ViralPayouts vs Affise
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 Affise, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $625 to $2,499 a month.
Every figure for Affise comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affise
Best fit: A smaller brand or creator business that wants a two-level partner program with payouts handled and no monthly fee.
- $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
| Affise | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $625 to $2,499 a monthTerm: Monthly or yearly (7% off); cancellation needs 30 days' written notice | $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 | Affise Pay "free on every plan" but per-payout vendor fee exists (merchant chooses who pays it); "Low transaction fees without any flat charges"; no percentages published | 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 | Optionalvia Unnamed "Affise Pay payment vendor" plus Stripe option; access via Customer Success Manager after business review (KYB) | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Yes2 levelsNot 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 | Partly | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | S2S postback with advertisers and affiliates; Pixel integration; Parallel tracking; Promo code tracking | 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 | Yes | 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, MCP server | REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks |
| Integrations | CPAPI (network-to-network offer sync), Stripe (Affise Pay Global), Affise MMP, Datafusion | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Affise plans in full
- Beginner (new customers only): $625 a month. 7,000 conversions, 5M impressions, 50 offers; CPA and RevShare only
- Core: $888 a month. 40,000 conversions, 15M impressions, 2 custom domains; adds commission tiers, CPC/CPM
- Expand: $1239 a month. 50,000 conversions, 20M impressions, 5 domains; adds Affiliates Billing API, first-deposit payouts, separate RevShare/CPA balances
- Custom: $2499 a month. Tailored; adds Baseline/NNCO, affiliate sub accounts
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affise
What Affise offers
Affiliate networks, agencies, media buyers, iGaming operators and performance advertisers (e-commerce, apps, fintech, dating) that need high-volume S2S tracking, CPA/RevShare billing and mass payouts.
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Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- No $499+/month subscription or conversion caps; brand pays only a share of payouts (10% falling to 3%)
- Payouts handled by default with no $10,000 pre-funding minimum or sales-led onboarding
- Recruiter override per program (share of commission, share of sale, or fixed) with separate recruit link
- Public directory where partners browse and join programs with one account
- Built for a single brand selling via Stripe Checkout rather than for networks
What Affise users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- "Intuitive dashboard, detailed analytics, and robust affiliate tracking tools" (Maciej G., co-founder). getapp.com
- Easy setup, works across devices, responsive support with quick replies. getapp.com
- User-friendly interface, robust tracking and reporting, scalable and reliable (Oct 2023). trustpilot.com
Complaints
- "The main cons is their price." trustpilot.com
- Design could be better; some features complex; limited metric combinations; occasional unresponsiveness; regional support could improve. getapp.com
About Affise
- In their words:
- "Affiliate Marketing Software for Performance Growth" (homepage H1)
- Company:
- Founded 2017 ("Affise was founded in 2017 with the goal to simplify partnerships") · Not stated; offices in Vilnius (Lithuania, listed first), Berlin, Tel Aviv, Gurgaon, Shanghai, Limassol
- Named customers:
- CashKaro, Ajio, Dentsu, GroupM, Wargaming, Affle, SHAREit, Croma
- Website:
- affise.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.
Sources for Affise (18), checked 12 October 2026
- https://affise.com/
- https://affise.com/pricing/
- https://affise.com/about-affise/
- https://affise.com/affise-performance/
- https://affise.com/affise-pay/
- https://affise.com/reach/
- https://affise.com/api/
- https://affise.com/affise-mcp-server/
- https://affise.com/affise-alternative/
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/collections/3777808-optimize-your-performance
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/collections/3777809-customize-your-performance
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/articles/6533540-affiliate-referral-program-admins
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/articles/9638226-affise-pay
- https://help-center.affise.com/en/articles/6541564-commission-tiers
- https://www.g2.com/products/affise/reviews
- https://www.getapp.com/marketing-software/a/affise/reviews/
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/affise.com
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