Checkout.com Payment Gateway vs WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

Fast Checkout with Checkout.com FLOW – Deliver lightning-fast checkout experiences with Checkout.com FLOW, our modern payment solution that reduces friction and increases conversions. Checkout.com helps your business offer more payment methods and currencies to more customers. We combine gateway, international acquiring, and payment processing services, all through one integration with WooCommerce. The Checkout.com plugin for WooCommerce allows shop owners to process online payments through the Checkout.com Payment Gateway. This plugin offers multiple payment modes including FLOW for fast checkout and is maintained by Checkout.com. Card Payments with FLOW Checkout.com FLOW provides fast, secure checkout with an embedded payment form. Shoppers complete payments without leaving your website. The FLOW payment form is cross-browser and cross-device compatible, accepting payments from all major credit cards. FLOW features include: Fast Checkout – Streamlined payment flow that reduces cart abandonment Saved Cards – Securely save payment methods for instant future checkouts 3D Secure – Built-in 3DS authentication for enhanced security Real-time Validation – Instant card validation before order submission Modern UI – Responsive payment forms for all devices Alternative Payments Users can place orders with alternative and local payment options: Alipay (China & Hong Kong), Alma, Bancontact, Benefit, Dana, EPS, GCash, Ideal, Kakaopay, Klarna, KNet, MBWay, Multibanco, P24 (Przelewy24), QPay, SEPA (WooCommerce subscription compatible), STCPay, Tabby, Tamara, TNG, TrueMoney. Digital Wallets Google Pay – Fast, secure checkout with one tap Apple Pay – One-tap checkout on Apple devices PayPal – Standard and Express checkout support Express Checkout Users can place orders with PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay Express checkout on product pages, shop pages, and cart pages without going through the full checkout process. Express checkout options appear in a unified container when enabled. Additional Features MOTO Payments – Process Mail Order/Telephone Order payments Recurring Payments – Full support for subscriptions with SEPA Direct Debit compatibility Saved Cards – With FLOW integration, saved cards enable instant checkout for faster payments WooCommerce Invoicing – Send invoice emails to customers for payment Features FLOW Integration – Fast, secure checkout with Checkout.com FLOW Credit Cards, Google Pay, Apple Pay, PayPal 150+ currencies, 60+ countries supported WooCommerce Subscriptions compatible Webhook processing with queue system Automatic order status updates Contact us at: [email protected] Contributors & Developers “Checkout.com Payment Gateway” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Changing consumer behavior has resulted in an explosion of payment methods and experiences, which are great for increasing conversion and lowering costs—but can be difficult for businesses to maintain. Give customers a best-in-class checkout experience while you remain focused on your core business. This is the official plugin created by Stripe and WooCommerce. Drive 11.9% in revenue with an optimized checkout experience from Stripe The enhanced checkout experience from Stripe can help customers: Boost conversion: Provide an optimal experience across mobile, tablet, and desktop with a responsive checkout, and offer 23 payment methods, including Link, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, out of the box. Expand your customer base: Convert customers who might otherwise abandon their cart with buy now, pay later methods like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay/Clearpay, wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, and WeChat Pay, and local payment methods such as Bancontact in Europe and Alipay in Asia Pacific. Deliver a localized payment experience with out-of-the-box support for localized error messages, right-to-left languages, and automatic adjustment of input fields based on payment method and country. Meet existing customer demand and localize the experience: Offer local payment methods, such as ACH Direct Debit, Bacs Direct Debit, Bancontact, BECS Direct Debit, BLIK, Boleto, Cash App Pay, EPS, iDEAL, Multibanco, OXXO, Pre-authorized debit payments, Przelewy 24, and SEPA Direct Debit, and let customers pay in their local currency across 150+ countries with Adaptive Pricing. Fight fraud: Detect and prevent fraud with Stripe Radar, which offers seamlessly integrated, powerful fraud-detection tools that use machine learning to detect and flag potentially fraudulent transactions. Accept in-person payments for products and services: Use the Stripe Terminal M2 card reader or get started with no additional hardware using Tap to Pay on iPhone, or Tap to Pay on Android. Support subscriptions: Support recurring payments with various payment methods via WooCommerce Subscriptions. Manage cash flow: Get paid within minutes with Stripe Instant Payouts, if eligible. Achieve PCI-DSS compliance with Stripe Elements hosted input fields. Support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). Stripe is available for store owners and merchants in 46 countries worldwide, with more to come. Compatibility Notes The following items note specific versions that include important changes, features, or deprecations. 11.0.0 Express checkout merges the wc_stripe_express_checkout_normalize_address filter result over the address it sent; removing a field no longer clears it, return an empty string instead 10.9.1 Some express checkout helpers now require the caller to specify whether they are in the WooCommerce Cart context 10.9.0 Express checkout processes classic checkout custom fields by default (opt out via the wc_stripe_express_checkout_enable_classic_checkout_custom_fields filter) 10.8.0 Optimized Checkout Suite enabled by default for eligible existing stores Adaptive Pricing enabled by default for eligible existing stores Removed deprecated code and constants from 10.2.0 and before – Full list – PR #5294 10.7.0 Optimized Checkout Suite re-enabled by default for new installs Adaptive Pricing enabled by default for new installs Removed deprecated backend methods that called wc_deprecated_function – Full list – PR #5066 10.6.0 Adaptive Pricing available 10.4.0 Optimized Checkout Suite no longer enabled by default for new installs Removed the main Payment Request Buttons backend class, WC_Stripe_Payment_Request, which was deprecated in 10.2.0 Removed the deprecated WC_Stripe_Apple_Pay class 10.3.0 Removed legacy checkout payment method classes and settings retrieval methods 10.2.0 Optimized Checkout Suite enabled by default for all new installations Add minimum transaction amounts for BRL, INR, NZD, THB, CZK, HUF, AED, MYR, PLN, RON 10.1.0 Improved express checkout address handling for countries without state/postal codes 10.0.0 Payment Request Buttons are fully replaced by Express Checkout Legacy Checkout is fully deprecated and no longer available 9.8.0 Optimized Checkout Suite available via a configuration setting We will disable the Affirm or Klarna payment methods if the respective official plugin is enabled 9.7.0 Improved express checkout support for custom checkout fields Validate customer details against required billing fields from checkout before sending to Stripe 9.6.0 Legacy checkout deprecated by default Voucher payment methods can be used for subscription purchases when manual renewals are available Include extension data from block checkout for express checkout orders Add hooks to support custom checkout fields for classic checkout 9.5.0 Synchronize payment methods with Stripe Support Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) in Canada and the US Support BLIK in Poland and from other EU countries Support BECS Direct Debit payments in Australia