How does B2BKing compare with other B2B & Wholesale plugins? (Comparison Table)

B2BKing is regularly compared with other WooCommerce B2B and wholesale plugins. This page is an overview of how it stacks up against the main alternatives. For each comparison, we link to a dedicated in-depth article that walks through features, dynamic rules, pricing, and real-world fit in detail. For a wider roundup that includes more alternatives, see the best WooCommerce B2B plugins.

Comparisons Index #


B2BKing vs WholesaleX #

WholesaleX is a WooCommerce wholesale plugin released in November 2022 by WPXPO. It offers a core wholesale feature set with role-based pricing, dynamic discount rules, a registration form builder, bulk order form, conversations, request a quote, private store, and a prepaid wallet feature.

B2BKing covers a meaningfully broader range of B2B scenarios in a single integrated plugin, including Purchase Order checkout, Company Credit (B2B line of credit), EU VAT/VIES validation, separate B2B/B2C inventory, per-group currencies, Tax Toggle, branded PDF quotes, MSRP display, and 25+ dynamic rule types covering payment-method and shipping-method discounts and surcharges. B2BKing was released in 2020 (roughly two years before WholesaleX) and has shipped 135+ versioned releases with continuous active development.

On the features both plugins now share, B2BKing was generally first to ship. WholesaleX added several of them (Page Visibility by Group, hide stock for B2C users, reCAPTCHA, backend order processing with dynamic rules, quantity step for min/max order rules) in 2024-2025.

Quick feature comparison #

FeatureB2BKingWholesaleX
Year launched2020November 2022
WordPress.org active installs (free)10,000+2,000+
Dynamic rule types25+~12
Payment-method discounts/surcharges✅Limited
Shipping-method discounts/restrictions✅❌
Invoice Payment Gateway✅❌
Purchase Order Gateway✅❌
Company Credit (B2B line of credit)✅Wallet (different concept)
EU VAT / VIES validation✅❌
Tax Toggle (incl./excl. by user)✅❌
Per-group currencies✅❌
Separate B2B/B2C inventory✅✅ (added Dec 2023)
Built-in CRM hub✅❌
MSRP display alongside wholesale✅❌
Branded PDF quotes✅❌
Content restriction shortcodes✅❌
Subaccounts with company order approval✅✅ (limited)
Sales reps companion plugin✅ (SalesKing)❌
Single-site starting price$199/yr$129/yr
Lifetime license available✅✅

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B2BKing vs Wholesale Suite #

Wholesale Suite is one of the oldest WooCommerce wholesale solutions, originally released in 2015 by Rymera Web Co. Rather than a single plugin, it's distributed as a bundle of five separate plugins: Wholesale Prices Premium, Wholesale Order Form, Wholesale Lead Capture, Wholesale Payments, and Wholesale Quotes.

B2BKing was built as an all-in-one plugin, consolidating the full range of B2B functionality into a single tightly integrated solution. It covers a broader scope than Wholesale Suite, particularly in areas like subaccounts, conversational messaging, Purchase Order checkout, separate B2B/B2C inventory, per-group currencies, sales reps (via SalesKing), and the built-in CRM hub. Wholesale Suite has the longer track record (10+ years vs. B2BKing's 6), but its feature scope is narrower and the full feature set requires running all five plugins together.

Pricing structure also differs: B2BKing offers per-site tiers (1, 3, or unlimited sites) plus a lifetime license option. Wholesale Suite's All Access Bundle is sold at a single unlimited-sites tier with no smaller per-site option and no bundle-level lifetime license.

Quick feature comparison #

FeatureB2BKingWholesale Suite
Year launched20202015
Active stores15,000+25,000+
ArchitectureSingle integrated pluginBundle of 5 plugins
Subaccounts (multiple buyers per company)✅❌
Conversational messaging system✅❌
Built-in CRM hub✅❌
Purchase Order (PO) gateway✅❌
Company credit / outstanding balance tracking✅✅
Separate B2B & B2C inventory✅❌
Per-group currencies✅❌
Tax Toggle (incl./excl. by user)✅❌
Sales reps functionality✅ (via SalesKing)❌
Company order approval workflow✅❌
Discount/surcharge by payment method✅❌
Unique per-customer prices✅❌
Single-site plan$199 first year, $299/yr renewalNot available (unlimited only)
Bundle / top-tier renewal$599/yr$599/yr
Lifetime license available✅❌

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