ViralPayouts vs Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth)
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 Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth), paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and has two-tier recruiting on some plans only. It costs $75 to $399 a month + 5% of transactions.
Every figure for Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth)
Best fit: A brand that wants partner recruitment built in from day one with payouts handled, and would rather pay a share of payouts than a monthly subscription.
- $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
| Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $75 to $399 a month + 5% of transactionsTerm: Monthly, cancel anytime; Enterprise billed annually | $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 | Optional 'Referly Payouts' (Referly pays affiliates for you): 5% funded by bank/ACH, 8% funded by card. Own PayPal/Wise payouts carry only the rail fee. | 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 | Optionalvia Referly Payouts or brand's own PayPal/Wise | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | Higher plans2 levelsBusiness ($149/month) and above | Yes Two levels on every program: share of commission, share of sale or fixed. Paid on approved sales, never sign-ups |
| Public program directory | Yes1,700+ programs (per About page); 4,000+ vetted affiliates (per llms.txt) programs | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | Referral links (cookie + localStorage); Coupon codes; Manual referrals; Stripe one-click connect | 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 | 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, 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 | Stripe (App Marketplace), Shopify (App Store), WooCommerce, Paddle, Chargebee | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) plans in full
- Startup: $75 a month. Up to $10,000 monthly affiliate revenue; 200 affiliates; 500 referrals/month; 1 program; 1 seat; manual payouts only
- Business: $149 a month. Up to $30,000 monthly affiliate revenue; 1,000 affiliates; automated PayPal/Wise payouts; W-9/W-8 collection; API and webhooks; white label; sub-affiliate commissions; 5 programs; 5 seats
- Enterprise: $399 a month billed yearly. From $4,788/year; up to unlimited affiliate revenue; all add-ons; 10 programs; managed migration
- Agency / Agency Pro / Agency Scale: $299 a month, plus 5% of transactions. $299 / $599 / $999 per month; client-billing fee starting at 5% of subscriptions billed to clients, dropping with tier
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth)
What Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) offers
SaaS, ecommerce/Shopify stores, agencies running programs for clients, and creator/coupon-code programs that want branded portals, automated payouts and access to a built-in affiliate marketplace.
Affiliate software for SaaS · G2 4.9 (12 reviews) · Capterra 4.6 (8 reviews)
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Two levels on every program with no subscription; Referly gates sub-affiliates to $149/month
- Managed payouts included in a 10% falling to 3% fee with no extra processing fee; Referly Payouts adds 5-8% on top of the $75-$399 plan
- Recruiter override can be share of commission, share of sale or fixed; separate recruit link
- No monthly fee or revenue caps for small brands testing the channel
What Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- Easy-to-understand interface; marketplace helps find affiliates; responsive support capterra.com
- Complete affiliate system at a modest price capterra.com
- Easy setup brought a flurry of new affiliate sign-ups in the first week capterra.com
- Only affiliate platform the reviewer found that is EU VAT compliant apps.shopify.com
Complaints
- Marketplace is somewhat expensive and lacks filters/search for qualified affiliates capterra.com
- Backend sometimes buggy (developer responsive) capterra.com
- Dashboard can be slow with multiple campaigns capterra.com
- Wants payout options beyond Wise and PayPal; setup took time capterra.com
About Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth)
- In their words:
- "Pricing That Starts Where You Are" (pricing H1); llms.txt: "affiliate management software for SaaS companies, agencies, and eCommerce businesses"
- Company:
- Wilmington, Delaware, USA (registered entity) · Referly Technologies, LLC; built by Ayo Abdul and a small team; launched as Push Lap Growth and renamed Referly in 2026
- Team:
- "a small product-focused team"
- Named customers:
- Moov ($6.9M affiliate revenue, 1,155 affiliates), OptimizePress (4,554 affiliates), Letterly (691 creators), ClickGUARD ($14K MRR from affiliates in 5 months), Jobsoid, Audible Genius
- Website:
- referly.so
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.
Sources for Referly (formerly Push Lap Growth) (14), checked 12 October 2026
- https://referly.so
- https://referly.so/pricing
- https://referly.so/llms.txt
- https://referly.so/about
- https://referly.so/features
- https://www.referly.so/features/payouts
- https://www.referly.so/features/commission-plans
- https://www.referly.so/features/affiliate-tracking
- https://www.referly.so/features/fraud-prevention
- https://www.referly.so/pricing/compare
- https://marketplace.referly.so/affiliate-programs
- https://www.g2.com/products/push-lap-growth/reviews
- https://www.capterra.com/p/10022594/Push-Lap-Growth/
- https://apps.shopify.com/push-lap-growth
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