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| Decision criteria | Extole | Affiliatly |
|---|---|---|
| Consider for | Large consumer brands, financial services, banks and merchants implementing sophisticated refer-a-friend and loyalty experiences. | Budget-conscious online stores testing a trackable affiliate program and wanting simple coupon/link attribution. |
| Paid entry / monthly | Not verified | $0/month |
| Billing detail | Custom enterprise pricing. No verified public flat monthly subscription or self-service starting price is listed on the official pages reviewed. | 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 | No permanent free plan established. Demo and sandbox access are available by vendor discussion; commercial terms are quote-based. | A permanent free tier is publicly listed, with a cap of 50 tracked orders. It should not be interpreted as unlimited affiliate transactions. |
| Commissions | The platform manages customer referral incentives, one- or two-sided rewards, influencer/ambassador campaigns and loyalty actions. These are not necessarily SaaS subscription commission contracts. | 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 | First-party events, audience targeting, flexible referral flow builder, multichannel creative, rewards bank, fraud prevention, real-time conversion analytics and customer outcomes. | Affiliate links, email, coupon and QR attribution with affiliate dashboards, purchase reports, marketing assets and configurable program settings. |
| Payouts | Vendor advertises a Reward Bank with cash, gift cards, points, discounts and other incentives. Funding, country eligibility, tax treatment and reward distribution require plan-level confirmation. | 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 | Supports web and native-app event flows, APIs, webhooks, secure imports and third-party integrations. Vendor documents cross-channel retail, financial services, banking and travel use cases. | Official integrations list Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Squarespace, Ecwid and others; custom stores require implementation validation. |
| API available | Yes | No |
| Consider the limitation | Solo SaaS founders seeking a cheap Stripe affiliate commission tracker or a free public pricing tier. | 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 Extole ↗ | Visit Affiliatly ↗ |
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