Side-by-side comparison
Grow your sales with referral, affiliate and influencer marketing, all in one platform.
Automate product seeding at scale. Claim links, auto orders & track shipment, and email automation.
| Metric | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9 ★ | — |
| Total reviews | 1.5k | 0 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free trial available | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | ★ Yes | — |
| Pricing tiers | 4 tiers | 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
Referral Candy & Affiliate and Seeding Ops each lead on different measured dimensions — pick by the one that matters most to you.
Built only from the Shopify App Store listing data shown on this page. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparisons. Read the methodology
Read each app's audit: Referral Candy & Affiliate audit • Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding audit
| Field | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 89/100 listing audit | 88/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
| Languages | ||
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| Developer |
| Languages | 1 supported | 1 supported |
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| Listed since | Sep 2010 | Feb 2026 |
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| Keyword | Referral Candy & Affiliate | Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding |
|---|---|---|
| referral program | #3 | Not ranked |
| affiliate programs | #5 | Not ranked |
| affiliate program | #5 | Not ranked |
| custom forms | Not ranked | #234 |
| custom form | Not ranked | #234 |
Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding is cheaper to start with — it offers a free plan and Referral Candy & Affiliate doesn't list one. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating, because neither publishes one. Referral Candy & Affiliate does carry the larger published review base (1,480 vs 0). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Referral Candy & Affiliate has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (1,480 vs 0).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: Referral Candy & Affiliate has 1,480 published reviews; Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding has 0 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Referral Candy & Affiliate and Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding 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 Seeding Ops ‑ Product Seeding" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
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