How we would choose
Reviews on Google — an aggregator, whether as a plugin or an embed.
Reviews on your own site, about your posts or products — a collection plugin, or WooCommerce’s own if you are on it.
Both — run one of each. They do not conflict, though watch page weight if both load scripts everywhere.
Before installing anything in this category — check the last-updated date and tested-up-to version. This niche has a long tail of abandoned plugins still sitting in the directory.
Where we fit, and where we do not
We are an aggregator with collection attached: 71 review sources in one widget, plus a form visitors can leave a review in. Part of Elfsight, so social feeds, forms and 80-odd other widgets sit on the same account if you need them.
Three things we do not do, and each of them is a reason to buy something else. No post-purchase request emails — if you need buyers chased for product reviews after fulfilment, that is Judge.me or a review platform. No hosted public review profile and no Google Shopping seller ratings — that is Reviews.io or Trustpilot. No multi-location monitoring or reply workflows — that is a reputation platform like Birdeye, and it is priced like one.
If none of those three apply to you, the free plan is enough to find out whether we are the answer without paying anything.