Affiliate software for SaaS

ViralPayouts vs Afficone

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 Afficone, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Afficone

Best fit: A brand that wants partners to recruit other partners (two-tier) and wants payouts handled for it without a monthly fee.

$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

	Afficone	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 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	Optionalvia PayPal / Wise (merchant's own accounts, per AlternativeTo description)	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	Not stated	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	JavaScript tracking script with portal token on all pages incl. billing; WooCommerce plugin installs script; referral codes/links; click analytics with referrer and location	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	Not stated	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 (Stripe 'Verified Partner' badge), Paddle, WooCommerce plugin, Shopify (per AlternativeTo), React / Next.js / vanilla JS	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Afficone plans in full

Free: $0 a month. Free version with limited functionality (per AlternativeTo); homepage: "You can explore our platform for free, no need to attach a payment provider."
Paid plans (names not confirmed; 'Growth' tier referenced on homepage): price not published. AlternativeTo lists paid subscriptions from $39 to $1,499 per month; product sync is "for Growth plans and higher"

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Afficone

What Afficone offers

"SaaS startups and E-Commerce stores", plus personal brands and usage-based apps, connecting Stripe, Paddle or WooCommerce.

Affiliate software for SaaS

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Two levels built in (partner commission plus recruiter override, separate recruit link); Afficone states nothing on multi-tier
ViralPayouts actually pays affiliates for the brand via Whop; Afficone appears to automate payouts from the merchant's own PayPal/Wise
Public directory where partners browse and join programs; Afficone has none
Documented signed server-to-server event API and test network with simulated money

About Afficone

In their words:: "Affiliate Marketing made simple and awesome."
Company:: Bulgaria (per its Trustpilot listing)
Website:: afficone.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 Afficone (4), checked 12 October 2026

Afficone is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Afficone. Prices and features change: check afficone.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.