GRIN vs Modash Comparison 2026
GRIN manages a brand's own creator roster over time: sourcing, seeding and payouts, free to start and $200 a month once a program needs Starter. Modash is a search engine first: it filters Instagram, YouTube and TikTok creators by audience, not follower count, from $199 a month with no free tier, only a 14-day trial. Pick GRIN to run people you already work with. Pick Modash to find people you have not found yet.
At a glance
- Modash starts cheaper, at $199.
- Only GRIN has a free tier.
Side by side
GRIN | Modash | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $200 | 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 | Not stated |
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.
Our note
The free tier is the news here, since GRIN spent years as a quote-only platform aimed at brands with budgets. Compare it against Modash and Collabstr on how you actually work: this is built for running your own roster over time, and the marketplaces are better when you want to buy a campaign and be done.
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.
Why people weigh these two
- Modash instead of GRIN
- Modash covers the discovery half of GRIN's job, influencer search backed by audience data, from $199 a month on a free trial rather than a free tier.
- GRIN instead of Modash
- GRIN keeps a free tier to start exploring a creator program, where Modash requires a trial that ends without a free plan underneath it.
Which one should you pick
Pick GRIN if you are operating a roster you already built and want sourcing, seeding, content tracking and payouts under one account. The free plan covers focused sourcing and reporting, and Starter at $200 a month adds recurring-program tools once that free tier runs out of room.
Pick Modash if the job is finding creators you have never heard of, filtered by where their audience actually lives rather than by follower count. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card required, and the entry tier is $199 a month for 150 revealed emails and 3,000 creators of discovery. It doubles at $499 a month and adds payments with no fee up to $10,000 a year in payouts.
Common questions
- Is GRIN cheaper than Modash?
- At the entry paid tier they are almost identical: GRIN's Starter is $200 a month and Modash's entry plan is $199. The real gap is the free tier. GRIN has one; Modash has only a 14-day trial before the $199-a-month charge starts.
- Which one finds new creators to work with?
- Modash. It searches Instagram, YouTube and TikTok by audience location and age, revealing up to 150 creator emails a month on the entry plan. GRIN has no creator search; it manages people a brand already recruited.
- Does GRIN handle creator payments the way Modash does?
- Both do. GRIN includes affiliate links and payments on its plans. Modash charges no fee on payouts up to $10,000 a year and 5 percent after that, with the threshold rising on its higher tiers.
- Which is better for a one-off campaign rather than an ongoing program?
- Modash. Its own strength is discovery and vetting for a campaign you run once and close out. GRIN is built the other way, for a roster you keep working with, so a single campaign is not really what it is priced for.
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