Partnero vs Refersion Comparison 2026
Partnero charges a flat monthly fee no matter what a program earns: Starter is $49 a month billed annually for one program, Partner $159 for three. Refersion is free to list on its affiliate marketplace, then Launch is $39 a month plus 3 percent of affiliate-driven sales once tracking starts, a cut that keeps growing with the program. The crossover is close: past roughly $333 a month in affiliate sales, Partnero's flat $49 already undercuts Refersion's Launch plan.
At a glance
- Refersion starts cheaper, at $39.
- Only Refersion has a free tier.
Side by side
Partnero | Refersion | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $49 | From $39 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 30 days | Not stated |
| API |
Partnero
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.
Refersion
Affiliate programs for ecommerce brands
Refersion tracks affiliate sales first-party, without a third-party cookie, which is what keeps attribution working now that browsers throw those away. Its marketplace is the other half: affiliates browse offers and apply, so a new program is not starting from an empty list. Pricing charges a percentage of affiliate-driven sales on top of the monthly fee, and that percentage falls as the plan gets dearer.
Why people weigh these two
- Refersion instead of Partnero
- Refersion is built specifically for ecommerce brands with a free tier to start on, narrower than Partnero's general partner portal but cheaper to try.
- Partnero instead of Refersion
- Partnero bills the affiliate program as software at $49, so the fee does not follow the sales.
Which one should you pick
Choose Partnero once a program is earning real money and a percentage would sting: the fee stays $49 a month billed annually whether affiliates sell $500 or $50,000. There is no free tier and no marketplace of affiliates already browsing for offers, so recruiting starts from zero. One program and one team member is the ceiling on Starter, and a business running a single product against that ceiling is exactly who this suits.
Choose Refersion if you are selling physical products and want affiliates recruited as well as tracked, not just plugged in: its marketplace lets affiliates apply to a free listing before you pay anything for tracking. Launch is $39 a month plus 3 percent of affiliate-driven sales, which crosses Partnero's flat $49 once sales pass around $333 a month, so the percentage only stays cheap at the very start of a program. First-party tracking without third-party cookies is worth paying for once volume grows.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper, Partnero or Refersion?
- It depends on volume. Refersion's Launch plan is $39 a month plus 3 percent of affiliate-driven sales, which crosses Partnero's flat $49-a-month Starter plan once sales pass around $333 a month. Below that, Refersion is cheaper; above it, Partnero's flat fee wins by more the bigger the program gets.
- Does Refersion help find affiliates, or only track them?
- Both: its free marketplace listing lets affiliates already browsing apply before you pay anything for tracking. Partnero has no equivalent marketplace; its portal and signup pages exist, but finding people willing to promote you is left to you.
- Is there a free plan for either?
- Refersion has one, a marketplace listing with no tracking attached. Partnero has no free tier at all, only a 30-day trial across its paid plans.
- How many affiliate programs can I run on each?
- Partnero's Starter plan allows one program; three programs need the $159-a-month Partner tier. Refersion's Launch and Growth plans do not state a program cap the way Partnero does, since its pricing meters affiliate-driven sales instead.
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