Compare · PartnerStack and impact.com
PartnerStack vs impact.com pricing and plans for your partner program
Most comparisons of these two treat them as rival products. They are not, really. PartnerStack sells to B2B SaaS companies running partner-led growth, and its network is full of agencies, consultants, and B2B affiliates who resell or refer software. impact.com sells to consumer and commerce brands running performance marketing at volume, and its marketplace is publishers, media companies, and creators. Ask which is better and the honest answer is a question back: what do you sell, and who would promote it? A B2B SaaS company with a 60 day sales cycle and a Series A budget is buying a different thing than a retailer running thousands of publisher relationships.
The second thing to know is that both of them have closed the door on public pricing. PartnerStack lists three plans, Launch, Growth, and Enterprise, with no figures against any of them, and its own FAQ says pricing depends on program size, feature needs, and support level, confirmed during your demo. impact.com does the opposite: its /pricing/ URL is a sales page, but its plans page publishes Starter from $30 a month, Essentials from $500 and Pro from $2,500, with Enterprise on request, plus a 2.5% fee on partner-driven transactions on every plan. One more thing most comparisons still miss: PartnerStack is no longer independent, because AppDirect acquired it on April 14, 2026. What has not changed is that a percentage fee behaves very differently from a flat one: it is cheapest when your program is small and takes a slice of every dollar once it works.
There is a third thing neither platform does, and it is usually what is actually blocking the program. Both are management software, so both assume you already know which companies should be your partners. Partnerships attacks that step first, on flat published pricing from $47 a month.
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One co-sell overlap surfaced from account mapping. Referral and co-sell revenue tracked per partner.
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Choose PartnerStack if you sell B2B software and want a partner network of agencies and consultants who can resell it. Choose impact.com if you sell consumer products at scale through publishers and creators and can absorb a percentage fee. Choose Partnerships if the real problem is that you do not yet know who your partners should be.
The short answer
What is the difference between PartnerStack and impact.com?
PartnerStack and impact.com are aimed at different markets, and that matters more than any feature checklist. PartnerStack is built for B2B SaaS partner-led growth: referral, reseller, co-sell, and B2B affiliate programs, sold as three quote-only plans called Launch, Growth, and Enterprise, and owned by AppDirect since April 14, 2026. impact.com is an enterprise performance marketing platform, strongest in ecommerce affiliate and creator or influencer partnerships at large scale. Only one of them publishes pricing. impact.com lists Starter from $30 a month, Essentials from $500, Pro from $2,500 and Enterprise on request, plus a 2.5% fee on partner-driven transactions, while PartnerStack confirms plan and price only during a demo. If you sell B2B software, PartnerStack is usually the closer fit. If you sell consumer products through publishers and creators, impact.com is.
Pricing re-verified on each vendor's own pricing page
- PartnerStack plans
- Launch, Growth, Enterprise. All quote only, priced during a demo
- impact.com published pricing
- Starter $30/mo, Essentials $500/mo, Pro $2,500/mo, Enterprise on request, plus 2.5% of partner sales (re-checked September 16, 2026)
- PartnerStack ownership
- Acquired by AppDirect, announced and completed April 14, 2026
- Percentage of partner revenue
- impact.com publishes 2.5% on partner-driven transactions on every plan. PartnerStack publishes none
- Entry-plan limit worth knowing
- PartnerStack Launch makes you pick affiliate link tracking OR lead and deal registration, not both
- What neither one does
- Find partners. Both manage partners you have already recruited
- Partnerships pricing
- $47/mo flat, published, no cut of partner revenue
Side by side
PartnerStack and impact.com vs Partnerships, honestly
A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.
