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GoAffPro gives away a fully working affiliate program for free, unlimited affiliates, sales and revenue, before charging $49 a month for the branded Premium tier. Refgrow has no free tier at all, only a 14-day trial, but Starter is $29 a month billed monthly for one program with unlimited affiliates and no transaction fees. Neither charges a percentage of what affiliates sell; the real trade is GoAffPro's genuine free option against Refgrow's lower paid entry price.
An affiliate program that starts at nothing
Affiliate tracking with no cut of referred revenue
GoAffPro | Refgrow | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $49 | From $29 |
| 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 |
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An affiliate program that starts at nothing
GoAffPro recruits, tracks and pays affiliates on a free plan that caps neither the number of affiliates nor the sales they bring, which makes it the cheapest way to find out whether a program is worth running. Paying moves the portal onto your own branding and adds tiers, bonuses and a payout scheduler. Multi-level structures are there for anybody who wants them. The free portal carries GoAffPro's name on it, and that is the trade.
Our note
Start on the free plan and let the first payouts tell you whether the branded portal is worth $49, because the free tier is not a trial and there is no clock on it. The upgrade is worth making the moment an affiliate asks why the login screen has somebody else's name on it.
Affiliate tracking with no cut of referred revenue
Refgrow tracks affiliates for a subscription product and states plainly that it takes no percentage of what they generate, which is the difference that matters once a program starts working. The affiliate portal is hosted for you and an embeddable widget puts signup inside the product. Payouts go out through PayPal or Wise. The cheapest plan covers one program, so anybody running separate schemes for creators and agencies is on the tier above from the start.
Pick GoAffPro if you want to run a program for nothing before deciding whether it is worth paying for. The free Hobby plan is uncapped on affiliates, sales and revenue, and Premium at $49 a month only becomes worth it once an affiliate asks why the portal carries somebody else's branding.
Pick Refgrow if you are ready to pay from day one and want the cheaper entry price: Starter is $29 a month, $20 less than GoAffPro's Premium, for one program with a hosted portal, an embedded signup widget and no transaction fees. That one-program limit is real, so anybody running separate schemes for different partner types is on the $49 tier immediately.
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| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
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| Their cut | Not stated | None |
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| Runs on | Web | Web |
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| Covers | Affiliate & Referral | Affiliate & Referral |
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| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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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.
Our note
The no-transaction-fee line is the thing to hold against the percentage-based platforms, because it means a successful program does not quietly become the most expensive tool you own. Count your programs before choosing the tier, since one program is a real limit rather than a soft one.