Influee vs Social Cat Comparison 2026
Influee runs a paid marketplace: post what you need, creators apply, ship the product, and the average 30-second video costs about $57 plus a 10 percent marketplace fee, on top of a subscription starting at $229 a month for 10 collaborations. Social Cat is built around gifted collaborations instead, where creators work for the product rather than a fee, starting at $99 a month for 1,000 invitations with usage rights and contracts included. The axis is how creators get paid: cash and an application process on Influee, product and an invitation process on Social Cat.
UGC videos from creators, briefed and paid for
Gifted collaborations with small creators
At a glance
- Social Cat starts cheaper, at $99.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Influee | Social Cat | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $229 | From $99 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Influee
UGC videos from creators, briefed and paid for
Influee is a marketplace for commissioned user-generated video: post a brief, pick from applicants, ship the product, get files back. The subscription caps how many collaborations run at once rather than how much footage arrives. Creator fees are separate from the plan, and the marketplace takes a percentage of them on the way through.
Social Cat
Gifted collaborations with small creators
Social Cat matches small brands with creators who will work for product rather than a fee, and handles the invitations, the contracts and the content rights in between. The creators are the size a new brand can actually book. Paid collaborations are supported too, but the gifted side is what the platform is shaped around.
Our note
Social Cat is the cheapest way to run gifted collaborations properly, with the rights and the contract already sorted. Collabstr is the better fit when you want to pay creators outright rather than send product.
Why people weigh these two
- Social Cat instead of Influee
- Social Cat arranges gifted collaborations with small creators from $99 after a trial, cheaper than Influee's $229 start for a brand willing to trade product instead of a commissioned fee.
- Influee instead of Social Cat
- Influee at $229 commissions briefed UGC videos and pays for them, cash for deliverables rather than product for goodwill.
Which one should you pick
Choose Influee if the brand can pay creators in cash and wants a steady, predictable supply of commissioned ad creative, since collaborations are capped by plan rather than by content volume, which keeps a test month predictable. Budget for the creator fee itself on top of the subscription, an average of $57 for a 30-second video plus Influee's 10 percent marketplace fee.
Choose Social Cat if the budget is product rather than cash, and the brand is small enough that the creators willing to work for free samples are the right size to book. The entry tier at $99 a month covers 1,000 invitations with the same features as the pricier tiers, so what higher plans buy is reach rather than capability. Paid collaborations are supported too, but gifted is what the platform is actually shaped around.
Common questions
- Do creators get paid cash on both platforms?
- On Influee, yes, an average of $57 for a 30-second video, with Influee taking a 10 percent marketplace fee on that payment. Social Cat is built around gifted collaborations, where creators work for the product itself rather than a cash fee, though paid collaborations are supported too.
- How is Social Cat priced compared to Influee?
- Social Cat charges by invitation volume, $99 a month for 1,000 invitations up to $299 for 5,000, with identical features at every tier. Influee charges by how many collaborations can run at once, $229 a month for 10, plus a separate 10 percent fee on what creators are paid.
- Which one handles usage rights and contracts?
- Both do. Social Cat includes usage rights, contracts and creator reviews on every tier, including its cheapest. Influee's marketplace model also handles the agreement between brand and creator as part of posting what you need.
- Which is better for a brand with no budget for creator fees?
- Social Cat, since it is shaped around creators working for product rather than cash, which is the affordable end of influencer marketing for a small brand. Influee assumes a cash budget for creators, an average of $57 a video, on top of its own subscription.
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