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Turis vs Wholesale Suite
Turis ($249/mo/mo, vibe code 5/10) vs Wholesale Suite ($25/mo/mo, vibe code 7/10). Wholesale Suite is the easier one to rebuild yourself — here is what you lose either way.
B2B
$249/mo/mo
- MVP
- 2 weeks
- Full replacement
- 3-5 months, due to custom pricing matrix logic, EU VAT reverse-charge rules, and regional ERP integrations.
B2B
$25/mo/mo
- MVP
- 1 weekend
- Full replacement
- 2-3 weeks, accounting for variable products and custom tax display rules
easier to rebuild
get the build prompt →price gap / year
$2,688/mo
running both / year
$3,288/mo
our call
Start with Wholesale Suite — highest vibe code, weakest moat.
Turis
Turis is primarily a restricted access storefront featuring customer-tier pricing, matrix order sheets, and order export capabilities. Building the core portal and price rule engine with Cursor takes two weeks; maintaining local European ERP webhooks is the primary operational tax.
you can rebuild
- Password-gated B2B buyer portal and hidden digital catalog
- Customer-specific price lists and tiered quantity discount rules
- Matrix grid quick-order forms for bulk variant selection
- Minimum order quantity (MOQ) and order threshold enforcement
- PDF order summary and invoice generation
what you lose
- Turnkey native sync with regional European accounting software (Visma, e-conomic, Dinero)
- Self-serve buyer account registration and approval workflow UI
- Automated VIES API integration for EU reverse-charge VAT handling
- Pre-built multi-currency and multi-language wholesale checkout flow
- Managed maintenance of e-commerce platform API updates and webhooks
real moats
- Pre-built integrations with Nordic and European SMB accounting systems
- B2B buyer workflow and catalog familiarity across brand retail networks
- Turnkey handling of European B2B cross-border tax compliance
open source escape hatches
- Medusa MIT
- Saleor BSD-3-Clause
- WooCommerce GPL-3.0
Wholesale Suite
Wholesale Suite wraps standard WooCommerce filters around custom WordPress user roles. An AI agent can write the role-based pricing logic, wholesale registration form, and bulk ordering matrix in a couple of custom plugins within a few hours.
you can rebuild
- Role-based wholesale price overrides
- Wholesale registration form and admin approval queue
- Bulk order form table UI for rapid SKU adding
- Minimum purchase order thresholds and cart quantity restrictions
- Payment and shipping gateway gating by user role
what you lose
- Automated plugin update compatibility testing against new WooCommerce releases
- Pre-built compatibility layers for third-party page builders and themes
- Out-of-the-box handling for complex variable product pricing matrices
- CSV import and export integrations for custom wholesale price fields
- Dedicated vendor support queue for plugin conflict troubleshooting
real moats
- Theme and plugin compatibility maintenance across major WooCommerce updates
- Battle-tested handling of complex product variation matrices
- Established developer distribution network within the WordPress ecosystem
open source escape hatches
Questions people ask
Which is easier to rebuild with AI, Turis or Wholesale Suite?
Wholesale Suite. It scores 7/10 on vibe code with a moat of 1/10, so an AI-assisted MVP takes about 1 weekend and a full replacement about 2-3 weeks, accounting for variable products and custom tax display rules.
Which one costs less, Turis or Wholesale Suite?
Wholesale Suite at $25/mo/mo for a typical mid-market store. The gap between the two is about $2,688/mo a year.
What do I lose if I replace Turis?
Turnkey native sync with regional European accounting software (Visma, e-conomic, Dinero) Self-serve buyer account registration and approval workflow UI Automated VIES API integration for EU reverse-charge VAT handling
What do I lose if I replace Wholesale Suite?
Automated plugin update compatibility testing against new WooCommerce releases Pre-built compatibility layers for third-party page builders and themes Out-of-the-box handling for complex variable product pricing matrices
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