The price on the pricing page is not the price
Enter your monthly affiliate revenue, clicks, conversions and payout method, and see your real monthly bill on every affiliate platform that publishes one. Most meter on affiliate revenue with hard cliffs; some take a percentage of every referral sale; one charges per 1,000 clicks. Referly is included and is not always the cheapest answer.
All pricing sourced publicly from vendor pricing pages. Last checked 2026-08-10
Worked example
One program, priced by every vendor's own published rates.
$12,000/mo affiliate revenue · 200 active affiliates · 20,000 clicks · 300 conversions · 20% commission · manual payouts · monthly billing
| Platform | Plan the numbers force you onto | Subscription | Per-sale / overage | Total per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BixGrow | Scale | $14.99 | None | $14.99 |
How you're charged
Which is why comparing sticker prices tells you almost nothing.
The bill steps at published thresholds. Cross one mid-month and the plan changes under you.
The honest part
Four cases, and what to buy instead.
If this is you
If this is you
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The whole range
Flat means the plan stops costing more. Sloped means a percentage that never stops.
The fee after the fee
Two different things get called a fee in this category, and the difference is large.
2%
Tolt charges 2% on automated payouts. On $12,000 of affiliate revenue at 20%, that is about $48.
$240
UpPromote's 2% applies to referral sales, not payouts. Same percentage, five times the cost, paid whether or not you pay anyone.
0%
No cut of sales or commission on any plan. Referly Payouts is 5% bank or 8% card, and it is opt-in.
Every platform above has its own teardown: what it meters on, where the cliffs land, and what the fees actually come to at your volume.
Free tools
Priced it? These answer the next questions.
FAQ
The questions buyers ask when the bill stops matching the pricing page.
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Three reasons. The headline is often the annual rate. Your volume forces you onto a higher plan than the one on the card. And several vendors add a percentage on top, of sales, of payouts, or per 1,000 clicks. This calculator adds all three.
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Every competitor figure on this page is quoted from that vendor’s own published pricing page and carries its own check date. Where a vendor publishes no price, this page says so rather than estimating one. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
| Partnero | Starter | $59 | None | $59 |
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| Affonso | Elite | ≈$85.32€79/mo list | None | ≈$85.32 |
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| Rewardful | Growth | $99 | None | $99 |
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| FirstPromoter | Business | $99 | None | $99 |
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| Tolt | Growth | $99 | None | $99 |
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| Endorsely | Scale | $99 | None | $99 |
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| Post Affiliate Pro | Pro | $139 | None | $139 |
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| Referly | Business | $149 | 0%, no per-sale fee | $149 |
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| Tapfiliate | Scale | $179 | None | $179 |
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| Dub | Business | $90 | +$120 5% of payouts | $210 |
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| UpPromote | Growth | $29.99 | +$240 2% of referred sales | $269.99 |
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| Trackdesk | Business | $329 | None | $329 |
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| LeadDyno | Advanced | $349 | None | $349 |
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| Refersion | Launch | $39 | +$360 3% of referred sales | $399 |
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Referly is 9th cheapest of 15 here, with 6 above it. It is also the only one tracking Stripe and Shopify in one program.
All pricing sourced publicly from vendor pricing pages; each vendor is re-verified on its own schedule. Last checked 2026-08-10
| Platform | Plan | Subscription | Fees & overage | Total per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BixGrow | Scale | $14.99 | None | $14.99 |
| Partnero | Starter | $59 | None | $59 |
Grows with the channel and never stops, whether or not you pay anyone that month.
Traffic is the meter, not revenue. Tapfiliate is the only vendor in the category publishing its overage rates.
Revenue never moves the bill. Partnero genuinely does not cap it.
