Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
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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.
| Metric | Affiliate | Products Visibility by User Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.5 ★ | 4.5 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 123 | 23 |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Pricing | $179/year | ★ $59/year |
Affiliate and Products Visibility by User Roles are evenly matched on rating (4.5★ vs 4.5★) — the differentiator comes down to pricing fit, feature breadth, and which app's interaction pattern suits your team's workflow.
Pricing differs significantly: Products Visibility by User Roles at $59/year vs Affiliate at $179/year (Affiliate is roughly 3.0x the entry-tier cost of Products Visibility by User Roles). The pricier tier typically signals deeper feature coverage or higher capacity ceilings; confirm the gap matches your actual feature requirements before treating cost as the deciding factor.
Affiliate has the larger user base (123 reviews vs 23), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Products Visibility by User Roles's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat.
Recommended evaluation path: install both apps' free tiers (where available) and run them in parallel on a small cohort for 7-14 days before committing. The data tables below show the per-feature breakdown — for most store owners the deciding factor will be a single integration or workflow detail that's hard to compare from listing pages alone.
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 • Products Visibility by User Roles audit
| Keyword | Affiliate | Products Visibility by User Roles |
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| form | #116 | #188 |
| payment | #116 | #188 |
Both Affiliate and Products Visibility by User Roles offer paid plans only. Affiliate starts at $179/year; Products Visibility by User Roles starts at $59/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Affiliate (4.5★, 123 reviews) and Products Visibility by User Roles (4.5★, 23 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.
AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 4.5★. Affiliate does carry the larger published review base (123 vs 23). 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 23), 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). Products Visibility by User Roles typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (23 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 Products Visibility by User Roles 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 Products Visibility by User Roles" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
