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UpPromote alternative and UpPromote competitors priced at your referral sales
UpPromote is the affiliate and referral app most Shopify brands install first. It publishes its plans on the Shopify App Store and its own site. Growth is $29.99 a month plus 2% of referral sales, Professional $89.99 plus 1.5%, and Enterprise $199.99 plus 1%, with a free plan that covers up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. On published prices it is already cheaper than Social Snowball and Refersion for most programs, so the reason to look elsewhere is rarely the entry price.
Brands start comparing for one of four reasons. The first is the percentage at scale: at $50,000 of referral sales a month, 1% is $500 on top of the $199.99, while a flat-fee app stays flat. The second is the review cap. Growth reviews 300 referrals a month and Professional 600, so a store with a low average order is pushed up a plan earlier than the revenue math suggests. The third is platform, since UpPromote is a Shopify app. The fourth is that the partners who matter turn out to be companies, not creators.
We build Partnerships, so read our row with that in mind. It is not a Shopify affiliate app and it is not the right swap for a brand paying hundreds of creators on discount codes. It fits when the partners you need are other companies and the hard part is finding the right ones.
Ranked by fit · outreach you approve · no marketplace tax
Describe your product, find your partners
Partnerships surfaces the companies who should resell, refer, and integrate with you, ranked by a transparent fit score, then drafts the outreach for you to approve.
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ranked by fitDrafted outreach · Drafted outreach
WritingClick a match to draft a first-touch message in your voice.
A human approves every outreach before it sends. Nothing goes out automatically.
Partner pipeline
One co-sell overlap surfaced from account mapping. Referral and co-sell revenue tracked per partner.
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Sample companies, shown to illustrate the loop · ranked by transparent fit · you approve every outreach · no marketplace tax · you own your partner list
Stay on UpPromote if your referral sales are under about $70,000 a month, you value its affiliate marketplace and Shopify depth, and your average order keeps you inside the review limits. Choose GoAffPro if cost matters most and you can run the program yourself. Choose Social Snowball Blizzard if your program earns more than about $70,000 a month and you want creator search and TikTok Shop. Choose Refersion if you are leaving Shopify or want its marketplace. Choose Partnerships if your partners are companies and the job is finding and recruiting them on a flat published fee.
The short answer
What is the best UpPromote alternative?
For a Shopify brand that wants the lowest bill, GoAffPro is the main alternative: Premium is $49 a month and Business starts at $99, with no revenue share on its pricing page, against UpPromote's 1% to 2% of referral sales. Social Snowball Blizzard at a flat $899 is cheaper than UpPromote above about $70,000 of referral sales a month. Refersion costs more than UpPromote at every level but supports other store platforms and adds a marketplace. If your partners are companies rather than creators, Partnerships finds and ranks them on a flat fee.
Pricing re-verified on each vendor's own pricing page
- UpPromote published plans
- Free up to $3,000 of referral sales a month. Growth $29.99 plus 2%, Professional $89.99 plus 1.5%, Enterprise $199.99 plus 1% of referral sales. Yearly $299.90, $899.90 and $1,999.90
- Referral review limits
- 300 referrals a month on Growth, 600 on Professional, unlimited on Enterprise
- Where UpPromote plans cross
- Professional is cheapest from about $12,000 to $22,000 of monthly referral sales. Enterprise is cheapest above $22,000
- GoAffPro published plans
- Premium $49 a month, Business from $99, Enterprise on request. Unlimited affiliates, sales and revenue, no revenue share listed
- Social Snowball published plans
- Snow Day $249 a month plus 3% of affiliate revenue. Blizzard $899 a month with no usage charge, set up as a custom plan
- Refersion published plans
- Launch $39 plus 3%, Growth $199 plus 2% of affiliate-driven sales. Scale is a custom flat plan above $1 million of annual GMV
- Partnerships pricing
- $47, $119 and $269 a month billed yearly, flat and published, no share of partner revenue, not tied to Shopify
Side by side
UpPromote vs Partnerships, honestly
A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.
| What matters | Partnerships | UpPromote |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Yes. $47, $119 and $269 a month billed yearly, flat | Yes. $29.99, $89.99 and $199.99 a month, plus a free plan up to $3,000 of referral sales |
| Share of sales | None | 2% on Growth, 1.5% on Professional, 1% on Enterprise |
| Monthly volume limit | None on partner revenue | 300 referral reviews on Growth, 600 on Professional, unlimited on Enterprise |
| Needs Shopify | No | Yes. UpPromote is a Shopify app billed through Shopify |
| Finds new partner companies | Yes. AI discovery ranks candidates by a transparent fit score with the reasons shown | No. Built for affiliates, creators and customer referrals, with a marketplace for affiliates to find you |
| Best fit | Brands and B2B teams building partnerships with other companies | UpPromote: Shopify brands running affiliate and referral programs on a low percentage |
Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest.
