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| Decision criteria | GrowSurf | Affiliatly |
|---|---|---|
| Consider for | SaaS or product teams that want a configurable referral/affiliate workflow and can model the percentage-of-sales success fee. | Budget-conscious online stores testing a trackable affiliate program and wanting simple coupon/link attribution. |
| Paid entry / monthly | $0/month | $0/month |
| Billing detail | Affiliate program: $0 monthly base plus 3% of affiliate referral revenue. Customer referral program: separate participant-based paid plans, starting at $179/month monthly billing or $125/month annual equivalent. | Free plan $0 up to 50 tracked orders; Starter $16/month for up to 50 affiliates with unlimited tracked orders; Advanced $24/month for up to 200 affiliates. |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free plan detail | The affiliate plan advertises a $0 monthly platform subscription but charges 3% of referred sales; that is not a zero-cost permanent program. The separate referral offering advertises a 14-day trial. | A permanent free tier is publicly listed, with a cap of 50 tracked orders. It should not be interpreted as unlimited affiliate transactions. |
| Commissions | Affiliate campaigns can pay for leads or customers and support flexible commission or reward structures. A 3% GrowSurf success fee applies to affiliate-attributed sales, separate from commissions owed to partners. | Merchants can set percentage or fixed-order commissions with configurable commission rules. The primary use case is ecommerce order attribution, not recurring SaaS billing. |
| Tracking method | Documented referral links, conversion analytics, customer and partner attribution, program customization and anti-fraud features. Check exact cross-domain checkout flow, billing event support and attribution rules. | Affiliate links, email, coupon and QR attribution with affiliate dashboards, purchase reports, marketing assets and configurable program settings. |
| Payouts | GrowSurf lists integrations including PayPal, Wise and reward vendors and advertises affiliate-payout capabilities. Verify whether payouts are merchant-funded, automated or subject to third-party processing and geography restrictions. | Vendor lists gift cards and store rewards, and PayPal Mass Payout on Advanced. Actual transfer charges and affiliate-region support depend on payout providers. |
| Integrations | Official docs and pricing list Stripe, Chargebee, Recurly, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier and webhooks. Integration listing does not prove every subscription renewal event is configured. | Official integrations list Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Ecwid and others; custom stores require implementation validation. |
| API available | Yes | No |
| Consider the limitation | Merchants seeking one $0 all-in affiliate price, or a flat referral subscription that never changes with usage. | Subscription SaaS merchants requiring native recurring billing commission logic or enterprise channel deal registration. |
| Sources checked | 2026-11-03 | 2026-11-03 |
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| Next step | Visit GrowSurf ↗ | Visit Affiliatly ↗ |
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