Affiliate software for SaaSViralPayouts vs Shareyl
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. Shareyl also pays affiliates for you and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 a month + 5% of transactions.
Every figure for Shareyl comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Shareyl
Best fit: Brands that want recruiters to earn overrides and need tracking beyond Stripe without a forced discount.
- $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
| Shareyl | ViralPayouts | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month + 5% of transactions | $0 a month. 10% of what you pay partners, falling to 3% at $10,000 a month. |
| Setup fee | None ("No subscriptions. No upfront fees. No hidden upcharges.") | None |
| Fee for paying affiliates | Not stated beyond the 5% service fee; Stripe fees not discussed | 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 | Yesvia Stripe Connect; terms say 'Developers are responsible for funding commission payouts' | 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 | Yes | Yes Partners browse and join with one account |
| Tracking | affiliate links; Stripe connected-account webhooks run by Shareyl; cookies | First-party links with click IDs, signed server-to-server events, Stripe Checkout webhook |
| Coupon tracking | No | 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 | Stripe (required) | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
Shareyl plans in full
- Single plan: $0 a month, plus 5% of transactions. Commission and customer discount each must be at least 5%
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Shareyl
What Shareyl offers
Indie and early-stage SaaS developers who take payments through Stripe and want an affiliate program with zero code.
Affiliate software for SaaS
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Built-in two-level recruiter overrides; Shareyl states no multi-tier
- Fee is a share of partner payouts falling to 3% at scale, not 5% of every sale
- Works beyond Stripe via a signed S2S event API, plus a Stripe Checkout webhook
- No forced customer discount or customer Stripe sign-up for cashback
- Test network with simulated money and an append-only ledger
What Shareyl users say
Paraphrased from public reviews. Follow each link to read the original.
Praise
- On-site testimonial: 'Very straightforward affiliate tracking software that can save a lot of time for non-technical founders.' shareyl.com
Complaints
- None found.
About Shareyl
- In their words:
- "Automated Affiliate Marketing For Your SaaS" / "No extra code or webhooks needed."
- Team:
- Appears to be a solo founder (contact section: 'send me a message directly to my personal email')
- Named customers:
- Testimonial from a 'Co-founder @ Platus (YCF24)'
- Website:
- shareyl.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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Shareyl is a trademark of its owner. ViralPayouts is not affiliated with Shareyl. Prices and features change: check shareyl.com before you decide. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.