, Emails for failed refunds and authentication, Agentic commerce product feed, behind a feature flag |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal Pro ($), PayPal Payflow ($), Cardinal Commerce ($) | Stripe, Affirm (via Stripe), Klarna (via Stripe) |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Requires WordPress | — | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 5.3 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api-3t.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, payflowpro.paypal.com, pilot-payflowpro.paypal.com, payflowlink.paypal.com, pilot-payflowlink.paypal.com, songbird.cardinalcommerce.com, songbirdstag.cardinalcommerce.com, paypal3dsregistration.cardinalcommerce.com | js.stripe.com, api.stripe.com, api.woocommerce.com, files.stripe.com, dashboard.stripe.com |