Affiliate software for SaaS

ViralPayouts vs TinyAffiliate

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 TinyAffiliate, you pay your affiliates yourself and does not say it has two-tier recruiting. It costs $0 to $39 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over TinyAffiliate

Best fit: A brand that wants payouts handled for it and a recruiter tier, and prefers paying only when partners are paid.

$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

	TinyAffiliate	ViralPayouts
Price	$0 to $39 a monthTerm: Monthly, cancel anytime; 30-day money-back guarantee; annual 'coming soon'	$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	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	No	Yes Partners browse and join with one account
Tracking	Trackable short links; Stripe Connect OAuth webhook attribution (checkout.session.completed); Last-click attribution	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	No	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 (Stripe Connect OAuth)	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

TinyAffiliate plans in full

Free: $0 a month. Create 1 program draft, signup link, email notifications, Creator Database (beta); no sales tracking
Basic: $9 a month. 1 program; up to 3 affiliates; hosted signup page; manual approval; deep links; Stripe revenue attribution
Growth: $39 a month. Unlimited programs and affiliates; Stripe refund tracking; advanced payout CSV export; outreach campaigns (beta)

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Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of TinyAffiliate

What TinyAffiliate offers

Micro-SaaS and early-stage SaaS founders on Stripe who want a cheap, simple affiliate signup page, tracked links and owed-commission reporting, paying affiliates themselves.

Affiliate software for SaaS

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Actually pays the affiliates (via Whop); TinyAffiliate leaves payouts manual
Two-level partner + recruiter structure built in
Public directory so partners can find and join programs
Signed S2S event API plus Stripe Checkout webhook, append-only ledger and test network
No affiliate cap (TinyAffiliate Basic caps at 3)

About TinyAffiliate

In their words:: "Turn partners into a sales channel" (title: 'TinyAffiliate - Turn partners into a sales channel')
Company:: Not stated; terms are governed by the laws of Portugal with courts of Lisbon · Solo founder 'Dmitrii' (footer 'Built by Dmitrii'; X: @volosatovde); legal entity not stated
Website:: tinyaffiliate.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 TinyAffiliate (9), checked 12 October 2026

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