Affiliate software for SaaS

ViralPayouts vs Endorsely

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 Endorsely, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $99 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Endorsely

Best fit: A brand that wants affiliates recruiting other affiliates now, wants payouts handled for it, and wants to be listed where partners already look.

$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.

Start a program free

Side by side

	Endorsely	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 to $99 a monthTerm: None ("No long-term contracts", "Cancel anytime")	$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup fee	None ("No setup fees")	None
Fee for paying affiliates	None stated ("No commission fees")	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	Novia Brand's own PayPal account	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	NoListed as 'coming soon' on the Scale plan	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	Not stated	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	?via= referral parameter links without redirects; One-click Stripe integration; Paddle and Lemon Squeezy integrations; Manual API endpoint for other processors	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	API	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, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, PayPal mass payments, Manual API	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Endorsely plans in full

Starter: $0 a month. Up to $1,000 affiliate revenue/month; 15 affiliate-finder credits; Endorsely-domain affiliate page; PayPal bulk payouts; links and discount codes
Pro: $39 a month. Up to $5,000 affiliate revenue/month; 100 finder credits/month; own domain; custom commission tiers; unlimited users
Scale (called Growth in API docs): $99 a month. Up to $20,000 affiliate revenue/month; 250 finder credits/month; featured in affiliate searches; priority support
Enterprise: price not published. No revenue limit; done-for-you onboarding; custom quote

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Endorsely

What Endorsely offers

Early-stage and small SaaS founders on Stripe, Paddle or Lemon Squeezy who want a cheap affiliate program plus an AI tool that finds affiliates already promoting their competitors.

Affiliate software for SaaS

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Two levels live now (partner plus recruiter override); Endorsely's 2-tier is 'coming soon'
ViralPayouts pays affiliates for the brand; Endorsely only exports a PayPal mass-pay file
No revenue cap that stops tracking; fee scales down to 3% at volume
Public directory where partners browse and join programs with one account
Not limited to SaaS

What Endorsely users say

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

Praise

Setup takes about 10 minutes with a non-technical wizard mattmcwilliams.com
AI affiliate finder surfaces partners already promoting competitors, with outreach templates mattmcwilliams.com
Clean, intuitive UI and easy campaign rules growann.com
Free tier is a low-friction way for early SaaS to test affiliates growann.com

Complaints

New platform without a long track record mattmcwilliams.com
Less common payment processors need manual API work mattmcwilliams.com
No marketplace or native partner directory; recruitment relies on outreach growann.com
Affiliate finder lacks verified contact info; limited analytics and filtering growann.com

About Endorsely

In their words:: "Launch Your SaaS Affiliate Program in 10 Minutes - FREE Until You Hit $1K/Month Revenue"
Company:: Founder named as Jamie I.F. in a Website Planet interview
Named customers:: Picyard (founder testimonial), JournoFinder (founder testimonial), Envelope (founder testimonial), Growann (founder testimonial)
Website:: endorsely.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 Endorsely (13), checked 12 October 2026

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