Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Allow customers to define the product price. Also useful for accepting user-set donations.
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Privatize your whole website, store section or specific products, categories and pages. Allow only registered users to access the restricted content.
| Metric | Private Store & Website | Name Your Price |
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| Rating | ★ 5.0 ★ | 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 4 | ★ 80 |
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| Pricing | ★ $49/year | $59/year |
Private Store & Website and Name Your Price are evenly matched on rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.
Pricing sits in similar territory: Private Store & Website at $49/year, Name Your Price at $59/year (within ~25% of each other on the entry tier). At this overlap, total cost of ownership comes from how per-tier capacity gates align with your order volume — confirm both apps' upgrade triggers against your projected scale before deciding.
Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most store owners the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical WooCommerce Marketplace listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: Private Store & Website audit • Name Your Price audit
| Keyword | Private Store & Website | Name Your Price |
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| form | #366 | #72 |
| payment | #366 | #72 |
Both Private Store & Website and Name Your Price offer paid plans only. Private Store & Website starts at $49/year; Name Your Price starts at $59/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Private Store & Website (5.0★, 4 reviews) and Name Your Price (4.9★, 80 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
Private Store & Website holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.9★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the WooCommerce Marketplace. Name Your Price has the deeper published review base (80 vs 4), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
Private Store & Website typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (4 reviews). Name Your Price typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (80 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. Private Store & Website and Name Your Price both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Private Store & Website" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
