Affiliate For WooCommerce vs YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
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.
WooCommerce-only affiliate plugin from YITH with a free core for links and commissions, and a premium version for coupons, rate rules and automated payments.
Choose Affiliate For WooCommerce if…
- You need auto-generated affiliate coupons and tiered commissions
- You also want affiliate landing pages and multi-level commissions
- You want the more complete feature set (93/100 vs 70/100)
Choose YITH WooCommerce Affiliates if…
- You want to start with a free version
Affiliate For WooCommerce includes 6 features that YITH WooCommerce Affiliates lacks, including Affiliate landing pages, Tiered commissions and Multi-level commissions. Both include 21 of the 33 features we track. 5 features are not yet verified for one or both plugins.
At a glance
Feature comparison
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Affiliate For WooCommerce YITH WooCommerce AffiliatesTracking6/64/6
Referral links with optional pretty-link format and direct-link tracking.
Referral links with a token query string and configurable cookies.
WooCommerce coupons can be assigned to affiliates and track referrals.
Premium lets you assign coupons to affiliates so coupon orders earn commission.
Pages or products can be assigned as landing pages for specific affiliates.
No affiliate landing pages in free or premium feature lists.
Refund waiting period, self-referral toggle, manual approval and reCAPTCHA; no IP/conversion anomaly scoring.
Ban/reject affiliates and block self-referrals. Premium logs visitor IPs.
Tracks visitors per affiliate with conversion rate in reports.
Free dashboard shows visits. Premium adds IP logging and detailed visit reports.
Admin can let affiliates personalise their identifier from My Account.
Referral tokens are used, but we could not confirm custom vanity slugs.
Commissions6/74/7
Global, per-affiliate and tag-based rates via commission plans.
One default rate is free. Premium overrides by user, role or product.
Plans can target products, categories, attributes, tags and shipping class.
Premium sets product-specific rates and product/category exclusions.
Performance-based plans keyed to revenue, order count or customers.
No performance-based tiered rates listed.
Commissions on subscription renewals with WooCommerce Subscriptions.
Premium integrates with WooCommerce Subscriptions renewals.
Multi-tier commissions with unlimited levels.
No multi-level or sub-affiliate commissions listed.
Customers can be linked to an affiliate for lifetime commissions.
Permanent affiliation keeps a customer linked to their first affiliate.
No bonus or reward feature listed.
Payouts4/44/4
PayPal payouts manually or automatically.
PayPal (MassPay) built into premium. PayPal Payouts needs the paid YITH PayPal Payouts plugin.
Stripe payouts manually or automatically.
Requires the paid YITH Stripe Connect for WooCommerce plugin plus Affiliates premium.
Needs paid Smart Coupons plus the free Affiliate Store Credit Payouts integration plugin.
Requires the paid YITH WooCommerce Account Funds plugin plus Affiliates premium.
Pending Payouts dashboard and mass-payout CSV export.
Premium pays commissions automatically by threshold or schedule.
Affiliate tools6/64/6
Self-service affiliate dashboard inside WooCommerce My Account.
Dashboard in a My Account endpoint or a shortcode page.
Built-in affiliate registration form with reCAPTCHA; Elementor/CF7 options.
Default registration form. Unlimited custom fields need premium.
Campaigns let you share banners, copy and HTML snippets.
No banner/creative library listed.
Notification emails to admin and affiliates plus monthly summaries.
Affiliate emails for new and paid commissions are premium features.
Dashboard of visitors, conversions, orders, revenue and commissions with CSV export.
Free stats on visits, commissions and conversions. The advanced reports dashboard is premium.
Imports from AffiliateWP and Ultimate Affiliate Pro.
No import from other affiliate plugins listed. Premium exports CSV only.
Compatibility2/31/3
Built exclusively for WooCommerce.
Built exclusively for WooCommerce.
WooCommerce-only extension; no Easy Digital Downloads support.
WooCommerce-only.
Supports multi-currency stores via Aelia and WPML.
Multi-currency handling is not documented.
WooCommerce7/74/7
No auto-generation on approval; affiliates can create their own codes if allowed, or admin bulk-assigns.
Coupons are assigned to affiliates manually, not generated automatically.
Parent orders and renewals can earn commission.
Premium handles commissions on subscription renewals.
Commission is revoked for refunded orders; refund period can delay eligibility.
Free version deducts affiliate commission automatically on order refunds.
Affiliate area is a tab in WooCommerce My Account.
Affiliate dashboard and registration can be shown inside My Account.
Assign or unassign an affiliate from the order edit screen.
Premium can associate an order with a specific affiliate.
Marked HPOS-compatible on WooCommerce.com.
No explicit HPOS declaration found in the plugin header, readme or changelog.
Marked compatible with Cart & Checkout blocks on WooCommerce.com.
Cart/Checkout block compatibility is not documented.
Statuses: Yes Pro Add-on Partial 3rd-party No ?
Pricing compared
Affiliate For WooCommerce Premium
| Single Site | $179 per year, 1 site |
|---|
YITH WooCommerce Affiliates Freemium
| Free | $0 |
|---|---|
| Premium (single site) | $179.99 per year, 1 site |
Downloads trend
Affiliate For WooCommerce
No WordPress.org download data (premium-only plugin).
YITH WooCommerce Affiliates
769 downloads last week
Verdict
Affiliate For WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 70/100) and includes auto-generated affiliate coupons, tiered commissions and affiliate landing pages that YITH WooCommerce Affiliates does not. Only YITH WooCommerce Affiliates has a free version. Check the features you rely on in the table below before deciding.
Biggest differences
Affiliate For WooCommerce: partial. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. No auto-generation on approval; affiliates can create their own codes if allowed, or admin bulk-assigns.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. Performance-based plans keyed to revenue, order count or customers.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. Pages or products can be assigned as landing pages for specific affiliates.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. Multi-tier commissions with unlimited levels.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. Campaigns let you share banners, copy and HTML snippets.
Affiliate For WooCommerce: included. YITH WooCommerce Affiliates: not included. Imports from AffiliateWP and Ultimate Affiliate Pro.
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FAQ
Which is better, Affiliate For WooCommerce or YITH WooCommerce Affiliates?
Affiliate For WooCommerce scores higher on our feature checklist (93/100 against 70/100) and includes auto-generated affiliate coupons, tiered commissions and affiliate landing pages that YITH WooCommerce Affiliates does not. Only YITH WooCommerce Affiliates 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 YITH WooCommerce Affiliates. 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 YITH WooCommerce Affiliates free?
YITH WooCommerce Affiliates has a free version on WordPress.org. Paid plans start at $179.99/yr.
Feature data last changed 5 Oct 2026. Spotted something wrong? Suggest an edit to Affiliate For WooCommerce or YITH WooCommerce Affiliates. Some links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no cost to you; it never affects our data or rankings.