🆚 Easy Digital Downloads vs. WordPress Download Manager

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

E-commerce platform
WordPress plugin

About

Easy Digital Downloads is a WordPress plugin for selling digital products online, providing product management, checkout, and payment processing tailored for downloadable files.

It supports unlimited digital products, bundles, and variations, generates secure expiring download links, includes discount code controls and detailed sales reporting, and has more than 100 extensions and integrations with third-party solutions such as Stripe, PayPal, Slack, Dropbox, and Zapier.

WordPress Download Manager is a document management plugin designed to manage downloads, control file access with passwords and member roles, and sell digital products on WordPress sites.

It supports download limits and link expiration, tracks detailed download activity, integrates with cloud storage providers such as Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive, and can act as a full-featured digital store by enabling pricing, cart, and checkout for paid files.

Headquarters

Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
Chittagong, Bangladesh

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Limited number of payment gateways and extensions
Extended
(1 site, subscriptions, EU VAT, Authorize.net, 2Checkout)
$139.65/year
Professional
(2 sites, wish lists, physical product shipping)
$209.65/year
All Access
(3 sites, fraud prevention, product comparisons)
$349.65/year
Free version ✔️Open source
Pro$99

Categories

E-Commerce › Rank #16
E-Commerce › Rank #10
WordPress Plugins › Rank #89
WordPress Plugins › Rank #56

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

WordPress Download Manager technology is 2.7 times more popular than Easy Digital Downloads.
Total websites

Market share

E-Commerce
WordPress Plugins

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WordPress Download Manager is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Italy, while Easy Digital Downloads is more popular in Iran, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Iran
Australia
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WordPress Download Manager is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising, while Easy Digital Downloads is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, Internet services, and online shopping sites.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Online Shopping
Software/Hardware
Entertainment
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
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Rank
#9,194
#10,287
#14,389
#16,763
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See also

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