Afluencer vs GRIN Comparison 2026
Both cover ugc & creator marketplaces and brand deals & sponsorships. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Afluencer starts cheaper, at $49.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Afluencer | GRIN | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $49 | From $200 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | UGC & Creator Marketplaces, Brand Deals & Sponsorships | Brand Deals & Sponsorships, UGC & Creator Marketplaces |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Afluencer
Collabs posted free, invitations sold
Afluencer is a noticeboard where brands post collaborations and creators apply, and both sides can use it without paying. What the paid plans buy is the ability to approach people first, priced by how many invitations a month you want to send. For a creator that makes it one of the few places in this category with no cost of entry at all.
Our note
For a creator this is a free listing on a board brands read, which makes it close to a free option worth taking. For a brand, the $49 tier is the only one priced like a test, and the jump to $649 is the real decision.
Only on this side
- Works with YouTube
- Works with Instagram
- Works with TikTok
GRIN
Creator programs, with a free tier to start on
GRIN runs creator programs for brands: finding people, shipping them product, tracking what they post and paying them for it. For most of its life the price was quoted rather than published, and it now sits on a page with a free plan at the bottom of it. That change is what makes it worth a creator's attention, because the brands approaching you are increasingly running their side through something like this. Knowing what they see is useful.
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