Affiliate network

ViralPayouts vs Katalys Advertiser

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. Katalys Advertiser does not say it pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $750 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Katalys Advertiser

Best fit: A brand that wants its own partners recruiting partners and to pay only on payouts.

$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

	Katalys Advertiser	ViralPayouts
Price	$750 a month	$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	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	Yes	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Cookieless attribution engine; Affiliate links; Embedded Katalys Shops	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	Not stated	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	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Katalys Advertiser plans in full

Basic: $750 a month. "Commissions/fees apply to Program listings, subsequent to account approval"; external charges may be billed by Katalys

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Katalys Advertiser

What Katalys Advertiser offers

Brands (incl. telehealth/RX) wanting access to a curated publisher and media-buyer network plus commerce content and attribution.

Affiliate network

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No monthly fee: ViralPayouts charges only 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts; Katalys is $750/mo plus fees
Two-level recruiting (recruiter override) built into every program
Self-serve with no approval gate
REST API and MCP server

About Katalys Advertiser

In their words:: "Make Partnership Marketing Your Top Channel"
Company:: Encinitas, California, USA · Katalys (Shopify app slug revoffers-advertiser, formerly RevOffers)
Website:: katalys.com

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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 Katalys Advertiser (3), checked 12 October 2026

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 Spot something out of date?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