WordPress affiliate pluginViralPayouts vs RewardsWP
ViralPayouts has no monthly fee, pays your affiliates for you and pays recruiters on every program. You pay 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3%, and nothing in a month when nobody sells. With RewardsWP, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $29.13 a month.
Every figure for RewardsWP comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over RewardsWP
Best fit: A brand wanting cash-paid affiliates without running payouts.
- $0 a month
No plan and no setup fee. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
- Payouts done for you
One invoice per program. ViralPayouts sends every partner and recruiter their money and collects tax forms.
- Recruiters built in
Customer links and recruit links on every program, with the override set your way and reversed on refunds.
Side by side
| RewardsWP | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 to $29.13 a monthTerm: Annual licence; 14-day money-back guarantee | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | Not stated | None |
| Fee for paying affiliates | None ("Zero Platform Fees") | Included in the fee above: no charge to the brand for sending payoutsPartners pay Whop's own fee when they withdraw to their bank |
| Pays your affiliates for you | No | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | No | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | No | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | Referral invite links; AdBlock-proof referral tracking | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | Not stated | Yes A code per partner, per program |
| Mobile app tracking | Not stated | App installs, sign-ups and purchases reported from your server through the signed event API, with bounties on them. No SDK to ship in your app. |
| API, webhooks, MCP | Not stated | REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks |
| Integrations | WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
RewardsWP plans in full
- Lite: $0 a month. Free on WordPress.org
- Basic: $6.63 a month billed yearly. $79.50/year (normally $159); 1 site
- Plus: $8.29 a month billed yearly. $99.50/year (normally $199); 2 sites
- Pro: $13.29 a month billed yearly. $159.50/year (normally $319); 5 sites; VIP tiers
- Growth Bundle (AffiliateWP Pro + RewardsWP Pro): $29.13 a month billed yearly. $349.50/year (normally $699)
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of RewardsWP
What RewardsWP offers
WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads stores wanting points loyalty, VIP tiers and refer-a-friend rewards, optionally alongside AffiliateWP.
WordPress affiliate plugin
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays partners real money for the brand
- Two-level recruiting
- Public directory; not tied to WordPress
About RewardsWP
- In their words:
- "The Best Customer Loyalty & Referral Plugin for WordPress"
- Company:
- AffiliateWP team (co-founder Andrew Munro)
- Website:
- rewardswp.com
Try ViralPayouts on test money
Set your commission and recruiter override, see what each sale costs you, and run it on the test network before a real partner joins. No monthly fee.
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