Customer referral softwareViralPayouts vs HelloReferrals
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 HelloReferrals, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $49 to $99 a month.
Every figure for HelloReferrals comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over HelloReferrals
Best fit: Online brands paying affiliates and recruiters commissions on tracked sales.
- $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
| HelloReferrals | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49 to $99 a monthTerm: 'No Commitment' | $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 | Optional | 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 | referral form submissions; email/SMS outreach | 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 | Not stated | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
HelloReferrals plans in full
- Standard: $49 a month. Unlimited referrals and advocates, referral page/form, SMS and social sharing, eGift card rewards
- Pro Automation: $99 a month. Adds automated referral generation and done-for-you campaigns
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of HelloReferrals
What HelloReferrals offers
Small service businesses (insurance agents, accountants, financial advisers) that want automated client-referral outreach.
Customer referral software
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Real link and server-to-server tracking with a ledger
- Cash commissions paid via Whop rather than gift cards
- Two-level recruiter overrides and a public partner directory
About HelloReferrals
- In their words:
- Customer Referral Program That Works
- Named customers:
- SG Insurance (testimonial), Berndt CPA (testimonial), Walkner Financial (testimonial)
- Website:
- helloreferrals.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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