Affiliate software for SaaS

ViralPayouts vs Tolt

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 Tolt, paying affiliates for you is optional or extra and has no two-tier recruiting. It costs $69 to $199 a month.

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

Why brands pick ViralPayouts over Tolt

Best fit: A brand that wants partners recruiting partners and affiliates paid for it, and would rather pay only when partners earn than carry 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.

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Side by side

	Tolt	ViralPayouts
Price	$69 to $199 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	Auto payouts: "fast global payouts with 2% processing fee" (Growth and above)	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	Optional	Yes You fund by bank transfer; we pay every partner
Two-tier recruiting	No	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	tolt.js client-side script; Server-side tracking without tolt.js (API); Cross-subdomain tracking; Partner coupon codes (unique and program-wide)	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, MCP server	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 Partner; Payment Links, Pricing Tables, Buy Button), Paddle Billing and Paddle Classic, Chargebee, PayPal, Wise	Stripe Checkout, Shopify orders, any backend via the event API

Tolt plans in full

Basic: $69 a month. Up to $10,000/month earned from affiliates; 2 programs; manual payouts only
Growth: $99 a month. Up to $20,000/month; 5 programs; auto payouts; W-9/W-8 collection and 1099 filing
Pro: $199 a month. Up to $50,000/month; unlimited programs; removes 'powered by' link; dedicated Slack
Enterprise: price not published. $50,001+/month earned from affiliates; custom price

Pricing source

Where ViralPayouts comes out ahead of Tolt

What Tolt offers

SaaS startups and indie hackers billing via Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee that want a cheap, fast-to-launch affiliate/referral program with a branded portal and optional auto payouts.

Affiliate software for SaaS · G2 4.6 (36 reviews) · Capterra 5 (19 reviews) · Trustpilot 3.7 (1 reviews)

Why ViralPayouts is the better choice

Two-level recruiting built in; Tolt has no multi-tier
No monthly fee vs $69-$199+/mo plus revenue caps
Pays affiliates with no separate processing fee; Tolt charges 2% on auto payouts and only from $99/mo
Public directory of programs with one partner account across them

What Tolt users say

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

Praise

Set up in under an hour; chosen over Tapfiliate and Rewardful for lower cost and better interface (Lior N., Mar 2024). capterra.com
Comparable to other tools at about half the price, very helpful team; switched from Rewardful (Pierre V., Jun 2023). capterra.com
Affiliate links now bring ~20% of revenue; easy Stripe integration and fast support (Philipp K., Mar 2024). capterra.com
Chose Tolt over Rewardful because it pays affiliates on the company's behalf (Guilherme O., Mar 2024). capterra.com

Complaints

Auto payouts require the $99/month plan; prefers Google login over magic links (Philipp K., Mar 2024). capterra.com
Lacks reporting and insights (Milinda U., Jul 2024; Jeremy R., Nov 2023). capterra.com
No link-level performance view; commissions not calculated after Paddle fees (Alex R., Mar 2024). capterra.com
No affiliate discovery portal (James S., Dec 2023). capterra.com

About Tolt

In their words:: "Affiliate Marketing software for SaaS startups"
Company:: Founded 2022 · Claymont, Delaware, USA (registered address); Dealroom notes offices in North Macedonia · Independent; founders Daniel Gjokaj (CEO) and Valentin Gjokaj (CTO) per Dealroom
Funding:: $100K seed (Oct 2023) from LAUNCH Accelerator / Jason Calacanis
Team:: 11-50 (Dealroom)
Named customers:: HeyReach (moved from Rewardful; $3M+ affiliate ARR), OpusClip (migrated 15,000+ partners), Logos shown on homepage: Exa.AI, OpenArt, Tencent RTC, VAPI, Retell, RHO.co (customer vs investor not stated)
Website:: tolt.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 Tolt (19), checked 12 October 2026

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