WooCommerce PayPal Payments vs Smart Coupons for WooCommerce Pro
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| Feature | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details | Smart Coupons for WooCommerce Pro v3.7.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | — |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | — |
| Editions | WooCommerce PayPal Payments | Smart Coupons for WooCommerce Pro ($) |
| Pros | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking | Automatic coupons, store credit and buy-one-get-one offers; Gift coupons and giveaway products; Shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks to show coupons |
| Cons | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps | Paid licence required; Coupon rules can interact with other discount plugins; Adds many options that need testing before launch |
| More features | ||
| Other features | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin | Store credit for customers ($), Buy-one-get-one and giveaway products ($), Coupon restriction rules ($), wt-smart-coupon shortcode for showing coupons ($), Gutenberg blocks for coupons and store credit ($), WebToffee licence manager ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | ShipStation | WPML, Polylang |
| Other | — | Easy Digital Downloads licence updater ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 6.5 | 5.3 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.9 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | 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 | licensing.webtoffee.com |
| Blocks | 6 | 6 |
| Shortcodes | — | 4 |