What's the main difference between Referly and Tapfiliate?

The meter. Tapfiliate bills on clicks and conversions, 5,000 and 500 a month on Launch, with published overage rates. Referly bills on affiliate revenue: $75/mo covers $10,000/mo, and click volume never touches the invoice. Whichever number you can forecast better is the meter you should be on.

Is Tapfiliate a good product?

Yes. It publishes its overage rates when nobody else in the category does, charges no percentage of sales, and its Scale tier carries real depth, deeplinks, MLM, automation, product feeds. It ranks where it ranks on merit. The question is whether a click meter fits your traffic, not whether the product works.

Does Tapfiliate charge a transaction fee?

No. "We do not charge a transaction fee on your sales. The revenue you earn is yours," per their pricing page. The costs that scale are the click and conversion overages: $1.50 per 1,000 extra clicks and $15 per 1,000 extra conversions on Launch. Referly's transaction fee is also 0%, with no click meter behind it.

When should I choose Tapfiliate over Referly?

When your traffic is stable enough that the click allowance never bites, when you want their Scale-tier automation depth, or when your stack sits inside their 30+ ecommerce integrations. A steady-state program with disciplined traffic can live happily on a click meter.

Can I move my affiliates from Tapfiliate to Referly?

Yes, with a direct Tapfiliate importer. Affiliates, links and commission rates come across mapped. Historic click logs stay in Tapfiliate; settle accrued commissions there before switching, and run both for a few days to compare attribution.

How does Referly's pricing compare to Tapfiliate's?

Referly starts at $29/mo (Indie, up to $1,500/mo in affiliate revenue and 50 affiliates); Tapfiliate's Launch is $89 monthly or $74/mo billed annually, also for 50 affiliates. Past that size they part ways: Launch holds only 50 affiliates and 5,000 clicks, so a 200-partner program sits on Scale at $179 while the same program stays on Referly's $75 Startup. Referly's price steps on affiliate revenue and roster size, never on clicks: $29 to $1,500/mo and 50 affiliates, $75 to $10,000/mo and 200, $149 to $30,000/mo.

Tapfiliate Alternative

A bill that doesn't move with your traffic

Tapfiliate's entry plan stops at 50 affiliates and 5,000 clicks. Referly's $75 covers 200 and counts neither.

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Referly is a Tapfiliate alternative that meters on affiliate revenue instead of traffic. Tapfiliate's $89 Launch plan includes 5,000 clicks, 500 conversions and 50 affiliates, with overage at $1.50 per 1,000 extra clicks, so a 200-affiliate program needs Scale at $179/mo, against Referly's $75 for the same program. Referly counts no clicks, caps no roster at that size, and imports from Tapfiliate directly.

Tapfiliate is the only vendor in the category that publishes its overage rates at all, $1.50 per 1,000 clicks, $15 per 1,000 conversions on Launch, and that honesty deserves naming. "Flat Pricing. Zero Cuts" is true: no percentage of your sales at any plan. The Scale tier is a deep product, deeplinks, multi-level marketing, workflow automation, product feeds, multi-language accounts, and it earned its ranking on the ecommerce affiliate software query on merit.

Referly's $29 Indie undercuts Launch's $89 ($74 billed annually) for a program under $1,500/mo, and Referly's $75 Startup sits close to Launch's price for a bigger one, so price at the door is not the argument here. The meter is.

What you actually pay

The same program, priced by both

At this size Tapfiliate costs 2.4× what Referly does. The gap comes from the percentages and the plan cliffs, not the sticker price.

Referly

Startup plan: $75

Every month$75

Startup, up to 200 active affiliates

Tapfiliate

Scale plan: $179

Every month$179

Scale, 100,000 clicks included

Referly's $29 Indie (up to $1,500/mo in affiliate revenue) and Tapfiliate's $89 Launch both hold 50 affiliates; Referly's $75 Startup holds 200. Priced for the same 200-partner program, Tapfiliate is on Scale at $179 against Referly's $75, and their number still moves with click volume, where Referly's does not.

