# Common Ninja review (2026): is the free plan enough? > No-code embeddable widgets, including review and testimonial walls Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Common Ninja is a library of no-code website widgets that are designed in an editor and pasted in as one line of embed code. Its review widgets show Google, Facebook, Yelp and other reviews on a site, alongside many non-review widgets such as chat buttons and sliders. A free plan covers one widget; paid plans are priced per widget. - **Category:** Customer Review Tools - **Made by:** Common Ninja - **Website:** https://www.commoninja.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to ask customers for reviews, as it does not. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Common Ninja has a free plan, and paid plans start at $33.60 per widget / year, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for one widget with no time limit and no credit card; premium skins and higher monthly view limits need a paid plan. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Free forever, no credit card. Covers one widget, such as the All in One Reviews widget. | | Essentials | $33.60 per widget / year, billed annually | List price for one widget; the page says this works out at $2.80 a month. Price scales with widget count. | | Pro | $45.60 per widget / year, billed annually | List price for one widget; the page says this works out at $3.80 a month. Price scales with widget count. | | Ultimate | $76.80 per widget / year, billed annually | List price for one widget; the page says this works out at $6.40 a month. Price scales with widget count. | Read from https://www.commoninja.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Common Ninja before buying. ## Key features - **All in One Reviews widget:** Combines reviews from sources such as Google, Facebook, Yelp, Tripadvisor, Amazon, G2 and Etsy into one wall, as a carousel, grid or list. - **Review approval and filters:** Reviews queue for manual approval; you can also set a minimum star rating and include or exclude keywords. - **Sorting and styling:** Sort by newest, oldest, highest or lowest rating, then pick a skin and adjust colors, fonts and spacing, with custom CSS. - **One-line embed:** Paste a single embed snippet into WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Canva, Webflow and other pages that accept custom HTML. - **Other review widgets:** Separate widgets cover Google Reviews, Facebook Reviews, G2 Reviews, a reviews badge and a testimonials slider. ## Good for - Site owners who want to show existing Google or Facebook reviews without code - Small sites that need one review widget and can stay on the free plan - Agencies that place the same widget on sites built in different builders ## Worth knowing - It displays reviews gathered elsewhere; it does not send review requests to customers. - Paid prices are per widget, so a site with several widgets pays more than the single-widget list price. - The pricing page does not spell out each tier's features; premium skins and higher view limits are the stated upgrade reasons. - Prices exclude VAT, which is added by country. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Common Ninja shows reviews you already have in an embed widget, free for one widget. It does not send review requests, and paid prices are per widget. - **Value for money: A.** Essentials is $33.60 a year per widget, about $2.80 a month, under the $9 mark for review tools. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free plan covers one widget with no time limit and no card. Premium skins and higher view limits are paid. - **Features: C.** It shows reviews gathered elsewhere, with approval, filters and styling. It does not send review requests. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. The widget has to be styled and embedded on each site. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, as an embed for WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Canva and Webflow. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Common Ninja's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among customer review tools - Common Ninja's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 60 of the 63 other customer review tools we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 59 of 63) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $2.80 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 2 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/reviews ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Common Ninja you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 60 of the 63 other customer review tools we grade. It costs $33.60 a year. - You could make: Review collection: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Squarespace and Wix among them, and has an API. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Shopify, Canva, Webflow, BigCommerce, Framer **Tags:** Review collection, No-code, Public API ## Alternatives - [EmbedSocial](https://toolgpa.com/tools/embedsocial): Widgets that show Google, Facebook and other reviews on any website. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/common-ninja-vs-sociablekit) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.commoninja.com/pricing - https://www.commoninja.com/widgets/all-in-one-reviews Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/common-ninja Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).