The one you can actually try first.
Barn2's WooCommerce Product Options is the plugin most roundups name first, and it earns that on field types and track record. It has no free version, so the only way to try it on your own store is to buy it. AddOnBoss free is a complete plugin, Pro is $89 against their $149, and the live on-image preview is included rather than a separate extension. Here is an honest look at both.
Feature by feature.
Barn2 are the leader here and the table says so where it is true. Green is there and works well, amber is partial or worth checking for your store.
| Feature | AddOnBoss | WooCommerce Product Options |
|---|---|---|
| A free version | ✓A complete free plugin on WordPress.org: reusable option sets, fourteen field types, groups, and every charge priced and taxed by WooCommerce. | ✕No free version. The only way to try it on your own store is to buy it and rely on the refund policy. |
| Price for one site, per year | ✓$89, with the live on-image preview, the size-run grid and artwork handling included rather than sold on top. | –$149, or $199 for the bundle that adds the Live Preview extension. |
| Breadth of field types | ✓Sixteen field types, fourteen of them in the free plugin. The date and time pickers, colour swatches and number fields named opposite are all included. | ✓Genuinely stronger: 16+ field types including date and time pickers, colour swatches and number fields. |
| Formula and calculation pricing | ✓Price from a rate per square metre and the dimensions a customer types, or from a width-by-height table. | ✓A price calculator with custom formulas, and a measurement price calculator for size, weight or area. |
| Live on-image preview | ✓The customer's name or logo drawn on your own product photo as they type, included in Pro at no extra cost. | –Yes, but as a separate Live Preview extension: $199 for the bundle rather than $149 for the plugin alone. |
| Conditional logic | ✓Show or hide a set or field from an earlier answer, written in plain words with no syntax to type. | ✓Show or hide add-ons depending on other options or variations. A long-standing strength. |
| Reusable option sets | ✓A set is an object in its own right. Build Colours once, attach it anywhere, edit it in one place and every product follows. | ✓Option groups assigned to any product or category. Same idea, well executed. |
| A whole size run in one grid, priced on the combined total | ✓Every colour by every size typed into one grid, added as one order, with the price dropping by band as the WHOLE run grows. Twenty-four shirts over six sizes reach the twenty-four band (Pro). | ✕Not part of this plugin. Barn2 do sell a separate Bulk Variations plugin for price-matrix ordering, so this is a second purchase and a different tool, not a gap in the company. |
| Stock held on a single choice | ✓Put a count on one option and WooCommerce owns it: one flavour sells out on its own, a refund puts it back, nobody oversells (Pro). | –Stock works if you show real variations as options, or through the Products option type, so the count lives on a product rather than on the choice. |
| Artwork checked before you print it | ✓An uploaded logo is inspected for resolution and refused or flagged before it reaches your printer (Pro). | –File uploads are collected and passed to the order. Inspecting the file is not part of it. |
| Shares an engine with a bundles plugin | ✓A set built in AddOnBoss is already there in BundleBoss. One library, no double render, no double charge when both are active. | ✕A standalone options plugin. Barn2 sell other WooCommerce plugins, but not on one shared options engine. |
| Track record, reviews and market position | ✕New. Few installs and no review base yet. The engine is our head start, not our history. | ✓The plugin most roundups name first, from an established WooCommerce plugin company with years of support behind it. |
Barn2 details from their own product and pricing pages, checked August 2026. They are actively developed and well supported; prices and feature sets change, so verify anything that matters to you before buying either.
When WooCommerce Product Options is the better pick.
Field types decide a lot of these choices, and Barn2 ship more than twice as many as we do, including the date and time pickers we have not built yet. If your product needs a field we do not have, that settles it on its own, and nothing else on this page makes up for a field you cannot build. They also have years of history, a large support team and the strongest name in this category, which is worth real money when something goes wrong on a live shop. AddOnBoss earns its place when you want to try before you buy, when you are pricing made-to-measure work by size, when you order a whole size run at once, when you need a count held on one choice, or when you are already running BundleBoss and want one option library across both.
Common questions.
Is AddOnBoss a good alternative to WooCommerce Product Options?
If you want to try before you buy, yes, because there is no free version of WooCommerce Product Options and AddOnBoss free is a complete plugin. It is also $89 against $149, or $199 once you add their Live Preview extension, and our on-image preview is included. Where Barn2 is stronger is field-type breadth and track record, and if those matter most to you they are the safer pick.
Where is WooCommerce Product Options the better choice?
Field types. They ship 16 or more including date and time pickers and colour swatches, where we ship seven. They also have years of history, a large support operation and the strongest name recognition in this category. If you need a field type we do not have, that decides it, and no amount of anything else makes up for a field you cannot build.
Can I try AddOnBoss before paying?
Yes. The free plugin on WordPress.org is a whole product rather than a trial: reusable option sets shown as swatches, buttons or dropdowns, pick-one or pick-several with limits, fourteen field types, groups, and every charge joining the cart line through WooCommerce own pricing and tax. Pro adds made-to-measure pricing, the size-run grid, per-option stock and artwork handling.
What happens to my setup if I stop paying for Pro?
Nothing is deleted. Your option sets, fields and prices stay where they are and the free plugin keeps rendering and charging everything it can. The Pro-only behaviour stands down and waits, so coming back later finds your setup as you left it.
Try it on your own shop first.
The free plugin is a whole product, not a trial. Install it, build a set, see how it charges, and decide about Pro later.