Customer referral software

ViralPayouts vs Gameball

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 Gameball, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $599 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Gameball

Best fit: Brands wanting affiliates and recruiters paid cash commissions rather than customer loyalty perks.

$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

	Gameball	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 to $599 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	No	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No	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	referral links and codes; REST API and SDKs; Shopify/WooCommerce/Salla/Magento plugins	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	Yes	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	Shopify, Salla, WooCommerce, Magento, Salesforce	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Gameball plans in full

Shopify Free: $0 a month. Up to 100 MRCs; includes referrals
Shopify Starter: $34 a month. Up to 1,000 orders/month
Shopify Pro: $159 a month. Unlimited VIP tiers, RFM segments
Growth (direct): $399 a month. 'Starting from $399 /month' for under 10,000 MRC; a second unlabeled tab shows $975
Enterprise (direct): $599 a month. 'Starting from $599 /month' above 10,000 MRC; second tab shows $2,800; adds 'Multi-Step Referral Program'

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Gameball

What Gameball offers

Consumer brands (ecommerce, retail, fintech, telecom, food and beverage) wanting points, tiers, cashback, gamification and customer referrals.

Customer referral software · G2 4.5 (19 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Pays real cash commissions to partners via Whop; Gameball rewards are points/discounts
Two-level partner plus recruiter overrides
Public directory for affiliates to find programs

What Gameball users say

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

Praise

Strong, responsive support team g2.com
Flexible points, tiers, referrals and dynamic discounts; POS and Judge.me integrations apps.shopify.com

Complaints

Domain verification failed with an error and support replies were slow and repetitive (Oct 2025) apps.shopify.com
Wants stronger analytics, faster dashboards and a mobile admin app; mobile SDK quality criticised g2.com
Leans to ecommerce over subscription businesses; extra fees for some requirements g2.com

About Gameball

In their words:: Gamified Loyalty for Consumer Brands
Company:: Cairo, Egypt
Funding:: $3.5 million seed round (per llms.txt)
Named customers:: Shell, Sega, Virgin Megastore, Lebara, Styli
Website:: gameball.co

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 Gameball (6), checked 12 October 2026

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