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Both cover giveaways & referrals. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Prefinery | ViralSweep | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $49 | From $49 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | 7 days |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Everything, in an open format | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Giveaways & Referrals, Landing Pages & Funnels | Giveaways & Referrals, Affiliate & Referral |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | 1 |
Waitlists where position moves on referrals
Prefinery runs the waitlist you put up before launch and gives every signup a queue position that improves when they bring somebody. That mechanic is the product, and the rest is the plumbing around it: the embedded form, the emails, the fraud checks and the export. It bills on how many people join.
Our note
Buy this for the referral queue, not for the email sending, and check the numbers against what a waitlist is worth to you: $49 a month is cheap for a launch and expensive for a list that sits still.
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Sweepstakes and contests that stay compliant
ViralSweep runs the giveaway and, more to the point, runs the legal side of it: official rules, entry records, winner selection and the bonding a US sweepstakes needs above a prize threshold. Gleam is cheaper and lighter. This is the one to use when the prize is big enough that getting it wrong matters.
Our note
Gleam does the mechanics for less. The reason to pay four times as much here is the rules, the records and the bonding, which only matter above a prize value most creators never reach.
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