Customer referral software

ViralPayouts vs Aklamio

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. Aklamio also pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Aklamio

Best fit: Online brands and creators' programs that want partners plus recruiters paid automatically without an enterprise contract.

$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

	Aklamio	ViralPayouts
Price	Not published: quote on request	$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 Aklamio fulfilment module	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 or API online tracking; offline/POS/telesales via Backoffice or API; CSV upload / Claim-by-Link	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	REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
Integrations	SFTP data-warehouse export, JavaScript tag, API	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Aklamio plans in full

Custom (book a demo): price not published. No pricing published

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Aklamio

What Aklamio offers

Large consumer brands in telecom, energy, insurance, banking and consumer goods that want managed referral, cashback and incentive programs.

Customer referral software · G2 4.4 (14 reviews) · Trustpilot 4.5 (30,443 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Self-serve with a published fee (10% falling to 3%) instead of enterprise quotes
Two-level recruiter overrides built in
Public directory of programs partners can join
Aimed at affiliates/creators, not one-off customer incentives

What Aklamio users say

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

Praise

Reward recipients report fast payment into their bank account (Trustpilot, Oct 2026) trustpilot.com
Clear emails about when a reward will activate trustpilot.com

Complaints

Reward page link hard to access; forms needed filling several times trustpilot.com
A bank cancelled a payout because of a name mismatch; extra verification requests and occasional payout delays trustpilot.com

About Aklamio

In their words:: Aklamio | The fully-serviced Customer Incentives Platform
Company:: Germany (Aklamio GmbH)
Team:: Team of 27 nationalities (headcount not stated)
Named customers:: Virgin Media, Lebara UK, Endesa, Autodesk, SWK Bank
Website:: get.aklamio.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 Aklamio (9), checked 12 October 2026

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