ViralPayouts vs The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico)
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 The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico), you pay your affiliates yourself and offers multi-tier commissions. It does not publish its prices.
Every figure for The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico) comes from its own pages or named review sites, checked 12 October 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Why brands pick ViralPayouts over The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico)
Best fit: A non-iGaming brand wanting a simple two-tier 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.
Side by side
| The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico) | 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 Operator's payment providers ("integration to multiple payment providers"); TAP not stated to hold or send funds | Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner |
| Two-tier recruiting | YesUnlimited ("unlimited depth levels") 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 | real-time pixel tracking; S2S postbacks; direct conversion APIs; custom tracked links with A/B destination testing | 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 | Smartico.ai (sister CRM/gamification product) | Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API |
The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico) plans in full
- Custom (book a demo): price not published. Not published
Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico)
What The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico) offers
iGaming operators (online casinos and sportsbooks), notably in Brazil/LatAm judging by named clients, wanting deal-builder affiliate management with multi-level networks.
iGaming affiliate platform
Why ViralPayouts is the better choice
- Transparent fee (10% falling to 3% of partner payouts) vs demo-only
- Pays partners for the brand via Whop
- Public directory of programs partners can join
- Open to non-gambling brands, self-serve
About The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico)
- In their words:
- "Track, Convert, Repeat" (title: "TheAffiliatePlatform - Leading iGaming Affiliate Management Solutions")
- Company:
- Not stated (contact phone has +359 Bulgaria prefix) · Mobius BG EOOD, owner of Smartico.ai ("a proud part of Mobius BG EOOD, the owner of Smartico")
- Named customers:
- Betvip, Esportes da Sorte, Cometa Gaming, Weebet, Vaidebet (logo)
- Website:
- theaffiliateplatform.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.
Sources for The Affiliate Platform (TAP by Smartico) (3), checked 12 October 2026
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