ViralPayouts vs Affitor
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. Affitor also pays affiliates for you and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of affiliate revenue.
Every figure for Affitor comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Affitor
Best fit: A brand that wants a two-tier recruit-a-recruiter program, with a fee tied to commissions rather than gross sales.
- $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
| Affitor | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month + 3.5% to 3.5% of affiliate revenueTerm: None; cancel any time | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | 0 | 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 Affitor (processes payouts after approval); Stripe for partner payouts | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | No1 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 | YesClaims "100,000+ affiliates, creators, and agencies"; separate OpenAffiliate directory launched 18 Apr 2026 with ~750 programs two days after launch programs | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | zero-code Stripe autocapture (Stripe Connect, checkout metadata, webhooks); Conversion REST API (click/lead/sale/refund); one-line JS script; Browser and Node SDKs, CLI | 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, 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, Polar, Lemon Squeezy, Paddle, Next.js/React SDK | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Affitor plans in full
- Free: $0 a month. "0% until $10k. Free on your first $10,000 per program" (all-time, per program, never resets); all features
- Performance: $0 a month, plus 3.5% of affiliate revenue. Above the first $10,000; all features
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Affitor
What Affitor offers
AI SaaS companies (mainly on Stripe) that want both affiliate software and access to a network of creators/affiliates; partners promoting AI SaaS for 20-40% recurring.
Performance marketing platform
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Two levels built in: recruiter override plus separate recruit link; Affitor is single-tier
- Fee is a share of commissions paid (10% falling to 3%), whereas Affitor's 3.5% is on gross affiliate-driven sales; with a 20-30% commission rate, ViralPayouts' high-volume rate is far lower in dollar terms
- Append-only ledger and test network with simulated money
About Affitor
- In their words:
- "Grow revenue through partners at any scale" (title: "Affitor — AI-Native Affiliate Network for SaaS")
- Company:
- Founder rebuilding from San Francisco; team across San Francisco, Chicago, Vietnam, London · Founder Son Piaz (Nguyen Tung Son), affiliate marketer with a 500k+ audience; also founded the 'Com AI Lo' creator community
- Team:
- "small team spread across four timezones"
- Website:
- affitor.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.
Sources for Affitor (6), checked 12 October 2026
Affitor is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Affitor. Prices and features change: check affitor.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.