Making the work
Growing an audience
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Both cover affiliate & referral. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
An affiliate program billed as software
Affiliate tracking with no cut of referred revenue
Partnero | Refgrow | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $49 | From $29 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | 30 days | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | None |
| Runs on |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
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.
Affiliate tracking with no cut of referred revenue
Refgrow tracks affiliates for a subscription product and states plainly that it takes no percentage of what they generate, which is the difference that matters once a program starts working. The affiliate portal is hosted for you and an embeddable widget puts signup inside the product. Payouts go out through PayPal or Wise. The cheapest plan covers one program, so anybody running separate schemes for creators and agencies is on the tier above from the start.
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| Web |
| Covers | Affiliate & Referral | Affiliate & Referral |
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| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | 1 | None right now |
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Our note
The no-transaction-fee line is the thing to hold against the percentage-based platforms, because it means a successful program does not quietly become the most expensive tool you own. Count your programs before choosing the tier, since one program is a real limit rather than a soft one.