If you run an affiliate site and want a real comparison table (not just a single product box), you have four solid free-to-start options that do not require Amazon Product Advertising API access: AffiliateX, RioVizual, AffiliatePages, and ConicPlex’s own Affiliate Products List. AffiliateX is the strongest all-around pick because it bundles free click tracking and a broken-link checker with its comparison table block. If you already need a general table builder for pricing plans or pros-and-cons boxes too, RioVizual covers more ground with one plugin.
Most “best Amazon affiliate plugin” roundups quietly assume you already have Amazon’s Product Advertising API (PA-API) credentials. You do not get those automatically when you join the Amazon Associates program. Amazon requires you to generate at least three qualifying sales within your first 180 days, or your API access gets revoked and your existing integrations stop pulling live prices and images. That single requirement knocks out a lot of new affiliate sites and anyone testing a niche before committing to it. The plugins below sidestep the whole problem: you type in the product name, upload an image, paste your affiliate link, and the table just works, no API keys, no approval wait, no risk of losing access mid-campaign.
Affiliate Product Comparison Table Plugins Compared
| Plugin | Best for | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffiliateX | Free click tracking and a broken-link checker built around the comparison table | Free, Pro from $69/year | August 26, 2026 |
| RioVizual | One flexible table block you can reuse for pricing tables and pros-and-cons boxes | Free, Pro from $49/year | June 28, 2026 |
| AffiliatePages | A free block library with a dedicated comparison table, buttons, and star ratings | Free | August 7, 2025 |
| Affiliate Products List (ConicPlex) | The simplest possible shortcode-based list when you do not need the extras | Free | May 31, 2025 |
AffiliateX
AffiliateX is a Gutenberg block plugin built specifically for affiliate marketing content. It gives you a Product Comparison Table block alongside Single Product boxes, Pros and Cons, Notice, Call to Action, Specification, and Button blocks, all built with React so they render fast on the front end.
- Price: Free, Pro from $69/year
- Requires: WordPress 5.8+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated: August 26, 2026
What sets it apart from a plain table builder is what ships free alongside the comparison table itself. The Analytics dashboard sits right in your WordPress admin and tracks every click on every affiliate link, broken down by time range, referral source, and which block type (comparison table, button, single product) actually drives the clicks. The Broken Links Checker scans your whole site for dead affiliate URLs, which matters more than it sounds: merchants restructure their sites constantly, and a dead link in a comparison table is a lost sale you will not notice until you go looking for it.
To set it up, install AffiliateX from Plugins > Add New (search “AffiliateX”), activate it, then open any post or page in the block editor and insert the Comparison Table block from the inserter. Add a row per product, fill in the image, title, price, and your affiliate link for each one, then check the AffiliateX menu in your admin sidebar for click analytics and the broken link scan.
The honest limitation: the free plan is manual entry, same as every other option here. Automatic Amazon product data (pulling titles, images, and current pricing straight from Amazon via your PA-API credentials) is a Pro-only feature. If you are avoiding the API requirement in the first place, that Pro feature will not help you, but the free comparison table, analytics, and link checker still will.
RioVizual
RioVizual is not built exclusively for affiliate marketing, it is a general Gutenberg table plugin for comparison tables, pricing tables, and pros-and-cons boxes. That is actually its selling point for a lot of affiliate sites: instead of one plugin for product comparisons and another for a pricing breakdown further down the same post, you get one Table Builder block with 12 reusable elements (text, image, button, icon, shortcode, star rating, dual button, and more) that you drag into place.
- Price: Free, Pro from $49/year
- Requires: WordPress 6.4+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated: June 28, 2026
Setup is a standard block-plugin install: Plugins > Add New, search “RioVizual,” install and activate, then start building from the block editor. Insert the Table Builder block, drag in the columns and elements you want (an image element and a button element for each affiliate product, a star rating element if you review the products, a text element for the price), and style it from the block’s own sidebar. RioVizual also ships a library of over 50 pre-built templates, so you can start from a comparison table layout instead of an empty grid.
Where it loses ground to AffiliateX is anything affiliate-specific. There is no built-in click tracking and no broken-link scanning, because those are not what a general table plugin is for. If you want that, you will be pairing RioVizual with a separate link management plugin. What you get in exchange is a plugin that earns its keep across your whole site, not just your comparison posts.
