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Refersion is affiliate and influencer software built for ecommerce brands, most of them on Shopify. It publishes its prices, which is more than many in this category do: Launch is $39 a month plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales, Growth is $199 a month plus 2%, and Scale is a custom flat subscription for brands above $1 million in annual GMV. Annual billing takes 20% off the monthly fee.

The percentage is the part that decides your bill. At $5,000 a month of affiliate sales, Launch costs $189 and nobody minds. At $50,000 a month, Growth costs $1,199, which is more than $14,000 a year on top of the commissions you already pay your affiliates. That is usually the point where a brand starts pricing alternatives, and it is the comparison this page does with numbers.

We build Partnerships, so read our row with that in mind. It is not a Shopify affiliate app, and for a DTC brand recruiting creators it is not the right replacement. Where it fits is a B2B or SaaS program whose partners are companies rather than influencers.

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Stay on Refersion if your affiliate sales are modest and you value its marketplace and Shopify tracking. Choose UpPromote if you want the same model on Shopify at a lower percentage. Choose Awin or impact.com if you want access to a publisher network on published prices. Choose Partnerships if the partners you need are companies, such as agencies, resellers and integration partners, and the job is finding and recruiting them on a flat published fee.

The short answer

What is the best Refersion alternative?

For a Shopify brand, UpPromote is the closest like-for-like swap: it also charges a monthly fee plus a share of referral sales, but at lower rates (1% to 2% against Refersion's 2% to 3%), so it costs less at every volume on published prices. If you want a publisher network rather than your own affiliates, Awin and impact.com are the two that publish prices. If your partners are B2B companies such as agencies, resellers and integration partners, no ecommerce affiliate app fits, and a platform that finds and ranks partner companies on a flat fee is the better buy.

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Refersion at a glance

Refersion published plans: Launch $39/mo ($29/mo billed annually) plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales. Growth $199/mo ($159/mo billed annually) plus 2%. Scale is custom, for brands above $1M GMV a year, on a flat monthly subscription
Where Launch and Growth cost the same: At $16,000 a month of affiliate-driven sales (monthly billing): $519 on either plan. Below that Launch is cheaper, above it Growth is
Refersion ownership: Acquired by Assembly in 2020 and by Pantastic, an ecommerce software company, in July 2023
UpPromote published plans: Growth $29.99/mo plus 2% of referral sales, Professional $89.99/mo plus 1.5%, Enterprise $199.99/mo plus 1%. Shopify apps
Awin published plans: Access $49/mo plus 3.5% of transaction value, Accelerate from $99/mo plus 2.5%
impact.com Essentials self-serve billing: Per its help center: $500 a month including $2,500 of partner payouts, then 20% of payouts above that
Partnerships pricing: $47, $119 and $269 a month, flat and published, with no share of partner revenue

Side by side

Refersion vs Partnerships, honestly

A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.

What matters	Partnerships	Refersion
Published pricing	Yes. $47, $119 and $269 a month, flat	Refersion publishes Launch and Growth, Scale is custom. UpPromote and Awin publish all paid tiers
Percentage of partner revenue	None	Refersion 3% on Launch, 2% on Growth, of affiliate-driven sales. UpPromote 1% to 2%. Awin 2.5% to 3.5%
Built for	B2B and SaaS partner programs	Refersion and UpPromote: ecommerce brands, mainly Shopify. Awin and impact.com: brands that want a publisher network
Finds new partner companies	Yes. AI discovery ranks candidates by a transparent fit score with the reasons shown	Refersion offers a marketplace listing and affiliate discovery for creators and publishers
Minimum term	Monthly	Refersion monthly or annual with 20% off. Awin Access: three months with 14-day notice
Best fit	Teams building a B2B partner program from a small base	Refersion: Shopify brands with creator affiliates. UpPromote: the same, at a lower percentage

Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.

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Refersion alternatives, side by side on published prices

Refersion rows come from refersion.com/pricing, UpPromote rows from uppromote.com/pricing, Awin rows from awin.com/us/pricing/advertisers and impact.com rows from its plans page and help center billing articles. Monthly billing is used throughout so the rows compare.

	Refersion	UpPromote	Awin	Partnerships
What it is	Affiliate and influencer app for ecommerce	Affiliate and referral app for Shopify	Affiliate network	AI partner discovery plus program management
Entry paid plan	Launch: $39/mo	Growth: $29.99/mo	Access: $49/mo, first month free	Starter: $47/mo
Higher plans	Growth $199/mo. Scale custom	Professional $89.99/mo. Enterprise $199.99/mo	Accelerate from $99/mo. Advanced custom	Growth $119/mo, Scale $269/mo
Percentage fee	3% Launch, 2% Growth	2%, 1.5%, 1% by plan	3.5% Access, 2.5% Accelerate	None
Charged on	Affiliate-driven sales	Successful referral sales	Transaction value	Not applicable
Monthly cost at $10,000 affiliate sales	$339 Launch, $399 Growth	$229.99 Growth, $239.99 Professional	$399 Access, $349 Accelerate	$47 to $269 flat
Monthly cost at $50,000 affiliate sales	$1,539 Launch, $1,199 Growth	$839.99 Professional, $699.99 Enterprise	$1,799 Access, $1,349 Accelerate	$47 to $269 flat
Annual discount	20% off the monthly fee	About two months free	Not published	50% off, yearly is half the monthly price
Finds B2B partner companies	No	No	No	Yes
Best fit	Shopify brands with creator affiliates	Shopify brands that want a lower percentage	Brands that need publishers from day one	B2B programs short on good partner companies

Every percentage fee is charged in addition to the commission you pay affiliates. Awin Accelerate is a floor ("from"). Refersion Scale and Awin Advanced are quoted privately, so they are not in the cost rows.

