WooCommerce Mixpanel vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | WooCommerce Mixpanel v1.20.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free 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 Mixpanel | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Set up from the WooCommerce settings with a project token; Records logins and completed purchases; Adds WooCommerce Subscriptions events when that plugin is active | 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 | Sends customer activity to a third-party analytics service; No events are sent until a Mixpanel project token is entered | 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 | Mixpanel project token in WooCommerce settings, Mixpanel JavaScript on store pages, Logged-in user events, Completed purchase events, WooCommerce Subscriptions events, Server-side calls to the Mixpanel HTTP API | 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 |
| Analytics | Mixpanel | — |
| Plugins | WooCommerce Subscriptions | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.wordpress.org, api.mixpanel.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 |