Affiliate network

ViralPayouts vs Admitad

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. Admitad also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $159 to $490 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of transactions.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Admitad

Best fit: A digital product brand that wants to grow its own creator/affiliate base with a recruiter level, pay only when partners earn, and avoid monthly fees and contract minimums.

$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

	Admitad	ViralPayouts
Price	$159 to $490 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of transactionsTerm: "Minimum contract term is 3 months" (both plans)	$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	Yesvia Admitad / Mitgo (Earnings Wallet)	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No1 (network-level publisher referral only) levels	Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directory	Yes3000+ brands (Admitad Store, publisher-facing) programs	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	affiliate links; promo code tracking; hybrid link + promo code; invoice-based tracking	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	Yes	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	Adjust, Branch, AppsFlyer	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Admitad plans in full

Perform Rise: $159 a month, plus 3.5% of transactions. $1,526/year if paid annually; up to 5 geos; 100 publisher invitations/week; up to 3 action types; 5 brand-bidding words
Perform Peak: $490 a month. $5,880/year; "Free upon reaching the minimum order volume"; unlimited geos; 200 invitations/week; personal manager; 10 brand-bidding words
Flow (contract and pay external partners): price not published. Service fee not published; "Up to 1.5% volume rebate on your marketing spend"

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Admitad

What Admitad offers

Ecommerce, travel, finance, software and app advertisers (strong in emerging markets: CIS/Eastern Europe, MENA, India, APAC, LatAm) wanting access to a large publisher base of affiliates, coupon/cashback sites, creators and OEM partners; plus publishers monetising traffic.

Affiliate network · G2 4.8 (15 reviews) · Trustpilot 3.2 (72 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

No monthly fee, no 3-month minimum: fee 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts versus $159/month + 3.5% or $490/month
Brand-defined recruiter override (second level) per program; Admitad's referral reward is a network bonus, not brand-configurable
Simple setup with Stripe Checkout webhook and signed S2S API
Separate customer and recruit links make creator-led recruiting built in

What Admitad users say

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

Praise

Payouts consistent and reliable. g2.com
Wide range of programs; conversion tracking easy. g2.com
Attentive account managers, 24/7 support and many international brands. trustpilot.com
Advertisers (Alibaba.com, NordVPN) credit reporting tools and responsive account managers. admitad.com

Complaints

Withdrawals blocked or balances held for months; accounts locked without clear reason. trustpilot.com
Traffic marked fraudulent without evidence; log requests ignored. trustpilot.com
Program approvals slow (one waited more than 2 weeks). g2.com
Pricing unclear and registration complex; interface overwhelming at first. g2.com

About Admitad

In their words:: "One platform to pay every marketing partner" (site banner); homepage H1: "Grow revenue through partnerships – for brands and publishers"
Company:: Founded 2009 (2009-09-01 per site schema) · Germany: Admitad GmbH, Heinz-Nixdorf-Straße 6, 74172 Neckarsulm (imprint); site schema says Heilbronn. Offices page marks Dubai as headquarters among 9 offices in 9 countries. · Mitgo group (help centre and developer docs now on mitgo.com; Mitgo docs also host Takeads and Tapfiliate APIs). Founder Alexander Bachmann; managing director Eugen Geldt.
Named customers:: Alibaba.com, NordVPN, Vevor, WPS Office, Carinii
Website:: admitad.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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Sources for Admitad (14), checked 12 October 2026

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