Price
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Free core
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Pro upgrade
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
$199/yr
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
No credit card required
The verdict
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
Module coverage
One plugin, 67 modules, 127 ready setups
47 modules are free/core-accessible and 20 are Pro-only (Checkout Page Builder, Multi-Login Prevention, Fixed-Date Subscriptions, Customer-Chosen Subscription Duration, Installment / Split Payments, First-Class Stripe Support, Paddle Payments, PayPal Payments, Product Page Redirection, Subscription Shipping, Early Renew, Flexible Renewal Sync, Auto-Retry Failed Payments, Auto-Downgrade on Failure, Feature-Based Conditions, Member Insight, Donation & Crowdfunding Module, Store Credit, Gateway Health, Feature Manager) — consolidating what stores otherwise license as 5–6 separate plugins, with 127 documented, copy-me configurations to start from.
- 67root modules
- 47core-accessible
- 20Pro-only
- 127documented setups
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.
Side by side
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships: feature comparison
How ArraySubs Free and Pro compare with WooCommerce Memberships.
Pricing & licensing
Free tier
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Built-in recurring billing
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
needs Woo Subscriptions
Memberships & access
Content restriction rules
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Included
Content dripping / scheduling
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Included
Product & category restriction
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Included
Download restriction
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Included
URL pattern restriction
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Role mapping
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Rules engine (AND/OR groups)
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Restriction shortcodes
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Member-only free shipping
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Not included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Not included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Included
Teams / group memberships
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Not included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Not included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
$129/yr add-on
Subscriptions & billing
Recurring subscription products
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Plan switching & proration
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Customer self-service portal
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
members area
Retention, revenue & insight
Retention flow builder
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Store Credit
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Not included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Analytics
ArraySubs Free
Free core
Not included
Best value
ArraySubs Pro
Pro upgrade
Included
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Not included
Pricing
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships pricing
ArraySubs
Free core, forever. Pro details live on the pricing page.
Memberships + recurring billing in one free plugin, vs $478/yr.
Woo Memberships
$199/yr (1 site)
Recurring memberships also need WooCommerce Subscriptions ($279/yr) — $478/yr for both.
Last updated: v1.29.1 · 1 Jul 2026 (woocommerce.com, verified 9 Jul 2026)
Key differences
Where each plugin pulls ahead
An honest read on what ArraySubs does better, what wins are even, and where the competitor leads.
ArraySubs
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.
ArraySubs
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.
ArraySubs
Retention, Store Credit, Feature Manager, Gateway Health, Member Insight & Analytics
ArraySubs layers a retention flow builder, Store Credit, Retention Analytics, and Member Insight over access control. WooCommerce Memberships has none of these.
Woo Memberships
Teams / group memberships
WooCommerce Memberships offers a Teams add-on ($129/yr) for organisation-level memberships. ArraySubs does not yet have group memberships.
Woo 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.
Even
Core content restriction
Both restrict pages, posts, products and downloads and support content dripping. On standard access control they are closely matched.
Switching
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.
FAQ
ArraySubs vs Woo Memberships: common questions
Yes. ArraySubs offers the same access control — content restriction, dripping, product/category and download restriction — plus URL restriction, role mapping, an AND/OR rules engine, and native Elementor section gating, all free, with recurring billing built in.
Only for free or one-time memberships. To charge members on a recurring schedule, WooCommerce Memberships requires WooCommerce Subscriptions ($279/yr), totalling $478/yr. ArraySubs bills recurringly on its own.
Yes. Content restriction, content dripping, role mapping, the rules engine and recurring member billing are all in the free core.
WooCommerce Memberships has a paid Teams add-on for group memberships and built-in member-only free shipping. ArraySubs lacks group memberships today and handles member perks through discount rules instead.
Keep comparing
Related comparisons
See how ArraySubs stacks up against other subscription and membership plugins.
vs Woo Subscriptions
The official $279/yr subscriptions plugin. ArraySubs matches its billing with a free core, then adds paid Pro modules for Store Credit, Feature Manager, Gateway Health, Member Insight & Analytics.
vs YITH Membership
YITH's premium-only €179.99/yr membership plugin that needs YITH Subscription to bill. ArraySubs does memberships + billing free.
Paid Pro plans
Choose the ArraySubs Pro plan that fits
Install the free core today, then upgrade securely when you need the full Pro feature set.
No credit card required · Annual and lifetime options available