Zaytech splits Clover + WooCommerce across two products: a free payment gateway and a paid Smart Online Order plugin. CloverWoo combines payments, sync, auto-print, and customer flow in one plugin at $60/mo flat.
Zaytech is one of the most visible names in the Clover WordPress ecosystem because it ships two of the most-downloaded plugins for Clover merchants: Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce (free, on WordPress.org) and Smart Online Order for Clover (paid, tied to a Clover Marketplace app). Both are well-supported products with a long track record in food service.
The shape of the Zaytech stack is two separate products doing two separate jobs: the gateway handles card payments on your existing WooCommerce checkout, and Smart Online Order creates a Clover-driven online ordering experience that lives alongside (rather than synchronises with) your existing WooCommerce catalog. Merchants who want payments and a single source of truth between Clover and Woo typically end up running both plugins — plus, in many cases, a third sync tool to bridge their existing WooCommerce catalog into Clover.
CloverWoo is a single plugin that delivers the Clover payment gateway, bidirectional sync between your existing Clover catalog and WooCommerce store, order flow to the POS with auto-print, customer profile sync, saved cards, WooCommerce Subscriptions support, and tipping at checkout. One install, one subscription, one support relationship.
The clearest decision point: if you don't have an existing WooCommerce store and you're building a Clover-first online ordering page from scratch, Zaytech's Smart Online Order is a credible turnkey path. If you already run WooCommerce — or want your online store to be the canonical online presence with Clover as the POS layer underneath — CloverWoo is built for that pattern.
Compares CloverWoo against Zaytech's combined Payment Gateway + Smart Online Order stack.
| Feature | CloverWoo | Zaytech |
|---|---|---|
| Clover Payment Processing (iframe, PCI) | Yes | Yes |
| Free Payment Gateway | Included in $60/mo | Yes (free plugin) |
| Auto-Print Online Orders to Clover | Yes | Yes |
| Saved Cards & Repeat Checkout | Yes | Partial |
| WooCommerce Subscriptions Support | Yes | No |
| Tipping at Checkout | Yes | Partial |
| Bidirectional Product Sync | Yes | No |
| Real-Time Inventory Sync | Yes | Partial |
| Order Sync to Clover POS (full orders) | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Profile Sync | Yes | No |
| Modifier / Variation Sync | Yes | Partial |
| Dine-in / Takeaway / Delivery Order Types | Yes | Yes |
| Works With Existing WooCommerce Catalog | Yes | Limited |
| Single Plugin Solution | Yes | No |
| Single Subscription / Vendor | Yes | No |
| Multi-Region (NA / EU / LATAM) | Yes | Partial |
| WooCommerce HPOS Compatible | Yes | Partial |
Comparison reflects each platform's publicly documented feature set as of May 2026. Zaytech may have added features since — check the latest WordPress.org listings for their gateway plugin and Smart Online Order.
Zaytech's payment gateway is genuinely free — that's real and worth acknowledging. If your only requirement is “charge Clover-processed cards on my WooCommerce checkout,” you can do that for $0/month in software fees. Most Clover + Woo merchants need more than that though.
Smart Online Order has its own subscription — billed through the Clover Marketplace, with pricing tiers that vary by Clover region and account type. Public starting prices land in the $20–$50/mo range, with paid add-ons for features like SMS notifications, custom branding, and advanced reporting.
CloverWoo is a flat $60/month — no tiers, no add-ons, no per-channel surcharges. Everything (payments, sync, auto-print, customer profiles, modifier sync, saved cards, Subscriptions, tipping) is included. When you add Zaytech's payment gateway ($0) plus Smart Online Order ($20–50/mo) plus a separate sync tool to bridge an existing WooCommerce catalog ($30–99/mo), the combined cost typically exceeds $60/mo while introducing three vendors instead of one.
