Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
Partnero charges a flat fee that does not move when the program earns more, $49 a month billed annually for one program and one team member, or $159 for three programs with commission structures and a messaging centre. Post Affiliate Pro also charges flat, but scales by traffic instead: $89 a month for 10,000 tracking requests with unlimited affiliates on every tier, rising to $649 for 20 million requests. Partnero's ceiling is program and team count; Post Affiliate Pro's is traffic through your tracking links. Recruiting more affiliates never raises the Post Affiliate Pro bill, and one program never raises Partnero's, until a second program or a bigger traffic tier is needed.
Partnero | Post Affiliate Pro | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $49 | From $89 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 30 days | 30 days |
| API | Not stated |
An affiliate program billed as software
Partnero gives a business its own partner portal, signup pages and tracking links, then pays partners through PayPal or Wise without anybody exporting a spreadsheet. The fee is a flat monthly one rather than a share of what the program earns, which is the difference between this and a network. Stripe, Shopify and the other places a sale happens connect without code. One program and one team member is what the entry plan allows, and that is the ceiling most people meet first.
Our note
Work out what a percentage-based tool would take at your expected volume before comparing headline prices, because the flat fee is the entire argument for buying this one. Below roughly a thousand dollars of monthly commission the percentage tools are usually cheaper, and above it this stops being close.
Run your own affiliate program
Post Affiliate Pro is the software behind an affiliate program you run yourself, tracking clicks and sales back to the partner who sent them and paying out on your terms. Plans are sized by tracking requests a month rather than by how many affiliates you sign, so recruiting is never the thing that raises the bill. It has been around long enough that most shopping carts already have an integration for it.
Pick Partnero if you are running a single product's affiliate program and want commission structures, a messaging centre and onboarding workflows without a percentage skimmed off successful months. Starter is $49 a month billed annually for one program and one team member; work out what a percentage-based network would take at your expected volume first, since below roughly a thousand dollars of monthly commission those are often cheaper.
Pick Post Affiliate Pro if affiliate count and traffic volume matter more than program count: unlimited affiliates on every tier, from $89 a month for 10,000 tracking requests. Count your monthly clicks before choosing, since tracking requests are the only thing separating the cheapest plan from the most expensive, and a running promotion can make the first year cheaper than the standing price suggests.
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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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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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Our note
Count your monthly clicks before choosing, because tracking requests are the only thing separating an $89 plan from a $649 one. If a promotion is still running when you sign up, the first year is materially cheaper than the list price suggests.