Post Affiliate Pro Alternative

A meter you don't have to think about

$89 for one campaign and 10,000 tracked requests. Referly is $75, with neither limit.

14-day free trial · No credit card required · Free CSV migration from Post Affiliate Pro

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  • Affiliates
  • Links
  • Commissions
Referly

Referly

Referly's CSV importer maps your Post Affiliate Pro affiliates, referral links and commission rates. Free on every plan.

Referly is a Post Affiliate Pro alternative that meters on affiliate revenue, not tracking requests. Post Affiliate Pro's Starter is $89/mo for 10,000 tracking requests and a single campaign; the next rung up is $139. Referly is $75/mo for $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue and 200 affiliates, with unlimited clicks, multiple commission plans and coupon tracking on every plan.

Credit where due

What Post Affiliate Pro does well

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.

Post Affiliate Pro has the longest track record on this page and the depth that comes with it: more than 220 integrations, unlimited affiliates on every plan, and configuration surface for almost any commission arrangement you can describe. The 30-day trial is double the category norm, and 24/7 support on every tier is advertised as lifetime. Nothing else in this comparison set tries to cover as much ground.

What you actually pay

The same program, priced by both

At this size Post Affiliate Pro costs 1.2× what Referly does. The gap comes from the percentages and the plan cliffs, not the sticker price.

Referly

Referly

Startup plan
$75
Every month$75

Startup, up to 200 active affiliates

Post Affiliate Pro

Starter plan
$89
Every month$89

Starter, 5,100 of 10,000 monthly tracking requests

One of the few pages where Referly is cheaper on the sticker too: $75 against $89, and the $75 carries multiple commission plans and 200 affiliates where their Starter carries one campaign and 10,000 tracked requests.

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 Post Affiliate Pro stops

Three real limitations, each one traceable to a sentence on their own website.

The request meter

Starter includes 10,000 tracking requests a month, and clicks, impressions and events all draw it down. Traffic you don't control decides when you outgrow the plan.

Source: postaffiliatepro.com/pricing

One campaign

The $89 Starter runs a single campaign, and its included setup assistance is capped at two hours. A second offer, brand or region means the $139/mo Pro plan.

Source: postaffiliatepro.com/pricing

The price of headroom

Meaningful request volume starts at Pro: $139/mo, over half again the entry price. Between 10,000 requests and 1,000,000 there is nothing. The ladder has no middle rung.

Source: postaffiliatepro.com/pricing

Referly vs Post Affiliate Pro, 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.

ComparisonReferlyReferlyPost Affiliate Pro
Entry price / month$75 (Startup)$89/mo · $79 annual (Starter)
Real cost at $10,000/mo$89/mo on Starter
What the price meters onAffiliate revenueTracking requests
Revenue cap, entry plan$10,000/mo10,000 tracking requests/mo · 1 campaign
Next tier$149 (Business), $30,000/mo cap$139 (Pro), 1,000,000 tracking requests/mo · unlimited campaigns
Transaction or payout feeNone stated
StripeNot stated
ShopifyNot stated
WooCommerceNot stated
PaddleNot stated
Chargebee, Polar, ZylvieNot stated
Coupon-code trackingEvery plan, including StartupNot stated
Cookie window60 days default, configurableNot stated
W-9 / W-8 collectionNot stated
EU self-billing invoicesNot stated
Automated payoutsNot stated
Affiliate marketplace
Influencer Discovery
Branded portal on your domainNot stated
Portal languages15 + custom languages you defineNot stated
Sub-affiliate tiers2 levels, Business and aboveNot stated
Free tierReferly has none
Trial14 days, no card30 days
Refund policyStandardNot stated
Direct import into Referlyn/aCSV import
Bulk approve, decline and editNot stated
Cancel without contacting supportNot stated
Per-link and per-affiliate reportingNot stated
Payout proof and audit trailNot stated
New-sale and new-affiliate alertsNot stated

Which one should you choose?

An honest look at which of Referly and Post Affiliate Pro is right for you, including the reasons to stay where you are.

Referly

Choose Referly if

  1. 01You'd rather forecast affiliate revenue than tracking-request volume
  2. 02You want several programs and commission plans without a $139/mo step
  3. 03Stripe and Shopify on one program, with a marketplace recruiting into it
  4. 04A modern portal your affiliates get in 15 languages, on your domain from Business

Choose Post Affiliate Pro if

  1. 01You need configuration depth for an unusual commission structure, 220+ integrations and decades of options
  2. 02Unlimited affiliates on the entry plan is non-negotiable for your model
  3. 03A 30-day trial gives you the evaluation runway you want
  4. 04You're operating at Ultimate or Network scale, where the request meter stops mattering

Free migration

Switch from Post Affiliate Pro without losing your history

A CSV export from Post Affiliate Pro carries affiliates, links and commission rates across. Free on every plan, including Startup.

  1. Scope and plan

    ~30 min

    List your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.

  2. Export and map

    ~30 min

    Export your affiliates from Post Affiliate Pro as CSV. Referly's CSV importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.

  3. Configure and import

    ~1 hour

    Recreate your commission plans in Referly, run the import, and swap the tracking script and the payment connection.

  4. Verify and go live

    3 to 7 days overlap

    Run both in parallel, compare attributed sales daily, then switch off Post Affiliate Pro.

What does not come across

Historic click data and per-click attribution history stay in Post Affiliate Pro. Referly imports your affiliates, their links and their commission rates; it does not import Post Affiliate Pro's click log. Commissions already accrued in Post Affiliate Pro should be paid out from Post Affiliate Pro before you switch.

Referly vs Post Affiliate Pro 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, Post Affiliate Pro and four other affiliate platforms compared on entry price, meter, fees, Stripe, Shopify and tax forms
ReferlyReferlyPost Affiliate ProTapfiliateRewardfulUpPromoteEverflow
Entry price$75/mo$89/mo · $79 annual$74/mo annual · $89 monthly$49/moFreeNot published
Meters onAffiliate revenueTracking requestsClicks + conversionsAffiliate revenueReferral revenueNot published
Fee on top0% transaction feeNone statedNo transaction fee on sales0% transaction fee1-2% of successful referral salesNot published
StripeNot statedNot published
ShopifyNot statedNot published
Tax formsBusiness and aboveNot statedNot statedNot 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.

Moov
EcommerceFitness

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

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
OptimizePress
SaaSSite builder

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

James Dyson

Founder & CEO, OptimizePress

7 figures
in affiliate-driven sales
4,554
active affiliates
10,536
referrals
Letterly
Mobile appAI writing

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

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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  • The meter and the middle. Post Affiliate Pro bills on tracking requests, 10,000 a month on Starter, then a jump to 1,000,000 on the $139 Pro plan, with one campaign at entry. Referly bills on affiliate revenue: $75/mo to $10,000/mo, unlimited clicks, several commission plans, no campaign wall.