Looking at AffiliateWP? Compare us first.
AffiliateWP is an established, capable plugin — this page won't tell you otherwise. Both products are self-hosted WordPress affiliate plugins. The differences are philosophical: how pricing works, what gets gated, and how much the software explains itself. Here is where Affiliate Factory WP stands, so you can decide with clear eyes.
Where the philosophies differ
Every feature in every plan
Affiliate Factory WP: All features ship in all three plans — Personal, Professional, Agency differ only in how many sites you can activate. The $129 plan runs the same program the $269 plan does.
Most affiliate plugin vendors (AffiliateWP included, at the time of writing) reserve some capabilities for higher tiers or paid add-ons. Always check the current feature matrix on the vendor’s pricing page — these things change.
Commissions you can explain
Affiliate Factory WP: Every referral shows its calculation — rate, base amount, exclusions — and held referrals say in plain language why they were held. Amounts are computed in integer cents, so ledgers reconcile to the penny.
Explainability is Affiliate Factory WP’s core design bet: fewer partner disputes, faster fraud review, books an accountant can audit.
An append-only audit trail
Affiliate Factory WP: Approvals, rate changes, payouts, setting edits — every decision is permanently logged with retention rules and automatic CSV backup before cleanup.
If several people touch your program, the audit log is the difference between "who changed this?" and knowing.
Privacy as a default, not a plugin
Affiliate Factory WP: First-party signed cookies, IPs truncated and hashed before storage, configurable retention, consent gating, and integration with WordPress’s personal-data export and erase tools — out of the box.
Useful anywhere, essential for stores with EU customers.
The license is honest, too
Affiliate Factory WP: Yearly license; if you stop renewing, the plugin keeps working — only updates and support pause. Your program never stops because a subscription lapsed.
Check any vendor’s renewal terms for what actually stops working at expiry. Ours is in plain language in the Terms.
Already on AffiliateWP? Bring everything with you.
The migration tool in Affiliates → Tools detects an existing AffiliateWP installation and imports your partners, referral history, and commission rates in one pass. Partners keep their accounts, your reports keep their history, and the old plugin stays untouched until you deactivate it yourself.
Step-by-step guide: Migrating your program · background reading: how to switch without losing data
Common questions
Is Affiliate Factory WP an AffiliateWP alternative?
Can I migrate from AffiliateWP without losing my data?
Do partners have to make new accounts after migrating?
What does Affiliate Factory WP cost compared to alternatives?
How can I see it before deciding?
AffiliateWP is a trademark of its respective owner, used here only to identify a product store owners commonly compare and migrate from. Affiliate Factory WP is an independent product with no affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement. Details about third-party products reflect publicly available information at the time of writing — always verify current features and pricing on the vendor's own site.