Comparison
Softminal B2B Suite vs B2BKing
B2BKing is the most feature-complete competitor in this category, and B2B Suite matches it across the board — customer groups, quantity pricing, company accounts, quoting and VAT are all here. Where B2B Suite pulls ahead is packaging and reach: net terms and a credit ledger are built in rather than payment gateways or a Pro-tier add-on, and it adds outbound webhooks and a one-click importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data — neither of which B2BKing documents. The table below shows it row by row.
Side by side
What each plugin covers, taken from their own documentation on the date below. Anything we could not confirm says “Not documented” rather than a dash — a dash would mean they do not have it, which is a claim we have not earned.
Pricing and catalogue
Customer groups with their own prices
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Quantity break / tiered pricing
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Hide prices from guests
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Per-group catalogue visibility
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Price Explainer — shows which rule set each price
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Not included
View storefront as any customer
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Not included
Accounts and organisations
Trade registration with approval
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Company accounts with sub-users
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Spend limits and order approval chains
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Payment and selling
Net payment terms
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Invoice and Purchase Order gateways
Credit limits and customer statements
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Company Credit add-on, from their Pro tier
Request a quote
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Tax exemption and EU VIES validation
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Bulk order form
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
PDF invoices
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Branded PDF quotes / offers, not order invoices
Platform
Read REST API
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Included
Outbound webhooks
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Not included
Everything above in one plugin
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- Company Credit, Dokan and WCFM are separate add-ons
Importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- B2BKing
- CSV price import/export only
| Feature | Softminal B2B Suite | B2BKing |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and catalogue | ||
| Customer groups with their own prices | Included | Included |
| Quantity break / tiered pricing | Included | Included |
| Hide prices from guests | Included | Included |
| Per-group catalogue visibility | Included | Included |
| Price Explainer — shows which rule set each price | Included | Not included |
| View storefront as any customer | Included | Not included |
| Accounts and organisations | ||
| Trade registration with approval | Included | Included |
| Company accounts with sub-users | Included | Included |
| Spend limits and order approval chains | Included | Included |
| Payment and selling | ||
| Net payment terms | Included | Invoice and Purchase Order gateways |
| Credit limits and customer statements | Included | Company Credit add-on, from their Pro tier |
| Request a quote | Included | Included |
| Tax exemption and EU VIES validation | Included | Included |
| Bulk order form | Included | Included |
| PDF invoices | Included | Branded PDF quotes / offers, not order invoices |
| Platform | ||
| Read REST API | Included | Included |
| Outbound webhooks | Included | Not included |
| Everything above in one plugin | Included | Company Credit, Dokan and WCFM are separate add-ons |
| Importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data | Included | CSV price import/export only |
When B2BKing is the better choice
B2BKing has been in this category longer and has a broad module library, so if you are already running it and it is working there is no urgency to move. Where B2B Suite pulls ahead is in what ships in the box and in the things B2BKing does not document at all: net terms and a credit ledger are built in rather than payment gateways or a Pro-tier add-on, and the Price Explainer, outbound webhooks and a one-click importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data have no equivalent on their side. Worth weighing that, and your next renewal price, against the table above.
Softminal B2B Suite is the better fit when the buying side is an organisation rather than a person — several people ordering under one company account, spend limits, net terms, quoting. That layer is what the rest of this page is comparing.
If you do decide to move
The importer is in the free plugin, so you can bring your groups, customers and price rules across and check them before you spend anything. It runs as a dry run first and never writes back to B2BKing's data, so keeping it installed and deactivated is a working rollback plan.
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