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ViralPayouts vs Lantern Loyalty & Rewards

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 Lantern Loyalty & Rewards, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $625 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Lantern Loyalty & Rewards

Best fit: Brands wanting affiliates and recruiters paid cash 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.

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Side by side

Lantern Loyalty & RewardsViralPayouts
Price$0 to $625 a month$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup feeNot statedNone
Fee for paying affiliatesNot statedIncluded 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 youNoYes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruitingNot statedYes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directoryNot statedYes Partners browse and join with one account
TrackingNot statedFirst-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon trackingNot statedYes A code per partner, per program
Mobile app trackingNot statedApp 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, MCPAPIREST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
IntegrationsShopify Flow, Gorgias, Klaviyo, Recharge, Shopify POSStripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API
Lantern Loyalty & Rewards plans in full
  • Free to develop: $0 a month. Test only; pick a plan to go live
  • Starter: $75 a month. 500 orders/mo; $0.15 per order over
  • Momentum: $325 a month. 2,500 orders/mo; $0.13 per order over
  • Growth: $625 a month. 5,000 orders/mo; $0.12 per order over; dedicated account manager
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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Lantern Loyalty & Rewards

What Lantern Loyalty & Rewards offers

Shopify brands wanting loyalty, referrals and custom customer accounts in one embedded app.

Customer referral software

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

  • Cash commissions to external partners, paid for the brand; Lantern rewards customers with points/discounts
  • No monthly fee: 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts, only when partners are paid
  • Two-tier recruiter override built into every program with a separate recruit link
  • Public directory of live programs and one partner account across programs

What Lantern Loyalty & Rewards users say

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

Praise

  • Quick setup after previous app shut down; team customized the referral program (Burlap & Barrel). apps.shopify.com
  • Very well designed and responsive team (Vessi Canada). apps.shopify.com

Complaints

  • None found.

About Lantern Loyalty & Rewards

In their words:
"Loyalty, referrals, customer accounts, all for one price. No coding required & embed onsite" (Shopify listing)
Company:
Founded App launched January 22, 2024 · Portland, OR, US · Lantern (lantern.is)
Named customers:
Burlap & Barrel, Vessi Canada

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 Lantern Loyalty & Rewards (2), checked 12 October 2026

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