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| Decision criteria | Reditus | BixGrow |
|---|---|---|
| Consider for | Established B2B SaaS teams on Stripe who want affiliate recruitment as well as tracking, or technically capable teams integrating another payment processor via API. | Small Shopify merchants seeking inexpensive customer referral programs that can graduate from one affiliate to many. |
| Paid entry / monthly | $149/month | $0/month |
| Billing detail | Growth: $149/month month-to-month, or $99/month with annual billing. Scale Up: $399/month billed annually only. Enterprise: from $799/month billed annually. The pricing page describes annual affiliate-program ARR allowances. | Free $0/month; Scale $19.99/month, Pro $29.99/month, Advanced $49.99/month on monthly billing. Annual plans are discounted separately. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free plan detail | No permanent free plan. Growth offers a 14-day trial without a credit card. | Free allows ONE affiliate, one affiliate program, and up to 50 referred orders per month. Paid plans advertise a 14-day trial. |
| Commissions | Subscription-aware recurring commissions, multiple affiliate tiers, customer referral rewards and fraud rules are documented. Stripe payment events support handling refunds, upgrades and downgrades. | Basic affiliate commission rules, with advanced product-specific commission flows on Scale and tier/multilevel incentives on Pro. |
| Tracking method | Setup uses a tracking script, signup snippet and Stripe connection or custom Payments API. Stripe coupon tracking is a Stripe-specific native feature, not a blanket claim for Paddle or Chargebee. | Referral links, tracked coupon codes, post-purchase referral widget and email-based marketing automation for store customers. |
| Payouts | Growth lists automated affiliate payouts. The vendor's pricing and help pages should be checked for actual transfer methods, any payment-processing charges and countries before promising a merchant's affiliate withdrawal experience. | PayPal automatic payouts are reserved for Advanced, while other tiers use supported manual or other methods. Payment provider fees are external. |
| Integrations | Stripe connects natively; Paddle, Chargebee and PayPal are supported via the Reditus Payments API, requiring developer integration. The vendor estimates about four hours of developer time for a typical Paddle integration; that is not a native Paddle connector. | Shopify affiliate and customer referral flows; Paddle Billing SaaS renewal attribution is not documented as native. |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Consider the limitation | Very early startups needing a permanent free plan, teams requiring zero-code Paddle Billing, or buyers expecting network marketplace listing in the entry Growth plan. | Large programs needing unlimited referrals on Free, automated PayPal payouts without Advanced, or direct Stripe SaaS/Paddle subscription tracking. |
| Sources checked | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-21 |
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| Next step | Visit Reditus ↗ | Visit BixGrow ↗ |
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