Tolt
A Stripe-native affiliate tool for SaaS, with a design many founders already know.
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Compare affiliate software for SaaS
19 platforms SaaS founders shortlist. Each has a comparison, an alternatives round-up and a switch guide. The calculator shows the real monthly bill at your own volume. Every number is the other product's published figure, with the date we checked it. Every page says where that product is the better choice.
19 platforms
Which affiliate platforms do SaaS founders compare?
These 19 come up in almost every shortlist. Each card has a comparison, an alternatives round-up, and a guide to moving a program across.
Rewardful
One of the longest-running Stripe-native affiliate tools, with the most mature documentation in the category.
FirstPromoter
A deep, feature-rich platform with the widest set of referral link formats in the category.
Tapfiliate
A long-established platform that reaches beyond SaaS into ecommerce and multi-channel programs.
Affonso
The lowest published entry price in the category, with an affiliate marketplace for discovery.
PromoteKit
Affiliate software for Stripe merchants, with a free tier and a $39 Pro plan.
Partnero
No ceiling on partners, revenue or transactions. Payouts from your own PayPal or Wise, with no Partnero fee.
Trackdesk
Affiliate tracking for programs, networks and iGaming, from $399 a month, with unlimited clicks and conversions.
Partli
A flat-fee affiliate tool from $29 with unlimited partners, paying through Stripe Connect.
Ambassly
Flat $39, $79 and $149 plans for Stripe programs, with an MCP server and payouts by export.
Dub
A strong partner platform at $90 a month. It also takes 5% of every payout.
Komissio
A flat $49 a month, no revenue share. Payouts through Stripe Connect from your own Stripe account.
PartnerStack
The biggest B2B partner network. Its Spark plan is $0 a month, then 10% of every payout.
Reditus
A B2B SaaS affiliate network from $149 a month. Automated payouts cost 5% by card or 2% by invoice.
Endorsely
Free to $1,000 a month of affiliate revenue, then $39. An AI that finds affiliates on every plan.
Impact.com
The enterprise partnership platform. Its self-serve edition is $500 a month, then 20% of payouts past $2,500.
LeadDyno
$49 a month for fifty active affiliates, at any volume. Payouts from your own PayPal.
Refgrow
$29 a month for one program at any volume. Payouts from your own PayPal or Wise, no fee.
refVenue
Free to $1,000 of tracked revenue, then $25 or $45 flat. The cheapest paid tool on this list.
Head to head
How do the other platforms compare with each other?
Two vendors at a time, from their own pages. The same questions each time. AffiliateRail is named once at the end, as a third option.
Rewardful vs FirstPromoter
Same prices at every step but one. The billing system and the payout route decide.
Tolt vs Rewardful
Rewardful is cheaper under $7,500. Tolt is cheaper in two bands above it. Two managed routes, two prices.
Rewardful vs Tapfiliate
One is priced by revenue, one by clicks. Your last three months decide which is cheaper.
FirstPromoter vs Tapfiliate
Neither prints a cut. One managed route needs Enterprise 2. The other needs the $179 plan.
Tolt vs FirstPromoter
FirstPromoter is cheaper under $5,000. Tolt is cheaper in two bands above it. The managed routes mirror each other.
Rewardful, reviewed from its own pages
Plans, payouts, tracking and the affiliate search, from Rewardful's own pages.
Tolt, reviewed from its own pages
Plans, auto payouts, the per-plan counts and the branded portal, from Tolt's own pages.
FirstPromoter, reviewed from its own pages
Five billing systems, three ways to pay, and a long plan table, from FirstPromoter's own pages.
PartnerStack review
Spark at $0 plus 10% of every payout, the network on the plans that are not priced, and money that passes through the platform.
Tapfiliate review
Priced on clicks and conversions, not revenue. Thirty shop integrations, a developer for Stripe, and payouts from your own Trolley account from Scale.
Dub Partners review
Banded on what you pay out, not what you earn. 5% by bank, 8% by card, tax forms handled, and 358 public program pages.
White label
Five white-label questions put to twenty vendors. The domain is on four entry plans. The footer link goes at $99 on three of the five that print it.
Recurring commissions
Sixteen of twenty pay recurring on the entry plan. The refund row is where they differ: eighteen describe it, three say it is manual.
Automation
Six steps, twenty platforms. Seventeen automate the commission. Three send the payout with no click. None does all six with no click and no invoice.
The calculator
What does a program actually cost?
Plan price is the small half of the bill. The big half is payout fees and a good month.
Type in your monthly affiliate revenue. See the real figure on 20 platforms.
Every price carries the date it was checked against the vendor's own page.
$59
a month on AffiliateRail at $10,000 of affiliate revenue, payouts included. The same program is $147.75 to $500 on the platforms that publish a payout fee.
Custody
Who holds your money?
The pricing pages in this category answer it least clearly. It decides what a payout costs and who carries the risk. The custody page sets out what each platform's own material says, with sources.
Migration
Moving a program you already run
Old affiliate links do not have to break. Our tracking script reads the referral parameters other platforms use, so those links keep converting from the day it goes on. The switch guides cover what comes over and what does not. One per platform: Tolt, Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tapfiliate, Affonso, PromoteKit, Partnero, Trackdesk, Partli, Ambassly, Dub, Komissio, PartnerStack, Reditus, Endorsely, Impact.com, LeadDyno, Refgrow, refVenue.
Questions
Common questions
Which affiliate platforms are compared here?
Tolt, Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tapfiliate, Affonso, PromoteKit, Partnero, Trackdesk, Partli, Ambassly, Dub, Komissio, PartnerStack, Reditus, Endorsely, Impact.com, LeadDyno, Refgrow and refVenue. Those are the 19 that come up in almost every SaaS founder's shortlist. Each has a comparison, an alternatives round-up and a switch guide.
What does the true-cost calculator do?
You type in your monthly affiliate revenue and it shows the real monthly bill on 20 platforms, payout fees and overages included. Every price carries the date it was checked against the vendor's own page.
Will my affiliates' links break if I switch?
No. A referral parameter is the tracking code on the end of an affiliate link that says who sent the visitor. Our script reads the ones other platforms use, so links published years ago keep converting from the day it goes on your site. The switch guides cover what the importer brings over and what does not carry.
Start
Fourteen days to see it work, with nothing on the line
No card. Cancel in one click. Full refund within 30 days of your first payment.