Customer referral software

ViralPayouts vs Prefinery

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 Prefinery, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $39 to $399 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Prefinery

Best fit: A live product that wants affiliates and recruiters earning cash per sale.

$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

	Prefinery	ViralPayouts
Price	$39 to $399 a monthTerm: none; semiannual billing saves up to 20%	$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	per-user referral links; JavaScript Web API; REST API v2	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	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	Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Prefinery plans in full

Lite: $39 a month billed yearly. From $39/mo (semiannual): 1,000 users, 1 campaign; no API, webhooks, Zapier or automated rewards
Essentials: $199 a month billed yearly. From $199/mo (semiannual): 10,000 users, 3 campaigns, API, webhooks, automated reward delivery
Pro: $399 a month billed yearly. From $399/mo (semiannual): 50,000 users, 10 campaigns, 10 team members

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Prefinery

What Prefinery offers

SaaS, fintech/crypto and games companies running pre-launch waitlists and referral campaigns where users refer friends to move up the list or earn rewards.

Customer referral software · Trustpilot 4.7 (33 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Pays real cash commissions to partners for the brand
Two-level recruiter overrides
No fixed monthly fee
Partner directory

What Prefinery users say

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

Praise

Responsive, helpful support team (Apr 2023). trustpilot.com
Quick setup, clean interface; live in under 10 minutes (Jun 2022). trustpilot.com

Complaints

Missing contest-style campaigns (Jul 2022). trustpilot.com
Hard to learn at first; needed a YouTube walkthrough (Dec 2021). trustpilot.com

About Prefinery

In their words:: "Viral Waitlist Software That Turns Every Signup Into a Referrer"
Company:: Founded 2008 · Founder and CEO Justin Britten
Funding:: Bootstrapped ("proudly bootstrapped (no investors)")
Named customers:: Lovable, Atlassian, Microsoft, WP Engine, Kayak, Logitech, Wealthsimple, BlockFi, GitKraken (logos)
Website:: prefinery.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 Prefinery (6), checked 12 October 2026

Prefinery is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Prefinery. Prices and features change: check prefinery.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.