Creator and checkout platform

ViralPayouts vs Affelios

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. Affelios does not say it pays affiliates for you and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $0 to $799 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affelios

Best fit: A brand that wants payouts handled and a directory to find 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

	Affelios	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 to $799 a monthTerm: Switch or cancel anytime	$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup fee	Optional managed onboarding from $3,999	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	Not stated	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	Yes3 shown in example (direct, sub-affiliates, sub-affiliates) levelsNot stated (custom commission plans on all plans)	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	Not stated	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Trackers/links; REST API; JavaScript SDK; Shopify app	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	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, REST API, JavaScript SDK, CSV/XML import	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Affelios plans in full

Flex: $0 a month. $0.0005/ad, $0.01/click, $0.20/transaction; all features
Pro: $399 a month. $0.00025/ad, $0.005/click, $0.10/transaction
Enterprise: $799 a month. $0.000125/ad, $0.0025/click, $0.05/transaction; >1m transactions custom

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affelios

What Affelios offers

Brands in iGaming, sports betting, ecommerce, SaaS and finance that want a white-label affiliate platform with usage-based pricing.

Creator and checkout platform

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Pays affiliates for the brand (Affelios does not state this)
Public program directory
Fee only on payouts, no per-click charges
MCP server

What Affelios users say

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

Praise

Bresbet says the platform was crucial to launching its new affiliate program (site testimonial). affelios.com

Complaints

None found.

About Affelios

In their words:: "Affiliate Marketing Redefined"
Company:: Founded Shopify app launched 21 May 2024 · Whitehall House, Feldspar Close, Leicester, UK · Affelios Limited
Named customers:: Bresbet (testimonial; affiliates.bresbet.com), Custom-domain examples shown: onyxaffiliates.com, bresbetaffiliates.com, affiliates.brothers.bet
Website:: affelios.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 Affelios (3), checked 12 October 2026

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