Free plan or trial
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Viral Loops Start-up costs $49/month, or $35/month on annual billing. Compare participant caps, Plus API access and Growing referral rewards.
Source-based profile. Official sources checked 21 Oct 2026. No hands-on score assigned.
Viral Loops deserves consideration for campaign-led customer acquisition, not as a direct replacement for a recurring commission affiliate accounting engine.
SaaS launches or marketing teams seeking viral waiting lists, newsletter referral challenges and customer milestone rewards.
Affiliate program owners who mainly need recurring Stripe/Paddle subscription commission ledgers.
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Vendor advertises a trial; a permanent free tier was not established on the current pricing page.
Milestone incentives, campaign points and rewards are more central than recurring affiliate commissions tied to billing invoices.
Participant referrals, unique sharing links, signups and campaign milestones. Referral-revenue tracking appears on Growing, not base Start-up.
Plus can automate fulfillment through integrations/API; Growing and above list native reward fulfillment connections for gift cards, Stripe and Tremendous. Verify geographic payout coverage.
Campaign widgets plus HubSpot, webhook/API and reward integrations subject to plan. Stripe Rewarding is not equivalent to recurring Stripe affiliate commission tracking.
Full API access is listed from Plus; Starter/Start-up full API access is not verified.
Start-up $49/month billed monthly or $35/month equivalent billed annually. Plus $139 monthly or $99 equivalent annually; Growing $229 monthly or $159 annual equivalent; Power $399 monthly or $279 annual equivalent.
Start-up handles lead-generation campaigns for up to 1,000 participants but not all customer referral templates. Plus supports 5,000 participants, customer referral campaigns, milestone templates, domains and full API. Growing supports 10,000 participants, HubSpot workflows, automated Stripe/Tremendous reward fulfillment and referral revenue tracking. Power extends to 25,000 and higher-support options.
Pricing checked 21 Oct 2026. Prices exclude tax and may vary by region. Commission fees and payout costs are listed separately.
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WordPress stores that want to run an affiliate program within their own installation and need WooCommerce product attribution.
Micro SaaS or subscription startups using supported modern billing providers, especially those comparing Paddle Billing or Polar alongside Stripe.
Small Shopify merchants seeking inexpensive customer referral programs that can graduate from one affiliate to many.