The same program at three sizes

Affiliate revenue	On Referly	On Tapfiliate
$2,500/mo	$75/mo · Startup	$89/mo · Launch
$10,000/mo	$75/mo · Startup	$179/mo · Scale
$25,000/mo	$149/mo · Business	$179/mo · Scale

Assumes the program Referly's Startup plan ($75/mo) is sized for: $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue, 200 active affiliates, 20% commission ($2,000/mo in payouts), 100 referred orders and 5,000 tracked clicks. The same program, priced by each vendor's own published rates.

The other side

Where Tapfiliate stops

Three real limitations, each one traceable to a sentence on their own website.

The meter

Launch includes 5,000 clicks and 500 conversions a month. A press mention, a viral post or a bot wave spends that allowance for you. The bill moves with traffic you don't control.

Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing

The Launch walls

Launch caps affiliates at 50 and programs at one. Deeplinks, MLM, automated payouts via Trolley and custom domains all start on Scale at $179/mo ($149 annual).

Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing

The white-label gate

Full white label and SSO are Enterprise-only, priced custom. On the plans with published numbers, the portal your affiliates see carries Tapfiliate's branding decisions, not yours.

Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing

Referly vs Tapfiliate, 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	Tapfiliate
Entry price / month	$29 Indie (to $1,500/mo), $75 Startup (to $10,000/mo)	$74/mo annual · $89 monthly (Launch)
Real cost at $10,000/mo	$75/mo on Startup	$179/mo on Scale
What the price meters on	Affiliate revenue	Clicks + conversions
Revenue cap, entry plan	$1,500/mo on Indie, with 50 affiliates and 100 referrals a month	5,000 clicks + 500 conversions/mo · 50 affiliates · 1 program
Next tier	$75 (Startup), $10,000/mo cap. Then $149 (Business), $30,000/mo cap	$179 (Scale), 100,000 clicks + 10,000 conversions/mo · unlimited affiliates
Transaction or payout fee	0% transaction fee	No transaction fee on sales
Stripe
Shopify
WooCommerce
Paddle
Chargebee, Polar, Zylvie
Coupon-code tracking	Every plan, including Indie	Not stated
Cookie window	60 days default, configurable	Not stated
W-9 / W-8 collection	Business and above, TIN encrypted at rest	Not stated
EU self-billing invoices	Business and above, with VIES VAT validation	Not stated
Automated payouts	Business and above, through PayPal and Wise with no percentage fee	Via Trolley, Scale and above
Affiliate marketplace	Built in
Influencer Discovery	$199/mo add-on, 500 invitations/mo
Branded portal on your domain	Business and above	Custom domains, Scale and above
Portal languages	15 + custom languages you define	Multi-language accounts, Scale and above
Sub-affiliate tiers	2 levels, Business and above	Standard + advanced MLM, Scale and above
Free tier	Referly has none
Trial	14 days on monthly plans	7 days on Launch · 14 on Scale · 30 on Enterprise
Refund policy	Standard	Not stated
Direct import into Referly	n/a	Direct importer
Bulk approve, decline and edit	Bulk approve and decline affiliates	Not stated
Cancel without contacting support	Self-serve in billing settings; billed via Stripe	Not stated
Per-link and per-affiliate reporting	Link-level and per-affiliate, every plan	Deeplinks from Scale
Payout proof and audit trail	Proof required on manual payouts, with an audit trail. Business and above for automation	Via Trolley, Scale and above
New-sale and new-affiliate alerts	Email alerts to program owners	Not stated

Their reviewers, not us

What Tapfiliate users say they're missing

Verbatim from public reviews, with the rating and date each one carries. Every link goes to the source.

