Creator and checkout platform

ViralPayouts vs Levanta

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. Levanta also pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $350 to $750 a month + 3.5% to 4% of affiliate revenue.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Levanta

Best fit: Brands selling their own checkout (software, subscriptions, digital) that want low fixed cost, payouts handled, and partners who 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.

Start a program free

Side by side

	Levanta	ViralPayouts
Price	$350 to $750 a month + 3.5% to 4% of affiliate revenue	$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	Yesvia Levanta via Stripe ("Stripe is the only payment method")	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	Yes	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Per-product affiliate links (Amazon ASIN, Walmart Item ID, Shopify product URL); Creator-side tracking IDs per channel/campaign; Storefront links where enabled	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	Partly	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	Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, Amazon Creator Connections (case study), Stripe	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Levanta plans in full

Gold (Amazon): $750 a month, plus 3.5% of affiliate revenue. 1 marketplace, 1 brand, 1 geography, unlimited ASINs and team members, 50 daily creator invites
Gold (Walmart only): $350 a month, plus 3.5% of affiliate revenue. Walmart only, 1 brand, 50 daily creator invites
Gold (Shopify only): $350 a month, plus 4% of affiliate revenue. Shopify only, 1 brand
Enterprise: price not published. Custom marketplaces/geographies; unlimited brands and invites; "+ custom % of affiliate-driven sales"
Amazon plan for sellers under $3M/yr: price not published. "a plan designed for qualifying Amazon sellers"; price not listed

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Levanta

What Levanta offers

E-commerce sellers on Amazon (core), Walmart and Shopify that want creators and affiliates driving marketplace sales; creators join free.

Creator and checkout platform · G2 4.4 (47 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No monthly fee versus $350-$750/month, and fee is a share of payouts (10% falling to 3%) rather than 3.5-4% of all affiliate-driven sales
Two-level recruiter overrides with separate recruit links
Works for software and subscription brands through a signed server-to-server API and Stripe Checkout webhook
Test network with simulated money for trying a program before going live

What Levanta users say

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

Praise

Small-business user says it grows Amazon brand awareness and sales with little hands-on work and without heavy ad spend. g2.com
Reviewers value an Amazon-built setup with clear attribution and access to creators otherwise hard to reach. g2.com
Mid-market reviewers describe the team as expert and the relationship as a two-way partnership. g2.com

Complaints

Price hard to justify versus managing affiliates in-house; another reviewer calls pricing high for the industry. g2.com
One reviewer (0.5/5) says the sales process promised strong affiliates but the partners delivered were a poor fit. g2.com
Little ongoing growth support, brand has to drive progress itself; launch expectations not set clearly in sales. g2.com
Feels siloed: no DTC, TikTok Shop or combined cross-channel attribution; some legacy link-creation options missing. g2.com

About Levanta

In their words:: "Creator Affiliate Platform for E-Commerce Brands"
Company:: Founded by the creators of Grovia; co-founders Ian Brodie (CEO), Rob Schab (CMO), Spencer McKenney (CTO)
Funding:: $22M Series B led by Volition Capital (announced 27 Aug 2026)
Named customers:: Hyperice (via agency Wellblum), JLab, NatPat, Goli, Our Place, Acquco
Website:: levanta.io

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 Levanta (9), checked 12 October 2026

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