Comparison
Softminal B2B Suite vs Wholesale Suite
Wholesale Suite is the best-known wholesale plugin for WooCommerce and it does wholesale pricing very well. The difference is shape as much as scope: it is five plugins, and Softminal B2B Suite is one plugin that also covers the organisational side.
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
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale roles, in Wholesale Prices Premium
Quantity break / tiered pricing
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Prices Premium
Hide prices from guests
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Included
Per-group catalogue visibility
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Prices Premium
Accounts and organisations
Trade registration with approval
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Lead Capture
Company accounts with sub-users
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Not included
Spend limits and order approval chains
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Not included
Payment and selling
Net payment terms
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Payments (NET 30/60/90)
Credit limits and customer statements
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Not included
Request a quote
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Quotes
Tax exemption
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Per role, in Wholesale Prices Premium
EU VIES VAT validation
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Not included
Bulk order form
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Order Form
PDF invoices
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- Wholesale Payments
Platform
Plugins to install for all of the above
- Softminal B2B Suite
- One
- Wholesale Suite
- Five
Importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data
- Softminal B2B Suite
- Included
- Wholesale Suite
- CSV wholesale-data import only
| Feature | Softminal B2B Suite | Wholesale Suite |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing and catalogue | ||
| Customer groups with their own prices | Included | Wholesale roles, in Wholesale Prices Premium |
| Quantity break / tiered pricing | Included | Wholesale Prices Premium |
| Hide prices from guests | Included | Included |
| Per-group catalogue visibility | Included | Wholesale Prices Premium |
| Accounts and organisations | ||
| Trade registration with approval | Included | Wholesale Lead Capture |
| Company accounts with sub-users | Included | Not included |
| Spend limits and order approval chains | Included | Not included |
| Payment and selling | ||
| Net payment terms | Included | Wholesale Payments (NET 30/60/90) |
| Credit limits and customer statements | Included | Not included |
| Request a quote | Included | Wholesale Quotes |
| Tax exemption | Included | Per role, in Wholesale Prices Premium |
| EU VIES VAT validation | Included | Not included |
| Bulk order form | Included | Wholesale Order Form |
| PDF invoices | Included | Wholesale Payments |
| Platform | ||
| Plugins to install for all of the above | One | Five |
| Importer that reads another B2B plugin’s data | Included | CSV wholesale-data import only |
When Wholesale Suite is the better choice
If your buyers are individual trade customers who log in and get a better price, Wholesale Suite does that job well and has done for years. The case for moving is when the buyer stops being a person and becomes an organisation — several people ordering on one account, with limits, terms and a credit ledger behind them.
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 Wholesale Suite's data, so keeping it installed and deactivated is a working rollback plan.
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