Capterra · 2025-11-11

“Lack of support, no ROI, Interfaces are complex, no onboarding or customer follow up. Expensive! Even the retention attempt is dissapointing.”

Ivo H., CEO, Alternative Medicine

In Referly

Referly ships a guided onboarding checklist on every plan, and its bill tracks affiliate revenue rather than click volume you can't forecast.

Quotes are reproduced word for word, typos included, from reviews posted within the last 24 months. Reviews get edited and deleted, so if one of these no longer reads as written, tell us and it comes down.

Which one should you choose?

An honest look at which of Referly and Tapfiliate is right for you, including the reasons to stay where you are.

Choose Referly if

01You want the bill keyed to affiliate revenue, not to click volume you can't forecast
02You need more than 50 affiliates without stepping to a $179 tier
03Tax forms, a marketplace and coupon tracking on every plan matter to your program
04You want a direct import, affiliates, links and rates mapped from Tapfiliate

Choose Tapfiliate if

01Your traffic is steady and predictable, so a click meter never surprises you
02You need Scale's depth: deeplinks, advanced MLM, workflow automation, product feeds
03You run campaigns across 30+ ecommerce integrations they've already built
04You value a vendor that publishes its overage rates, nobody else does

Scope and plan
~45 min
List your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.
Export and map
~30 min
Export affiliates from Tapfiliate. Referly's direct Tapfiliate importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.
Configure and import
1 to 2 hours
Recreate your commission plans in Referly, run the import, and swap the tracking script and the payment connection.
Verify and go live
3 to 7 days overlap
Run both in parallel, compare attributed sales daily, then switch off Tapfiliate.

What does not come across

Historic click data and per-click attribution history stay in Tapfiliate. Referly imports your affiliates, their links and their commission rates; it does not import Tapfiliate's click log. Commissions already accrued in Tapfiliate should be paid out from Tapfiliate before you switch.

Read the Tapfiliate migration guide

Referly vs Tapfiliate 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, Tapfiliate and four other affiliate platforms compared on entry price, meter, fees, Stripe, Shopify and tax forms
	Referly	Tapfiliate	Rewardful	UpPromote	Partnero	PartnerStack
Entry price	$29/mo	$74/mo annual · $89 monthly	$49/mo	Free	$49/mo annual · $59 monthly	Not published
Meters on	Affiliate revenue	Clicks + conversions	Affiliate revenue	Referral revenue	Programs + seats only	Not published
Fee on top	0% transaction fee	No transaction fee on sales	0% transaction fee	1-2% of successful referral sales	None	Not published
Stripe						Not published
Shopify						Not published
Tax forms	Business and above	Not stated			Not stated	Not stated

Fee footnote: Referly's 0% is a transaction fee. The optional agency client-billing fee (5% / 2.5% / 1%) and the opt-in Referly Payouts rail (5% / 8%) are separate, and neither one touches a sale. See all alternatives

The meter. Tapfiliate bills on clicks and conversions, 5,000 and 500 a month on Launch, with published overage rates. Referly bills on affiliate revenue: $75/mo covers $10,000/mo, and click volume never touches the invoice. Whichever number you can forecast better is the meter you should be on.
Referly starts at $29/mo (Indie, up to $1,500/mo in affiliate revenue and 50 affiliates); Tapfiliate's Launch is $89 monthly or $74/mo billed annually, also for 50 affiliates. Past that size they part ways: Launch holds only 50 affiliates and 5,000 clicks, so a 200-partner program sits on Scale at $179 while the same program stays on Referly's $75 Startup. Referly's price steps on affiliate revenue and roster size, never on clicks: $29 to $1,500/mo and 50 affiliates, $75 to $10,000/mo and 200, $149 to $30,000/mo.

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What Tapfiliate does well

The same program, priced by both

Referly

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Where Tapfiliate stops

The meter

The Launch walls

The white-label gate

Referly vs Tapfiliate, full comparison table

What Tapfiliate users say they're missing

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