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The number that decides your Refersion bill

Refersion's monthly fee is small. The percentage is not. On Launch you pay 3% of every affiliate-driven sale, on Growth 2%, and that is on the sale value, not on the commission. If you pay affiliates 10%, Refersion's 3% on Launch adds 30% to your affiliate cost. At a 5% commission it adds 60%. The two plans cost the same at $16,000 a month of affiliate sales on monthly billing: $39 plus $480 on Launch, $199 plus $320 on Growth, $519 either way. Below that line stay on Launch. Above it Growth is cheaper, and the gap widens by $100 for every $10,000 of extra sales. Past roughly $83,000 a month, or $1 million a year, Refersion points you to Scale, which it prices as a flat monthly subscription on a quote. If you are near that size, ask for the Scale number before you renew Growth, because a flat fee is exactly what you want at volume.

UpPromote runs the same model at a lower rate

If you like how Refersion works and only mind the percentage, UpPromote is the closest swap for a Shopify store. It charges a monthly fee plus a share of successful referral sales: $29.99 plus 2% on Growth, $89.99 plus 1.5% on Professional, $199.99 plus 1% on Enterprise. On published prices it is cheaper than Refersion at every volume we checked. At $10,000 a month of affiliate sales, UpPromote Growth costs $229.99 against Refersion Launch at $339. At $50,000, UpPromote Enterprise costs $699.99 against Refersion Growth at $1,199, a difference of about $6,000 a year. What you give up is Refersion's marketplace and its longer history with larger brands, so check the tracking method and the integrations you rely on before you move.

Awin and impact.com for when you want a network instead of an app

Refersion and UpPromote help you run affiliates you recruit yourself. Awin and impact.com also bring a network of publishers and creators, and both publish their prices. Awin Access is $49 a month plus 3.5% of transaction value, and Accelerate starts at $99 plus 2.5%. Awin Accelerate and Refersion Growth cost the same at $20,000 a month of sales ($599), and above that Awin costs more, so move to Awin for its publisher reach, not to save money. impact.com prices differently. Its help center describes self-serve Essentials as $500 a month including $2,500 of partner payouts, then 20% of payouts above that. At a 6% commission on $50,000 of sales, payouts are $3,000 and the bill is $600, well under Refersion Growth. At a 20% commission the same sales cost $2,000 a month. So impact.com wins for low-commission programs at volume and loses for high-commission creator programs. Run your own commission rate through it before you decide.

When no ecommerce affiliate app is the answer

A share-of-sales model makes sense when your partners are creators and publishers who each drive a stream of orders. It makes less sense when your partners are companies: an agency that resells your software, a platform you integrate with, a consultancy that refers three large accounts a year. Those programs do not need coupon codes or influencer discovery. They need a way to find the right partner companies, reach them, and track the revenue they bring. That is what Partnerships does. It researches the companies that sell into your market, ranks them by a fit score with the reasons shown, drafts outreach a person on your team approves, and tracks partner-sourced revenue, on a flat $47, $119 or $269 a month with no percentage of sales. If you are a Shopify brand recruiting influencers, stay with one of the apps above. If you are a B2B or SaaS company that arrived here because Refersion was on a shortlist, it is the better fit.

Good questions

Refersion vs Partnerships, answered

For a Shopify brand, UpPromote is the closest alternative: the same monthly fee plus a share of referral sales, at 1% to 2% instead of Refersion's 2% to 3%, which makes it cheaper at every volume on published prices. For access to a publisher network, Awin and impact.com publish prices. For a B2B partner program, a flat-fee platform such as Partnerships fits better.

Refersion Launch costs $39 a month, or $29 a month billed annually, plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales. Growth costs $199 a month, or $159 billed annually, plus 2%. Scale is priced on request for brands above $1 million in annual GMV, as a flat monthly subscription. A free marketplace listing plan also exists for brands that only want to be listed.

Yes. Refersion adds a fee on affiliate-driven sales on top of the monthly subscription: 3% on Launch and 2% on Growth. It is calculated on the sale value, not on the commission you pay the affiliate, so at a 10% commission rate the Launch fee adds 30% to your affiliate cost. Scale replaces this with a flat monthly subscription.

Refersion was founded in 2013, acquired by Assembly in 2020, and acquired by Pantastic, an ecommerce software company for independent brands, in July 2023. At the time of that deal Refersion said its platform had driven over $2 billion in affiliate revenue. Check the current owner and support terms before signing a long contract.

On published prices, yes. At $10,000 a month of affiliate sales, UpPromote Growth costs $229.99 against $339 for Refersion Launch. At $50,000 a month, UpPromote Enterprise costs $699.99 against $1,199 for Refersion Growth. Confirm that UpPromote supports your store platform and tracking needs, since it is built primarily for Shopify.

At about $16,000 a month of affiliate-driven sales on monthly billing. There both plans cost $519. Below that Launch is cheaper because its $39 fee outweighs the extra 1%; above it Growth is cheaper, and the saving grows by $100 for every additional $10,000 of affiliate sales in a month.

For Shopify and ecommerce brands, Refersion's main competitors are UpPromote, GoAffPro, Social Snowball and Tapfiliate. Among networks and larger platforms, brands compare it with impact.com, Awin and CJ Affiliate. For SaaS companies billing through Stripe, Rewardful and FirstPromoter are the usual comparisons.

Yes. Refersion is built for ecommerce affiliates and creators. For a B2B or SaaS program whose partners are agencies, resellers and integration partners, Partnerships finds and ranks partner companies by fit, drafts outreach for approval and tracks partner-sourced revenue on a flat $47 to $269 a month, with no share of sales.

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