Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points
Optimize your inventory, predict customer demand, automate stock replenishment, and manage purchase orders.
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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 | Inventory Management |
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| Rating | 4.5 ★ | ★ 4.7 ★ |
| Total reviews | ★ 123 | 12 |
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| Pricing | $179/year | ★ $149/year |
Inventory Management edges out Affiliate on rating (4.7★ vs 4.5★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number.
Pricing sits in similar territory: Affiliate at $179/year, Inventory Management at $149/year (within ~25% of each other on the entry tier). At this overlap, total cost of ownership comes from how per-tier capacity gates align with your order volume — confirm both apps' upgrade triggers against your projected scale before deciding.
Affiliate has the larger user base (123 reviews vs 12), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Inventory Management'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 Inventory Management; mid-market and enterprise store owners with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Affiliate's 123-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Inventory Management'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 • Inventory Management audit
| Keyword | Affiliate | Inventory Management |
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| form | #116 | #508 |
| payment | #116 | #508 |
Both Affiliate and Inventory Management offer paid plans only. Affiliate starts at $179/year; Inventory Management starts at $149/year. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.
Inventory Management has the higher average rating (4.7★ from 12 reviews) compared to Affiliate (4.5★ from 123 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Inventory Management holds the higher average rating (4.7★ 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 WooCommerce Marketplace. Affiliate has the deeper published review base (123 vs 12), 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). Inventory Management typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (12 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 Inventory Management 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 Inventory Management" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.
