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Dub alternatives for SaaS founders

Founders weigh Dub against AffiliateRail, Tolt, Rewardful, FirstPromoter and Tapfiliate. One question sorts them. Does the tool take a cut of what you pay your affiliates? Dub takes 5% on top of $90 a month. Tolt takes 2% plus an invoice fee. Rewardful takes 3% on managed payouts. AffiliateRail and several others take nothing, because they never touch the money.

Written by Jimi Barkway, who built AffiliateRail. Jimi has run affiliate programs from both sides of the link. Corrections go to support@affiliaterail.com. Published 5 September 2026. Updated 6 September 2026.

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The shortlist

What are the main Dub alternatives?

People look past Dub for one of two reasons. The $90 start is more than an early SaaS wants to pay. Or the payout fee grows uncomfortably once the program works. A payout fee is a slice the tool takes out of the money you send your partners. Dub's is 5%. If price is the problem, flat-fee tools start at $29. If the percentage is the problem, ask any alternative one thing: who actually moves the money? A tool that pays your partners will charge for it. A tool that does not, cannot. The rest, tracking and portals and tax forms, is much the same everywhere. A payout fee is a slice the tool takes out of the money you send your partners. It sits on top of the plan price.

1

AffiliateRail

Affiliate program software for SaaS founders, built around one decision: it never holds your money. You connect your own PayPal or Wise account. AffiliateRail pays from it, taking 0% of every payout. Tracking rides the Stripe or Paddle reference field. The portal comes in thirteen languages on your own domain. The tracking script reads other platforms' referral parameters, so old links keep converting through a migration.

Published entry price: $29 founding, $59 after.

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2

Tolt

A Stripe-native affiliate platform for SaaS. A longer track record than most of this list, and an interface many founders already know. Automated payouts come on the entry plan. Their pricing page lists a 2% processing fee on them.

Published entry price: $69 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
3

Rewardful

One of the longest-running Stripe-native affiliate platforms. The most complete documentation in the category, and years of live SaaS programs behind it. Their pricing page states 0% transaction fee on the plan. Their Managed Payouts service is documented at a 3% processing fee per payout.

Published entry price: $49 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
4

FirstPromoter

A deep, configurable affiliate platform. Strong support for multi-tier programs, and the widest set of referral link formats in the category. Their published plans put automated payouts on the Enterprise tier.

Published entry price: $49 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
5

Tapfiliate

A long-established platform covering SaaS, ecommerce and multi-channel programs. A wide integration list and multi-language affiliate pages. Its published pricing runs from $89 to $179 a month.

Published entry price: $89 to $179 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
6

Affonso

The lowest published entry price in the category, $15 a month, and an affiliate marketplace for partner discovery. Their published pricing adds a per-thousand overage above each plan ceiling. Their payouts documentation sets out a per-invoice fee, a per-affiliate fee above 25 affiliates, and a card surcharge on managed payouts.

Published entry price: $15 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
7

PromoteKit

Affiliate software for Stripe merchants. Free to three referrals, then $39 a month, or $29 billed yearly, to $10,000 a month of affiliate revenue. No transaction fees on any plan. Payouts are a CSV you upload to your own PayPal or Wise.

Published entry price: free to 3 referrals, then $39 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
8

Partnero

Unlimited partners, transactions and revenue on every plan. From $59 a month, or $49 billed yearly. Automated PayPal and Wise payouts from your own account with no Partnero fee, the same model as AffiliateRail. An optional managed route costs 7%. Reads Stripe and Paddle.

Published entry price: $59 a month, $49 a month billed yearly.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
9

Trackdesk

A tracking platform for affiliate programs, networks and iGaming. From $399 a month, or $299 billed yearly on a promotion to 30 September 2026. Unlimited affiliates, clicks and conversions on every plan. Payouts go by CSV to your own PayPal, or through your own Tipalti account on Business and above. No platform fee is published.

Published entry price: $399 a month, $299 a month billed yearly (on a promotion to 30 September 2026).

How it compares with AffiliateRail
10

Partli

A flat-fee affiliate tool for SaaS. $29 a month, or $23 billed yearly, with unlimited partners, programs and sales on every plan. Reads Stripe, Polar, Paddle, Creem and Dodo. Payouts run through Stripe Connect from a balance you top up on Partli; their pricing page prints a $0 platform fee.

Published entry price: $29 a month, $23 a month billed yearly.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
11

Ambassly

Affiliate tracking and a commission ledger for Stripe programs. $39, $79 or $149 a month, banded by programs and active affiliates, with no revenue ceiling on any plan. Payouts are a CSV or PayPal mass-pay export you upload to your own PayPal. An MCP server on the $149 plan.

Published entry price: $39 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
12

Komissio

A flat-fee affiliate tool for Stripe and Shopify. $49 a month for fifty active affiliates at any revenue, $99 for unlimited, no revenue share. Payouts through Stripe Connect from your own Stripe account, on a schedule, with receipts. First-party links on your own subdomain. Listed on the Stripe and Shopify app marketplaces.

Published entry price: $49 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
13

PartnerStack

The biggest B2B partner platform. A network of 117,000+ partners, deal registration, CRM links and partner training on plans priced during a demo. Its Spark plan is $0 a month and takes 10% of every commission you pay out. PartnerStack invoices you and pays your partners itself.

