Customer referral software

ViralPayouts vs Mention Me

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 Mention Me, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It does not publish its prices.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Mention Me

Best fit: A brand that wants creators and affiliates paid in cash per sale, with recruiters growing the partner base, and no upfront contract.

$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

	Mention Me	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	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	JavaScript tags; Entry Point API (server-side); Consumer API order tracking; Name Share (name-based attribution for offline word of mouth)	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, webhooks	REST API for brands and partners with an OpenAPI spec, an MCP server for AI agents, a signed event API and partner postbacks
Integrations	Klaviyo, Emarsys / SAP (SAP-endorsed app), Braze, Bloomreach, Salesforce Marketing Cloud	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Mention Me plans in full

Custom pricing: price not published. Quote via form asking annual online revenue band; "free tech integrations, and competitor benchmarks included"

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Mention Me

What Mention Me offers

DTC and consumer brands (fashion, beauty, health, food and drink, travel, financial services, insurance) that want a customer refer-a-friend program with A/B testing and name-based attribution. Customer referral, not an affiliate/publisher network.

Customer referral software · G2 4.4 (61 reviews) · Capterra 4.6 (11 reviews) · Trustpilot 1.9 (22 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Published, simple fee (10% falling to 3% of partner payouts) with no monthly or setup fee versus quote-only pricing
Pays real cash commissions to partners via Whop; Mention Me rewards are discounts, gift cards and account credit
Two levels built in (recruiter override); Mention Me has none
Public program directory for partners to discover programs

What Mention Me users say

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

Praise

Account management and support described as second to none. g2.com
Referral drives a large share of acquisition (one reviewer: up to 20% of all acquisitions) at lower cost. g2.com
Non-technical staff can run experiments and changes without developers; quick to set up. capterra.com
A/B testing of incentives and messaging is valued. g2.com

Complaints

Inflexible platform; customer journey is fixed; design customization limited. g2.com
Some changes (e.g. codes) only possible via support team, which can be slow. capterra.com
Self-referral fraud and customers gaming the program are a concern. g2.com
End consumers report referral rewards stuck on 'delay processing your reward' or never arriving; codes failing at checkout. trustpilot.com

About Mention Me

In their words:: "You're missing 93% of your customer referrals." (H1; title: "The Referral Marketing Platform Brands Trust | Mention Me")
Company:: Founded 2013 · London, UK · Independent, VC-backed; co-founders Andy Cockburn (CEO) and Tim Boughton
Funding:: $7M Series A (2018, led by Eight Roads Ventures) + $25M Series B (2022, led by Octopus Ventures); GetLatka totals $32M
Team:: About 113 (GetLatka estimate, Dec 2024)
Named customers:: Michael Kors, PlayStation, Puma, Gymshark, Charlotte Tilbury, Ocado, AJ Bell, ASOS, Pret a Manger (2022)
Website:: mention-me.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 Mention Me (15), checked 12 October 2026

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