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| Decision criteria | Referral Rock | BixGrow |
|---|---|---|
| Consider for | Established service or B2B teams wanting an ongoing managed customer-referral experience and guided program launch. | Small Shopify merchants seeking inexpensive customer referral programs that can graduate from one affiliate to many. |
| Paid entry / monthly | $250/month | $0/month |
| Billing detail | Operator Plan costs $250/month on a month-to-month contract, with 10% annual discount available. Enterprise is quoted and Multi-Org starts at $1,000/month for five partitioned programs. | 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. Fourteen-day free trial is offered; no separate onboarding fee on Operator. | Free allows ONE affiliate, one affiliate program, and up to 50 referred orders per month. Paid plans advertise a 14-day trial. |
| Commissions | Tracks referred customer progress and reward eligibility; rewards can include coupons, gift cards or merchant-fulfilled perks, not necessarily billing-based recurring commissions. | Basic affiliate commission rules, with advanced product-specific commission flows on Scale and tier/multilevel incentives on Pro. |
| Tracking method | Shareable member URLs, codes and QR attribution, automated invitations and multi-step referral lifecycle tracking; member count and rolling source imports are important cost drivers. | Referral links, tracked coupon codes, post-purchase referral widget and email-based marketing automation for store customers. |
| Payouts | Supports gift-card and custom merchant reward fulfillment. Do not promise worldwide automatic bank commission payouts without confirming the selected reward integration. | PayPal automatic payouts are reserved for Advanced, while other tiers use supported manual or other methods. Payment provider fees are external. |
| Integrations | Ecommerce, marketing email, HubSpot/Salesforce-type connected-source workflows, Zapier and API are described. Billing integrations and CRM field mapping may require advisory setup. | Shopify affiliate and customer referral flows; Paddle Billing SaaS renewal attribution is not documented as native. |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Consider the limitation | Micro SaaS teams seeking <$100/month software or unlimited imported members for a flat fee. | 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 Referral Rock ↗ | Visit BixGrow ↗ |
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