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What running your program really costs

Headline prices hide two numbers. What a good month costs, and what it costs to pay your affiliates. Type in your affiliate revenue. See the real bill on 20 platforms. Each is checked against the vendor's own pages on the dates shown.

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 1 September 2026. Updated 6 September 2026.

Your bill on AffiliateRail

$59

The same program is $147.75 to $500 a month on the platforms that publish a payout fee.

Starts at $1,000. A program at zero costs little anywhere. Prices split where yours succeeds.

% of affiliate revenue paid out. Used only for payout fees.
Used only for per-affiliate payout fees.

20 platforms

What the same program costs on each

PlatformPlan at this volumeSubscriptionOveragePayout feesMonthly total

Overage is what a platform charges when you go past the limit on your plan. It is charged per thousand dollars above it, on the platforms that publish one.

14 days free, no card. The number above is the whole bill.

01 The fee

Why the difference is the payout fee

The plan price is the small half. The big half is what it costs to pay your affiliates. Tolt takes 2% and $8 an invoice. Rewardful's Managed Payouts take 3%. Affonso adds an invoice fee, a fee per affiliate past 25, and a 3.25% card surcharge. Dub takes 5% of every payout, 3% on Enterprise. PartnerStack's Spark plan takes 10% of every commission you pay out. Reditus takes 2% by invoice or 5% by card when it pays your affiliates. Impact.com includes $2,500 of payouts a month, then takes 20% of the rest.

AffiliateRail takes 0%. Payouts go from your own PayPal or Wise account and never pass through us. Tapfiliate, PromoteKit, Partnero, Trackdesk, Ambassly, Komissio, LeadDyno, Refgrow and refVenue also pay from your own account and print no platform fee. The custody page explains why that cannot change.

Subscription beside payout fees, per platformFor each platform, a bar for the monthly subscription and a second bar for the published payout fees at the volume entered above. AffiliateRail's payout bar is zero.subscriptionpayout feesAffiliateRail$59$0Tolt$99$58Rewardful$99$75FirstPromoter$149fee not publishedTapfiliate$89metered on clicks, not revenueAffonso$39$108.75PromoteKit$39$0Partnero$59$0Trackdesk$399no platform fee publishedPartli$29$0 printed; see their docs noteAmbassly$39$0Dub$90$125Komissio$49no platform fee publishedPartnerStack$0$250Reditus$399$50Endorsely$99no fee printed; route not statedImpact.com$500$0LeadDyno$49$0Refgrow$29$0refVenue$25$0
Subscription in blue, payout fees in coral, at the volume entered above. Redrawn as you type.

The arithmetic

How each number is computed

AffiliateRail

Banded by affiliate revenue, no overage

Launch to $10,000, Grow to $20,000, Scale to $50,000, Enterprise above. Cross your band and you get a week to decide on the next plan. Tracking, attribution, commissions and payouts never pause. Automated payouts from Grow at 0% of the payout. They run through your own PayPal or Wise account and never pass through us. Founding prices are what signups pay today, locked while the subscription stays active.

Tolt

Same bands, 2% plus an invoice fee

Auto payouts from the Growth plan carry a 2% processing fee. Add $8 an invoice by bank transfer, or 4% by card. The calculator uses the bank figure, the cheaper of the two.

Rewardful

Bands at $7,500 and $15,000

Custom pricing above. Managed Payouts carries a flat 3% fee paid by you. Affiliates may pay withdrawal fees on top; the calculator does not add those.

FirstPromoter

Bands at $5,000 and $15,000

Enterprise from $149 above that. Managed auto payouts sit on Enterprise. No payout fee is published, so that cell says "not published" rather than a guess.

Tapfiliate

Metered on clicks and conversions

$89 buys 5,000 clicks, 500 conversions and 50 affiliates. $179 buys 100,000 and 10,000. Overages run $1 to $1.50 per 1,000 clicks and $10 to $15 per 1,000 conversions. Your bill depends on traffic, not revenue. The table says so instead of inventing a number.

Affonso

Bands at $1,000, $10,000 and $30,000

Enterprise from $149. Over a cap, $19 per extra $1,000. The calculator picks the cheaper of upgrading or paying it. Managed payouts on Growth and Elite add three fees. A $25 invoice fee (waived on Elite), $0.50 per affiliate past 25, and a 3.25% Stripe surcharge. That is the figure their help centre lists first. Subscriptions show as "from": their page shows local currency and yearly discounts.

PromoteKit

Free to three referrals, then one band to $10,000

Free covers your first three referrals. Pro is $39 a month, or $29 a month billed yearly. It runs to $10,000 a month of affiliate revenue. The calculator uses the monthly figure, as it does for every vendor. Above that is Enterprise, priced by conversation, so the row says "custom". Payouts are a CSV you upload to your own PayPal or Wise, with no transaction fees on any plan. The fee cell is $0 and the work is yours. No plan automates the payout. The payouts toggle does not change the plan.

