ViralPayouts vs TrackRev
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 TrackRev, you pay your affiliates yourself and offers multi-tier commissions. It costs $0 to $29 a month.
Every figure for TrackRev comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over TrackRev
Best fit: A brand that wants payouts fully handled and wants to be found by partners in a shared directory.
- $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
| TrackRev | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 to $29 a monthTerm: Indie monthly; Growth billed yearly | $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 | YesUnlimited depth until a level's share falls under $1, capped by a total commission pool (default 30%) levelsAny paid plan (from $29/month) | 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 | First-party server-side click tracking on branded short links; Revenue sync from Stripe, Paddle Billing, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Creem, Dodo; First-party pixel; First/last/linear attribution | 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 | 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, webhooks, 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, Paddle Billing, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Creem | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
TrackRev plans in full
- Free: $0 a month. 1,000 tracked events/month and 50 links
- Indie: $29 a month. 1 workspace, 1 tracked domain, owner only; unlimited links, partners, programs; no cap on affiliate revenue; multi-tier included
- Growth: $24.92 a month billed yearly. $299/year; up to 10 workspaces and 10 tracked domains; unlimited team members
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of TrackRev
What TrackRev offers
Indie hackers and small SaaS teams on Stripe, Paddle, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Creem or Dodo Payments who want affiliate tracking plus link analytics and revenue attribution at a flat price.
Affiliate software for SaaS
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Pays the affiliates for the brand (via Whop); TrackRev only exports CSVs
- Public directory where partners discover and join programs with one account
- Separate customer and recruit links with per-program recruiter override types
- Test network with simulated money
About TrackRev
- In their words:
- "TrackRev is SaaS affiliate software for indie hackers and small SaaS teams: run your SaaS affiliate program with no limit on tracked revenue"
- Company:
- Dhaka, Bangladesh (founder's base) · Founder Muzahid Maruf (product designer; previously built Contant.io); legal entity not stated
- Website:
- trackrev.io
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 TrackRev (8), checked 12 October 2026
TrackRev is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with TrackRev. Prices and features change: check trackrev.io before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.