Rewardful and FirstPromoter are cheaper, and Referly is broader. Both cost $49 per month and only track subscription billing: Rewardful supports Stripe or Paddle, and FirstPromoter adds Chargebee. Referly costs $75 per month, tracks Shopify and WooCommerce as well as Stripe, collects W-9 and W-8 tax forms from the Business plan, and includes a marketplace you can recruit from.

No. Referly starts at $75 per month, and Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tolt, Partnero and Affonso all cost less to start. What the extra money buys is scope: Stripe and Shopify on one program, $10,000 per month of tracked affiliate revenue, coupon code tracking on every plan, and a payout, tax and invoicing stack from the Business plan up.

In the $49 to $99 price range, Referly. Rewardful supports only Stripe or Paddle, by its own FAQ. FirstPromoter tracks Stripe, Chargebee and Paddle. UpPromote and BixGrow are Shopify only, and Refersion is ecommerce only. Tapfiliate covers both sides, but it bills you on clicks and conversions instead of revenue.

No. The 14 day trial needs no card, and most teams run Referly next to their current tool for a week before deciding, because both tracking scripts can run at the same time. Direct importers exist for Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tolt, Tapfiliate, PartnerStack, Trackdesk, Partnero and Dub.

Because someone comparing two other tools is still deciding, and a straight answer earns more trust than a hidden pitch. The four bonus comparisons are labelled, every fact links to its source, and Referly stays out of them until a short disclosure at the end. When the honest verdict favours a competitor, we print it.