Affiliate software for e-commerceViralPayouts vs Commish Affiliates
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 Commish Affiliates, you pay your affiliates yourself and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs $19 to $99 a month.
Every figure for Commish Affiliates comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Commish Affiliates
Best fit: Non-Shopify or low-volume brands that prefer no subscription and a public partner directory.
- $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
| Commish Affiliates | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 to $99 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 | Novia Licensed payment providers (Stripe, Paystack named on Scale); non-custodial, 'Funds move from you to partners through the provider' | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Higher plansGrowth ($49/mo) | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | Not stated | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | referral links; coupons | 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 | 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 | Shopify, Stripe, Paystack | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Commish Affiliates plans in full
- Starter: $19 a month. Unlimited partners, coupons, local-bank payouts, manual payout runs
- Growth: $49 a month. Commission rules and multi-level, scheduled payouts, fraud detection
- Scale: $99 a month. Stripe and Paystack connections, payout retries, audit logs
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Commish Affiliates
What Commish Affiliates offers
Shopify merchants (notably in markets served by Paystack) wanting automated local-bank partner payouts.
Affiliate software for e-commerce
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- No monthly subscription: ViralPayouts charges 10% falling to 3% of partner payouts, only when partners are paid
- Two-tier on every program, no plan gate
- ViralPayouts pays partners for the brand (via Whop); brand just funds by bank transfer
- Public directory of live programs and one partner account across programs
- Works beyond Shopify: Stripe Checkout webhook and signed server-to-server event API, plus REST API and MCP server
About Commish Affiliates
- In their words:
- "Run an affiliate, influencer and referral program. Pay partners automatically to their local bank." (Shopify listing)
- Company:
- Founded Shopify app launched June 17, 2026 · Monavoni, Gauteng, South Africa · Ophir Technologies
- Website:
- apps.shopify.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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