Comparison Between Advanced Coupons And Smart Coupons

This is a detailed comparison of the plugins – Advanced Coupons by Rymera Web Co. and Smart Coupons by WebToffee. We have taken their features, pricing, and compatibility with WooCommerce into consideration. Also, both the free and premium version comparison is covered here.

Coupons are a tried and tested practice in the eCommerce business. Coupons can be beneficial to your business in many ways. But unfortunately, the default coupon system in WooCommerce is so limited that it offers only some basic functionalities.

Businesses have been relying on third-party coupon solutions providers for WooCommerce to achieve their specific wants and demands.

In this article, we will compare two of the most popular coupon plugins for WordPress. Smart coupons by WebToffee and Advanced Coupons by Rymera Web Co. Before we begin, let’s look at the limitations of WooCommerce’s default coupon option.

• No BOGO deals
• No option for Auto apply coupons
• No Giveaway
• No Store Credit
• No Cart Conditions
• Limited Coupon usage restrictions
• Cannot schedule coupon start date

Here are the parameters we use for the comparison. You can use these parameters to compare any other plugins by yourself.

1. Free v/s Premium
2. Features
3. Compatibility
4. Average Rating
5. Support and Documentation

1. Free v/s Premium

Both plugins have free versions and paid versions. What we are trying to do is analyze both free and paid versions of these plugins to find out which gives the most for the price and for free.

For Advanced Coupons

The free version of this plugin has 4 main exclusive features.

• BOGO Deals- The plugin allows you to offer Buy X Get X deals in your WooCommerce store.
• Cart Conditioning- The plugin supports a cart conditioning feature that lets you add various conditions for the cart page for coupons to be applied. There is extended cart conditioning with the premium version which we will discuss later.
• Store Credit – This plugin allows you to offer store credit to your customers. You can manually award store credits to your customers. There’s also an option to give refunds as store credits so that you can make sure the amount will be spent only on your cart.

The premium version of Advanced Coupons will cost you $119 for the starter plan. Here is what you’ll get with the premium version.

1. Extended Cart Conditioning – There are extended cart conditioning options available in the premium version. You can set various conditions based on the cart value, total spent, shipping zone and region, etc.
2. Giveaways- Giveaways can be a very useful feature for marketing and promotion. The premium version of this plugin has giveaway options that let you offer giveaways in your WooCommerce store.
3. Auto Apply Coupons – This is a major feature that misses out on the free version. The premium version has an automatic coupon apply option.
4. Payment Gateway Restrictions- The premium version also allows you to restrict coupon usage on specific payment gateways.

For Smart Coupons

Let’s see what are the main features available in the free version of this plugin

• Auto Apply Coupons – The plugin lets you create coupons that will automatically apply when a product is added to the cart. This saves a lot of time for the customers to manually add the coupon code.
• BOGO Coupons – The plugin lets you create simple BOGO deals for your WooCommerce store.
• Giveaways – It supports giveaway options in the free version.
• Maximum Discount Value – You can set the maximum discount amount that a user can get with the help of a percentage coupon.
• Multiple Coupon Display Options – The coupon created can be displayed at locations like cart and checkout with these additional coupon options.
• Payment Gateway Restrictions- The plugin also allows you to restrict coupon usage based on payment gateways.

There are many other features of the plugin as well, but we just touched on the main ones for the free version here. Now, let’s compare the features of premium versions of both these plugins.

The premium version will cost you $69 for the starter plan.

1. Advanced BOGO Coupons – You can offer advanced BOGO deals in your WooCommerce store with the premium version of this plugin.
2. Store Credits – The plugin lets you give store credits to your customers.
3. Coupon Customization – There are multiple coupon templates available with this plugin.
4. Cart Abandonment Coupon – The plugin allows you to offer cart abandonment coupons, decreasing cart abandonment in your WooCommerce store.
5. Email Coupons To Customers – This helps direct marketing by allowing you to send email coupons to your customers.

Considering both free and paid versions, it is clear that Smart Coupons provides more features. The smart Coupons plugin is also roughly half the price of Advanced Coupons.

2. Features

For Advanced Coupons

As said earlier, this coupon plugin has numerous features, even in the free version. It offers BOGO coupons, store credit, and cart conditioning options. The premium version has extended cart conditioning features and payment gateway restrictions. Apart from these features, the plugin has other features like URL coupons, coupon usage restrictions, role restrictions, etc.

For Smart Coupons

This plugin offers everything you are looking for from a coupon plugin. The free version of Smart Coupons offers more usability when compared with the features of Advanced Coupons, as it offers coupon auto-apply features and giveaway coupons.

It also offers BOGO coupons with the free version. The premium version has exclusive features like import coupons, duplicate coupons, advanced BOGO coupons, coupon expiry, and email coupons to customers.

When comparing the features, Smart Coupons offers more usability with auto-apply coupons, giveaway coupons, and BOGO coupons. So Smart Coupons plugin clearly is one step ahead in terms of features.

3. Compatibility

Advanced Coupons supports WordPress version 5.2 or higher, whereas Smart Coupons extends its compatibility with older versions of WordPress 3.3 or higher.

4. Average Rating

At the time of writing this article, Advanced Coupons has an average rating of 4.7, and Smart Coupons has an average rating of 4.9 which gives the advantage to Smart Coupons.

5. Support And Documentation

Both of these plugins have detailed documentation and tutorials that help set up the plugin easily. Also, both of these plugins have efficient support teams. One doesn’t outstand the other in terms of Support and Documentation.

Developer- WebToffee

Smart Coupons is one of the popular WooCommerce coupon plugins in WordPress. This plugin is exclusively for those looking for features that WooCommerce missed out on.

The plugin satisfies all your coupon needs for enhancing your store. It covers the ABCs for a must-have coupon plugin. The A stands for Auto apply coupons, B for BOGO features, and C for Customization.

This plugin also comes with BOGO (Buy One Get One) and a giveaway feature that too made available with the free version.

Developer – Rymera Web Co

Advanced Coupons is another leading coupon plugin for WooCommerce. The plugin has both free and paid versions. It offers some extra features that you can use to enhance your online store’s marketing efforts.

The main USP of this plugin is that it offers advanced cart conditions. This allows the store owners to specify conditions regarding the coupons, how they are to be used, and who can use them.

No doubt that both of these plugins are very competitive in offering the best features to their users. But we will measure various parameters to compare both of these plugins to find out which one is best.

Considering the above parameters, we would like to conclude that Smart Coupons offers more features at a lesser price when compared to the premium version of Advanced Coupons.

Both these plugins offer WooCommerce BOGO Coupons in the free versions. They have amazing features when compared with the limitations that WooCommerce has with its default coupon options.

Ultimately, the choice between Advanced Coupons and Smart Coupons depends on your specific needs and goals. Consider the size and scope of your store, your target audience, and your desired coupon strategy to determine which plugin is right for you.

No matter which plugin you choose, the important thing is to make the most of your coupons and promotions to drive sales and build customer loyalty. With the right tools and strategies, you can create effective and engaging campaigns that help you achieve your business goals and delight your customers.