Comparing Toolset to Free and Paid Alternatives
| Toolset | Pods | ACF | Content Views Pro | Custom Post Type UI Extended | Facet WP |
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| Toolset | Pods | ACF | Content Views Pro | Custom Post Type UI Extended | Facet WP | ||
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| From €69 Buy Now |
Free | Free + Paid from $25 |
Free + Paid from $39 |
Free + Paid from $29 |
From $99 | Free + Paid from $79 |
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Kind of sites you can build |
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| Custom brochure sites | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| E-commerce sites | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| Classifieds sites | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Directory sites | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Membership sites | yes | yes | |||||
Who can use it |
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| Developer friendly | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Non-developer friendly | yes | yes | |||||
Support and documentation |
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| Pro Support | yes |
Offers live chat and pro-level support for free.
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yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Updated documentation | yes | yes | yes | yes |
The current documentation appears to be incomplete or limited.
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yes | yes |
Custom Fields |
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| Post Fields | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Taxonomy Fields | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| User Fields | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Manage with Admin UI | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Dependent display | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Validation | yes | yes | yes |
Unknown whether custom validation of fields is possible.
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| Portable | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Advanced Fields Types | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Repeating Fields | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Repeatable field groups | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Custom admin option pages | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Customizer Integration | yes | yes | |||||
Custom Content Types |
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| Define new post types | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Manage with admin UI | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Post relationships | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Many-to-many relationships | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Custom types using custom db tables | yes | yes | |||||
Custom Taxonomies |
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| Create new taxonomies | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Manage with admin UI | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
FRONT-END FORMS |
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| Publish Posts | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Edit Posts | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Register Users | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Edit Users | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Customise form markup | yes | yes | no |
Unknown whether the form markup is auto-generated or can be customised.
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| Payment with Forms | yes | ||||||
| Notifications | yes | ||||||
Templates |
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| Custom templates for posts | yes | yes | |||||
| Custom templates for archives | yes | yes | |||||
| Design with page builders | yes | yes | |||||
| WooCommerce product template | yes | ||||||
| WooCommerce shop templates | yes | ||||||
Dynamic Content |
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| Custom lists of posts | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Custom lists of taxonomy terms | yes | yes | |||||
| Custom lists of users | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Filter by fields & taxonomies | yes |
SQL conditions can be manually added to filter results.
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yes |
Results can be filtered by taxonomy, but not by custom fields.
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yes | ||
| Front-end sorting controls | yes | yes | |||||
| Pagination | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Infinite Scroll | yes | yes | |||||
| Different output formats | yes |
A flexible templating system allows you to generate results in different formats but must be manually coded.
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yes | yes | |||
| Slider | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Grid | yes |
You can manually code the markup to output results in a grid.
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yes | yes | |||
| Pinterest / Masonry grid | yes |
The markup could be manually coded to match the requirements of a chosen 3rd-party JS library to display results in a masonry grid or similar.
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yes | ||||
| Sortable table | yes | ||||||
| Display posts on maps | yes | yes | |||||
| Customise WordPress archives | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
Custom Search |
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| Custom front-end search | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Front-end filters with ajax | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Support for post relationships | yes | ||||||
User Management |
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| Manage/create user roles | yes | yes | |||||
| Limit content visibility by role | yes | yes | |||||
| Support Multiple Roles | yes | yes | |||||
IMPORT / EXPORT |
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| Transfer settings between sites | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| Support post relationships from CSV | yes | ||||||
| From €69 Buy Now |
Free | Free + Paid from $25 |
Free + Paid from $39 |
Free + Paid from $29 |
From $99 | Free + Paid from $79 |