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ViralPayouts vs Modash

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. Modash also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $299 to $1,225 a month + 5% of payouts.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Modash

Best fit: A brand that wants partners to come to it and recruit others, paid per result with no subscription, including non-Shopify businesses.

$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

	Modash	ViralPayouts
Price	$299 to $1,225 a month + 5% of payouts	$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	Performance: 0% on first $10,000/yr of creator payouts+commissions, then 5%; Enterprise: 0% up to $100,000/yr (tiered), 5% above tier limit	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	Yes	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No	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	Shopify discount codes (auto-generated per creator); Tracking links (require Shopify integration)	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	Shopify (only affiliate sales integration), Email inbox (Gmail/Outlook-style creator inbox)	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Modash plans in full

Essentials: $299 a month. 2 seats, 300 opened profiles/mo, 150 email unlocks/mo, 100 tracked creators; no affiliate management
Performance: $599 a month, plus 5% of payouts. 5 seats, 800 opened profiles/mo, 400 email unlocks/mo, 250 tracked creators; adds Payments and Affiliate management (FAQ says affiliates only on annual)
Enterprise: $1225 a month billed yearly, plus 5% of payouts. From $14,700/yr; custom limits, custom link domain, 250+ creators

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Modash

What Modash offers

Shopify DTC brands running influencer programs that want creator discovery (250M+ profiles), outreach, content tracking, and creator affiliate commissions plus payouts in one tool.

Creator and checkout platform · G2 4.9 (20 reviews) · Capterra 4.9 (15 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No monthly fee vs $199-$599/mo before you can run affiliates
Two-level recruiting built in; Modash has none
Public directory where partners find and join programs; Modash is brand-side outbound only
Works beyond Shopify via Stripe and the event API

What Modash users say

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

Praise

Consolidates discovery, outreach templates and funnel tracking in one platform (Regina K., Aug 2025). capterra.com
Easy to use, accurate data, fast loading (Andreea M., Nov 2024). capterra.com
Tracks campaigns across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok including Stories; good value (Valeriia C., Feb 2024). capterra.com
More accurate audience data than competitors, free trial, no long contracts (VP of Growth, Jun 2022). capterra.com

Complaints

Reporting presentation not polished or time-efficient (Regina K., Aug 2025). capterra.com
Limited inbox, no bulk emailing (Andreea M., Nov 2024). capterra.com
Too expensive for a startup / pricey for the feature set (Anieke L., Jul 2022; Siim P., Aug 2022). capterra.com
Cannot buy extra credits to monitor more profiles (Valeriia C., Feb 2024). capterra.com

About Modash

In their words:: "grow affiliates through connection & trust, not codes" (affiliate page H1); site title "Modash.io | Influencer Marketing Platform"
Company:: Tallinn, Estonia (founders met and team formed there) · Independent; co-founders Avery Schrader (CEO) and Hendry Sadrak (CTO)
Funding:: $12M Series A led by henQ (Oct 2024)
Team:: About 60 people (Oct 2024)
Named customers:: Birkenstock, Stanley, NordVPN, Victoria's Secret, dbrand, Bolt (early client)
Website:: modash.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 Modash (8), checked 12 October 2026

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