You could want to equip your Woocommerce website with product recommendations but don’t know which solution is the right one for you. This comparison guide will detail the differences between the two recommendation plugins : Flycart’s ‘Checkout Upsell for WooCommerce’ and WPSolr.
You could also view our top 5 WordPress recommendations plugins list.
Flycart Checkout Upsell for WooCommerce
As it’s name implies, Flycart’s ‘Checkout Upsell for WooCommerce‘ WordPress plugin is a plugin that is specialized in upselling products. You can place them in multiple locations and they rely on simple content-based (keywords) filtering algorithms.
- Intuitive UI.
- Uses basic Woocommerce related products algorithm (slow and inaccurate).
- Create related products, upsell products and frequently bought together recommendations.
- Place the recommendations in predetermined locations (cart page, thank you page, in product detailed view page, etc…).
- Choose from multiple templates and modify them in the editor.
WPSolr
WPSolr is a search & recommendations WordPress plugin that is more general purpose. It can work with blog websites, Woocommerce and even buddypress. WPSolr is compatible with many search and recommendations engines (view the comparison) which ensures fast and relevant results.
- Index any data type (any post-types, products, taxonomies, etc…).
- Uses third-party world-class AI recommenders (Algolia and Recombee) to recommend the most relevant products with lightning speed. They work using collaborative filtering which relies on analyzing user behavior and preferences to generate personalized recommendations.
- Many models to choose from : related, personal, trending, visually similar, cross-sell, etc… (view all Recombee and Algolia models).
- Also includes search (keyword search, AI search, Ajax search, personalized search).
- Place your recommendations anywhere using shortcodes.
- Many templates to choose from, customize them using twig.
- Detailed real-time analytics using the recommenders’ dashboard.
