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QUANTM7 vs
WooCommerce

Same power. Zero maintenance. No hosting. No plugins. Just 1% on completed sales.

£0

Monthly fees

vs £100-300/mo hosting + plugins

1%

Platform fee

vs 0% + £100-300/mo fixed costs

0

Plugins to manage

vs 20-40 typical WooCommerce

Zero

Maintenance

vs hours per month

Feature
QUANTM7
WooCommerce

Pricing & Total Cost

Monthly subscription fee
£0
£0 (plugin is free)
Platform fee on sales
1%
0% (but see total costs below)
Hosting cost
Included
£10-100/mo (managed WP hosting)
SSL certificate
Included
£0-50/yr (host dependent)
Premium plugins (typical)
£0
£50-200/mo (B2B, subscriptions, memberships, etc.)
Security & backups
Included
£10-50/mo (Jetpack, Wordfence, etc.)
Typical total monthly cost
1% of sales
£100-300/mo before sales

What's Included

B2B wholesale pricing
Plugin (~$100/yr)
Customer tier pricing
Plugin required
NET payment terms (30/60/90 days)
Plugin required
Subscriptions
WooCommerce Subscriptions ($240/yr)
Memberships
Plugin ($200/yr)
Appointment bookings
WooCommerce Bookings ($300/yr)
Gift cards
Plugin ($130/yr)
Store credit
Plugin required
Discount codes
Abandoned cart recovery
Plugin (£20-50/mo)

Maintenance & Security

Zero maintenance required
Automatic security updates
Manual or paid service
No plugin conflicts
Very common (breaks sites)
No site crashes from updates
Frequent issue
No hack risk from plugins
Major vulnerability vector
Automatic backups
Plugin or host dependent
Developer needed for issues
Often required (£50-150/hr)

Global Selling

Multi-currency (150+ currencies)
WPML Multi-Currency (£100/yr)
Live exchange rates
Plugin required
Multi-language support
WPML ($100+/yr)
Automatic translations
Built-in (DeepL)
WPML + TranslatePress (~£150/yr)
Region-specific domains
Complex multi-site setup
Localized pricing per region
Plugin required

Products & Catalog

Unlimited products
Unlimited (but slow at scale)
Product variants
Unlimited
Unlimited (complex UI)
Linked variants (colour families)
Plugin required
Catalogue mode (no pricing)
Plugin required
Low stock alerts (per product)
Plugin required
Linked collections
Manual or plugin
Digital products
Product templates (different layouts)
Custom theme dev

Shipping & Fulfillment

Multi-carrier shipping rates
Extensions for each carrier
Shipping label printing
WooCommerce Shipping ($0, limited)
BYOC (bring your own carrier)
Plugin or custom dev
Returns portal
Built-in
Plugin required
Order documents (invoices, pick lists)
Plugin (£50/yr)
Multi-location inventory
Plugin required

Customers

Customer accounts
Customer segments
Plugin required
Wishlists
YITH Wishlist (£80/yr)
Trade registration
Custom dev or plugin
Abandoned cart recovery
Plugin (£20-50/mo)

Performance & Technology

Blazing fast static pages
Headless WP (complex setup)
Mobile-first responsive
Theme dependent
99.9% uptime SLA
Host dependent (varies)
Global CDN delivery
Plugin or host add-on
Page speed
Fast by default
Slow (plugin bloat, database)
AI product enrichment (SEO)
Plugin required
Database optimization
Automatic
Manual or plugin

The bottom line

WooCommerce is "free" until you add hosting (£10-100/mo), premium plugins for B2B ($100/yr), subscriptions ($240/yr), memberships ($200/yr), bookings ($300/yr), multi-currency ($100/yr), security (£10-50/mo), and countless hours of maintenance, updates, and troubleshooting plugin conflicts. Most WooCommerce stores cost £100-300/mo before making a sale. QUANTM7 charges 1% on completed sales with all features included and zero maintenance. No sale, no charge.