Cratejoy vs WooCommerce (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Cratejoy if

• Fits if you sell subscription boxes and want a marketplace plus your own site
• Works for new box sellers who want recurring billing without custom development

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you sell a lot, since each order adds 1.25% plus $0.10 on every plan
• Not for you if you sell one-off products, as the plans are built for recurring boxes
• Skip it if you want a trial, because none is listed
• Watch out: marketplace orders and renewals carry a 15% referral fee, and monthly billing costs more on every plan

Pick WooCommerce if

• Fits if you already have a WordPress site and want to add a shop to it
• Works for picking your own payment provider with no platform fee on sales

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you don't want to deal with hosting, updates, backups and security
• Not for you if you want one simple bill, as hosting at $25 to $350 a month and extensions are paid separately
• Watch out: many features are paid extensions at $29 to $299 a year each
• Tight if you ship a lot, since labels come through outside services such as ShipStation or Shippo
• Watch out: card fees depend on your processor; Woo gives about 2.5% to 2.9% + 30¢ for WooPayments

Cratejoy

• Every plan adds a transaction fee of 1.25% + $0.10 on top of the monthly price.
• Marketplace orders and renewals carry a 15% referral fee, which applies to Essentials and Advanced too.
• The plans are built for recurring boxes; the vendor does not position them for general one-off product stores.
• Prices shown are the yearly-billed rate; paying monthly costs more on every plan.

WooCommerce

• You need WordPress and web hosting from a provider you choose; Woo puts hosting for most stores at $25 to $350 a month.
• Many features come as paid extensions, which Woo says cost $29 to $299 a year each.
• Card fees depend on the processor; Woo gives about 2.5% to 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction for its own WooPayments.
• Because the store runs on your own hosting, updates, backups and security fall to you or your host.

Cratejoy

Subscription renewals and shipping

Advanced rebilling and shipping features and built-in customer management tools aimed at recurring boxes.

Marketplace listing

Sellers list on Cratejoy's consumer Marketplace, which the vendor says draws about 4 million monthly page views.

Your own website

Essentials and Advanced include a custom site built on responsive templates, with app integrations and an API.

Checkout and currencies

Secure checkout supporting 138 currencies, with fraud protection included.

Dunning and tax

Advanced adds advanced dunning for failed payments and a native TaxJar integration.

Seller support

Support by live chat and email, with priority support included on Advanced.

WooCommerce

Open-source WordPress plugin

Adds a store to a WordPress site. The code is open source, so the store can be changed freely, and products, orders and API use are not capped.

Any payment provider

Use Woo's own WooPayments or any other gateway or buy-now-pay-later service, run several at once, and pay no extra fee to Woo for using a third-party processor.

Extensions and themes

Hundreds of extensions and themes in Woo's marketplace add features such as subscriptions, wholesale pricing and marketing tools, many of them paid.

Shipping integrations

Live carrier rates, label printing, tracking and returns come through integrations such as ShipStation, Shippo and Easyship, which are free to download.

Mobile app and in-person sales

The free WooCommerce app for iOS and Android manages products and orders and takes payments in person with Tap to Pay or a Woo card reader.

Cratejoy

• Marketplace Only$24.99

  per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)

  A listing on the Cratejoy Marketplace plus subscription tools. Adds 1.25% + $0.10 per transaction and a 15% referral fee on every order and renewal.

• Essentials$59

  per month, billed annually ($79 billed monthly)

  Your own custom website and themes plus a Marketplace listing. Adds 1.25% + $0.10 per order; Marketplace orders also carry the 15% referral fee.

• Advanced$159

  per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)

  Everything in Essentials, plus native TaxJar integration, advanced dunning, a referral app and priority support. Same transaction and referral fees.

WooCommerce

• WooCommerce$0

  The free, open-source WordPress plugin, which you host yourself on a provider you choose. No monthly subscription, platform fee or revenue share.

Cratejoy

• Annual discount

  Lower rate for yearly billing

  The pricing page shows each plan cheaper when paid yearly: $24.99 vs $29, $59 vs $79 and $159 vs $199 per month.

WooCommerce

No public discounts listed.