ViralPayouts vs Channeltivity
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 Channeltivity, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.
Every figure for Channeltivity comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Channeltivity
Best fit: An online brand that wants affiliates and creators paid per sale with a second tier for recruiters.
- $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
| Channeltivity | 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 | No | 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 | partner-submitted referrals and deal registration in portal; CRM sync (Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365); lead distribution | 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 | Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zapier, NetSuite | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Channeltivity plans in full
- Growth: price not published. ~100 partners/dealers, single region
- Mid-Market: price not published. Hundreds of partners, regional/international, approval workflows
- Enterprise: price not published. Thousands of partners, multiple partner types/tiers/programs, ERP/CRM integration
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Channeltivity
What Channeltivity offers
B2B companies (tech, security, hardware, manufacturing) running reseller, dealer, distributor and referral partner programs, from ~100 partners up to global ecosystems with thousands.
Enterprise partnership platform · G2 4.7 (56 reviews)
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Click/link tracking and S2S events for online sales
- Pays partners for the brand via Whop
- Recruiter override commissions with recruit links
- Public program directory
- Transparent % fee vs custom enterprise pricing
What Channeltivity users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
About Channeltivity
- In their words:
- "Intelligent. Enterprise. Channel Management." (title: "Channeltivity | Enterprise Partner Relationship Management (PRM) Software")
- Company:
- Founded Not stated exactly; "19+ years supporting channel programs" (homepage) and "for more than 20 years" (what-is page) · Channeltivity, LLC (ownership not stated)
- Named customers:
- Samsung, Equifax, ClickHouse, Recorded Future, Blackbox (case study)
- Website:
- channeltivity.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 Channeltivity (5), checked 12 October 2026
Channeltivity is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Channeltivity. Prices and features change: check channeltivity.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.