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ViralPayouts vs Affitor

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. Affitor also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of affiliate revenue.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affitor

Best fit: A brand that wants a two-tier recruit-a-recruiter program, with a fee tied to commissions rather than gross sales.

$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

	Affitor	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of affiliate revenueTerm: None; cancel any time	$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup fee	0	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	Yesvia Affitor (processes payouts after approval); Stripe for partner payouts	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No1 levels	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	YesClaims "100,000+ affiliates, creators, and agencies"; separate OpenAffiliate directory launched 18 Apr 2026 with ~750 programs two days after launch programs	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	zero-code Stripe autocapture (Stripe Connect, checkout metadata, webhooks); Conversion REST API (click/lead/sale/refund); one-line JS script; Browser and Node SDKs, CLI	First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon tracking	Not stated	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	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	Stripe, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Next.js/React SDK	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Affitor plans in full

Free: $0 a month. "0% until $10k. Free on your first $10,000 per program" (all-time, per program, never resets); all features
Performance: $0 a month, plus 3.5% of affiliate revenue. Above the first $10,000; all features

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affitor

What Affitor offers

AI SaaS companies (mainly on Stripe) that want both affiliate software and access to a network of creators/affiliates; partners promoting AI SaaS for 20-40% recurring.

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Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Two levels built in: recruiter override plus separate recruit link; Affitor is single-tier
Fee is a share of commissions paid (10% falling to 3%), whereas Affitor's 3.5% is on gross affiliate-driven sales; with a 20-30% commission rate, ViralPayouts' high-volume rate is far lower in dollar terms
Append-only ledger and test network with simulated money

About Affitor

In their words:: "Grow revenue through partners at any scale" (title: "Affitor — AI-Native Affiliate Network for SaaS")
Company:: Founder rebuilding from San Francisco; team across San Francisco, Chicago, Vietnam, London · Founder Son Piaz (Nguyen Tung Son), affiliate marketer with a 500k+ audience; also founded the 'Com AI Lo' creator community
Team:: "small team spread across four timezones"
Website:: affitor.com

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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 Affitor (6), checked 12 October 2026

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