Impact: Partnership Cloud vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Impact: Partnership Cloud v1.0.31 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.0/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 300+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | June 22, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Impact: Partnership Cloud | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| Pros | Attributes WooCommerce orders to affiliate and influencer referral clicks; Setup is guided from the WordPress admin screen; Free plugin with no licence key in the code | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| Cons | Requires an impact.com account, which is a separate paid service; Requires WooCommerce; no other shop plugin is supported; Sends store data to impact.com's middleman service | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Stores referral cookies (irclickid, IP, user agent) on each order, Loads the impact.com tracking script on the front end, Pushes integration settings to the impact.com middleman, Notifies the middleman when the integration is removed | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| Marketing | impact.com | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | ShipStation |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | woocommerce-integration.impact.com, stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |