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| Decision criteria | ReferralCandy | BixGrow |
|---|---|---|
| Consider for | Ecommerce companies whose main objective is new customer referral growth and who can budget platform success fees. | Small Shopify merchants seeking inexpensive customer referral programs that can graduate from one affiliate to many. |
| Paid entry / monthly | $9/month | $0/month |
| Billing detail | Basic $9/month plus 10.5% success fee; Grow $79/month +3.5%; Scale $249/month +1.5%; Enterprise $799/month +0.25%. Vendor describes month-to-month contracts. | 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 subscription; a seven-day trial is available. Vendor says referrals from the trial do not incur success fees. | Free allows ONE affiliate, one affiliate program, and up to 50 referred orders per month. Paid plans advertise a 14-day trial. |
| Commissions | ReferralCandy's own success fee is NOT the same as rewards paid to advocates. Merchants choose coupon, store-credit or cash rewards and separately budget platform fees. | Basic affiliate commission rules, with advanced product-specific commission flows on Scale and tier/multilevel incentives on Pro. |
| Tracking method | Customer referral links and coupon-based attribution for net-new ecommerce purchasers with configurable rewards and referral campaigns. | Referral links, tracked coupon codes, post-purchase referral widget and email-based marketing automation for store customers. |
| Payouts | Merchant options include PayPal, Venmo, bank transfer, Tremendous gift/debit cards and store credit. Vendor describes processing fees as pass-through, not an extra ReferralCandy transaction markup. | PayPal automatic payouts are reserved for Advanced, while other tiers use supported manual or other methods. Payment provider fees are external. |
| Integrations | Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce and custom ecommerce, with integrations including Klaviyo and reward providers. Standalone Paddle Billing subscriptions are not native in the reviewed docs. | Shopify affiliate and customer referral flows; Paddle Billing SaaS renewal attribution is not documented as native. |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Consider the limitation | SaaS merchants requiring subscription renewal commission ledgers or retailers assuming the $9 subscription is their total cost. | 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 ReferralCandy ↗ | Visit BixGrow ↗ |
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