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ViralPayouts vs Voluum

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 Voluum, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $149 to $4,999 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Voluum

Best fit: Brands that want to run and pay a two-level partner program; a Voluum user could still send traffic to a ViralPayouts program link.

$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

	Voluum	ViralPayouts
Price	$149 to $4,999 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	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	Redirect tracking (302, meta refresh, double meta refresh); Direct/redirectless tracking via script; S2S postback URLs; Conversion APIs for Facebook, Google, TikTok, Bing, Yahoo (higher tiers/add-on)	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, 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	Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok, Taboola, Outbrain	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Voluum plans in full

Profit: $149 a month. 1M events/month, $0.06 per extra 1,000 events, 10 active affiliate networks
Scale: $349 a month. 5M events, $0.05 per extra 1,000, 30 affiliate networks
Start-up: $599 a month. 10M events, $0.05 per extra 1,000, 50 affiliate networks
Agency: $999 a month. 25M events, $0.035 per extra 1,000, 80 affiliate networks
Enterprise: $1999 a month. 60M events, $0.03 per extra 1,000, 150 affiliate networks; includes MCP
Corporate: $4999 a month. 200M events; contact sales

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Voluum

What Voluum offers

Media buyers, performance affiliates, agencies, iGaming operators/affiliates and in-house teams who buy traffic and need click/conversion tracking and ROI optimisation across ad networks and affiliate networks. It is an ad tracker, not an affiliate program manager.

Performance marketing platform · G2 4.6 (151 reviews) · Trustpilot 3.4 (101 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Runs the partner program itself: commissions, recruiter overrides, payouts via Whop; Voluum pays nobody
Built-in two levels (partner + recruiter) with separate customer and recruit links; Voluum has no multi-tier
No monthly fee: 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts versus $149+/month
Public directory of programs partners can join with one account

What Voluum users say

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

Praise

Responsive, knowledgeable account managers and support (most-cited G2 pro). g2.com
Drill-down analytics by source, device, OS and region; accurate S2S postback tracking. g2.com
"Rock solid S2S postback tracking, fast reporting"; automation rules save hours weekly. trustpilot.com

Complaints

Steep learning curve and complex setup. g2.com
Expensive, especially add-ons; key features gated behind big plan upgrades (one user cites EUR 144 to EUR 577/month). trustpilot.com
Auto-renewal charges with strict no-refund policy and hard cancellation. trustpilot.com
Outdated documentation and slow report loading. g2.com

About Voluum

In their words:: "Looking for a conversion attribution and ad tracking platform to optimize all your campaigns, not just Google and Meta Ads? You found it." (H1); title "Voluum – Ad Tracker for Media Buyers"
Company:: Founded 2013 (idea started by founder Robert Gryn); copyright reads 2015-2026 · Krakow, Poland · Team Internet (Domains and Services division); operated by Commerce Media Tech Sp. z o.o. (About page metadata also names Codewise)
Named customers:: WPN (iGaming case study), Maxbet, Alugha, Leedia, XEVIO
Website:: voluum.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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