Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Power your membership association, online magazine, elearning sites, and more with access control to content/products and member discounts.
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WooCommerce Subscriptions is a WooCommerce extension that lets customers subscribe to your products or services and pay on a weekly, monthly, or annual basis. It integrates with over 25 payment gateways for automatic recurring payments and supports automatic rebilling on failed subscription payments. Subscribers can manage their own plan — upgrading, downgrading, suspending, or canceling — and update their shipping address or payment method. It's a paid annual extension with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
| Metric | WooCommerce Memberships | WooCommerce Subscriptions |
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| Rating | ★ 4.0 ★ | 3.5 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 150 | 104 |
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| Pricing | ★ $199/year | $279/year |
Based on the data on this page, WooCommerce Memberships is the stronger choice for most WooCommerce Marketplace store owners — 4.0★ vs WooCommerce Subscriptions's 3.5★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
Pricing is noticeably different: WooCommerce Memberships at $199/year vs WooCommerce Subscriptions at $279/year (~40% premium on the entry tier). For early-stage store owners the cheaper tier is the lower-risk starting point; mid-market store owners should compare the specific capacity gates the higher tier unlocks before treating the premium as justified.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage store owners who need fast install and low risk should default to WooCommerce Memberships; mid-market and enterprise store owners with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — WooCommerce Subscriptions's 104-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than WooCommerce Memberships's broader-but-shallower coverage.
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: WooCommerce Memberships audit • WooCommerce Subscriptions audit
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| Keyword | WooCommerce Memberships | WooCommerce Subscriptions |
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| woocommerce subscriptions | #40 | #15 |
| checkout | #40 | #15 |
| numbers | #40 | #15 |
| import | #40 | #15 |
| products | #40 | #15 |
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Both WooCommerce Memberships and WooCommerce Subscriptions offer paid plans only. WooCommerce Memberships starts at $199/year; WooCommerce Subscriptions starts at $279/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
WooCommerce Memberships has the higher average rating (4.0★ from 150 reviews) compared to WooCommerce Subscriptions (3.5★ from 104 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
WooCommerce Memberships holds the higher average rating (4.0★ vs 3.5★). 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. WooCommerce Memberships has the deeper published review base (150 vs 104), 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.
WooCommerce Memberships typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (150 reviews). WooCommerce Subscriptions typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (104 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. WooCommerce Memberships and WooCommerce Subscriptions 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 WooCommerce Subscriptions" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
