Best software
There is no best platform in absolute terms. For SaaS on Stripe, FirstPromoter or Rewardful; for Shopify, UpPromote or GoAffPro; to recruit partners, PartnerStack or Impact; for a price that does not follow your sales, Meritt. The prices below are each vendor's own.
| Software | Best for | Entry price |
|---|---|---|
| FirstPromoter | For a SaaS billed by subscription | $49 / month |
| Rewardful | For a SaaS billed by subscription | $49 / month |
| Meritt | For a SaaS billed by subscription | $0, then $49 / month |
| UpPromote | For a Shopify store | $0, then $29.99 / month |
| GoAffPro | For a Shopify store | $0 |
| PartnerStack | To recruit from a partner marketplace | on quote |
| Impact.com | To recruit from a partner marketplace | $30 / month + 2.5% |
| Affilae | To recruit from a partner marketplace | €99 excl. VAT / month + 2.5% |
| Affiliatly | On a small budget | $0, then $16 / month |
| AffiliateWP | For WordPress, an unusual stack or several programs | $149.50 / year ($299 at renewal) |
| Post Affiliate Pro | For WordPress, an unusual stack or several programs | $89 / month |
| Tapfiliate | For WordPress, an unusual stack or several programs | $89 / month |
Checked on October 19, 2026
FirstPromoter comes first for its native billing integrations, Rewardful for its managed payouts; Meritt when the price must not follow revenue.
Up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month on Starter. Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly and Braintree natively; links on your own domain on all plans; historical Stripe import.
Pick it if: your billing runs on Chargebee, Recurly or Paddle and you want a native integration rather than an API.
Priced in tiers of affiliate revenue: $7,500 a month on Starter, $15,000 on Growth. 0% of revenue; optional Managed Payouts at 3%.
Pick it if: you sell SaaS on Stripe and want a third party to handle paying affiliates and their tax paperwork.
A flat $0, $49 or $99 a month, with no percentage and no revenue cap. Links on your domain, Stripe, Shopify and PayPal read directly, automatic PayPal and Wise payouts and bank transfer, Skrill, Revolut or crypto, invoices and self-billing.
Pick it if: you want a price that does not follow your sales, links on your own domain and the invoice for every payout.
The two native Shopify apps come first for their marketplace and free plan; Meritt when you want no percentage on your sales.
An app built for Shopify. Free plan; paid plans add a 2%, 1.5% or 1% performance fee on approved referral sales. An affiliate marketplace.
Pick it if: you run a Shopify store and want to recruit affiliates through a marketplace.
A free plan with no limit on affiliates or sales, recommended under 100 daily orders; Premium at $49. Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Squarespace and more; multi-level commissions; automatic PayPal payouts.
Pick it if: you are starting a store and want a free program, or multi-level commissions.
A flat $0, $49 or $99 a month, with no percentage and no revenue cap. Links on your domain, Stripe, Shopify and PayPal read directly, automatic PayPal and Wise payouts and bank transfer, Skrill, Revolut or crypto, invoices and self-billing.
Pick it if: you want a price that does not follow your sales, links on your own domain and the invoice for every payout.
Three platforms built around a partner marketplace.
Priced by program size, through a demo. PartnerStack pays partners itself on a single monthly invoice, and gives access to its B2B partner marketplace.
Pick it if: you are a B2B software company that wants resellers and referral partners recruited from a marketplace.
A self-serve Starter plan for Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and a few other stores; next plans from $500 a month on a 12-month contract. A partner marketplace.
Pick it if: you already run a large partnership budget and want affiliates, creators and media in one place.
A French vendor. 2.5% per validated sale on Build, 2% on Grow, 3-month commitment on Build. A stated network of over 13,000 affiliates and support from consultants.
Pick it if: you target the French market and want help recruiting affiliates and creators.
Meritt is free until the first commission, then a flat price; GoAffPro stays free longer for a small store, Affiliatly costs less with few affiliates.
A flat $0, $49 or $99 a month, with no percentage and no revenue cap. Links on your domain, Stripe, Shopify and PayPal read directly, automatic PayPal and Wise payouts and bank transfer, Skrill, Revolut or crypto, invoices and self-billing.
Pick it if: you want a price that does not follow your sales, links on your own domain and the invoice for every payout.
A free plan with no limit on affiliates or sales, recommended under 100 daily orders; Premium at $49. Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Squarespace and more; multi-level commissions; automatic PayPal payouts.
Pick it if: you are starting a store and want a free program, or multi-level commissions.
Priced by number of affiliates, unlimited orders from $16; free plan up to 50 tracked orders. PayPal mass payouts from $24.
Pick it if: your store has few affiliates and you want the lowest price.
Three tools for specific needs.
A WordPress plugin, for self-hosted WordPress only. Unlimited affiliates and commissions; priced by number of sites; no free trial, 14-day refund.
Pick it if: your whole business runs on WordPress and WooCommerce and you want the data to stay on your server.
Priced by tracking requests: 10,000 a month on Starter, overage billed. More than 220 integrations, and a Network plan to run several merchants.
Pick it if: you have an unusual tech stack, or you are building your own affiliate network.
5,000 clicks and 500 conversions a month on Launch, overage billed per thousand. More than 30 integrations, ecommerce and SaaS; several programs on Scale.
Pick it if: you want to run affiliates, referrals and influencers in several programs from one account.
| MDMarie Duval | 412 clicks | 18 sales | €642.00 |
| JLJulien Lam | 287 clicks | 11 sales | €396.50 |
| SBSofia Bianchi | 203 clicks | 9 sales | €311.25 |
With three questions: who takes the money (Stripe, Shopify, other), what makes the bill climb (percentage, revenue cap, clicks), and who pays the affiliates.
They were checked on October 19, 2026 on each vendor's pricing page, linked next to each tool. They change without notice: check before you decide.
An amount of affiliate revenue above which the vendor moves you to the next plan. Rewardful and FirstPromoter have one; Meritt keeps a flat price.
Not at first. It becomes one as the program grows, since the bill grows with it while the tool does no more.
Meritt connects to Stripe in one click and reads payments, renewals, refunds and disputes, then pays your affiliates.
Meritt reads the paid, refunded and cancelled orders of your Shopify store, and your affiliates' discount codes.
Commissions leave your PayPal Business account for your affiliates, with the invoice.
Free until your first commission. No card asked for.
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