Partnero

Flat: no revenue ceiling on any plan

Starter is $59 a month, or $49 billed yearly, for one program and one seat. Partners, transactions and revenue are unlimited. Partner is $199, or $159 yearly, for three programs and three seats. Extra seats are $29 a month. The calculator uses the monthly figure. It always lands on Starter, because revenue never moves the plan. Automated PayPal and Wise payouts run from your own account with no additional Partnero fee, in their pricing page's words. So the fee cell is $0. Their optional managed route adds 7%. It is not priced in, because you do not have to use it.

Trackdesk

Flat, with an annual promotion

Business is $399 a month, or $299 a month billed yearly. The yearly price sits under a 40% off annual badge that runs to 30 September 2026. Enterprise is $599, or $359 yearly on the same promotion. Enterprise PLUS starts at $1,199. The calculator uses the monthly figure. It always lands on Business, because affiliates, clicks and conversions are unlimited 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. The fee cell says so rather than printing a number. Trackdesk serves networks and iGaming as well as SaaS. The comparison page says where that matters.

Partli

Flat, with a fee the two pages disagree on

Starter is $29 a month, or $23 billed yearly, for one workspace and three seats. Partners, programs and sales are unlimited. Growth is $79, or $63 yearly. Scale is $149, or $119 yearly. The calculator uses the monthly figure. It always lands on Starter, because revenue never moves the plan. Payouts run through Stripe Connect from a balance you top up on Partli. Their pricing page prints a $0 platform fee on every tier. Their docs describe a $4 a month overage per paid partner. It applies above a plan limit no page prints. Nothing enters the arithmetic, and the cell says both.

Ambassly

Flat, banded by programs and affiliates

Starter is $39 a month with one program and 50 active affiliates. Growth is $79 with three programs and 500. Scale is $149 with no limits. No yearly price is published. The calculator always lands on Starter, because revenue never moves the plan. A program paying more than 50 affiliates is on Growth. Check the affiliates figure you typed against that. Payouts are a CSV or PayPal mass-pay export you upload to your own PayPal. No fee is printed. No plan automates them. The payouts toggle does not change the plan.

Dub

Banded by what you pay out, not what you earn

Dub is the one platform here whose ceiling is measured against payouts rather than revenue. Business includes $2,500 a month of partner payouts and Advanced $15,000. So its plan choice moves with your commission rate as well as your volume. Both plans carry a 5% payout fee. Enterprise is custom annual billing with unlimited payouts and a 3% fee. So above $15,000 of payouts the row says custom.

Komissio

Flat, with no revenue ceiling

Starter is $49 a month for up to 50 active affiliates. Growth is $99 a month for unlimited ones. Both are printed as having no revenue caps. Enterprise is custom. Payouts are automated through Stripe Connect with no platform fee published. That cell says what the page says rather than a guess. Stripe's own fees still apply to the transfer.

PartnerStack

Free plan, 10% of every payout

Spark is $0 a month. It takes a 10% processing fee on every commission you pay out, so the fee is the whole bill. Launch, Growth and Enterprise carry no published price. Their page says the plan and price are confirmed during a demo. The calculator cannot model them, so the row shows Spark at every volume.

Reditus

Banded by ARR from the program, 2% or 5% on automated payouts

Reditus bands on the ARR your program generates. Growth to $60K, Scale Up to $360K, Enterprise unlimited. The calculator works in monthly revenue, so those are $5,000 and $30,000 a month. Growth is $149 billed monthly or $99 yearly. The calculator uses the monthly figure, as it does for every vendor. Scale Up at $399 and Enterprise from $799 are yearly only. Automated payouts cost 2% by invoice or 5% by card. The calculator uses the cheaper. Their pricing page prints the fee on every plan. Their help article on automated payouts says the feature starts on Scale Up. The calculator follows the pricing page. Pay by hand and Reditus takes nothing, because it never touches the money.

Endorsely

Banded by affiliate revenue, free to $1,000

Starter is free to $1,000 a month of affiliate revenue. Pro is $39 to $5,000 and Scale $99 to $20,000. Above that is Enterprise, priced by conversation, so the row says custom. Their pricing page prints no commission fees and bulk payouts via PayPal. It does not say whether the money passes through Endorsely. So the fee cell says what the page says, and the vendor stays out of the hero range.

Impact.com

Flat $500, then 20% of payouts past $2,500

Essentials is $500 a month and includes $2,500 of partner payouts. Every dollar of payouts above that is charged at 20%. The calculator takes 20% of the payout total past $2,500 and nothing below it. Impact's other editions carry no published price and start with a demo. The row shows Essentials at every volume. The figures come from Impact's help centre. It says they apply to brands who upgraded in-app or through the self-serve checklist.

LeadDyno

Flat, banded by active affiliates

Lite is $49 a month with fifty active affiliates. Essential is $129, or $110 a month billed yearly, with 150. Advanced is $349, or $297 yearly, with 500. Unlimited is $749, or $637 yearly. Clicks and conversions are unlimited on every plan. The calculator uses the monthly figure. It always lands on Lite, because revenue never moves the plan. A program paying more than fifty affiliates is on Essential. Check the affiliates figure you typed against that. Payouts go through PayPal Payouts from your own business account, or a CSV for Mass Pay. No fee is printed.

