ViralPayouts vs Insert Affiliate
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 Insert Affiliate, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs $0 a month + 7.5% to 10% of affiliate revenue.
Every figure for Insert Affiliate comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Insert Affiliate
Best fit: A web or Stripe Checkout brand that wants a recruiter tier and lower fees with no monthly charge.
- $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.
Side by side
| Insert Affiliate | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month + 7.5% to 10% of affiliate revenueTerm: Cancel anytime, no long-term commitment | $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 | "Our platform adds no markup or additional fees." Stripe processing fees are deducted from the affiliate's payment. | 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 | Optionalvia Stripe | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Higher plans2 levelsGrowth (GBP 70/month) or Enterprise | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | Yes | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | Native SDKs (Swift, Kotlin, Java, React Native, Flutter, Unity, JavaScript); IAP verification via RevenueCat, Adapty, Apphud, Iaptic, App Store, Google Play; Deep links (Insert Links, AppsFlyer, Branch); Short codes / promo codes | 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 | Yes | 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, webhooks | REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks |
| Integrations | RevenueCat, Adapty, Apphud, Iaptic, Superwall | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Insert Affiliate plans in full
- Free: $0 a month. Up to 2 affiliates, up to 100 transactions, all integrations
- Starter (revenue share, GBP 20/month): price not published, plus 10% of affiliate revenue. GBP 20/month + 10% of affiliate transaction revenue; 5 affiliates; 1 app; 2 team members
- Growth (revenue share, GBP 70/month): price not published, plus 8% of affiliate revenue. GBP 70/month + 8%; 25 affiliates; 3 apps; custom branding; advanced commission rules incl. daisy chain
- Enterprise (revenue share, GBP 200/month): price not published, plus 7.5% of affiliate revenue. GBP 200/month + 7.5%; 100 affiliates; unlimited apps; creator discovery (340M creators, 5,000 credits/month); custom link domain; account manager
- Enterprise Plus: price not published. Contact us; above 100 affiliates
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Insert Affiliate
What Insert Affiliate offers
iOS and Android app developers (fitness, wellness, productivity, games) who sell in-app purchases or subscriptions and want creators/affiliates tracked and paid.
Affiliate software for SaaS · G2 5 (3 reviews)
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- No monthly fee and a lower % (10% falling to 3% of payouts) versus GBP 20 to 200/month plus 7.5% to 10% of affiliate-driven revenue
- Two levels on every program with per-program override types; Insert Affiliate gates daisy chain to Growth+
- No affiliate caps
- Pays affiliates via Whop by default; no Stripe Connect onboarding needed for partners
What Insert Affiliate users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- Testimonial (vendor-hosted): a founder said they couldn't find any other solution and signed up at 3am after a Reddit thread. insertaffiliate.com
- Testimonial (vendor-hosted): the team built a Unity SDK prototype within 48 hours for a customer. insertaffiliate.com
- RevenueCat's Sub Club host David Barnard said the setup removes the barrier for small developers. insertaffiliate.com
Complaints
- None found.
About Insert Affiliate
- In their words:
- "Track and reward affiliates for every in-app purchase" (title: 'Affiliate Tracking for Mobile Apps | Insert Affiliate')
- Company:
- Founded 2024 (per Product Hunt company info) · Founder & CEO Michael Butler
- Named customers:
- Endomondo, Black Box Innovation (Glide), MeAgain, TravelAnimator, Stop Loss Tracker, Lately
- Website:
- insertaffiliate.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.
Sources for Insert Affiliate (7), checked 12 October 2026
- https://insertaffiliate.com
- https://insertaffiliate.com/llms.txt
- https://insertaffiliate.com/blog/automatic-affiliate-payouts-are-live/
- https://docs.insertaffiliate.com/llms.txt
- https://docs.insertaffiliate.com/affiliate-commission
- https://www.g2.com/products/insert-affiliate/reviews
- https://www.producthunt.com/products/insert-affiliate
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