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ViralPayouts vs New Zenler

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 New Zenler, you pay your affiliates yourself and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $57 to $347 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over New Zenler

Best fit: A creator or brand that wants an open affiliate program that recruits itself, with payouts handled, on top of whatever course platform they use.

$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

	New Zenler	ViralPayouts
Price	$57 to $347 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	No1 levels	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	Affiliate ID URL parameter (?affiliate=ID) on any site URL; Coupon-applied affiliate URLs (?affiliate=ID&coupon=code); Cookie, default 30 days	First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook
Coupon tracking	Partly	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	Developer API (Pro+), Zoom (live sessions)	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

New Zenler plans in full

Starter: $57 a month. 1 site, 5 courses, 500 people, 5,000 emails/mo. Affiliate Marketing not available.
Pro: $117 a month. 3 sites, unlimited courses/people, 100,000 emails/mo, developer API, affiliate marketing.
Premium: $347 a month. 10 sites, 500,000 emails/mo, SSO, priority support, affiliate marketing.

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of New Zenler

What New Zenler offers

Course creators and coaches who want an all-in-one course, community, funnel and email platform, with a basic affiliate module for their own courses.

Creator and checkout platform · G2 4.8 (86 reviews) · Capterra 4.2 (9 reviews) · Trustpilot 4.3 (394 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Pays affiliates for the brand; Zenler leaves payouts to the creator
Two-level recruiting and per-program override; Zenler has one flat rate
Public directory and self-serve partner sign-up
No monthly fee

What New Zenler users say

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

Praise

Using Zenler since 2019; growth and new features 'simply amazing' (Tracey Browning, Jul 2026). trustpilot.com
Quick 1:1 support plus helpful Facebook group (Danielle Elliott, Jun 2026). trustpilot.com
Value for money with a ton of features (Soma D., Apr 2024). capterra.com

Complaints

Course deleted permanently without warning (Sunny, Mar 2026). trustpilot.com
No way to reach tech support; SSL setup delayed (Alejandro C., May 2021). capterra.com
Only one global affiliate commission rate and manual affiliate sign-up (feature request, Oct 2025). feedback.zenler.com

About New Zenler

In their words:: "Everything you need to Launch & Scale your Business" (pricing page H1)
Company:: London, UK (1-15 Clere St, Shoreditch, per Trustpilot company details)
Website:: newzenler.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 New Zenler (7), checked 12 October 2026

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