Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Display variations on separate, searchable, individual product pages and improve your customers' experience.
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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 | Variations as Single Products |
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| Rating | ★ 4.5 ★ | 3.0 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 123 | 14 |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Pricing | $179/year | ★ $49/year |
Based on the data on this page, Affiliate is the stronger choice for most WooCommerce Marketplace store owners — 4.5★ vs Variations as Single Products's 3.0★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base.
Pricing differs significantly: Variations as Single Products at $49/year vs Affiliate at $179/year (Affiliate is roughly 3.7x the entry-tier cost of Variations as Single Products). 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 14), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Variations as Single Products'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 — Variations as Single Products's 14-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 • Variations as Single Products audit
| Keyword | Affiliate | Variations as Single Products |
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| form | #116 | #262 |
| payment | #116 | #262 |
Both Affiliate and Variations as Single Products offer paid plans only. Affiliate starts at $179/year; Variations as Single Products starts at $49/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Affiliate has the higher average rating (4.5★ from 123 reviews) compared to Variations as Single Products (3.0★ from 14 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Affiliate holds the higher average rating (4.5★ vs 3.0★). 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 14), 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). Variations as Single Products typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (14 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 Variations as Single Products 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 Variations as Single Products" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
