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ViralPayouts vs EzyCourse

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 EzyCourse, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs $97 to $699 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over EzyCourse

Best fit: A brand selling outside a course platform that wants two-level recruiting and automatic partner payouts without a monthly subscription.

  • $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

EzyCourseViralPayouts
Price$97 to $699 a month$0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month.
Setup feeNot statedNone
Fee for paying affiliatesAffiliate auto payout via Stripe Connect is a paid add-on: $15.3/mo monthly or $11.9/mo yearlyIncluded 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 youOptionalvia Stripe ConnectYes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruitingHigher plansUnlimited chain (no cap stated) levelsUnlimited ($399/mo, $199/mo yearly) and EliteYes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups
Public program directoryNoYes Partners browse and join with one account
TrackingReferral linksFirst-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon trackingNot statedYes A code per partner, per program
Mobile app trackingNot statedApp 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, MCPwebhooksREST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
IntegrationsStripe, PayPal, Razorpay, Paystack, PaddleStripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API
EzyCourse plans in full
  • Essential: $97 a month. Affiliate program not listed
  • Pro: $199 a month. "Affiliate program"
  • Unlimited: $399 a month. "Multi-level affiliate program"
  • Elite: $699 a month. All Unlimited features incl. multi-level affiliates
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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of EzyCourse

What EzyCourse offers

Course creators, coaches and community owners wanting an all-in-one course, community and store platform with a built-in (including multi-level) affiliate program for their own products.

Creator and checkout platform · G2 5 (38 reviews) · Capterra 4.8 (19 reviews) · Trustpilot 4.5 (94 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

  • No monthly fee; EzyCourse needs $199/mo for affiliates and $399/mo for multi-level
  • Pays partners for the brand with no add-on; EzyCourse charges extra for Stripe Connect auto payouts
  • Two-level recruiting on every program, not plan-gated
  • Public directory where partners discover programs; works for products sold anywhere via Stripe, Shopify or the event API

What EzyCourse users say

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

Praise

  • Best customer service experienced from any vendor (Kamilah, Jan 2025). capterra.co.uk
  • Simple to use yet strong features for selling digital products (Ady, Oct 2023). capterra.co.uk
  • 24/7 support is the standout, quick and helpful (Aiden S. Smith, Jun 2026). trustpilot.com

Complaints

  • Charged after free trial without warning; refund minus Stripe fees (Mihai, Oct 2024). capterra.co.uk
  • Funnels hard to build; waiting on pop-up features (June, Nov 2023). capterra.co.uk
  • Support poor when assistance was needed (May Ng, Aug 2026). trustpilot.com
  • Claims accounts can be cancelled at will; company disputes (Zahraa Hassane, Dec 2025). trustpilot.com

About EzyCourse

In their words:
"EzyCourse — The Complete Course Creator Platform" (site title)
Company:
Says it is "headquartered in the cloud"; serves 100+ countries
Website:
ezycourse.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.