Fluid Checkout is a popular free WooCommerce checkout plugin built around a multi-step checkout flow. If you’re evaluating a WooCommerce checkout plugin for your store, the choice usually comes down to how much you need built in: CheckoutWC pairs a full checkout redesign with a side cart, order bumps, post-purchase upsells and abandoned cart recovery in one plugin. The comparison below covers what’s included in each, feature by feature, sourced from both plugins’ own pages.
A fully featured side cart
Great stores deserve a cart that keeps pace. With CheckoutWC, you get a beautiful, sliding side cart for your WooCommerce store. The side cart lets buyers edit items, adjust quantities, and even see offers such as upsells and cross-sells.
Sales tools built for merchants
CheckoutWC is designed to give WooCommerce merchants a robust and delightful cart and checkout page out of the box with simple upsells and order bumps that anyone can use.
If you’re managing 40 different sales funnels with separate upsells and downsells, let’s be honest: CheckoutWC won’t be a good fit. But if you want a simple solution to nudge your customers to spend more with just a few clicks, we’ve got you covered.
Post-purchase upsells
Just because we keep things simple, doesn’t mean we don’t have the tools you need to boost your AOV (Average Order Value).
Take your Order Bumps one step farther and offer last-minute offers to your customers after they click ‘Place Order’.
Fluid Checkout vs CheckoutWC: feature comparison
CheckoutWC is a full-featured solution for your WooCommerce store. With our years of e-commerce experience, we’ve designed CheckoutWC to provide everything you need and nothing you don’t. Equip your WooCommerce store with the essentials for success, without any of the bloat.
| CheckoutWC | Fluid Checkout | |
|---|---|---|
| Free version on WordPress.org | ✓ | ✓ |
| Checkout templates | 5 | 4 (PRO) |
| Multi-step checkout | ✓ | ✓ |
| Order review step | ✓ | Partial‡ |
| One page checkout | ✓ | ✓ |
| Side cart | ✓ | ✕ |
| Thank you page | ✓ | ✓ |
| Express checkout: Apple Pay, Google Pay | ✓ | ✓ |
| Express checkout: Amazon Pay | ✓† | ✓† |
| Google address autocomplete | ✓ | ✕ |
| Fetchify address autocomplete | ✓ | ✕ |
| Address validation | ✓ | ✕ |
| Guest order account matching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local pickup | ✓ | ✓ (PRO) |
| International phone field | ✓ | ✓ |
| Order bumps and upsells | ✓ | ✕ |
| Abandoned cart recovery | ✓ | ✕ |
Every ✕ or “Not listed” above means the feature does not appear on Fluid Checkout’s public pricing, features, docs or add-on pages as of 25 September 2026 (pages read live that date). It’s what we could confirm from their own pages, not a claim the feature doesn’t exist anywhere in the plugin. Google address autocomplete is sold separately, only inside Fluid’s PRO+ Complete Bundle add-on tier, not core PRO (fluidcheckout.com/pricing/, 25 September 2026).
† Both CheckoutWC and Fluid Checkout support Amazon Pay by integrating with the official, separate Amazon Pay for WooCommerce plugin, not a bundled gateway of their own (fluidcheckout.com/docs/feature-express-checkout/ and checkout-for-woocommerce/includes/Compatibility/Gateways/AmazonPay.php, both read 25 September 2026).
This table compares CheckoutWC and Fluid Checkout’s paid plans. Both plugins also have a free version on WordPress.org: CheckoutWC Lite (wordpress.org/plugins/checkoutwc-lite/) includes a multi-step checkout, Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal express buttons, postal code autocomplete, inline validation and a custom field editor, with the side cart, order bumps, abandoned cart recovery and premium templates reserved for paid plans. Fluid Checkout Lite (wordpress.org/plugins/fluid-checkout/) includes multi-step and one-step layouts, shipping-before-billing, inline validation, a coupon field and login at checkout, with checkout templates and local pickup marked PRO on Fluid’s features page.
‡ Fluid Checkout shows review sections for completed steps rather than a separate order review step (wordpress.org/plugins/fluid-checkout/, 25 September 2026).
Fluid Checkout’s free plugin is also translated into 83 languages with RTL support, a plugin-wide feature that applies to both its free and PRO tiers.
Methodology: compared against Fluid Checkout’s own pricing page, features page, docs and add-on listings, and the wordpress.org listings for CheckoutWC Lite and Fluid Checkout, read 19 September and 25 September 2026 (both .org listings read 25 September 2026).
Which WooCommerce checkout plugin fits your store?
Fluid Checkout is a strong fit if you want a free multi-step checkout without much else layered on. CheckoutWC is a better fit if you also want a side cart, order bumps, post-purchase upsells and abandoned cart recovery built into the same plugin as your checkout. Both have a free version on WordPress.org if you want to try the base checkout experience before deciding.