| Platform | Meters on | Hard cliffs | Extra fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referly | Affiliate revenue | $10k → $30k → Enterprise | 0% transaction fee on every plan. Agency client billing 5% / 2.5% / 1% if an agency bills its clients through Referly; Referly Payouts 5% bank / 8% card if you use the managed rail. Both opt-in. |
| Rewardful | Affiliate revenue | $7.5k → $15k → above | States 0% transaction fee. No W-9/W-8 collection at any plan. |
| FirstPromoter | Affiliate revenue | $5k → $15k → above | Not stated. Starter caps affiliates at 1,000. |
| Tolt | Affiliate revenue | $10k → $20k → $50k → above | 2% payout processing fee on automated payouts. Basic is manual payouts only and carries no fee. |
| Affonso | Affiliate revenue | $1k → $10k → $30k | Not stated. Priced in EUR, so dollar figures here are converted and approximate. |
| Endorsely | Affiliate revenue | $1k → $5k → $20k | None stated. Free until $1,000/mo. |
| Tapfiliate | Clicks and conversions | 5,000 / 500 → 100,000 / 10,000 | $1.50 per 1,000 clicks and $15 per 1,000 conversions on Launch; $1.00 and $10 on Scale. The only vendor publishing overage rates. |
| Post Affiliate Pro | Tracking requests | 10k → 1M → 6M → 20M | None stated. Every click and conversion draws the allowance down, and no overage rate is published. |
| Partnero | Programs and seats only | No revenue cliffs | None. The only vendor in the band that genuinely does not cap revenue. |
| LeadDyno | Active affiliates | 50 → 150 → 500 → unlimited | None stated. The bill scales on headcount, so revenue never moves it. |
| UpPromote | Referral sales reviewed | Free stops at $3,000/mo | 2% / 1.5% / 1% of every referral sale by plan, with no upper bound. |
| Refersion | Affiliate-driven sales | No revenue cliffs | 3% of affiliate-driven sales on Launch, 2% on Growth, on top of the subscription. |
| Dub | Partner payouts | $2.5k → $15k of payouts | 5% payout fee (3% on Enterprise). Business also caps partners at 500. |
| Trackdesk | Program revenue | $30k → undisclosed | None published. No plan exists under $329/mo. |
| BixGrow | Referral orders and seats | 50 orders / 30 affiliates free | None at any tier. Shopify-only. |
Not in the table, and why
Every figure on this page comes from a published price. Where a vendor publishes nothing, this page says so instead of estimating.
| Monthly affiliate revenue | Referly | Rewardful | FirstPromoter | Tolt | UpPromote | Tapfiliate | Partnero | Affonso | Refersion | Trackdesk | Dub | LeadDyno | Post Affiliate Pro | BixGrow | Endorsely |
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| $10,000 | $75 · Startup | $99 · Growth | $99 · Business | $69 · Basic | $230 · Growth | $179 · Scale | $59 · Starter | ≈$31 · Growth | $339 · Launch | $329 · Business | $190 · Business | $349 · Advanced | $139 · Pro | $15 · Scale | $99 · Scale |
| $20,000 | $149 · Business | $149 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $99 · Growth | $390 · Professional | $179 · Scale |
| Payout rail | Fee rate | Fee | Total leaving the merchant |
|---|---|---|---|
| PayPal | 0% | $0 | $2,400 |
| Wise | 0% | $0 | $2,400 |
| Referly Payouts, bank | 5% | $120 | $2,520 |
| Tolt, automated payouts | 2% |
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| Affonso | Elite | $85.32 | None | ≈$85.32 |
| Rewardful | Growth | $99 | None | $99 |
| FirstPromoter | Business | $99 | None | $99 |
| Tolt | Growth | $99 | None | $99 |
| Endorsely | Scale | $99 | None | $99 |
| Post Affiliate Pro | Pro | $139 | None | $139 |
| Referly | Business | $149 | None | $149 |
| Tapfiliate | Scale | $179 | None | $179 |
| Dub | Business | $90 | $120 | $210 |
| UpPromote | Growth | $29.99 | $240 | $269.99 |
| Trackdesk | Business | $329 | None | $329 |
| LeadDyno | Advanced | $349 | None | $349 |
| Refersion | Launch | $39 | $360 | $399 |
| $59 · Starter |
| ≈$85 · Elite |
| $599 · Growth |
| $329 · Business |
| $500 · Advanced |
| $349 · Advanced |
| $139 · Pro |
| $15 · Scale |
| $99 · Scale |
| $30,000 | $149 · Business | $149 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $199 · Pro | $500 · Enterprise | $179 · Scale | $59 · Starter | ≈$85 · Elite | $799 · Growth | $329 · Business | $600 · Advanced | $349 · Advanced | $139 · Pro | $15 · Scale | $99 · Scale |
| $40,000 | $399 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $199 · Pro | $600 · Enterprise | $179 · Scale | $59 · Starter | ≈$85 · Elite | $999 · Growth | $499 · Enterprise | $700 · Advanced | $349 · Advanced | $139 · Pro | $15 · Scale | $99 · Scale |
| $50,000 | $399 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $149 · Enterprise | $199 · Pro | $700 · Enterprise | $179 · Scale | $59 · Starter | ≈$85 · Elite | $1,199 · Growth | $499 · Enterprise | $800 · Advanced | $349 · Advanced | $139 · Pro | $15 · Scale | $99 · Scale |
| $48 |
| $2,448 |