Refgrow

Flat, banded by programs and seats

Starter is $29 a month for one program. Pro is $49 for three programs and three seats. Business is $99 for ten and ten. Enterprise is $199 for thirty programs and unlimited seats. Every plan has unlimited affiliate revenue with no transaction fees, in their page's words. A yearly toggle offers two months free without printing a monthly figure. So the calculator uses the monthly price. It always lands on Starter, because revenue never moves the plan. Payouts run from your own PayPal or Wise credentials, with no fee. They are approved by hand or sent the moment an affiliate asks.

refVenue

Free to $1,000 of tracked revenue, then flat

The free plan covers unlimited programs and affiliates until your affiliates have driven $1,000 of tracked revenue. Their page does not say that resets monthly. So the calculator never lands on it above its $1,000 minimum. Starter is $25 a month for five programs and Pro $45 for unlimited. There is no revenue cap. Those two figures appear on refVenue's own comparison page. The pricing page prints a $0 to $45 range. The calculator always lands on Starter, because revenue never moves the plan. Affiliates set up a Stripe Connect account and you pay them directly. There is no commission or transaction fee. No plan runs the payout on a schedule. The payouts toggle does not change the plan.

Sources

Where every price came from

VendorSourceVerified on
AffiliateRailOur pricing page, generated from the plan catalogue the product bills from1 Sep 2026
Tolttolt.com/pricing and their help centre for invoice fees1 Sep 2026
Rewardfulrewardful.com/pricing and their help centre for the Managed Payouts fee1 Sep 2026
FirstPromoterfirstpromoter.com/pricing1 Sep 2026
Tapfiliatetapfiliate.com/pricing1 Sep 2026
Affonsotheir pricing guide, their overage FAQ and their managed payouts help page1 Sep 2026
PromoteKitpromotekit.com/pricing and their payouts docs3 Sep 2026
Partneropartnero.com/pricing and their help centre for the managed route3 Sep 2026
Trackdesktrackdesk.com/pricing, and their help centre on paying affiliates and Tipalti3 Sep 2026
Partlipartli.app/pricing, and their docs on payouts and the FAQ for the per-partner overage4 Sep 2026
Ambasslyambassly.com/pricing and their FAQ on payouts4 Sep 2026
Dubdub.co/pricing, plans and the payout-fee row of its comparison table4 Sep 2026
Komissiokomissio.io/pricing and its pricing FAQ6 Sep 2026
PartnerStackpartnerstack.com/platform/spark for Spark, and partnerstack.com/pricing for the demo-priced plans6 Sep 2026
Reditusgetreditus.com/pricing, their pricing help page and their automated payouts article6 Sep 2026
Endorselyendorsely.com/pricing6 Sep 2026
Impact.comImpact's Essentials Edition billing article; impact.com/pricing prints no price6 Sep 2026
LeadDynoleaddyno.com/pricing and their help centre on PayPal Payouts6 Sep 2026
Refgrowrefgrow.com/pricing and their payouts docs6 Sep 2026
refVenuerefVenue's own comparison page for the Starter and Pro figures, refvenue.com/pricing for the range and the free plan, and their payout docs6 Sep 2026

Prices change, and then this page is wrong until we update it. Spot a stale number? Email support@affiliaterail.com and we will fix it and move the date.

Moving from one of these platforms? The switch guides cover what carries over and how long it takes. One per platform: Tolt, Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tapfiliate, Affonso, PromoteKit, Partnero, Trackdesk, Partli, Ambassly, Dub, Komissio, PartnerStack, Reditus, Endorsely, Impact.com, LeadDyno, Refgrow, refVenue.

Questions

Before you trust a headline price

Why does the comparison start at $1,000?

A program at zero costs little anywhere. Prices split where your program succeeds, so the calculator never runs below $1,000 a month.

Why are some totals marked 'from'?

A 'from' price starts at a published figure that changes with negotiation, currency or billing period. Affonso's page shows local currency and yearly discounts. Tapfiliate meters clicks and conversions, not revenue. No single number would be honest.

What does 'price in automated payouts' change?

When it is on, each platform is priced on its cheapest plan with automated or managed payouts. That platform's published payout fees are added. When it is off, you see the cheapest plan that covers your volume. Subscription only.

Does AffiliateRail take a fee on payouts?

No. 0% on every plan. Payouts run through your own PayPal or Wise account and never pass through us. PayPal's or Wise's own transfer fees still apply, the same as paying by hand.

What if a price here is wrong?

Prices change, and then this page is wrong until we update it. Email support@affiliaterail.com and we will fix it and move the verified-on date.

Product names and logos belong to their owners. Comparisons are based on publicly available information as of 1 September 2026. This calculator models published list pricing and published fees. Negotiated, regional and promotional pricing will differ.

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Published 1 September 2026, updated 4 September 2026