AffiliatePages
AffiliatePages is an 11-block Gutenberg library aimed squarely at affiliate content: AB Comparison Table, AB Single Product, AB Pros & Cons, AB Call to Action, AB Star Rating, AB Coupons Box, AB Button, AB Products Column, AB Notice, AB Notification, and AB Icon List. It is the most feature-dense free option here if you count total blocks, since the comparison table sits next to a full set of complementary affiliate content blocks instead of standing alone.
- Price: Free
- Requires: WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.0+
- Last updated: August 7, 2025
Installation follows the standard path: search “AffiliatePages” under Plugins > Add New, install, and activate. From there, open the block editor and insert the AB Comparison Table block directly, no separate settings screen to configure first. Add your products as rows, and reach for the AB Coupons Box or AB Call to Action blocks below the table if you want a stronger push toward the click.
The real caveat here is maintenance. AffiliatePages has not shipped an update since August 2025, over a year ago as of this writing, and there is no clearly listed Pro tier or roadmap you can check against. The blocks work as described today, but if you need active support or new WordPress compatibility fixes on a tight timeline, factor that gap in before you commit a live site to it.
Affiliate Products List by ConicPlex
ConicPlex also builds a plugin in this space: Affiliate Products List. It is the simplest tool on this list by a wide margin, and that is deliberate. There is no block library to learn and no dashboard full of settings, just a list builder and a shortcode.
- Price: Free
- Requires: WordPress 5.4+, PHP 7.4+
- Last updated: May 31, 2025
After activating it, go to Affiliate Products List by ConicPlex > Add New in your dashboard, name your list, and add each product with its image, description, and landing page (affiliate) link. Save the list and you get a shortcode back. Paste that shortcode into any post or page, including in the Classic Editor or a shortcode block, and it renders as a product table on the front end. You can adjust the overall look under Affiliate Products List by ConicPlex > Settings.
Being honest about it: this is not the plugin to reach for if you want click analytics, a broken-link checker, star ratings, or pros-and-cons boxes bundled in, none of that is here. It is also the least actively maintained option on this list, with no update since May 2025 and a much smaller install base than the other three. What it does well is exactly what it sets out to do: name, image, description, link, done, with a setup a non-technical site owner can finish in five minutes.
How to Pick
Match the plugin to what you actually need, not to whichever one has the longest feature list:
- If you want free click tracking and a broken-link scan built around your comparison table, use AffiliateX.
- If you already need pricing tables or pros-and-cons boxes elsewhere on the site and would rather learn one flexible table block than three separate plugins, use RioVizual.
- If you want the widest set of ready-made affiliate content blocks (coupons, star ratings, CTAs) bundled with the comparison table for free, and you can live with a plugin that has not updated recently, use AffiliatePages.
- If you just need a basic, no-frills product comparison list and do not want to learn a block library at all, use ConicPlex’s Affiliate Products List.
- If none of these fit your exact workflow, such as pulling products from a custom post type or syncing with an external feed you already maintain, that is a custom plugin build, not a fit for any off-the-shelf option here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need an Amazon Associates API key to build an affiliate comparison table in WordPress?
No. All four plugins covered here let you build a comparison table by manually entering the product name, image, price, and affiliate link. Amazon’s PA-API is only needed if you want automatic product data imports and live price updates, which is a separate, optional layer on top of the manual approach.
What happens to my comparison table if I lose Amazon PA-API access?
If you built your table manually with any of these plugins, nothing happens, your content stays exactly as you built it. If you were relying on a plugin’s Amazon API integration for automatic data, that specific feature stops working until you regain API access, but the table itself does not disappear.
Which of these plugins is best for a brand-new affiliate site?
AffiliateX, since the free click tracking tells you which products and which blocks are actually converting before you have spent money on anything else. That data is more useful early on than a bigger block library.
Can I use a general table plugin like RioVizual instead of an affiliate-specific one?
Yes. RioVizual was not built exclusively for affiliate marketing, but its Table Builder block has the elements (images, buttons, star ratings, text) to build a functional comparison table. You lose the affiliate-specific extras like click tracking, but you gain a table block you can reuse for other content on the same site.
Is a stale last-updated date a dealbreaker for an affiliate comparison plugin?
Not automatically, a simple block or shortcode that already does its job does not necessarily need frequent updates. But it is a real signal to weigh against active development elsewhere, especially if you are picking a plugin you plan to depend on for years of affiliate income.
None of these four plugins will handle a custom product feed sync or a comparison table tied to your own post type out of the box. If that is what you actually need, our Plugin Development team builds that directly, scoped to what your affiliate site actually needs instead of a generic block library. You can also see the rest of what we build for WordPress on our products page.
