Enterprise partnership platform

ViralPayouts vs Channeltivity

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 Channeltivity, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Channeltivity

Best fit: An online brand that wants affiliates and creators paid per sale with a second tier for recruiters.

$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

	Channeltivity	ViralPayouts
Price	Not published: quote on request	$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	No	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	No	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	partner-submitted referrals and deal registration in portal; CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365); lead distribution	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	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	Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zapier, NetSuite	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Channeltivity plans in full

Growth: price not published. ~100 partners/dealers, single region
Mid-Market: price not published. Hundreds of partners, regional/international, approval workflows
Enterprise: price not published. Thousands of partners, multiple partner types/tiers/programs, ERP/CRM integration

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Channeltivity

What Channeltivity offers

B2B companies (tech, security, hardware, manufacturing) running reseller, dealer, distributor and referral partner programs, from ~100 partners up to global ecosystems with thousands.

Enterprise partnership platform · G2 4.7 (56 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Click/link tracking and S2S events for online sales
Pays partners for the brand via Whop
Recruiter override commissions with recruit links
Public program directory
Transparent % fee vs custom enterprise pricing

What Channeltivity users say

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

Praise

Responsive, knowledgeable support during setup and migrations g2.com
Intuitive for admins and partners; quick setup with little IT help g2.com
Cost-effective vs other PRMs; no per-licence fees g2.com

Complaints

Limited customisation of partner groups, fields, branding and layouts g2.com
Basic/cumbersome Salesforce and HubSpot sync, in one case extra cost g2.com
Dated browser UI and weak internal dashboards/exports g2.com
Limited multi-region and multi-currency MDF handling g2.com

About Channeltivity

In their words:: "Intelligent. Enterprise. Channel Management." (title: "Channeltivity | Enterprise Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Software")
Company:: Founded Not stated exactly; "19+ years supporting channel programs" (homepage) and "for more than 20 years" (what-is page) · Channeltivity, LLC (ownership not stated)
Named customers:: Samsung, Equifax, ClickHouse, Recorded Future, Blackbox (case study)
Website:: channeltivity.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 Channeltivity (5), checked 12 October 2026

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