Tapfiliate Alternative
A bill that doesn't move with your traffic
Tapfiliate's entry plan stops at 50 affiliates and 5,000 clicks. Referly's $75 covers 200 and counts neither.
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Referly
Referly's direct Tapfiliate importer maps affiliates, referral links and commission rates. Free on every plan.
Referly is a Tapfiliate alternative that meters on affiliate revenue instead of traffic. Tapfiliate's $89 Launch plan includes 5,000 clicks, 500 conversions and 50 affiliates, with overage at $1.50 per 1,000 extra clicks, so a 200-affiliate program needs Scale at $179/mo, against Referly's $75 for the same program. Referly counts no clicks, caps no roster at that size, and imports from Tapfiliate directly.
Credit where due
What Tapfiliate 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.
Tapfiliate is the only vendor in the category that publishes its overage rates at all, $1.50 per 1,000 clicks, $15 per 1,000 conversions on Launch, and that honesty deserves naming. "Flat Pricing. Zero Cuts" is true: no percentage of your sales at any plan. The Scale tier is a deep product, deeplinks, multi-level marketing, workflow automation, product feeds, multi-language accounts, and it earned its ranking on the ecommerce affiliate software query on merit.
At $74/mo billed annually against Referly's $75, price is not the argument here. The meter is.
What you actually pay
The same program, priced by both
At this size Tapfiliate costs 2.4× what Referly does. The gap comes from the percentages and the plan cliffs, not the sticker price.
Referly
- Startup plan
- $75
Startup, up to 200 active affiliates
Tapfiliate
- Scale plan
- $179
Scale, 100,000 clicks included
Both entry plans cost about the same, but Tapfiliate's holds 50 affiliates and Referly's holds 200. Priced for the same 200-partner program, Tapfiliate is on Scale at $179 against Referly's $75, and their number still moves with click volume, where Referly's does not.
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 Tapfiliate stops
Three real limitations, each one traceable to a sentence on their own website.
The meter
Launch includes 5,000 clicks and 500 conversions a month. A press mention, a viral post or a bot wave spends that allowance for you. The bill moves with traffic you don't control.
Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing
The Launch walls
Launch caps affiliates at 50 and programs at one. Deeplinks, MLM, automated payouts via Trolley and custom domains all start on Scale at $179/mo ($149 annual).
Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing
The white-label gate
Full white label and SSO are Enterprise-only, priced custom. On the plans with published numbers, the portal your affiliates see carries Tapfiliate's branding decisions, not yours.
Source: tapfiliate.com/pricing
Referly vs Tapfiliate, 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 | Tapfiliate |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price / month | $75 (Startup) | $74/mo annual · $89 monthly (Launch) |
| Real cost at $10,000/mo | $75/mo on Startup | $179/mo on Scale |
| What the price meters on | Affiliate revenue | Clicks + conversions |
| Revenue cap, entry plan | $10,000/mo | 5,000 clicks + 500 conversions/mo · 50 affiliates · 1 program |
| Next tier | $149 (Business), $30,000/mo cap | $179 (Scale), 100,000 clicks + 10,000 conversions/mo · unlimited affiliates |
| Transaction or payout fee | 0% transaction fee | No transaction fee on sales |
| Stripe | ||
| Shopify | ||
| WooCommerce | ||
| Paddle | ||
| Chargebee, Polar, Zylvie | ||
| 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 | Via Trolley, Scale and above |
| Affiliate marketplace | Built in | |
| Influencer Discovery | $199/mo add-on, 500 invitations/mo | |
| Branded portal on your domain | Business and above | Custom domains, Scale and above |
| Portal languages | 15 + custom languages you define | Multi-language accounts, Scale and above |
| Sub-affiliate tiers | 2 levels, Business and above | Standard + advanced MLM, Scale and above |
| Free tier | Referly has none | |
| Trial | 14 days, no card | 7 days on Launch · 14 on Scale · 30 on Enterprise |
| 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 | Not stated |
| Per-link and per-affiliate reporting | Link-level and per-affiliate, every plan | Deeplinks from Scale |
| Payout proof and audit trail | Proof required on manual payouts, with an audit trail. Business and above for automation | Via Trolley, Scale and above |
| New-sale and new-affiliate alerts | Email alerts to program owners | Not stated |
Their reviewers, not us
What Tapfiliate users say they're missing
Verbatim from public reviews, with the rating and date each one carries. Every link goes to the source.
“Lack of support, no ROI, Interfaces are complex, no onboarding or customer follow up. Expensive! Even the retention attempt is dissapointing.”
In ReferlyReferly ships a guided onboarding checklist on every plan, and its bill tracks affiliate revenue rather than click volume you can't forecast.
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 Tapfiliate is right for you, including the reasons to stay where you are.
Choose Referly if
- 01You want the bill keyed to affiliate revenue, not to click volume you can't forecast
- 02You need more than 50 affiliates without stepping to a $179 tier
- 03Tax forms, a marketplace and coupon tracking on every plan matter to your program
- 04You want a direct import, affiliates, links and rates mapped from Tapfiliate
Choose Tapfiliate if
- 01Your traffic is steady and predictable, so a click meter never surprises you
- 02You need Scale's depth: deeplinks, advanced MLM, workflow automation, product feeds
- 03You run campaigns across 30+ ecommerce integrations they've already built
- 04You value a vendor that publishes its overage rates, nobody else does
Free migration
Switch from Tapfiliate without losing your history
A direct Tapfiliate importer carries affiliates, links and commission rates across. Free on every plan, including Startup.
Scope and plan
~45 minList your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.
Export and map
~30 minExport affiliates from Tapfiliate. Referly's direct Tapfiliate importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.
Configure and import
1 to 2 hoursRecreate your commission plans in Referly, run the import, and swap the tracking script and the payment connection.
Verify and go live
3 to 7 days overlapRun both in parallel, compare attributed sales daily, then switch off Tapfiliate.
What does not come across
Historic click data and per-click attribution history stay in Tapfiliate. Referly imports your affiliates, their links and their commission rates; it does not import Tapfiliate's click log. Commissions already accrued in Tapfiliate should be paid out from Tapfiliate before you switch.
Referly vs Tapfiliate 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 | Tapfiliate |  Rewardful |  UpPromote |  Partnero |  PartnerStack | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $75/mo | $74/mo annual · $89 monthly | $49/mo | Free | $49/mo annual · $59 monthly | Not published |
| Meters on | Affiliate revenue | Clicks + conversions | Affiliate revenue | Referral revenue | Programs + seats only | Not published |
| Fee on top | 0% transaction fee | No transaction fee on sales | 0% transaction fee | 1-2% of successful referral sales | None | Not published |
| Stripe | Not published | |||||
| Shopify | 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
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All are honest, unbiased answers, even when not flattering.
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The meter. Tapfiliate bills on clicks and conversions, 5,000 and 500 a month on Launch, with published overage rates. Referly bills on affiliate revenue: $75/mo covers $10,000/mo, and click volume never touches the invoice. Whichever number you can forecast better is the meter you should be on.
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