ArraySubs vs WooCommerce Memberships
WooCommerce Memberships handles access control but needs WooCommerce Subscriptions for recurring billing. ArraySubs does memberships and subscriptions in one free plugin.
- Free vs $199/yr
- Recurring billing built in
- No second plugin needed
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships, in short
Short answer: choose ArraySubs if you want memberships with built-in recurring billing, retention and analytics, for free. WooCommerce Memberships ($199/yr) is a solid access-control plugin with content dripping and a Teams add-on, but it has no billing engine of its own — recurring memberships require WooCommerce Subscriptions too, totalling $478/yr.
Choose ArraySubs if…
- Paid membership sites that bill recurringly
- Anyone wanting memberships + subscriptions in one plugin
- Sites that want retention flows and member analytics
- Merchants avoiding a $478/yr two-plugin bill
Choose Woo Memberships if…
- Stores already on the official Woo stack
- Free or one-time memberships with no recurring billing
- Teams that need the $129/yr group-membership add-on
ArraySubs is a free WooCommerce membership and subscription plugin and a direct alternative to WooCommerce Memberships. It restricts content by rules, drips content and maps roles like WooCommerce Memberships does — but it also bills memberships recurringly on its own, so you avoid pairing it with the separate WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin ($279/yr) to charge members.
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships: feature comparison
How ArraySubs Free and Pro compare with WooCommerce Memberships.
| Compare plans | ArraySubs Free$0 — free forever | Best valueArraySubs ProFree for 4 months | Woo Memberships$199/yr (1 site) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & licensing | |||
| Price | $0 | Free 4 months | $199/yr |
| Free tier | Included | Included | Not included |
| Built-in recurring billing | Included | Included | needs Woo SubscriptionsPartial |
| Memberships & access | |||
| Content restriction rules | Included | Included | Included |
| Content dripping / scheduling | Included | Included | Included |
| Product & category restriction | Included | Included | Included |
| Download restriction | Included | Included | Included |
| URL pattern restriction | Included | Included | Not included |
| Role mapping | Included | Included | Not included |
| Rules engine (AND/OR groups) | Included | Included | Not included |
| Restriction shortcodes | Included | Included | Not included |
| Member-only free shipping | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Teams / group memberships | Not included | Not included | $129/yr add-onPartial |
| Subscriptions & billing | |||
| Recurring subscription products | Included | Included | Not included |
| Plan switching & proration | Included | Included | Not included |
| Customer self-service portal | Included | Included | members areaPartial |
| Retention, revenue & insight | |||
| Retention flow builder | Included | Included | Not included |
| Store credit system | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Advanced analytics | Not included | Included | Not included |
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships pricing
Free core, forever. Pro is free for 4 months during early launch.
Memberships + recurring billing in one free plugin, vs $478/yr.
$199/yr (1 site)
Recurring memberships also need WooCommerce Subscriptions ($279/yr) — $478/yr for both.
Where each plugin pulls ahead
An honest read on what ArraySubs does better, what wins are even, and where the competitor leads.
Built-in recurring billing
ArraySubs bills memberships recurringly on its own. WooCommerce Memberships has no billing engine — it needs WooCommerce Subscriptions ($279/yr) to charge members on a schedule.
Deeper restriction rules
ArraySubs adds URL pattern restriction, role mapping and an AND/OR rules engine on top of standard content and product restriction. WooCommerce Memberships covers the basics well but without those.
Retention, store credit & analytics
ArraySubs layers a retention flow builder, store credit and member analytics over access control. WooCommerce Memberships has none of these.
Teams / group memberships
WooCommerce Memberships offers a Teams add-on ($129/yr) for organisation-level memberships. ArraySubs does not yet have group memberships.
Member-only free shipping
WooCommerce Memberships includes member-only free shipping out of the box. In ArraySubs this is approximated with member discount rules.
Core content restriction
Both restrict pages, posts, products and downloads and support content dripping. On standard access control they are closely matched.
Moving from Woo Memberships to ArraySubs
Moving from WooCommerce Memberships to ArraySubs means recreating your membership plans and restriction rules — most map directly to ArraySubs' rule types. The upside: you can drop WooCommerce Subscriptions at the same time, since ArraySubs bills members recurringly itself.
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships: common questions
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vs Woo Subscriptions
The official $279/yr subscriptions plugin. ArraySubs matches its billing and adds memberships, retention, store credit & analytics — free.
vs YITH Membership
YITH's premium-only €179.99/yr membership plugin that needs YITH Subscription to bill. ArraySubs does memberships + billing free.
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