Verified figures
UpPromote alternatives side by side on published prices
UpPromote rows come from its Shopify App Store listing and uppromote.com/pricing, GoAffPro rows from goaffpro.com/pricing, Social Snowball rows from its Shopify App Store listing and Refersion rows from refersion.com/pricing. Monthly billing is used so the rows compare.
| UpPromote | GoAffPro | Social Snowball | Refersion | Partnerships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Shopify affiliate and referral app | Shopify and ecommerce affiliate app | Shopify affiliate, influencer and referral app | Ecommerce affiliate and influencer platform | AI partner discovery plus program management |
| Entry paid plan | $29.99 a month plus 2% | $49 a month | $249 a month plus 3% | $39 a month plus 3% | $47 a month billed yearly |
| Top listed plan | $199.99 a month plus 1% | From $99 a month, Enterprise on quote | $899 a month, no usage charge | $199 a month plus 2%, Scale on quote | $269 a month billed yearly |
| Monthly volume limit | 300 or 600 referral reviews below Enterprise | None listed | None listed | None listed | None on partner revenue |
| Bill at $10,000 referral sales | $229.99 | $49 | $549 | $339 | Flat fee, not tied to revenue |
| Bill at $50,000 referral sales | $699.99 | $49 to $99 and up | $899 | $1,199 | Flat fee, not tied to revenue |
| Bill at $100,000 referral sales | $1,199.99 | $99 and up, or Enterprise on quote | $899 | $2,199, or Scale on quote | Flat fee, not tied to revenue |
| Store platforms | Shopify | Shopify and other ecommerce platforms | Shopify only | Shopify and other ecommerce platforms | Any, not a store app |
| Best fit | Shopify programs under about $70,000 a month | Cost-first brands running it themselves | Large Shopify creator programs | Brands leaving Shopify or wanting a marketplace | Partnerships with other companies |
Bills include only the software fee and exclude the commissions you pay affiliates. UpPromote, Social Snowball and Refersion show the cheapest plan at each revenue level. GoAffPro Business starts at $99 and is quoted above that, so large programs should ask for the figure. Enterprise and custom tiers are quoted privately.
Why teams pick Partnerships
AI prospecting and drafted outreach, with no marketplace tax
What UpPromote costs before you compare it
At $5,000 of referral sales a month UpPromote Growth costs $129.99. At $10,000 it is $229.99. Professional becomes the cheaper plan at $12,000, where its half-point lower fee covers the $60 higher base, and Enterprise takes over at $22,000. At $50,000 the cheapest UpPromote bill is $699.99 and at $100,000 it is $1,199.99. Those are the numbers to set against each alternative, not the $29.99 headline. The full plan breakdown, including the yearly prices and the refund terms, is in our UpPromote pricing guide.
The review cap can move you up a plan early
Growth lets you review 300 referrals a month and Professional 600. The caps count orders, so the average affiliate order decides when you hit them. Under about $40 an order, Growth's cap arrives before the $12,000 crossover. Under about $37, Professional's cap arrives before $22,000. A store with a $28 average order reaches 300 referrals at $8,400 a month and pays $215.99 on Professional instead of $197.99 on Growth. That is a modest step, but for a low-ticket store doing high order counts it is the main reason a flat-fee app with no listed volume limit starts to look attractive.
GoAffPro, Social Snowball and Refersion as the exits
GoAffPro is the cost-first exit. Premium is $49 a month and Business starts at $99, with unlimited affiliates, sales and revenue and no revenue share listed. At $50,000 of referral sales that is $600 or more a month less than UpPromote. You give up the affiliate marketplace and some hand-holding. Social Snowball is the exit for large creator programs. Snow Day at $249 plus 3% costs more than UpPromote at every level, but Blizzard at a flat $899 is cheaper than UpPromote Enterprise above about $70,000 a month, and adds creator search and TikTok Shop. Refersion costs more than UpPromote at every volume we checked. Its case is platform support beyond Shopify and its marketplace.
When your partners are companies, not creators
UpPromote and every app in this table manage many small partners who each send a few orders on a code or a link. That is the right job for affiliate and customer referral programs. It is the wrong one when the partners who move revenue are other companies: complementary brands for bundles and co-marketing, agencies that build stores for your customers, and retailers or distributors. Those partners do not sign up through a portal. They have to be found and approached one at a time. Partnerships researches the companies already selling 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 billed yearly, with no share of sales and no dependence on Shopify.
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UpPromote vs Partnerships, answered
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Find your partners with Partnerships
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.
Ranked by transparent fit · you approve every outreach · full lifecycle in one place · no marketplace tax