Free vs Pro
The free plugin runs a complete digital gift card workflow: selling, emailing, redeeming, refunding and managing cards. Gift Cards Pro is a separate paid add-on. It adds designs, scheduling, printable PDFs, self-service and reporting.
Neither edition limits how many gift products, cards, customers or redemptions you have. Your hosting and email setup still apply.
Feature comparison
| Capability | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Gift card products and cards issued | No plugin limit | No plugin limit |
| Preset amounts and a custom amount range | Included | Included |
| Buy for yourself or send to someone, with sender name and message | Included | Included |
| One card per purchased unit, each with its own code | Included | Included |
| Card appearance | One design with your logo, colors and corner radius | Also four curated designs and customer photo uploads |
| Delivery | Email after payment is confirmed | Also scheduled by date, time and timezone |
| Guest redemption, partial spending, several cards per order | Included | Included |
| Classic and block-based cart and checkout | Included | Included |
| Balance check page (shortcode) | Included | Included |
| Card workspace, transaction history and delivery attempts | Included | Included |
| Resend, recipient email correction, suspend and restore, audited adjustments | Included | Included |
| Apply a card to an order created by staff | Included | Included |
| Refunds to original cards first, then to the original payment method | Included | Included |
| Full-history CSV export, including filtered lists | Included | Included |
| WordPress personal data export and erasure | Included | Included |
| Customers save cards to My Account and pick them at checkout | Included | Included |
| Card validity (expiry) per store or product, with a reminder email before expiry | Optional, off by default | Included |
| Printable PDF gift cards | — | Included |
| Purchaser self-service | — | Edit recipient and message before a scheduled gift is sent; resend to the same recipient |
| Bulk issuance from paid orders | — | Included |
| Period reconciliation report with transaction drill-down | — | Included |
| Read-only REST API for store staff | — | Included |
If your Pro license ends
While Pro stays installed with an expired or disconnected license, gifts already issued keep their schedule, design, photo and PDF. Pro's tools for new gifts switch off: designs, photo upload, scheduling choices on the product page, the Delivery tab, Bulk Issue and Reports. See Activating and renewing your Pro license.
If you remove Pro
The free plugin keeps honoring everything already issued:
- balances and spending
- saved cards, which customers can still pick at checkout
- validity dates and reminder emails
- gift emails already scheduled, which are still sent at their time
- the design colors each card was issued with
These need Pro, and stop when it's removed: customer photos on cards, PDF downloads and purchaser corrections.
Not included in version 1
Neither edition includes: importing cards from another plugin, point-of-sale use, physical or posted cards, currency conversion, reloadable cards, promotional or bonus credit, subscriptions, group gifting, or turning a cash refund into store credit. The Stripe gateway's express payment buttons are hidden when the cart contains a gift card product or an applied gift card, so customers use the regular checkout.
Pricing
Pro is sold through MyArtbees. All tiers include the same Pro features. Only the number of sites and the license term differ.
| Sites | Yearly | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $39 | $129 |
| 5 | $59 | $199 |
| 25 | $99 | $299 |
| Unlimited | — | $449 |
USD, before applicable tax. Artbees charges no transaction fees. Your payment processor's normal fees still apply.
See Activating and renewing your Pro license for what happens when a yearly license expires.