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Refersion vs Rewardful

Refersion and Rewardful are both affiliate & referral programs tools. Refersion is aimed at E-commerce and small businesses, while Rewardful is aimed at small businesses and developers. Refersion costs less, from $39/mo versus $49/mo for Rewardful. Only Refersion has a free plan.

Refersion

Affiliate and influencer program software for Shopify and DTC brands

Rewardful

Affiliate programs for Stripe and Paddle SaaS

PricingPaid · $39Paid · $49
Starting price$39/mo$49/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial—14 days
Built forE-commerce, Small businessesSmall businesses, Developers
Platformswebweb
CountryUSUS · 2018
Rating——

Choose Refersion if

DTC ecommerce brands on Shopify, WooCommerce or BigCommerce that want to run an affiliate and influencer program with accurate first-party tracking.

  • Purpose-built for ecommerce rather than SaaS referral programs
  • Cookieless first-party tracking holds up against browser restrictions
  • Unlimited affiliates, clicks and conversions on every paid plan

Look elsewhere if: B2B SaaS partner programs or simple customer referral loops (PartnerStack, ReferralCandy, FirstPromoter).

Choose Rewardful if

SaaS companies on Stripe or Paddle who want a simple, fair-priced affiliate program.

  • Setup in minutes for Stripe SaaS
  • Flat pricing, no revenue share
  • Recurring commission tracking done right

Look elsewhere if: Companies on other billing systems or those needing a partner marketplace (PartnerStack).

Refersion vs Rewardful pricing

Refersion

  • Marketplace Listing$0Public listing only; tracking and payouts need a paid plan
  • Launch$39/mo$29/mo billed yearly; plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales
  • Growth$199/mo$159/mo billed yearly; plus 2% of sales; API access
  • ScaleCustomFlat monthly fee, white-glove onboarding, Slack channel

Rewardful

  • Starter$49/mo$490/yr; up to $7.5k affiliate revenue/mo, 1 campaign
  • Growth$99/mo$990/yr; up to $15k revenue/mo, custom domain
  • Enterprise$149/moFrom; $1,490+/yr; up to $30k revenue/mo, tiered

Refersion · Key features

  • First-party tracking domain attribution without third-party cookies or redirects
  • Affiliate marketplace where creators discover and apply to brand offers
  • Branded affiliate registration pages and recruitment tools
  • Commission rules by product, customer email, subscription or new customers
  • One-click affiliate payouts including PayPal, with tax form collection
  • Multi-store management and API access on the Growth plan

Cons

  • Percentage of affiliate sales on top of the subscription adds up
  • API access and advanced commissions start at $199 per month
  • No published free trial for the paid plans

Rewardful · Key features

  • Stripe and Paddle integration with automatic recurring commissions
  • Affiliate portal with links, coupons and dashboards
  • Multiple campaigns and commission structures
  • PayPal and Wise mass payouts
  • Custom domain and branding
  • Zapier, webhooks and API

Cons

  • Only Stripe and Paddle billing
  • Revenue caps per tier
  • Limited partner discovery features

Refersion vs Rewardful: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Refersion or Rewardful?

Refersion starts at $39/mo and Rewardful at $49/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Refersion and Rewardful have a free plan?

Refersion has a free plan. Rewardful has no free plan, a 14-day free trial.

Not sure yet?