FlexiCommerce vs WooCommerce
WooCommerce is free, and free is a real advantage. It is also the option where the bill arrives in a different currency: hosting, plugins, updates, security and your own time.
The plugin is free; the store is not
WooCommerce itself costs nothing. A UAE store built on it usually ends up paying for hosting that can take the traffic, a VAT-invoice plugin, a Tabby plugin, a Tamara plugin, a COD reconciliation plugin, a delivery-zone plugin, a backup service, and either a developer or a lot of evenings.
None of that is hidden — it is simply how self-hosting works, and plenty of businesses run it happily for years. The comparison worth making is not "free versus paid" but "your time and your plugin stack versus one bill".
FlexiCommerce and WooCommerce, line by line
| FlexiCommerce | WooCommerce | |
|---|---|---|
| Cut of your sales | None | None |
| Licence cost | Plan price | Free |
| Hosting, SSL and backups | Included | Yours to buy and run |
| Security updates | Ours | Yours |
| UAE TRN tax invoice, all FTA fields | Built in | Plugin |
| Tabby, Tamara and COD | Built in | Plugin each |
| Delivery by emirate and area | Built in | Plugin |
| Your own app on both stores | Included on Business | Build it yourself |
| You own the code and database | No | Yes — completely |
| Customisable without limit | Within the theme system | Yes — it is your code |
| Someone to call | Included | A developer you hire |
Compiled from published pricing and documentation at the time of writing. Platforms change their plans often — check anything that would change your decision directly with the vendor.
When WooCommerce is the right answer
If you want to own the code and the database outright, WooCommerce gives you that and we do not. That is genuine freedom — you can change anything, host anywhere, and nobody can take the platform away from you.
It is also the right call if you already have a developer who knows it. A team that can maintain a WooCommerce stack will get more out of it than they will out of any hosted platform, ours included.
What people ask when switching
Can I move a WooCommerce store to you?
What if I want to leave later?
Weighing something else up
Run both for two weeks
Import your catalogue, place a few real orders, look at the invoice and the app. Comparing screenshots is guesswork; comparing your own products is not.
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