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ViralPayouts vs LinkTrust

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 LinkTrust, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over LinkTrust

Best fit: Online brands wanting a simple two-level referral/affiliate program with payouts handled.

$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

	LinkTrust	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	Novia "Payment facilitation" through partner integrations or your own service	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	Tracking links; Pixel; Postback; Server-to-server (cookieless)	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	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	TrustedForm, Jornaya, Ringba	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

LinkTrust plans in full

Entry-level (unnamed): price not published. 1 campaign, 1,000 clicks/month, 3 affiliates, basic reporting, email support
Standard / Advanced (proposal): price not published. Priced on click/lead allocations plus Standard or Advanced feature set

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of LinkTrust

What LinkTrust offers

Agencies and networks, B2B partnerships, advertisers and publishers, especially lead-gen in finance, education, healthcare and payday.

Performance marketing platform · G2 4.6 (16 reviews) · Capterra 4.5 (21 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Clear self-serve pricing with no monthly fee
Two-level partner + recruiter commissions built in
Pays partners for the brand via Whop
Public program directory for partners

What LinkTrust users say

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

Praise

Marketing director praised the support team (2017). capterra.com
Digital media manager found campaign setup easy with little technical skill needed (2018). capterra.com

Complaints

No warning when monthly click allocation is exceeded, causing surprise overages (2017). capterra.com
Data deleted after 10 months, so users must back it up elsewhere (2018). capterra.com
UI feels clunky at times (2018). capterra.com

About LinkTrust

In their words:: "Maximize Your Trust." (H1); title "LinkTrust: Affiliate & Performance Marketing Platform"
Company:: Lehi, Utah, USA ("Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Slopes Utah"; 2901 W Bluegrass Blvd., Suite 200-217) · Likely LinkTrust Systems, Inc. (LinkedIn slug only; not confirmed)
Named customers:: Publishers Clearing House, Agora Financial, Noble Gold, RevenueTree, CareOne
Website:: linktrust.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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Sources for LinkTrust (6), checked 12 October 2026

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