GRIN

GRIN runs creator programs for brands: finding people, shipping them product, tracking what they post and paying them for it. For most of its life the price was quoted rather than published, and it now sits on a page with a free plan at the bottom of it. That change is what makes it worth a creator's attention, because the brands approaching you are increasingly running their side through something like this. Knowing what they see is useful.

The free plan covers focused sourcing, reporting and light affiliate work, which is unusual in a category that has historically quoted rather than published. Starter is $200 a month for focused programs and recurring work. Growth is $500 a month and is the tier marked popular, aimed at operating a growing program. The plans are framed as capacity for the product's assistant rather than as feature gates, so what changes between them is how much you can run rather than what you are allowed to do.

A brand or a creator-turned-brand running its own roster rather than buying campaigns through a marketplace. The free tier makes it reasonable for somebody sending product to a dozen people a quarter. Creators looking for deals are on the wrong side of this product, though knowing what a brand's software shows them is worth something at the negotiating table.