ViralPayouts vs Kademi
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 Kademi, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.
Every figure for Kademi comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Kademi
Best fit: A brand wanting link-tracked affiliates and recruiters paid for it, with no subscription.
- $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
| Kademi | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Not published: quote on request | $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 | Novia Not stated | 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 | Partner referral forms (lead submission); Referred-lead status tracking synced from CRM; Sales claims uploaded by partners when sales data is not accessible; Deal registration | 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 | Salesforce (bi-directional sync), HubSpot (bi-directional sync), Custom API | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Kademi
What Kademi offers
Small and mid-market companies with channel partners: SaaS firms with resellers and affiliates, manufacturers, and trade/building companies running loyalty, incentive and referral programs.
Enterprise partnership platform · G2 4.6 (24 reviews)
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays partners on the brand's behalf; Kademi shows payments after the brand processes them
- Transparent fee (10% falling to 3%) vs quote only
- Link-based tracking with click ids and server-to-server events vs referral forms
- Built-in recruiter override layer and public program directory
What Kademi users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
About Kademi
- In their words:
- Kademi: Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Software
- Company:
- Kademi Ltd (footer)
- Website:
- kademi.co
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 Kademi (6), checked 12 October 2026
Kademi is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Kademi. Prices and features change: check kademi.co before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.