Woo Gift Cards vs YITH WooCommerce Account Funds
Updated 5 Oct 2026. 24 features compared side by side.
Official premium WooCommerce extension for selling digital gift cards, with account balances, scheduled delivery and blocks support.
Premium YITH wallet plugin: customers deposit funds, then pay fully or partly from their balance, with deposit discounts and admin fund management.
Choose Woo Gift Cards if…
- You need sell digital gift cards and send to a recipient
- You also want redeem at cart or checkout and custom amounts
- You want the more complete feature set (70/100 vs 44/100)
- You prefer the more widely used option
Choose YITH WooCommerce Account Funds if…
- You need refund to store credit and issue credit manually
- You also want wallet top-up and multi-currency
Woo Gift Cards includes 8 features that YITH WooCommerce Account Funds lacks, including Sell digital gift cards, Custom amounts and Card designs & templates; YITH WooCommerce Account Funds has 4 that Woo Gift Cards lacks, including Issue credit manually, Refund to store credit and Wallet top-up. Both include 7 of the 24 features we track. 2 features are not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Woo Gift Cards YITH WooCommerce Account FundsSelling gift cards5/70/7
Simple or variable products become digital gift cards.
Wallet only; YITH sells gift cards in a separate plugin.
Requires the separate paid Name Your Price extension from WooCommerce.com.
No gift cards; customers choose deposit amounts within admin limits instead.
Email image can be none, the product image or a custom upload; no customer design picker.
No gift card designs.
Codes are emailed to one or more recipients with a sender message.
No sending credit to another person documented.
Buyers can choose a delivery date; codes are emailed on that day.
No scheduled delivery.
Product page states printable/PDF vouchers are not supported.
No printable cards.
Docs state physical gift cards are not supported yet.
No physical card support.
Redeeming5/52/5
Codes can be applied at checkout or added to the account balance.
No codes to redeem; funds are applied at checkout instead.
Unused funds remain on the card or account balance.
Unused funds stay on the account; partial payment with another gateway.
Customers can view their total gift card balance and active cards.
Customers see their funds in My Account; no code-based lookup.
Several redeemed codes combine into one account balance spent together.
Not applicable: one funds balance per customer, no card codes.
Expiry set per product as a number of days.
No expiry for funds in the feature list or changelog.
Store credit & wallet2/65/6
Logged-in customers keep redeemed gift card funds as an account balance.
Each customer holds an account funds balance.
Docs state codes cannot be created manually, and balances are not directly editable.
Admins edit any user's funds with a description shown in their history.
FAQ says new gift cards cannot be issued when refunding an order.
Fund-paid orders refund to funds; mixed-payment orders need manual crediting.
No option to top up a balance other than buying and redeeming gift cards.
Customers deposit funds with limits, increments and optional bonus credit.
No cashback feature listed.
No cashback; offers deposit bonuses and pay-with-funds discounts instead.
Account page shows total balance and active redeemed cards; detailed history unclear.
Dedicated My Account section for deposits and transaction history.
Admin & compatibility4/64/6
Search/edit cards and analytics on issued, used and expired amounts.
Users table with per-user history plus a Deposits report.
CSV export and import of new codes; existing codes can't be updated.
Product page says in-store redemption is not supported.
Currency conversion is unsupported; cards only redeem in the purchase currency.
FAQ confirms WPML and Aelia currency switcher compatibility.
Listed as compatible with High-Performance Order Storage.
Changelog 1.32.1 added HPOS support for adding funds from the order metabox.
Supports the Cart and Checkout blocks; some integrations need classic checkout.
Cart and Checkout block support added in 1.31.0.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Woo Gift Cards Premium
| 1-year subscription | $79 per year, 1 site |
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YITH WooCommerce Account Funds Premium
| Premium (single site) | €129.99 per year, 1 site |
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Verdict
Woo Gift Cards scores higher on our feature checklist (70/100 against 44/100) and includes sell digital gift cards, send to a recipient and redeem at cart or checkout that YITH WooCommerce Account Funds does not. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds still has the edge on refund to store credit and issue credit manually. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Woo Gift Cards: included. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: not included. Simple or variable products become digital gift cards.
Woo Gift Cards: included. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: not included. Codes are emailed to one or more recipients with a sender message.
Woo Gift Cards: included. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: not included. Codes can be applied at checkout or added to the account balance.
Woo Gift Cards: not included. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: partial. Fund-paid orders refund to funds; mixed-payment orders need manual crediting.
Woo Gift Cards: via add-on. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: not included. Requires the separate paid Name Your Price extension from WooCommerce.com.
Woo Gift Cards: partial. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds: not included. Email image can be none, the product image or a custom upload; no customer design picker.
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FAQ
Which is better, Woo Gift Cards or YITH WooCommerce Account Funds?
Woo Gift Cards scores higher on our feature checklist (70/100 against 44/100) and includes sell digital gift cards, send to a recipient and redeem at cart or checkout that YITH WooCommerce Account Funds does not. YITH WooCommerce Account Funds still has the edge on refund to store credit and issue credit manually. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Woo Gift Cards includes 16 of the 24 features we track, against 11 for YITH WooCommerce Account Funds. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Woo Gift Cards free?
Woo Gift Cards is premium only. Paid plans start at $79/yr.
Is YITH WooCommerce Account Funds free?
YITH WooCommerce Account Funds is premium only. Paid plans start at €129.99/yr.
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