PartnerStack Alternative
See every price before you talk to anyone
Referly publishes every plan, cap and fee. PartnerStack confirms pricing on a sales call.
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Referly
Referly's direct PartnerStack importer maps affiliates, referral links and commission rates. Free on every plan.
Referly is a PartnerStack alternative with published pricing: $75/mo up to $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue, $149/mo up to $30,000, every cap and fee on the pricing page. PartnerStack's pricing is "confirmed during customer consultations", by its own site. Referly tracks Stripe and Shopify, collects W-9 and W-8 forms, and imports your PartnerStack affiliates directly.
Credit where due
Where PartnerStack is the right answer
We say what they do well before we say what they do not. That is the reason you can believe the rest of the page.
PartnerStack is not just tracking software. It is a genuine B2B SaaS partner network, with a real supply side of partners, reseller and agency partner types alongside affiliates, and a long public library of customer stories. If you are building a managed reseller channel with onboarding, enablement and a partnerships team to run it, PartnerStack is a serious answer at a scale Referly's marketplace does not pretend to match.
None of that is the question this page answers. The question is what it costs, and that answer is not public.
What you actually pay
The same program, priced by both
Sticker prices compare two different things. Here is the same program run on both, with every fee included.
Referly
- Startup plan
- $75
Startup, up to 200 active affiliates
PartnerStack
Not published
Pricing is confirmed on a sales call
Referly's side of this table is the only side that exists. PartnerStack publishes no plan, no meter and no fee, so the honest comparison is not that Referly is cheaper. It is that Referly is knowable, and you can budget for it today without booking anything.
Assumes the program Referly's $75 plan is sized for: $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue, 200 active affiliates, 20% commission ($2,000/mo in payouts), 100 referred orders and 5,000 tracked clicks. The same program, priced by each vendor's own published rates.
The other side
Where PartnerStack stops
Three real limitations, each one traceable to a sentence on their own website.
The price
Launch, Growth and Enterprise carry no prices, no meters and no fee schedule. Pricing is "confirmed during customer consultations based on partner program size, feature needs, and level of support."
Source: partnerstack.com/pricing
The way in
There is no self-serve signup and no published trial. Every path onto the product runs through a demo form and a consultation before you see software or numbers.
Source: partnerstack.com
The shape
It is ecosystem machinery: reseller programs, managed partners, marketplace distribution. A founder running one affiliate program is buying the whole apparatus to use a corner of it.
Source: partnerstack.com
Referly vs PartnerStack, full comparison table
Compiled from real research into both platforms. The same rows appear on every alternatives page, so you can compare any two of them.
| Comparison | Referly | PartnerStack |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price / month | $75 (Startup) | Not published |
| Real cost at $10,000/mo | $75/mo on Startup | Not stated |
| What the price meters on | Affiliate revenue | Not published |
| Revenue cap, entry plan | $10,000/mo | Not stated |
| Next tier | $149 (Business), $30,000/mo cap | Not stated |
| Transaction or payout fee | 0% transaction fee | Not published |
| Stripe | Not stated | |
| Shopify | Not stated | |
| WooCommerce | Not stated | |
| Paddle | Not stated | |
| Chargebee, Polar, Zylvie | Not stated | |
| Coupon-code tracking | Every plan, including Startup | Not stated |
| Cookie window | 60 days default, configurable | Not stated |
| W-9 / W-8 collection | Business and above, TIN encrypted at rest | Not stated |
| EU self-billing invoices | Business and above, with VIES VAT validation | Not stated |
| Automated payouts | Business and above, through PayPal and Wise with no percentage fee | Not stated |
| Affiliate marketplace | Built in | |
| Influencer Discovery | $199/mo add-on, 500 invitations/mo | |
| Branded portal on your domain | Business and above | Not stated |
| Portal languages | 15 + custom languages you define | Not stated |
| Sub-affiliate tiers | 2 levels, Business and above | Not stated |
| Free tier | Referly has none | Demo-gated; no self-serve plan |
| Trial | 14 days, no card | No trial |
| Refund policy | Standard | Not stated |
| Direct import into Referly | n/a | Direct importer |
| Bulk approve, decline and edit | Bulk approve and decline affiliates | Not stated |
| Cancel without contacting support | Self-serve in billing settings; billed via Stripe | Demo-gated; no self-serve plan |
| Per-link and per-affiliate reporting | Link-level and per-affiliate, every plan | Not stated |
| Payout proof and audit trail | Proof required on manual payouts, with an audit trail. Business and above for automation | Not stated |
| New-sale and new-affiliate alerts | Email alerts to program owners | Not stated |
Their reviewers, not us
What PartnerStack users say they're missing
Verbatim from public reviews, with the rating and date each one carries. Every link goes to the source.
