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ViralPayouts vs Affise

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 Affise, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $625 to $2,499 a month.

Every figure for Affise comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affise

Best fit: A smaller brand or creator business that wants a two-level partner program with payouts handled and no monthly fee.

$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.

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Side by side

	Affise	ViralPayouts
Price	$625 to $2,499 a monthTerm: Monthly or yearly (7% off); cancellation needs 30 days' written notice	$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	Affise Pay "free on every plan" but per-payout vendor fee exists (merchant chooses who pays it); "Low transaction fees without any flat charges"; no percentages published	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	Optionalvia Unnamed "Affise Pay payment vendor" plus Stripe option; access via Customer Success Manager after business review (KYB)	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	Yes2 levelsNot 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	Partly	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	S2S postback with advertisers and affiliates; Pixel integration; Parallel tracking; Promo 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	Yes	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	API, MCP server	REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
Integrations	CPAPI (network-to-network offer sync), Stripe (Affise Pay Global), Affise MMP, Datafusion	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Affise plans in full

Beginner (new customers only): $625 a month. 7,000 conversions, 5M impressions, 50 offers; CPA and RevShare only
Core: $888 a month. 40,000 conversions, 15M impressions, 2 custom domains; adds commission tiers, CPC/CPM
Expand: $1239 a month. 50,000 conversions, 20M impressions, 5 domains; adds Affiliates Billing API, first-deposit payouts, separate RevShare/CPA balances
Custom: $2499 a month. Tailored; adds Baseline/NNCO, affiliate sub accounts

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affise

What Affise offers

Affiliate networks, agencies, media buyers, iGaming operators and performance advertisers (e-commerce, apps, fintech, dating) that need high-volume S2S tracking, CPA/RevShare billing and mass payouts.

Performance marketing platform · G2 4.6 (85 reviews) · Trustpilot 3.6 (1 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No $499+/month subscription or conversion caps; brand pays only a share of payouts (10% falling to 3%)
Payouts handled by default with no $10,000 pre-funding minimum or sales-led onboarding
Recruiter override per program (share of commission, share of sale, or fixed) with separate recruit link
Public directory where partners browse and join programs with one account
Built for a single brand selling via Stripe Checkout rather than for networks

What Affise users say

Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.

Praise

"Intuitive dashboard, detailed analytics, and robust affiliate tracking tools" (Maciej G., co-founder). getapp.com
Easy setup, works across devices, responsive support with quick replies. getapp.com
User-friendly interface, robust tracking and reporting, scalable and reliable (Oct 2023). trustpilot.com

Complaints

"The main cons is their price." trustpilot.com
Design could be better; some features complex; limited metric combinations; occasional unresponsiveness; regional support could improve. getapp.com

About Affise

In their words:: "Affiliate Marketing Software for Performance Growth" (homepage H1)
Company:: Founded 2017 ("Affise was founded in 2017 with the goal to simplify partnerships") · Not stated; offices in Vilnius (Lithuania, listed first), Berlin, Tel Aviv, Gurgaon, Shanghai, Limassol
Named customers:: CashKaro, Ajio, Dentsu, GroupM, Wargaming, Affle, SHAREit, Croma
Website:: affise.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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Sources for Affise (18), checked 12 October 2026

Affise is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Affise. Prices and features change: check affise.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.