JoinBrands vs Shoutcart Comparison 2026
JoinBrands prices content itself before you contact anybody, from $10 an image and $25 a video, with a platform fee that falls from 15 percent free to 8 percent on its $499 a month Max plan. Shoutcart has no subscription at all: creators set their own price, from a few dollars to five figures, and the fee is a flat 10 percent whenever a brand actually books. The axis is who sets the price: JoinBrands runs a fixed content catalogue, while Shoutcart is a true marketplace where each creator names their own rate.
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
- Shoutcart takes 10% of what you earn against JoinBrands's 12%.
Side by side
JoinBrands | Shoutcart | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $99 | Free |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
JoinBrands
UGC creators booked at a fixed price
JoinBrands lists the price of a video before you brief anybody, so a campaign can be budgeted rather than negotiated one creator at a time. Content-only jobs, posting jobs and retainers all run through the same queue. The platform fee is the number to watch, because it drops four points between the free plan and the dearest one.
Our note
Do the arithmetic on the fee before subscribing, because the plans are sold as tiers and are really a volume discount. Below a few thousand a month in content spend, the free plan at 15 percent costs less than any subscription plus its lower rate.
Shoutcart
Buy shoutouts from creators by the post
Shoutcart is a marketplace for a single paid post rather than for a relationship: creators list what they charge, a brand books one, and money moves when the post goes up. Nothing is charged for browsing or for setting up a campaign, and the fee arrives only on a booking. Order sizes run from a few dollars to five figures, which is a wider spread than most influencer platforms will take.
Why people weigh these two
- Shoutcart instead of JoinBrands
- Shoutcart buys shoutouts from creators by the post, free to browse, a single placement rather than UGC produced to a fixed brief.
- JoinBrands instead of Shoutcart
- JoinBrands also books a creator at one fixed price, with a free tier before a $99 plan, sized more for UGC content than a single shoutout post.
Which one should you pick
Choose JoinBrands if the budget needs to be known before anybody is contacted, since content is priced by type, not negotiated, and a subscription pays for itself once monthly spend passes roughly $3,300 on the Start-up plan. Its 4 million creator pool and retainer options suit ongoing volume better than a single post.
Choose Shoutcart if a single post at whatever a specific creator charges is the job, since there is no subscription ever and the flat 10 percent fee matches JoinBrands' own dearer-tier rate without a $299 monthly cost attached. Vet the account yourself: a marketplace that earns nothing until a booking has limited reason to police its listings.
Common questions
- Which one takes a smaller fee?
- Shoutcart's flat 10 percent matches JoinBrands' Pro-tier rate, but Shoutcart charges no monthly subscription to get it. JoinBrands' free tier charges 15 percent, higher than Shoutcart's rate at any volume.
- Does JoinBrands set the price of content or does the creator?
- JoinBrands sets a catalogue price, from $10 an image and $25 a video, known before anyone is contacted. On Shoutcart, creators list their own rates, which can run from a few dollars to five figures.
- Is there a subscription on either platform?
- JoinBrands offers paid tiers from $99 to $499 a month that lower its fee. Shoutcart has no subscription at all; the only cost is the flat 10 percent fee on an actual booking.
- Which one is cheaper for booking just one piece of content?
- Shoutcart, generally, since there is no monthly fee to weigh against a single booking. JoinBrands' free tier works too, but its 15 percent fee is higher than Shoutcart's flat 10 percent.
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