--- title: "Poltura vs WooCommerce: the full cost - Poltura" description: "WooCommerce is free to download. Hosting, local plugins and maintenance are not. The full cost next to Poltura's plans, with sources and a calculator." url: "https://poltura.com/en/compare/woocommerce/" lang: en alternates: hu: "https://poltura.com/compare/woocommerce/" en: "https://poltura.com/en/compare/woocommerce/" x-default: "https://poltura.com/compare/woocommerce/" --- # WooCommerce is free. **Running it is not.** Hosting, local plugin licences and maintenance compared with Poltura's plans, with sources for each. [Start my move](https://id.poltura.com/sign-up?source=woocommerce) [Moving from WooCommerce](https://poltura.com/en/switch/woocommerce/) Prices and features checked on **27 October 2026** Sources ↓ ## What the entry plan **already includes.** Poltura Start next to WooCommerce Hosting and plugins. Per month on yearly billing, excluding VAT. Per month on monthly billing, excluding VAT. Poltura **Start** 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo - Card payments Included - Automatic invoicing Included - Couriers and parcel lockers From Plus - Price comparison feeds Included - API Included - MCP server for AI tools Included - More than one language From Plus - AI assistant Included WooCommerce **Hosting and plugins** ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* - Card payments Included - Automatic invoicing Via an app - Couriers and parcel lockers Via an app - Price comparison feeds Via an app - API Included - MCP server for AI tools Via an app - More than one language Via an app - AI assistant Via an app \* Estimate: a typical local shop's net monthly running cost from public prices (hosting with SSL, invoicing and courier plugins, backups and security, and a premium theme). The With maintenance line adds agency maintenance from 29,900 Ft a month. ## What would **your shop cost?** Pick what you need. Each side shows its cheapest plan that covers it. Per month on yearly billing, excluding VAT. Per month on monthly billing, excluding VAT. Poltura - Plus plan 9,990 Ft - Hosting and SSL Included - Automatic invoicing Included - Courier labels and pickup points (Plus) Included - Eight themes and the visual editor Included - Updates, backups and security Included **9,990 Ft** Per month, billed yearly, excl. VAT Per month, billed monthly, excl. VAT - Yearly billing saves you 24,000 Ft a year - 90% off your first month until 31 December WooCommerce - Hosting with SSL (Rackhost WP Midi) 2,000 Ft - Automatic invoicing: Számlázz.hu PRO plugin 919 Ft - Courier labels: Hungarian Pickup Points PRO 1,072 Ft - Backups: UpdraftPlus Premium 1,923 Ft - Security: Wordfence Premium 4,092 Ft - Premium theme: Astra Pro 1,895 Ft **11,900 Ft** Per month, billed yearly, excl. VAT Per month, billed monthly, excl. VAT Included in Poltura, not priced here - Monthly AI credits for Klea - We install platform updates and security fixes - Loyalty points, gift cards and reviews - 30 built-in reports - Discounts and coupon rules | | Monthly billing | Yearly billing, per month | | --- | --- | --- | | Start | 5,990 Ft | 4,990 Ft | | Plus | 11,990 Ft | 9,990 Ft | | Pro | 29,990 Ft | 24,990 Ft | | | Monthly billing | Yearly billing, per month | | --- | --- | --- | | Hosting and plugins | ≈ 11,900 Ft* | | | With maintenance | ≈ 41,800 Ft* | | \* This is not an official WooCommerce price list, but the typical net cost of running a local shop, based on public prices and shown as a monthly average. Hosting with SSL is 24,000 Ft a year excl. VAT, the Számlázz.hu and courier label plugins €65 a year net combined, backups and security (UpdraftPlus, Wordfence) about $219, a premium theme (Astra Pro) $69 a year and shop maintenance starts from 29,900 Ft a month net. Poltura in euros on yearly billing: Start €15, Plus €30, Pro €75 a month, excl. VAT. ### How we calculate this - Compared on yearly billing, as a twelfth of the yearly price; the switch shows monthly billing. Excluding VAT, rounded to whole amounts. - Payment provider fees (Barion, SimplePay, Stripe, Shopify Payments) and courier fees are excluded on both sides. - Poltura extras per month: one more team member 1,990 Ft, one more language 1,990 Ft, 1,000 more products 2,990 Ft. - Prices are net as of 28 October 2026; hosting uses the renewal price, not a first-year offer. - By default we tick what a typical local shop needs: card payments, automatic invoicing, couriers, backups and security and a premium theme. - Yearly prices are shown as a monthly share; euro and dollar licences use the ECB reference rate of 27 October 2026 (€1 = 367.48 Ft, €1 = $1.115). - Each line takes the cheapest credible paid option; free versions exist: the official Billingo and carrier plugins, MailPoet up to 500 subscribers, the basic UpdraftPlus and Wordfence and free themes, so a small shop can cover these for 0 Ft. - LiveChat is priced per user; the premium theme uses Astra Pro's yearly licence, while Flatsome is a one-off $59. - The domain, payment provider, invoicing service and courier fees are paid separately on both sides, so neither side includes them. - Your own time is counted as 2 hours a month at 5,000 Ft an hour; agency maintenance starts at 29,900 Ft a month net, and you pick one of the two. Sources: [rackhost.hu](https://www.rackhost.hu/wordpress-webtarhely) [visztpeter.me](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-szamlazz-hu/) [visztpeter.me](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-csomagpont-integracio/) [livechat.com](https://www.livechat.com/pricing/) [account.mailpoet.com](https://account.mailpoet.com/) [teamupdraft.com](https://teamupdraft.com/updraftplus/pricing/) [wordfence.com](https://www.wordfence.com/products/pricing/) [wpastra.com](https://wpastra.com/pricing/) [rankmath.com](https://rankmath.com/ai/pricing/) [wpml.org](https://wpml.org/purchase/) [molnartdesign.hu](https://molnartdesign.hu/weboldal-karbantartas/) [ecb.europa.eu](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) ## Every point, **with its source** 13 points from WooCommerce's public pages. Each cell names the cheapest plan that includes it. - Included - Higher plan - Via an app - Not available Included: on the smallest plan. Higher plan: only on a bigger plan. Via an app: by installing a separate app. Not available: not offered. Billing 3 - Platform and hosting Poltura: Start 4,990 Ft, Plus 9,990 Ft, Pro 24,990 Ft Start 5,990 Ft, Plus 11,990 Ft, Pro 29,990 Ft a month, hosting included WooCommerce: WooCommerce is free. You arrange hosting yourself: 24,000 Ft a year net with SSL. Where WooCommerce offers more Free and open source, on the host you choose [Source](https://www.rackhost.hu/wordpress-webtarhely) - Building the shop Poltura: Free and private until you open, built from one of eight themes WooCommerce: Agency-built WooCommerce shops from 250,000 Ft excl. VAT [Source](https://pixon.hu/weboldal-keszites-arak/) - Maintenance and updates Poltura: Included in every plan. Updates and security are managed by us. WooCommerce: Shop maintenance from 29,900 Ft a month net, general WordPress care from 4,990 Ft a month net, or your own time. [Source](https://molnartdesign.hu/weboldal-karbantartas/) Shop and design 4 - API Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo On every plan, with public developer docs and a command-line tool (CLI). WooCommerce: Included Hosting and plugins, ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* Unlimited APIs in the free core Where WooCommerce offers more Full access to the code and the database [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) - Multiple languages Poltura: Higher plan Plus, 9,990 Ft/mo 11,990 Ft/mo 1, 5 or 10 languages by plan, more for a monthly fee, with AI translation WooCommerce: Via an app Through a translation plugin [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) - Extensions Poltura: Included Apps installed in one click, updated by us WooCommerce: Via an app $29 to $299 a year per extension, updated by you Where WooCommerce offers more The widest choice of extensions, and code you control [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) - Products Poltura: 500, 5,000 or 100,000 by plan WooCommerce: Unlimited in the core, as many as your hosting can handle Where WooCommerce offers more No product limit in the software [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) Payments and shipping 2 - Online card payments Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo Barion, SimplePay, Stripe, PayPal and more WooCommerce: Included Hosting and plugins, ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* Any payment provider through its plugin, with no extra fee Where WooCommerce offers more Any payment provider that has a plugin [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) - Couriers and parcel lockers Poltura: Higher plan Plus, 9,990 Ft/mo 11,990 Ft/mo GLS, Foxpost, MPL, Packeta, Express One, DPD and UPS, with labels and lockers WooCommerce: Via an app Hosting and plugins, ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* Parcel locker and label plugin, €35 a year excl. VAT for under 5,000 orders [Source](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-csomagpont-integracio/) Invoicing 1 - Automatic invoicing Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo Billingo or Számlázz.hu, with no extra licence needed WooCommerce: Via an app Hosting and plugins, ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* Számlázz.hu plugin, €30 a year excl. VAT [Source](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-szamlazz-hu/) Marketing 1 - Price comparison feeds Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo Árukereső, Árgép, Olcsóbbat, Google, Heureka and Pepita feeds. Marketplace orders start on Plus. WooCommerce: Via an app A feed plugin, which strains the server with large catalogues [Source](https://ha-marketing.hu/2026/09/08/melyik-webshopmotort-valasszam/) AI and customer service 2 - AI assistant Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo Klea answers, edits products and copy, and asks before anything goes live. AI store design and AI replies in the Inbox start on Plus. WooCommerce: Via an app Through plugins of your choice [Source](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) - Connect AI tools (MCP) Poltura: Included Start, 4,990 Ft/mo 5,990 Ft/mo Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI tools connect on every plan. They look things up and make changes only within the permissions you give, and risky steps always wait for your approval. WooCommerce: Via an app Hosting and plugins, ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* ≈ 11,900 Ft/mo\* In developer preview: works with the MCP Adapter plugin, a WordPress username and an application password, for managing products and orders. [Source](https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/features/mcp/) ## Method and sources Checked on27 October 2026 This comparison was made on 27 October 2026 from WooCommerce's publicly available pages (sources in each table row and below). Plans are compared on yearly billing, as the monthly average excluding VAT; monthly prices are shown beside them. Transaction and payment provider fees, and the cost of separately paid apps, are included only where stated. We chose the points from features that matter to Hungarian online shops; the list is not exhaustive. WooCommerce's plans, prices and features may change, so their own pages are authoritative. If you spot an error, write to [hello@poltura.com](mailto:hello@poltura.com) and we will correct it. WooCommerce is a trade mark of its owner; Poltura is not affiliated with WooCommerce's operator. Sources: [WooCommerce pricing](https://woocommerce.com/pricing/) [Viszt Péter, Számlázz.hu plugin](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-szamlazz-hu/) [Viszt Péter, parcel locker plugin](https://visztpeter.me/woocommerce-csomagpont-integracio/) [Pixon, website and webshop prices](https://pixon.hu/weboldal-keszites-arak/) [ha-marketing, which webshop engine to choose](https://ha-marketing.hu/2026/09/08/melyik-webshopmotort-valasszam/) [Rackhost, WordPress hosting](https://www.rackhost.hu/wordpress-webtarhely) [WPML pricing](https://wpml.org/purchase/) [Molnárt Design, website maintenance](https://molnartdesign.hu/weboldal-karbantartas/) [DEVBOX, WordPress maintenance](https://devbox.hu/wordpress-karbantartas-uzemeltetes/) [ECB reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-hist-90d.xml) [LiveChat pricing](https://www.livechat.com/pricing/) [MailPoet pricing](https://account.mailpoet.com/) [UpdraftPlus pricing](https://teamupdraft.com/updraftplus/pricing/) [Wordfence pricing](https://www.wordfence.com/products/pricing/) [Astra Pro pricing](https://wpastra.com/pricing/) [Rank Math Content AI](https://rankmath.com/ai/pricing/) [WooCommerce MCP documentation](https://developer.woocommerce.com/docs/features/mcp/) ## Questions Isn't WooCommerce cheaper because it is free? The software is free, but a working shop is not: with hosting, invoicing and courier plugins, backups, security and a premium theme, a typical local shop comes to about 11,900 Ft a month net before maintenance. With free plugins and your own upkeep it can drop to around 2,000 Ft a month, but updates, backups and security are then yours to handle. Use the calculator below to work it out for your shop. What does WooCommerce do better? You own the code and the server, there is no product limit, and there is a plugin for almost anything. If you have a developer to maintain it, that freedom is worth a lot. ## Start your move, **pay when you open.** Build your new shop free and in private. Your WooCommerce shop keeps selling until your domain moves. [Start my move](https://id.poltura.com/sign-up?source=woocommerce) [Moving from WooCommerce](https://poltura.com/en/switch/woocommerce/)