Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart vs WP Simple Pay
Updated 11 Oct 2026. 23 features compared side by side.
Free WordPress connector for Ecwid by Lightspeed, a hosted store you embed in WordPress. Paid plans start at $5/month with no sales fees.
Stripe payment-form plugin for one-off and recurring payments without a cart. The free version adds a 3% fee; paid plans remove it.
Choose Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart if…
- You need digital downloads and shipping rates
- You also want extension ecosystem and abandoned cart recovery
- You want the more complete feature set (89/100 vs 54/100)
- You prefer the more widely used option
Choose WP Simple Pay if…
- You need store data in WordPress
- You want to start with a free version
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart includes 4 features that WP Simple Pay lacks, including Digital downloads, Abandoned cart recovery and Shipping rates; WP Simple Pay has 1 that Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart lacks, including Store data in WordPress. Both include 15 of the 23 features we track. 2 features are not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart WP Simple PayProducts5/64/6
Physical products on all plans, within each plan's product cap (10 on Starter).
Can collect shipping addresses and limit purchases, but there are no weights, shipping rates or stock control.
Downloadable e-goods up to 25GB per file, delivered after payment.
No file delivery or secure download links; it only takes the payment.
Product options and variations with their own SKU, price and stock; the pricing page does not map this to plans.
A form can offer several price options with quantities, but there are no attribute-based variants with their own stock.
Recurring subscriptions; needs Lightspeed Payments or Stripe.
Recurring Stripe subscriptions in free; trials, setup fees and installments need Professional.
Stock tracking, including per variation, with low-stock alerts and sync across channels.
Purchase restrictions cap how often a form or price can be bought; this is a usage limit, not stock tracking.
No built-in licence-key generation in the feature list.
No licence-key generation.
Checkout & payments5/75/7
PayPal, Stripe and 70+ other payment providers with no paid add-ons.
Stripe is built in and free (with a 3% fee); no PayPal or other gateways.
One-tap Apple Pay and Google Pay checkout via Lightspeed Payments or Stripe.
Apple Pay and Google Pay on Stripe Checkout in free; on custom on-site forms with a paid plan.
Custom checkout with extra checkout fields; the hosted checkout layout itself is fixed.
Drag-and-drop custom fields and on-site embedded or overlay forms; free uses Stripe-hosted Checkout.
Discount coupons on Venture; scheduled promotions such as BOGO and bulk pricing on Business.
Percentage or fixed coupons with expiry and redemption limits; repeating durations need Professional.
No checkout order bump or post-purchase upsell is listed on the pricing or features pages.
No order bumps or post-purchase upsells.
Automated abandoned-cart recovery emails.
No abandoned checkout recovery emails.
Neither the features nor the pricing page describes selling in several currencies.
Each form charges in a chosen currency (135+ supported), but there is no currency switcher; one currency per checkout.
Tax, shipping & orders5/54/5
Automated tax rates for the US, Canada and EU VAT, plus a TaxJar integration.
Fixed tax rates on all paid plans; location-based automatic rates need Professional.
Live rates from USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Australia Post; shipping labels too.
Addresses can be collected, but no shipping zones, rates or labels.
Manage, edit and create orders in the Ecwid control panel, which is embedded in WP admin.
Free Transactions page to search and export payments; refunds from WordPress need a paid plan.
Customers sign in to view their orders; optional single sign-on with WordPress users.
Customers can manage their own subscriptions; there is no full account area with order history.
Built-in reports on Venture; advanced reports and analytics on Business and up.
Activity & Reports shows payment volume and recent payments, not product or customer analytics.
Platform4/54/5
Ecwid charges 0% per sale on every plan; only provider fees apply.
Free version adds a 3% fee per payment; all paid plans charge 0% extra.
Hosted SaaS: products, orders and customers are stored on Ecwid's servers.
Payments, customers and subscriptions live in Stripe; WordPress keeps a transaction list.
App Market for marketing, shipping, accounting and other apps; access starts on Venture.
A few integrations (AffiliateWP, Zapier, Elementor, Divi) but no extension library.
About ten Gutenberg blocks: store, category, product cards, buy button, search, cart and checkout.
Payment forms can be inserted with a block, but there are no product, cart or checkout blocks.
Public REST API and webhooks for orders, products and stock sync.
Hooks and filters for developers; webhooks and Zapier are included on paid plans.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart Premium
| Starter | $5 per month, Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Venture | $35 per month, Unlimited |
| Business | $65 per month, Unlimited |
| Unlimited | $149 per month, Unlimited |
WP Simple Pay Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Lite (free) | Free per year, Unlimited |
| Personal | $99 per year, 1 site |
| Plus | $199 per year, 3 sites |
| Professional | $399 per year, 10 sites |
| Elite | $599 per year, Unlimited |
Downloads trend
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart
2,012 downloads last week
WP Simple Pay
2,229 downloads last week
Verdict
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart scores higher on our feature checklist (89/100 against 54/100) and includes digital downloads, shipping rates and extension ecosystem that WP Simple Pay does not. WP Simple Pay still has the edge on store data in WordPress. Only WP Simple Pay has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart: paid version (Venture). WP Simple Pay: not included. Downloadable e-goods up to 25GB per file, delivered after payment.
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart: included. WP Simple Pay: not included. Live rates from USPS, UPS, FedEx, Canada Post and Australia Post; shipping labels too.
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart: paid version (Venture). WP Simple Pay: not included. App Market for marketing, shipping, accounting and other apps; access starts on Venture.
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart: paid version (Business). WP Simple Pay: not included. Automated abandoned-cart recovery emails.
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart: not included. WP Simple Pay: partial. Payments, customers and subscriptions live in Stripe; WordPress keeps a transaction list.
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FAQ
Which is better, Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart or WP Simple Pay?
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart scores higher on our feature checklist (89/100 against 54/100) and includes digital downloads, shipping rates and extension ecosystem that WP Simple Pay does not. WP Simple Pay still has the edge on store data in WordPress. Only WP Simple Pay has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart includes 19 of the 23 features we track, against 17 for WP Simple Pay. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart free?
Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart is premium only. Paid plans start at $5/mo.
Is WP Simple Pay free?
WP Simple Pay has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $99/yr.
Feature data last changed 11 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart or WP Simple Pay. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.