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Heartland Retail vs WooCommerce

Heartland Retail logo

Heartland Retail

E-commerce & Retail

Omnichannel retail management platform

From
$150/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
WooCommerce logo

WooCommerce

E-commerce & Retail

The flexible, open-source ecommerce platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only WooCommerce has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • They diverge on capability: Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, WooCommerce covers Product management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Heartland Retail and WooCommerce actually diverge.

Attributes where Heartland Retail and WooCommerce differ
AttributeHeartland RetailWooCommerce
Starting price$150/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionfreemium
Free tierNoYes
Founded19972011

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (E-commerce & Retail).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Heartland Retail

  • Point of sale
  • Omnichannel selling
  • Inventory management
  • Customer management
  • Payment processing
  • Employee management
  • Analytics
  • Reporting

Only in WooCommerce

  • Product management
  • Shopping cart
  • Payment integration
  • Shipping management
  • Tax calculations
  • Customer accounts
  • Order management
  • Inventory tracking

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Heartland Retail

No use cases recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

WooCommerce

  • Running an online store inside an existing WordPress sitenot Heartland Retail
  • Selling physical, digital or subscription products with full control of the codenot Heartland Retail
  • Building a customised commerce workflow through plugins and hooksnot Heartland Retail

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Heartland Retail

Nothing recorded yet. See the Heartland Retail review.

WooCommerce

  • The plugin is free but you must supply and pay for WordPress hosting, which WooCommerce itself puts at $25 to $350 per month for most stores
  • Functionality such as subscriptions and bookings comes from paid extensions priced at $29 to $299 per year each, renewed annually
  • Card payments through WooPayments cost roughly 2.50 to 2.90 percent plus 30 cents per transaction
  • Total cost depends on how many extensions a store needs rather than a single published plan price

Pricing, plan by plan

Heartland Retail

$150/month
  • Core$150/month
    • POS system
    • Inventory management
    • Customer management
  • Professional$350/month
    • All Core features
    • Omnichannel
    • Advanced analytics

WooCommerce

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Core ecommerce features
    • Unlimited products
    • Community support
  • Premium$299/year
    • All Free features
    • Premium support
    • Performance optimization

Which should you pick?

Choose Heartland Retail if

  • You need point of sale.
  • You also want omnichannel selling.
Heartland Retail review

Choose WooCommerce if

  • You need product management.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want shopping cart.
WooCommerce review

Questions people ask

Is Heartland Retail or WooCommerce better?
Neither clearly leads. Heartland Retail starts at $150/month and WooCommerce at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Heartland Retail or WooCommerce?
WooCommerce has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $150/month for Heartland Retail and Free for WooCommerce.
Does Heartland Retail or WooCommerce run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use WooCommerce for free?
Yes. WooCommerce has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Heartland Retail starts at $150/month.
What can Heartland Retail do that WooCommerce cannot?
Heartland Retail covers Point of sale, Omnichannel selling, Inventory management, Customer management. WooCommerce covers Product management, Shopping cart, Payment integration, Shipping management.
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