Affiliate For WooCommerce vs Affiliates Manager
Updated 5 Oct 2026. 33 features compared side by side.
Premium WooCommerce-only affiliate extension by StoreApps with commission plans, multi-tier and lifetime commissions, coupons, and PayPal/Stripe payouts.
Free WordPress affiliate plugin with click tracking, creatives, PayPal payout files and many ecommerce/membership integrations, plus paid add-ons.
Choose Affiliate For WooCommerce if…
- You need auto-generated affiliate coupons and tiered commissions
- You also want affiliate landing pages and custom referral links
- You want the more complete feature set (93/100 vs 65/100)
Choose Affiliates Manager if…
- You need easy digital downloads
- You want to start with a free version
Affiliate For WooCommerce includes 10 features that Affiliates Manager lacks, including Affiliate landing pages, Custom referral links and Tiered commissions; Affiliates Manager has 1 that Affiliate For WooCommerce lacks, including Easy Digital Downloads. Both include 19 of the 33 features we track. 3 features are not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Affiliate For WooCommerce Affiliates ManagerTracking6/64/6
Referral links with optional pretty-link format and direct-link tracking.
Affiliates get links with a wpam_id parameter and can link to any page.
WooCommerce coupons can be assigned to affiliates and track referrals.
Paid WooCommerce Coupon Tracking add-on links existing coupons to affiliates.
Pages or products can be assigned as landing pages for specific affiliates.
Only a site-wide default landing URL can be set, not per-affiliate pages.
Refund waiting period, self-referral toggle, manual approval and reCAPTCHA; no IP/conversion anomaly scoring.
Blocks earning on own purchases; free reCAPTCHA add-on for signups.
Tracks visitors per affiliate with conversion rate in reports.
Logs referral clicks and creative impressions in real time.
Admin can let affiliates personalise their identifier from My Account.
Links use the numeric affiliate ID (wpam_id).
Commissions6/74/7
Global, per-affiliate and tag-based rates via commission plans.
Flat or percentage rates, overridable per affiliate.
Plans can target products, categories, attributes, tags and shipping class.
Paid Product Specific Commission add-on for WooCommerce products.
Performance-based plans keyed to revenue, order count or customers.
No performance-based rate tiers in features or add-on list.
Commissions on subscription renewals with WooCommerce Subscriptions.
Free WooCommerce Subscription integration add-on credits renewals.
Multi-tier commissions with unlimited levels.
No multi-level commissions; paid add-on only gives a one-off recruit bonus.
Customers can be linked to an affiliate for lifetime commissions.
No lifetime customer linking in the feature or add-on list.
Admins can add manual bonuses/adjustments; no automatic bonus rules.
Payouts4/42/4
PayPal payouts manually or automatically.
Generates PayPal Mass Pay / Payouts files to pay many affiliates at once.
Stripe payouts manually or automatically.
Payout methods are PayPal, bank transfer and manual.
Needs paid Smart Coupons plus the free Affiliate Store Credit Payouts integration plugin.
Store credit is not among the payout methods.
Pending Payouts dashboard and mass-payout CSV export.
Payout file generation for paying multiple affiliates together.
Affiliate tools6/65/6
Self-service affiliate dashboard inside WooCommerce My Account.
Front-end area with stats, creatives, link generator and profile.
Built-in affiliate registration form with reCAPTCHA; Elementor/CF7 options.
Customisable signup form with custom fields and manual or auto approval.
Campaigns let you share banners, copy and HTML snippets.
Unlimited banners and text links with impression tracking.
Notification emails to admin and affiliates plus monthly summaries.
Editable templates for approval, registration and commission emails.
Dashboard of visitors, conversions, orders, revenue and commissions with CSV export.
Real-time stats for visits, purchases and commissions.
Imports from AffiliateWP and Ultimate Affiliate Pro.
No importer from other affiliate plugins; data export only.
Compatibility2/33/3
Built exclusively for WooCommerce.
Built-in WooCommerce integration records commission automatically.
WooCommerce-only extension; no Easy Digital Downloads support.
Integrates with Easy Digital Downloads 3.0+.
Supports multi-currency stores via Aelia and WPML.
Supports multi-currency payments made through WooPayments only.
WooCommerce7/73/7
No auto-generation on approval; affiliates can create their own codes if allowed, or admin bulk-assigns.
Coupon add-on links coupons you create manually; no auto-generation.
Parent orders and renewals can earn commission.
Free WooCommerce Subscription integration add-on.
Commission is revoked for refunded orders; refund period can delay eligibility.
Reverses commission when a WooCommerce order is refunded (since 2.1.1).
Affiliate area is a tab in WooCommerce My Account.
Affiliate area lives on plugin-created pages, not in My Account.
Assign or unassign an affiliate from the order edit screen.
Commission can be awarded manually to an affiliate, not by editing the order.
Marked HPOS-compatible on WooCommerce.com.
Marked compatible with Cart & Checkout blocks on WooCommerce.com.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Affiliate For WooCommerce Premium
| Single Site | $179 per year, 1 site |
|---|
Affiliates Manager Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Free core plugin | Free lifetime, Unlimited |
| WooCommerce Coupon Tracking add-on | $39 one-off, 1 site |
| Product Specific Commission add-on | $29.95 one-off, 1 site |
| Coupon Tracking + Product Commission bundle | $59.95 one-off, 1 site |
| Referral Bonus add-on | $29.95 one-off, 1 site |
Downloads trend
Affiliate For WooCommerce
No WordPress.org download data (premium-only plugin).
Affiliates Manager
1,282 downloads last week
Verdict
Affiliate For WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 65/100) and includes auto-generated affiliate coupons, tiered commissions and affiliate landing pages that Affiliates Manager does not. Affiliates Manager still has the edge on easy digital downloads. Only Affiliates Manager has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Affiliate For WooCommerce: partial. Affiliates Manager: not included. No auto-generation on approval; affiliates can create their own codes if allowed, or admin bulk-assigns.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. Affiliates Manager: not included. Performance-based plans keyed to revenue, order count or customers.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. Affiliates Manager: not included. Pages or products can be assigned as landing pages for specific affiliates.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. Affiliates Manager: not included. Admin can let affiliates personalise their identifier from My Account.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. Affiliates Manager: not included. Multi-tier commissions with unlimited levels.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. Affiliates Manager: not included. Customers can be linked to an affiliate for lifetime commissions.
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FAQ
Which is better, Affiliate For WooCommerce or Affiliates Manager?
Affiliate For WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 65/100) and includes auto-generated affiliate coupons, tiered commissions and affiliate landing pages that Affiliates Manager does not. Affiliates Manager still has the edge on easy digital downloads. Only Affiliates Manager has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Which has more features?
Affiliate For WooCommerce includes 31 of the 33 features we track, against 21 for Affiliates Manager. Feature count is only part of the picture; check which of the differences matter to you.
Is Affiliate For WooCommerce free?
Affiliate For WooCommerce is premium only. Paid plans start at $179/yr.
Is Affiliates Manager free?
Affiliates Manager has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $29.95.
Feature data last changed 5 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Affiliate For WooCommerce or Affiliates Manager. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.