Affiliate software for SaaS

ViralPayouts vs Affonso

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 Affonso, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs subscription tiered by affiliate revenue.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affonso

Best fit: A brand that wants zero fixed cost, two-level recruiting from day one, and affiliates paid for it without managing invoices or caps.

$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

	Affonso	ViralPayouts
Price	subscription tiered by affiliate revenue	$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	Manual PayPal/Wise/wire exports: no Affonso fee. Managed Payouts invoice: flat $25 per invoice, $0.50 per affiliate payout after the first 25, plus 3.25% if invoice paid via Stripe (2.8% via Revolut). Prices in EUR.	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 Affonso managed invoice (underlying provider not named); Wise used only for manual exports	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	Higher plans3 levelsGrowth and above (not on Launch)	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	Yes	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Referral links with tracking script (cookie, last-touch); Coupon codes (program-wide and unique per affiliate); Sub-parameters on affiliate links; Conversion API (incl. custom events, platform fees)	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, 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	Stripe (verified partner), Paddle, Polar (verified partner), Creem, Dodo Payments	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Affonso plans in full

Launch: price not published. EUR 19/mo monthly or EUR 15/mo billed yearly; up to $1,000/mo partner revenue; 1 seat; no multi-level, no managed payouts
Growth: price not published. EUR 29/mo billed yearly (~EUR 39 monthly, derived from 'Save EUR 120 per year'); up to $10,000/mo; managed payouts, multi-level, MCP, 5 seats
Elite: price not published. EUR 79/mo billed yearly (~EUR 99 monthly, derived from 'Save EUR 240 per year'); up to $30,000/mo; unlimited seats
Enterprise: price not published. Over $30,000/mo partner revenue; starting at EUR 149/mo

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affonso

What Affonso offers

Early-stage and indie SaaS (incl. apps built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Cursor) billing via Stripe, Paddle, Polar, Creem or Dodo Payments that want a cheap program with marketplace discovery and AI-agent access.

Affiliate software for SaaS

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No subscription at all and no revenue caps (Affonso caps Launch at $1k/mo partner revenue)
Two-level recruiting available to every program, not plan-gated
Payout fee is one all-in share; no card surcharges or per-invoice charges
Signed server-to-server event API, append-only ledger and simulated-money test network

What Affonso users say

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

Praise

Founder testimonials (supastarter, Directify, Uneed) praise quick setup and hands-on help from the team; vendor-selected. affonso.io
Customer migrated Bazzly and Revid from Rewardful to Affonso. affonso.io
FirstPromoter concedes Affonso's differentiator is "AI-powered affiliate marketplace + simple UX + low pricing". firstpromoter.com
Rewardful calls it a "budget-friendly" choice for lean, early-stage teams. rewardful.com

Complaints

Competitor says it "lacks depth for more advanced programs": basic coupons, limited reporting depth, no broadcast emails. firstpromoter.com
Competitor says it "doesn't offer the same level of analytics or campaign customization". rewardful.com

About Affonso

In their words:: "Affonso — Partner growth platform for software companies." (llms.txt: "Affiliate software for SaaS — launch your program in under 15 minutes.")
Company:: Fellbach, Germany (ZASolution c/o Block Services, per Imprint) · ZASolution (German entity), represented by A. S. Zinnanti
Named customers:: supastarter (Jonathan Wilke testimonial), Revid and Bazzly (migrated from Rewardful), Directify, Uneed, AdKit, Fastlane, Landy, AT Labs (logos)
Website:: affonso.io

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Sources for Affonso (13), checked 12 October 2026

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