WordPress affiliate pluginViralPayouts vs Dreamax Affiliates
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 Dreamax Affiliates, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month.
Every figure for Dreamax Affiliates comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Dreamax Affiliates
Best fit: A brand wanting payouts and recruiting handled.
- $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
| Dreamax Affiliates | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month | $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 | Not stated | 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 | Not stated | 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 | Opaque referral tokens (first- or last-click); WooCommerce coupon attribution; QR codes | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | Yes | 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 | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Dreamax Affiliates plans in full
- Free: $0 a month. Core plugin
- Pro add-on: price not published. Sold via Gumroad; price not found
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Dreamax Affiliates
What Dreamax Affiliates offers
WooCommerce store owners wanting a self-hosted affiliate plugin with no external service.
WordPress affiliate plugin
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays affiliates for the brand; Dreamax says it 'does not send money automatically'
- Two-level recruiting
- Public directory; Stripe/event API; MCP
About Dreamax Affiliates
- In their words:
- "Dreamax Affiliates helps WooCommerce stores manage an affiliate program inside WordPress."
- Company:
- Dreamax Soft
- Website:
- wordpress.org
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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Dreamax Affiliates is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Dreamax Affiliates. Prices and features change: check wordpress.org before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.