Affiliate software for SaaSViralPayouts vs Metricks
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 Metricks, you pay your affiliates yourself and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $59 a month.
Every figure for Metricks comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Metricks
Best fit: Brands that want recruiters rewarded and all partner payouts handled, with no fixed monthly cost.
- $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
| Metricks | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $59 a monthTerm: Billed monthly or yearly in advance, non-refundable (terms) | $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 | Novia Brand's own PayPal/Stripe; terms say the advertiser 'Will Pay The Relevant Affiliate In A Complete And Timely Manner' | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Yes | 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 | tracking script; coupon codes; sub tracking; e-commerce integrations | 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 | Shopify, WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscriptions, BigCommerce, Wix | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Metricks plans in full
- Starter: $59 a month. Unlimited affiliates, campaigns and organizations; fraud control; custom affiliate onboarding; find new affiliates
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Metricks
What Metricks offers
Small SaaS and e-commerce brands that want to launch an affiliate program quickly and find affiliates through Metricks' network.
Affiliate software for SaaS
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays the affiliates for the brand; Metricks leaves payouts to the brand via its own PayPal/Stripe
- Clearly documented two-level recruiter override with separate recruit link; Metricks only mentions 'MLM referrals'
- No subscription: nothing to pay until partners earn
- Signed S2S event API and append-only ledger documented; Metricks publishes no API docs
About Metricks
- In their words:
- "Unleash the Power of Affiliate Marketing" / "Your All-in-one Affiliate Marketing Command Center"
- Company:
- Site footer: Office 9, Dalton House, 60 Windsor Avenue, London SW19 2RR, UK; Shopify developer address: Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria · Peddle Technologies (footer: 'Copyright © 2024 Peddle Technologies'); terms name 'metricks Inc'
- Website:
- metricks.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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