Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Drive more sales and acquire new customers with affiliate marketing.
| impact.com Affiliate Marketing | Simple Affiliate | |
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Run high-performing influencer marketing & affiliate programs that grow your brand and drive sales.
| Metric | impact.com Affiliate Marketing | Simple Affiliate |
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| Rating | 4.5 ★ | ★ 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 201 | 123 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 3 tiers | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
| Featured placements | ★ 2 | 1 |
| Languages | 1 supported | 11 supported |
| Listed since | Jun 2020 | Oct 2018 |
Based on the data on this page, Simple Affiliate is the stronger choice for most Shopify App Store merchants — 4.9★ vs impact.com Affiliate Marketing's 4.5★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
Pricing entry tiers: impact.com Affiliate Marketing at Free trial available, Simple Affiliate at Free plan available. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (seats, usage volume, integrations) varies.
impact.com Affiliate Marketing has the larger user base (201 reviews vs 123), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Simple Affiliate's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Simple Affiliate; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — impact.com Affiliate Marketing's 201-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Simple Affiliate's broader-but-shallower coverage.
This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Shopify App Store listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.
Read each app's audit: impact.com Affiliate Marketing audit • Simple Affiliate audit
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| Keyword | impact.com Affiliate Marketing | Simple Affiliate |
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| influencer | #7 | #5 |
| affiliate marketing | #7 | #7 |
| affiliate marketing program | #5 | #11 |
| affiliate | #11 | #7 |
| affiliate programs | #15 | #5 |
Both impact.com Affiliate Marketing and Simple Affiliate offer paid plans only. impact.com Affiliate Marketing starts at Free trial available; Simple Affiliate starts at Free plan available. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Simple Affiliate has the higher average rating (4.9★ from 123 reviews) compared to impact.com Affiliate Marketing (4.5★ from 201 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Simple Affiliate holds the higher average rating (4.9★ vs 4.5★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. impact.com Affiliate Marketing has the deeper published review base (201 vs 123), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.
impact.com Affiliate Marketing typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (201 reviews). Simple Affiliate typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (123 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.
Migration support varies by app and category. impact.com Affiliate Marketing and Simple Affiliate both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Simple Affiliate" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