Published entry price: $0 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
14

Reditus

An affiliate network for B2B SaaS with software attached. A marketplace and a vetted affiliate database on its yearly plans, an in-app referral program, fraud detection and tracking that stores no personal data. Growth is $149 a month billed monthly, or $99 yearly, to $60K of ARR from the program. Automated payouts cost 5% by card or 2% by invoice; pay by hand and Reditus never touches the money.

Published entry price: $149 a month, $99 a month billed yearly.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
15

Endorsely

Free affiliate software for SaaS until affiliates earn you $1,000 a month, then $39 to $5,000 and $99 to $20,000. An AI finder that names affiliates promoting your competitors, a listing in their network, and Stripe, Paddle and Lemon Squeezy. Bulk payouts via PayPal with no commission fee printed; whose account sends the money is not stated.

Published entry price: free to $1,000 a month of affiliate revenue, then $39 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
16

Impact.com

The enterprise partnership platform. Creators, publishers, agencies and technology partners alongside affiliates, a marketplace, contracts and an API. Its self-serve Essentials edition is $500 a month including $2,500 of payouts, then 20% of every dollar above, paid from a funding account Impact tops up from your card. Other editions are priced on a demo.

Published entry price: $500 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
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LeadDyno

Affiliate software priced by active affiliates, not revenue. Fifty for $49 a month at any volume, 150 for $129, 500 for $349, unlimited for $749. Two-tier and per-product commissions on the higher plans, a thirty-day trial, and payouts sent from your own PayPal business account, so nothing is taken from them.

Published entry price: $49 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
18

Refgrow

Affiliate software priced by programs, not revenue. One program for $29 a month at any volume, three for $49, ten for $99. Reads Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar and Dodo Payments. Payouts from your own PayPal or Wise with no transaction fee, by hand or the moment an affiliate asks. An AI recruiter on every plan.

Published entry price: $29 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail
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refVenue

The cheapest paid affiliate tool on this list. Free to $1,000 of tracked revenue with unlimited programs and affiliates, then $25 a month for five programs or $45 for unlimited, with no revenue cap and no commission. Stripe, with Paddle and Lemon Squeezy guides. Affiliates are paid directly by the merchant to a Stripe Connect account. The paid prices appear on refVenue's own comparison page rather than its pricing page.

Published entry price: free to $1,000 of tracked revenue, then $25 a month.

How it compares with AffiliateRail

01 Custody

Who holds the money when affiliates get paid?

AffiliateRail never holds it. You connect your own PayPal or Wise account. We work out who is owed what and tell your account to pay. The money goes from you to your affiliate and never passes through us.

So we take 0% of every payout, on every plan. There is no cut to take when the money never arrives. The custody page has every platform's own position, with sources.

How a payout moves on AffiliateRailMoney goes from your PayPal or Wise account straight to your affiliate. AffiliateRail works out the amounts and tells your account to pay; it never receives the money.Your PayPal or WiseYour account, your credentialsYour affiliateReceives what you sendAffiliateRailworks out who is owed whatthe money, all of ittells your account to payAMoney never enters AffiliateRail

02 The product

What does the product look like?

One dashboard for the program: affiliates, referrals, commissions and payouts. Your affiliates get a portal on your own domain, from the $29 plan. It comes in thirteen languages.

Tracking rides the Stripe or Paddle reference field. Not a cookie an ad blocker can drop. Payouts run from your own PayPal or Wise account on a schedule. The founder answers support.

Every screen, from its own menu. Recorded on a demo program.

In their words

What Dub's own terms say

Dub has no obligation to pay any Commission, and is not responsible for any Commission amounts until payment has been received in full from the responsible Client; Commission payments will be deposited into your account via Stripe (or via PayPal only if Stripe is unavailable in your country);

Dub Partner Terms, checked 5 September 2026

Choosing

How should a SaaS founder choose between them?

Dub's real cost is two numbers. Judge its rivals on the same two, not on feature lists.

First

Who moves the money?

A tool that pays your partners takes a cut for it. One that logs into your own PayPal or Wise cannot, because the money never reaches it. That single fact explains nearly every price gap here.

Second

What is the bill once it works?

Multiply your monthly payout by the fee. Add the plan price. A percentage that looks tiny at $2,000 is your biggest line at $20,000.

Third

Do you need the marketplace?

Dub's marketplace and in-app dashboard are good, and nobody else at this price has them. If that is why you want Dub, no cheaper tool replaces it. Pay for it.

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Questions

Common questions

What is the cheapest alternative to Dub?

Flat-fee tools start near $29 a month against Dub's $90. Several print no payout fee at all. The saving is bigger than the plan prices suggest, because Dub's 5% grows with you. The calculator prices every tool on this page on your own numbers.

Is there a free alternative to Dub?

Two tools have real free plans. Both stop near $1,000 of monthly affiliate revenue. A spreadsheet with one Stripe code per affiliate costs nothing at all. Dub's own free plan is its link product. Partner programs start at $90.

Which Dub alternative is best on Stripe?

Nearly all of them read Stripe natively, so this rarely decides it. What differs is how partners get paid, and what that costs. Decide if you want the tool to move your money. Then pick.

Sources

Where these facts come from

Every claim about another product here was read off their own pages. The date shown is the day it was read. Prices change, and then this page is wrong until we fix it. Email support@affiliaterail.com and we will correct it and move the date.

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