Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
The perfect Search Engine helps customers to find and buy products quickly – essential for every WooCommerce store.
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Smart Product Designer lets your customers design any product and purchase them right from your WooCommerce store.
| Metric | Smart Product Designer | WooCommerce Product Search |
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| Rating | 4.3 ★ | 4.3 ★ |
| Total reviews | 3 | ★ 195 |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Pricing | $69/year | ★ $59/year |
Smart Product Designer and WooCommerce Product Search are evenly matched on rating (4.3★ vs 4.3★) — 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: Smart Product Designer at $69/year, WooCommerce Product Search 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.
WooCommerce Product Search has the larger user base (195 reviews vs 3), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Smart Product Designer's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
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: Smart Product Designer audit • WooCommerce Product Search audit
| Keyword | Smart Product Designer | WooCommerce Product Search |
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| payment | Not ranked | #87 |
| form | Not ranked | #87 |
Both Smart Product Designer and WooCommerce Product Search offer paid plans only. Smart Product Designer starts at $69/year; WooCommerce Product Search starts at $59/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Smart Product Designer (4.3★, 3 reviews) and WooCommerce Product Search (4.3★, 195 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 4.3★. WooCommerce Product Search does carry the larger published review base (195 vs 3). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the WooCommerce Marketplace. WooCommerce Product Search has the deeper published review base (195 vs 3), 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.
Smart Product Designer typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (3 reviews). WooCommerce Product Search typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (195 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. Smart Product Designer and WooCommerce Product Search 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 Smart Product Designer" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