$60/mo
$0–150/mo
Zaytech's strategy is two focused products doing two jobs well. That's a reasonable architecture, but it pushes the integration burden onto the merchant. CloverWoo is built around the assumption that payments, ordering, and sync are the same job to a merchant — they all need to know about each other to work right.
Smart Online Order builds a Clover-powered storefront. If you don't have a WooCommerce site today and you want one fast, that's a feature. If you already have a WooCommerce site you've invested in (theme, SEO, content, plugins), Smart Online Order doesn't become your existing site — it sits next to it. CloverWoo extends what you already have rather than replacing it.
CloverWoo supports saved cards for repeat customers, WooCommerce Subscriptions for recurring billing, and configurable tipping at checkout. The free Zaytech payment gateway covers basic transactions and refunds but is more limited on saved cards and doesn't handle WooCommerce Subscriptions. Tipping in the Zaytech stack lives inside Smart Online Order's ordering flow, not the gateway.
CloverWoo syncs customer records between Clover and WooCommerce so a repeat customer is recognised on both channels. Neither Zaytech product offers this — purchase history stays siloed in whichever channel the customer used.
Zaytech earned its position in the Clover WordPress space by shipping two reliable products: a free payment gateway and a focused restaurant ordering plugin. For the merchants those products are aimed at — particularly small food-service shops starting fresh — they remain a credible choice.
The trade-off is that Zaytech's architecture asks the merchant to compose the integration themselves. Payments live in one plugin, online ordering in another, and any sync between an existing WooCommerce catalog and Clover lives in a third tool you bring yourself. That's three vendors, three update cadences, and three places for something to break when Clover or WooCommerce ships an API change.
CloverWoo collapses that surface area into one plugin at $60/mo flat. For merchants with an existing WooCommerce store who want their POS and online presence to operate as one system — with one subscription and one support relationship — that's usually the more honest total cost and the simpler operational story.
Zaytech sells two distinct WordPress plugins for Clover merchants. "Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech for WooCommerce" is a free payment gateway on WordPress.org. "Smart Online Order for Clover" is a paid restaurant-focused online ordering plugin tied to a Clover Marketplace app subscription. Most Clover + WooCommerce shops that need both payments and online ordering end up running both.
Yes — the WordPress.org listing for Clover Payment Gateway by Zaytech is free to download and install. You only pay standard Clover card-processing rates. That makes it a strong choice for budget-conscious merchants who only need card processing. CloverWoo is $60/mo, but bundles the gateway with bidirectional sync, customer profiles, saved cards, tipping, and Subscriptions — features the free Zaytech plugin doesn't include.
Not in the way merchants typically expect. Smart Online Order creates a dedicated online ordering experience populated from your Clover catalog — it's a parallel storefront rather than a sync layer for an existing WooCommerce catalog. CloverWoo, by contrast, keeps your existing Clover catalog and existing WooCommerce store in two-way sync so the WooCommerce store you already invested in stays the canonical online presence.
Yes. Many merchants pair Zaytech's free gateway with QuickSync or SKU IQ for sync. That works, but it's three different vendors (Zaytech for payments, a sync tool for catalog, and Clover for processing) with three update cadences and three support queues. CloverWoo collapses all of that into a single plugin and a single support relationship.
Yes — Zaytech's free payment gateway includes auto-print to Clover devices, which is one reason it's popular in restaurants. CloverWoo also auto-prints, with the addition that the printed order carries full line items, modifiers, and order-type metadata (dine-in / takeaway / delivery) that flow from WooCommerce through the order sync layer, not just the payment authorization.
If you have a very simple food-service shop with a small static menu, no need for two-way catalog sync, and you want to keep monthly software costs as low as possible, the free Zaytech payment gateway plus their Smart Online Order plugin is a reasonable budget stack. For merchants who already run a serious WooCommerce store and want their POS, online store, and payments to operate as one system — with one bill — CloverWoo is the more complete tool.
One plugin, one subscription. Full Clover WooCommerce integration with payments, sync, and POS operations.