Collabstr vs Modash Comparison 2026
Collabstr is a marketplace where creators list themselves and a brand can search, hire and pay through escrow for free, with a 10 percent fee on each hire that drops to 5 percent on the $333 a month Premium plan. Modash is a search tool for brands and agencies with no free tier at all, starting at $199 a month for 150 revealed creator emails and discovery of up to 3,000 creators, filtering by audience age and location rather than by follower count. Collabstr's own free plan hires and holds the money. Modash's cheapest month costs more than Collabstr's most expensive one, and its own guidance sends creators looking for deals straight to Collabstr instead.
Hire UGC creators from a searchable marketplace
Influencer search with audience data
At a glance
- Modash starts cheaper, at $199.
- Only Collabstr has a free tier.
Side by side
Collabstr | Modash | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $249 | From $199 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API |
Collabstr
Hire UGC creators from a searchable marketplace
Collabstr is a directory of creators who will make content for a brand, with the brief, the payment and the escrow in one place. Browsing and hiring work on the free plan, which is unusual in this corner of the market. The paid tiers buy campaigns, analytics and a lower cut on each hire.
Our note
The free plan is the honest entry point here: it hires creators and holds the money, and the subscription mostly buys campaign tooling. Work out whether 5 percentage points off the fee beats $333 a month before upgrading.
Modash
Influencer search with audience data
Modash searches Instagram, YouTube and TikTok creators by audience rather than by follower count, so a brand can filter on where the followers live and how old they are before paying anybody. Campaign tracking and payouts run through the same tool. It is priced for brands and agencies, and a creator is the product here rather than the customer.
Only on this side
- Works with YouTube
Why people weigh these two
- Modash instead of Collabstr
- Modash at $199 searches influencers with audience data behind each one, for vetting reach rather than booking a creator from a listing.
- Collabstr instead of Modash
- Collabstr is a searchable marketplace with a free tier to browse creators, so a brand can look before paying for Modash's audience-level filtering.
Which one should you pick
Pick Collabstr for occasional UGC hiring without a subscription: search, direct hire and escrow all work on the free plan at a 10 percent fee. Pro at $249 a month billed annually adds a monthly campaign and analytics, and Premium at $333 drops the fee to 5 percent with unlimited campaigns. Work out whether five percentage points off the fee actually beats $333 a month before upgrading.
Pick Modash for volume campaigns where filtering by exactly where an audience lives and how old they are decides who gets booked, across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok from one search. Entry is $199 a month or $2,388 a year, the same total either way since there is no annual discount, and Performance at $499 adds payments and affiliate management. There is no free tier at all, and creators looking for deals are explicitly pointed elsewhere, including to Collabstr.
Common questions
- Is Collabstr cheaper than Modash?
- For occasional hiring, yes, dramatically: Collabstr's free plan hires and holds payment at a 10 percent fee, while Modash has no free tier and starts at $199 a month. Even Collabstr's dearest plan, Premium at $333 a month, costs less than Modash's entry tier at $199 plus its per-creator email costs.
- Can a creator use Modash to find brand deals the way they can on Collabstr?
- No. Modash is built for brands and agencies searching for creators, and its own guidance says a creator looking for brand deals is on the other side of the tool and should look at Collabstr instead. Collabstr lets creators list themselves and apply to briefs at no cost.
- Does Modash offer an annual discount like Collabstr does?
- No. Modash's annual price is exactly twelve times its monthly price on both tiers shown, $2,388 a year at $199 a month and $5,988 at $499. Collabstr gives two months free on annual billing, an actual discount Modash does not offer.
- What does Modash filter on that Collabstr does not mention?
- Modash searches by audience age and location specifically, described as what actually decides a campaign, across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Collabstr's filters cover platform, niche, location, follower count and engagement rate, without naming audience age as one of them.
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