Affiliate networkViralPayouts vs Affiliate Future
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. Affiliate Future does not say it pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month.
Every figure for Affiliate Future comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affiliate Future
Best fit: A brand wanting to run its own program with transparent fees and recruiter rewards.
- $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
| Affiliate Future | 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 | Not stated | 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 | Yes | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | Network tracking code via Shopify app; Voucher code tracking | 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 | Not stated | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Affiliate Future plans in full
- Shopify tracking app: $0 a month. App free; network fees not published
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affiliate Future
What Affiliate Future offers
UK brands wanting to recruit publishers through a managed affiliate network; now being migrated into Adtraction.
Affiliate network
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Published pricing with no monthly fee
- Two-level recruiting (recruiter override) built into every program
- Stable platform, not mid-migration
About Affiliate Future
- In their words:
- "Affiliate Future is one of the UK's leading affiliate marketing networks." (listing); site: "Affiliate Future becomes part of Adtraction"
- Company:
- London, UK (Shopify developer address) · Adtraction (Sweden) - acquired Affiliate Future in October 2025
- Website:
- affiliatefuture.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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