Making the work
Growing an audience
Running the business
Refgrow charges $29 a month flat for one program with unlimited affiliates, referrals and affiliate revenue, whatever the program earns. Tolt starts at $69 a month for two programs, but that price only holds while affiliates earn up to $10,000 a month, stepping up through $99 and $199 as the ceiling rises, with a 2 percent processing fee on automatic payouts from the second tier. Refgrow is cheaper and never caps revenue. Tolt gives an extra program at the start but a real ceiling on how much affiliates can earn before the bill moves.
Affiliate tracking with no cut of referred revenue
Affiliate programs for startups, priced by payout
Refgrow | Tolt | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $69 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| API | Yes |
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.
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.
Affiliate programs for startups, priced by payout
Tolt runs an affiliate program for a subscription business: a branded portal for partners, tracking that survives a Stripe checkout, and payouts that go out automatically rather than as a monthly chore. Tiers are drawn around how much affiliates earn each month rather than how many of them there are, so recruiting widely costs nothing until the recruiting works. Affiliates and referrals are uncapped on every plan. Automatic payouts carry a processing fee on top of the subscription.
Choose Refgrow if you want the lowest flat fee with no revenue ceiling at all: $29 a month covers one program with unlimited affiliates, referrals and affiliate revenue, plus EU VAT handling and fraud protection included at that price. The real limit is program count, not how much the program earns, so a business running one scheme has nothing to plan around here. Payouts go out through PayPal or Wise with no processing fee mentioned.
Choose Tolt if you are standing up a first program and want two programs and three partner groups from the start: Basic is $69 a month while affiliate payouts stay under $10,000, rising to $99 and $199 as the ceiling lifts to $20,000 and $50,000. Automatic global payouts arrive on the $99 tier but carry a 2 percent processing fee on top of the subscription. Work out which payout band a program will land in before committing, since crossing that boundary is what actually changes the bill.
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| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
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| Their cut | None | Not stated |
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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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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Work out which payout band you will land in before comparing this with a per-affiliate tool, because the tier boundary is the whole price and it moves with success rather than with effort. Pick Rewardful or FirstPromoter instead if you want Stripe-native tracking above all else; pick this if the branded partner portal is what you are buying.