“Recurring payment issues, opaque webhook system, and lack of basic monitoring…”
In ReferlyReferly's webhooks are documented in the public API reference, and every manual payout requires proof and leaves an audit trail you can export.
Quotes are reproduced word for word, typos included, from reviews posted within the last 24 months. Reviews get edited and deleted, so if one of these no longer reads as written, tell us and it comes down.
Which one should you choose?
An honest look at which of Referly and PartnerStack is right for you, including the reasons to stay where you are.
Choose Referly if
- 01You want to know the price today: $75/mo, $149/mo, caps and fees published
- 02You run one program, not a partner ecosystem with reseller tiers
- 03You sell on Stripe or Shopify and want both tracked in the same place
- 04You want your PartnerStack affiliates imported directly, links and rates included
Choose PartnerStack if
- 01You're building a managed reseller or agency channel, not just an affiliate program
- 02You want access to an existing partner network with its own supply side
- 03You have a partnerships team and procurement is part of how you buy software
- 04Consultative onboarding matters more to you than self-serve speed
Free migration
Switch from PartnerStack without losing your history
A direct PartnerStack importer carries affiliates, links and commission rates across. Free on every plan, including Startup.
Scope and plan
~2 hoursList your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.
Export and map
1 to 3 daysExport affiliates from PartnerStack. Referly's direct PartnerStack importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.
Configure and import
1 to 2 daysRecreate your commission plans in Referly, run the import, and swap the tracking script and the payment connection.
Verify and go live
1 to 2 weeks overlapRun both in parallel, compare attributed sales daily, then switch off PartnerStack.
What does not come across
Historic click data and per-click attribution history stay in PartnerStack. Referly imports your affiliates, their links and their commission rates; it does not import PartnerStack's click log. Commissions already accrued in PartnerStack should be paid out from PartnerStack before you switch.
Referly vs PartnerStack vs everyone else
Five facts on each of the other tools. If you are weighing up a third option, its page is one click away.
| Referly | PartnerStack |  impact.com |  Everflow |  Rewardful |  UpPromote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $75/mo | Not published | Not published | Not published | $49/mo | Free |
| Meters on | Affiliate revenue | Not published | Not published | Not published | Affiliate revenue | Referral revenue |
| Fee on top | 0% transaction fee | Not published | Not published | Not published | 0% transaction fee | 1-2% of successful referral sales |
| Stripe | Not published | Not published | Not published | |||
| Shopify | Not published | Not published | Not published | |||
| Tax forms | Business and above | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
Fee footnote: Referly's 0% is a transaction fee. The optional agency client-billing fee (5% / 2.5% / 1%) and the opt-in Referly Payouts rail (5% / 8%) are separate, and neither one touches a sale. See all alternatives
Customer stories
Take their word for it
The founders and affiliate managers behind three fast-growing programs, in their own words.
“Affiliates drive a serious share of our revenue across three countries. Since we moved to Referly everything runs from one place, tracking has been spot on, and our partners get paid without me chasing spreadsheets.”
Alexander Koppers
Affiliate Manager, Moov
$6.9M
in total affiliate-driven revenue
- 1,154
- active affiliates
- 19,017
- affiliate sales
- 1,240,030
- clicks tracked
“We have been running affiliate programs for over a decade, and ours is one of the biggest parts of how OptimizePress grows. Referly is the first platform where an operation with thousands of partners actually feels manageable, from recruiting new affiliates to tracking every sale they send.”
James Dyson
Founder & CEO, OptimizePress
- 7 figures
- in affiliate-driven sales
- 4,554
- active affiliates
- 10,536
- referrals
“This platform is quite simple and easy to use, and you can start attracting people to your affiliate program very quickly. A big plus is that the founder, Ayo, is super responsive.”
Ilfat Khayrullin
CMO & Co-founder, Letterly
- 300K+
- app users
- 689
- active affiliates
- 24,114
- clicks tracked
FAQ
You probably have questions
All are honest, unbiased answers, even when not flattering.
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Transparency and shape. Referly publishes every price, $75/mo Startup, $149/mo Business, caps and fees included, and is self-serve from signup. PartnerStack publishes no pricing and routes every buyer through a consultation. Referly is built for running your own affiliate program; PartnerStack is built for partner ecosystems with resellers and managed partners.
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