Creator and checkout platform

ViralPayouts vs Heights Platform

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 Heights Platform, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $29 to $499 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Heights Platform

Best fit: A brand that wants partner payouts handled for it, partners recruiting partners, 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

	Heights Platform	ViralPayouts
Price	$29 to $499 a month	$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	Unique affiliate links; Custom referral codes per affiliate; Referral source tracking	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	Zapier, Dropbox, Google Drive, Instagram, Heights MCP	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Heights Platform plans in full

Challenge: $29 a month. 1 challenge course, up to 100 active students; no affiliate program
Basic: $49 a month. Unlimited courses, up to 5,000 active students, email to 5,000 contacts; includes Affiliate Program
Pro: $119 a month. Up to 10,000 active students, custom domain, remove branding, 2 admins
Academy: $499 a month. Unlimited active students, 25 admins, advanced API access, priority support

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Heights Platform

What Heights Platform offers

Course creators, coaches and membership/community owners who want an all-in-one course platform with 0% transaction fees; its affiliate feature lets students and others refer buyers of the creator's courses.

Creator and checkout platform · Capterra 4.9 (71 reviews) · Trustpilot 3.7 (1 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Pays partners for the brand; Heights makes the creator pay affiliates by hand
Two-level recruiting; Heights states no multi-tier
Public directory where partners can find the program
Works with any Stripe/Shopify checkout, not only Heights-hosted products

What Heights Platform users say

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

Praise

Exceptional support; the team made a personalised video walkthrough of the reviewer's own course site. capterra.com
Four-year user switched from Teachable because it was much cheaper for their needs. capterra.com
Reliable all-in-one course site with responsive support and steady new features (Lorraine L, Sep 2026). trustpilot.com

Complaints

No dedicated mobile app; mobile access is browser-only. capterra.com
Parts of the UI and design look dated. capterra.com
Affiliate payouts are manual: Heights only records a payout, the creator must send money outside the platform (Heights help doc). support.heightsplatform.com

About Heights Platform

In their words:: "AI Online Course Creation and Community Software" (site title)
Company:: United States (Trustpilot contact info; site advertises US-based support)
Website:: heightsplatform.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 Heights Platform (5), checked 12 October 2026

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