Affiliate network

ViralPayouts vs Emarzen

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. Emarzen also pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Emarzen

Best fit: A brand wanting a self-run, transparent-fee partner program where partners recruit partners.

$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

	Emarzen	ViralPayouts
Price	Not published: quote on requestTerm: None ('no contracts')	$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup fee	None stated ('no upfront fees or contracts')	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 Emarzen batches invoices and pays partners on a schedule; claims >98% on-time payout rate	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	Partly	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Site tag or e-commerce platform plugin; Deep links; Unique coupon codes; Real-time clicks/orders/AOV/new vs returning reporting	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	Connected networks: Admitad, Tradedoubler, Partnerboost, ConvertSocial and others	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Emarzen

What Emarzen offers

Brands/advertisers, publishers from solo affiliates to agencies, and agencies managing multiple clients.

Affiliate network

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Published fee (10% falling to 3%) vs 'contact us for your plan'
Two-level recruiter commissions built in
Signed S2S event API, Stripe webhook, ledger and test network documented

About Emarzen

In their words:: WE LINK UP WITH THE BEST Affiliate Agency Publisher (title: "Emarzen - Best Platform for Affiliate Marketing")
Company:: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Emarzen Inc.) · Emarzen Inc.; founder and CEO named as Alexander Daskaloff
Named customers:: Logos shown: eBay, Sephora, Walmart, Lululemon, Nike, Wayfair (relationship not explained)
Website:: emarzen.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 Emarzen (3), checked 12 October 2026

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 Spot something out of date?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