| What matters | Partnerships | PartnerStack and impact.com |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes. $47, $119, and $269 a month, on the pricing page | impact.com publishes plans from $30 to $2,500 a month plus 2.5% of sales. PartnerStack quotes on a demo |
| Percentage of partner revenue | None, ever. Flat SaaS fee | impact.com charges 2.5% on partner-driven transactions on every plan. PartnerStack publishes no percentage |
| AI partner discovery (finds partners) | Surfaces reseller, affiliate, and integration candidates ranked by transparent fit, with reasons | Both manage partners you already have. Both offer recruitment marketplaces, not discovery of net-new fits |
| Who the network is made of | No network. We find partners specific to your product rather than renting you a shared pool | PartnerStack: B2B SaaS agencies and consultants. impact.com: publishers, media, and creators |
| Running every partner motion at once | Referral, reseller, affiliate, integration, and co-marketing on every plan | PartnerStack Launch makes you choose one motion; full access sits on Enterprise. impact.com is modular |
| Best-fit customer | Teams of one to five building a program from close to zero | PartnerStack: funded B2B SaaS with a program already running. impact.com: enterprise commerce and creator programs |
| Time to first partner outreach | Same day. AI drafts the first messages, no sales call | Both start with a sales conversation. PartnerStack says most teams launch in weeks |
| MDF, incentives, enablement | Deal registration, onboarding, and commission tracking. No formal MDF module | PartnerStack has MDF management and an LMS on Growth. impact.com has deep contracting and payout tooling |
Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.
Verified figures
PartnerStack, impact.com, and Partnerships side by side
Re-checked against each vendor's own site in September 2026. Where a vendor does not publish a number, this table says so rather than guessing.
| PartnerStack | impact.com | Partnerships | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published price | None. Three plans, all quote only | Starter from $30, Essentials from $500, Pro from $2,500 a month; Enterprise on request | $47, $119, $269 a month |
| Plan names | Launch, Growth, Enterprise | Not published | Starter, Growth, Scale, Enterprise |
| Percentage fee on partner revenue | None published | 2.5% on partner-driven transactions, every plan | None |
| Primary market | B2B SaaS partner-led growth | Ecommerce affiliate, creator, and influencer | B2B SaaS and services building a program |
| Partner motions on the entry plan | One: link tracking or deal registration | Modular, sold by module | All of them |
| Finds new partners for you | No. Marketplace access to its existing network | No. Marketplace access to its existing network | Yes. AI discovery with fit scores and reasons |
| Partner count limit | None stated | None stated | None |
| Internal user limit | None stated | Not published | None |
| How you buy | Book a demo | Book a demo | Sign up online |
impact.com figures are the "priced from" rates on its plans page, which sits at /plans-b2b/ rather than /pricing/. PartnerStack has been part of AppDirect since April 14, 2026 and still publishes no price. Confirm any number with the vendor before you budget.
Why teams pick Partnerships
AI prospecting and drafted outreach, with no marketplace tax
What a percentage fee actually costs you
A flat subscription and a percentage fee feel similar at the demo and diverge fast. A 2.5% cut on partner-driven transactions is nothing in month three, when the program produces almost nothing, and it is the single largest line item in year three, when it works. It also quietly caps how aggressive you can be on partner commissions, because the platform is taking its slice off the same revenue. Work out what 2.5% of your target partner-sourced revenue looks like in 24 months before you sign anything.
Pick the network your buyers actually listen to
Marketplaces are the real product difference here. PartnerStack gives you access to B2B SaaS agencies and consultants who already resell software to business buyers. impact.com gives you publishers, media companies, and creators who reach consumers at scale. Neither pool helps if your buyer is not in it. A vertical B2B tool selling to hospital finance teams will find very few useful partners in either, which is exactly the case for finding partners specific to your product instead of renting a shared pool.
Honest about where each one beats us
If you are already producing meaningful partner revenue and need MDF workflows, a partner LMS, tiered challenges, and a designated CSM, PartnerStack has all of that and we do not. If you run thousands of publisher relationships with complex contracts, multi-currency payouts, and fraud monitoring, impact.com is built for exactly that scale and we are not. We are the better answer earlier: when the program is small or does not exist yet, when nobody has decided who the partners should be, and when a flat published price beats a quote you have to negotiate.
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Describe your product, get partners ranked by fit, approve the outreach, and track the revenue they drive. Flat pricing, no marketplace tax, your relationships stay yours.
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