Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Run referral, influencer, ambassador, and affiliate programs your way. Recruit partners, customize commissions , create marketing campaigns, track referrals and sales, and automate payouts — all from one place, on a single-screen dashboard. The affiliate marketing plugin trusted by 6,000+ stores.
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| Metric | Affiliate | MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation |
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| Rating | ★ 4.5 ★ | 3.3 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 123 | 3 |
| Free plan | — | ★ Yes |
| Pricing | $179/year | ★ Free |
Based on the data on this page, Affiliate is the stronger choice for most WooCommerce Marketplace store owners — 4.5★ vs MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation's 3.3★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
On pricing, MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation offers a free tier (Free) while Affiliate starts at $179/year. The free option meaningfully reduces evaluation cost, particularly at low usage volumes where the entry-paid tier can outpace the value delivered.
Affiliate has the larger user base (123 reviews vs 3), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended by size: small/early-stage store owners who need fast install and low risk should default to Affiliate; mid-market and enterprise store owners with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation's 3-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than 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 WooCommerce Marketplace 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: Affiliate audit • MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation audit
| Keyword | Affiliate | MailPoet – Newsletters, |
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| form | #116 | #85 |
| payment | #116 | #85 |
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (Free). Affiliate starts at $179/year. Both publish their pricing on the WooCommerce Marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.
Affiliate has the higher average rating (4.5★ from 123 reviews) compared to MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation (3.3★ from 3 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Affiliate holds the higher average rating (4.5★ vs 3.3★). 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 WooCommerce Marketplace. Affiliate has the deeper published review base (123 vs 3), 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.
Affiliate typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (123 reviews). MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (3 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. Affiliate and MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 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 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.