Customer referral softwareViralPayouts vs Perkville
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 Perkville, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $100 to $259 a month.
Every figure for Perkville comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Perkville
Best fit: An online brand that wants partners and recruiters paid cash for sales they drive, 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
| Perkville | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $100 to $259 a monthTerm: Month-to-month standard; 10%/14%/18% discounts for 1/2/3-year terms | $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 | No | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | No | 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 | Referral page/form with referred prospects synced to club software; Qualifying actions from integrated POS/booking systems; QR codes | 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 | Partly | 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 | MINDBODY, ABC Fitness, ClubReady, Mariana Tek, Zen Planner | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Perkville plans in full
- Location-based: up to 2,500 customers/location: $159 a month. Per location per month; volume discounts 8-24% for 5-20+ locations
- Location-based: 2,501-5,000 customers/location: $209 a month. Per location per month
- Location-based: 5,001+ customers/location: $259 a month. Per location per month
- Ecommerce: $100 a month. Up to 1,000 monthly purchasers; $200 (2,500), $300 (5,000), $500 (10,000), $800 (25,000), $1,300 (50,000), $2,000 (100,000)
- Employee loyalty & referral: $100 a month. Up to 200 employees
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Perkville
What Perkville offers
Gyms, fitness studios, salons, spas and other location-based service businesses (plus some ecommerce and employee programs) that reward members with points for visits, purchases and referrals.
Customer referral software · Capterra 4.7 (37 reviews)
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays cash commissions to partners for the brand; Perkville rewards with points or perks
- Two-level recruiting and outside affiliates, not only existing members
- No monthly or per-location fee
- Public partner directory and Stripe/Shopify/event API tracking for online sales
What Perkville users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- Flawless integration with Mariana Tek booking software; clients love it and it brings leads. capterra.com
- Integrates easily with club management software and lets members track progress. capterra.com
- Case studies claim results such as 2054% ROI (O2 Fitness) and 27% revenue growth. perkville.com
Complaints
- Slow support: inactive accounts can take days to fix. capterra.com
- Customer-facing graphics are not the prettiest; limited landing page customization. capterra.com
- Members need a separate Perkville login from the club's app. capterra.com
About Perkville
- In their words:
- "Customer Loyalty and Referral Platform for Growing Brands" (site title); "Turn members into marketers"
- Company:
- Oakland, California, USA (Perkville, Inc., 1920 Broadway; mailing address San Francisco) · Perkville, Inc.
- Named customers:
- 9Round, O2 Fitness, Xercise4Less, Pure Barre, Club Fitness, Stretch Zone (420 locations), 24 Hour Fitness (FitPerks)
- Website:
- perkville.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.
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ViralPayouts vs ReferbellSources for Perkville (6), checked 12 October 2026
- https://www.perkville.com
- https://docs.perkville.com/overview/pricing
- https://docs.perkville.com/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/define-the-reward-for-completed-referrals.md
- https://docs.perkville.com/legal/company-information/perkville-addresses.md
- https://docs.perkville.com/llms.txt
- https://www.capterra.com/p/121217/Perkville/
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