FaStart vs WooCommerce
WooCommerce turns a WordPress site into a store you host and keep up yourself. FaStart is for shops that want hosting and updates taken care of, the daily work drafted for them, and every change waiting for their OK.
- Storefront and theme publishing
- WooCommerce: Check its storefront publishing
- FaStart: Design your store, preview it and publish it.
- Catalog and persistent data
- WooCommerce: Check how it keeps your catalog
- FaStart: Products, variants, photos and collections in one place.
- Cart-to-order checkout
- WooCommerce: Check its checkout
- FaStart: Cart, shipping choice and order summary in one checkout.
Why shops choose FaStart
Nothing to host or update
Hosting and updates come with every plan, and there are no plugins to keep up.
- Roadmap
An agent that asks first
Ally drafts listings, replies, reorders and campaigns. Nothing goes live without your OK.
- Roadmap
Türkiye's marketplaces in every plan
Trendyol and Hepsiburada first, from Core, with no FaStart fee on their sales.
Where WooCommerce is stronger
- Open source: you own the code and can host it anywhere.
- A large library of extensions for almost any need.
Side by side
Each FaStart line shows its status from the register; each WooCommerce line is what to check on its side.
| Question | WooCommerce | FaStart |
|---|---|---|
| Storefront and theme publishing | WooCommerceCheck its storefront publishing | FaStartDesign your store, preview it and publish it. The editor is built; saving and publishing open with stores.Roadmap |
| Catalog and persistent data | WooCommerceCheck how it keeps your catalog | FaStartProducts, variants, photos and collections in one place. The catalog is built and opens to merchants with their stores.Roadmap |
| Cart-to-order checkout | WooCommerceCheck its checkout | FaStartCart, shipping choice and order summary in one checkout. Checkout doesn't take orders yet.Roadmap |
| Real movement of money | WooCommerceCheck its payment providers | FaStartCard payments settle in your own account with the payment provider you connect. No payment provider can be connected yet.Roadmap |
| Carrier connections | WooCommerceCheck its carriers | FaStartCarrier choice, service level and delivery status inside the order flow. No carrier is connected yet.Roadmap |
| Marketplace synchronization | WooCommerceCheck its marketplaces | FaStartCatalog, prices, stock and orders kept in step with marketplaces from one place. No marketplace is connected yet.Roadmap |
| AI and merchant authority | WooCommerceCheck its AI features | FaStartAlly suggests a job, shows why and what will happen, and waits for your OK. Ally's suggestions aren't open to merchants yet.Roadmap |
| Maturity and limitation disclosure | WooCommerceCheck how it says what is ready | FaStartEvery feature on this site shows where it stands, and that status is checked in the code, not typed by hand.Live |
What it costs
FaStart's plans start at $39 a month on Core, hosting included, with 1.9% on orders paid through your own provider (0% with FaStart Payments). WooCommerce's core costs nothing; its pricing page puts hosting at $25 to $350 a month for most stores, and WooPayments at about 2.5 to 2.9% + 30¢ a transaction, before extensions.
FaStart's prices
Every plan and every fee, on one public price list.
Questions about FaStart and WooCommerce
Is FaStart cheaper than WooCommerce?
Can I move my WooCommerce store?
Do I need a developer?
Sources
- WooCommerce's pricing page, woocommerce.com/pricing, read on 10 October 2026.
- FaStart: the public register of what's live, a demo or planned, and the price list pricing-v5-2026-10-08.
Pick the store that fits how you sell.
Start with FaStart, or keep this page for when you weigh it up.