Performance marketing platform

ViralPayouts vs Scaleo

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 Scaleo, you pay your affiliates yourself and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs flat subscription.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Scaleo

Best fit: A smaller brand or creator business that wants payouts handled, no monthly fee, and partners who can recruit other 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.

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Side by side

	Scaleo	ViralPayouts
Price	flat subscriptionTerm: No contract by default, cancel anytime; annual billing saves up to 15%	$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 applicable: platform does not send money	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 None: "The platform itself will not send out money."	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	Yes2 levelsNot stated ("Sub-affiliate" appears in plan matrices without plan mapping)	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	Tracking links with click IDs; Advertiser and affiliate postbacks (S2S); Google Tag Manager postback; Promo code tracking (create click by promo code via API)	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	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	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, WooCommerce, Google Tag Manager, Magento, Tilda	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Scaleo plans in full

Network: Professional: price not published. EUR 600/month; 30,000 conversions/month, 5M banner impressions, 1 tracking domain; unlimited clicks, seats, affiliates; overage EUR 20 per 1,000 conversions
Network: Enterprise: price not published. EUR 800/month; 40,000 conversions/month, 15M impressions, 5 tracking domains
Network: Custom: price not published. From EUR 1,200/month; 80,000+ conversions/month, 20M impressions, 10+ domains
Scale (brand): price not published. From EUR 1,600/month; 1 integrated brand (extra brands EUR 500/month), 10M impressions, 5 domains; overage EUR 100 per 1M impressions
Scale: Custom: price not published. From EUR 2,400/month; tailored

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Scaleo

What Scaleo offers

Affiliate networks, iGaming operators, finance, mobile-app, cash-on-delivery and e-commerce brands that need a white-labelled tracking platform with postbacks, promo codes and invoicing.

Performance marketing platform · G2 4.8 (23 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No EUR 600+/month subscription; fee only on payouts (10% falling to 3%)
ViralPayouts actually pays partners (via Whop); Scaleo states "The platform itself will not send out money"
Public directory where partners discover and join programs
Recruit link and per-program recruiter override as a core feature, not a network-level setting
Simpler for a single brand selling via Stripe Checkout

What Scaleo users say

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

Praise

Fast, responsive support mentioned repeatedly (2021-2022 reviews). g2.com
"Fresh Interface, very easy to use, intuitive and packed with features" (Aug 2020); good value vs alternatives. g2.com
Simple, easy layout and reports with excellent customer service. getapp.com

Complaints

Price: other vendors offer more features for less. getapp.com
Missing features at the time (SmartLink, auto-invoicing), limited customisation, slow fixes and vague documentation. g2.com
Cannot move a conversion between stages, a problem for tiered funnels; concern about single-AWS-zone hosting. g2.com

About Scaleo

In their words:: "Build Sleek Partnerships." / "Finally, partner marketing software that's both powerful and easy to use." (title: "Partner Marketing Software & Tracking Platform | Scaleo®")
Company:: Founded 2018 · Not stated; founders listed as based in the Czech Republic · Founder-led: Alex Zelensky (CEO & Founder), Denis Lefter (CRO & Co-Founder)
Named customers:: Supabets (iGaming; migrated from Income Access), Logos shown without detail: Adleadpro, Tremendio, Cakedefi, ufurnish, Nexford
Website:: scaleo.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 Scaleo (17), checked 12 October 2026

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