Affonso Alternative
Room to have a good month
Affonso's €15 Launch caps at $1,000/mo in affiliate revenue. Referly's $75 Startup covers $10,000.
Referly is an Affonso alternative with ten times the entry headroom. Affonso's Launch plan is €15/mo billed annually (€19 monthly) and caps at $1,000/mo in affiliate revenue; Growth is €29 to $10,000/mo and Elite €79 to $30,000. Referly is $75/mo to $10,000/mo, tracks Stripe and Shopify, and collects W-9 and W-8 forms from the Business plan.
Credit where due
Where Affonso is the right answer
We say what they do well before we say what they do not. That is the reason you can believe the rest of the page.
Affonso is the cheapest tool in this comparison set at every published tier, and it stays cheaper than Referly at all of them, €15/mo billed annually against $75, €29 where Referly is $75, €79 where Referly is $149. No reading of the numbers changes that, and this page is not going to try. Launch is also generous where a new program feels it: unlimited affiliates, referrals, programs and tracked clicks from day one. The free-tools library driving their acquisition is well made and their comparison pages are more honest than most of this category's.
If the affiliate channel is unproven, €15 is the right answer and Referly's $75 is not. What the €15 does not buy is a program that looks like yours: the custom domain, private programs, email invitations and removing "Powered by Affonso" all sit on higher tiers, and the published ladder stops at $30,000/mo with nothing listed above it.
What you actually pay
The same program, priced by both
Sticker prices compare two different things. Here is the same program run on both, with every fee included.
Referly
- Startup plan
- $75
Startup, up to 200 active affiliates
Affonso
- Growth plan
- $31
Growth, covers up to $10,000/mo
The other side
Where Affonso stops
Three real limitations, each one traceable to a sentence on their own website.
The $1,000 ceiling
Launch caps at $1,000/mo in affiliate revenue. One good month, or a single decent affiliate, moves you to €29 Growth, and $30,000/mo lands you on €79 Elite.
Source: affonso.io/pricing
The Launch gate list
The custom domain, private programs, email invitations and removing "Powered by Affonso" branding all sit above Launch. The €15 program wears the vendor's badge, not yours.
Source: affonso.io/pricing
Referly vs Affonso, full comparison table
Compiled from real research into both platforms. The same rows appear on every alternatives page, so you can compare any two of them.
| Comparison | Referly | Affonso |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price / month | $75 (Startup) | €15/mo annual · €19 monthly (Launch) |
| Real cost at $10,000/mo |
Which one should you choose?
An honest look at which of Referly and Affonso is right for you, including the reasons to stay where you are.
Choose Referly if
- 01Your affiliate revenue is past $1,000/mo or heading there. The headroom is 10x at entry
- 02Shopify orders and Stripe subscriptions belong in the same program
- 03Tax forms, EU self-billing invoices and payout automation as you scale, Business and above
- 04A marketplace and Influencer Discovery instead of purely inbound recruitment
Choose Affonso if
Free migration
Switch from Affonso without losing your history
A CSV export from Affonso carries affiliates, links and commission rates across. Free on every plan, including Startup.
Scope and plan
~30 minList your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.
Export and map
~30 minExport your affiliates from Affonso as CSV. Referly's CSV importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.
Referly vs Affonso vs everyone else
Five facts on each of the other tools. If you are weighing up a third option, its page is one click away.
| Referly | Affonso |  Rewardful |
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Customer stories
Take their word for it
The founders and affiliate managers behind three fast-growing programs, in their own words.
“Affiliates drive a serious share of our revenue across three countries. Since we moved to Referly everything runs from one place, tracking has been spot on, and our partners get paid without me chasing spreadsheets.”
Alexander Koppers
Affiliate Manager, Moov
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Headroom per tier. Affonso's €15 Launch caps at $1,000/mo in affiliate revenue, €29 Growth at $10,000 and €79 Elite at $30,000. Referly's $75 Startup covers $10,000/mo and $149 Business covers $30,000, adding Shopify-plus-Stripe tracking, portal tax forms and a marketplace along the way. Affonso wins on price; Referly on what a tier contains.
