Referly

Referly vs PartnerStack

PartnerStack doesn't publish a price. Referly publishes all of them, including thirteen Enterprise bands.

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Referly

Referly

Startup

$75/mo

Covers
$10,000/mo affiliate revenue
Fee
0% transaction fee
Tracks
Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce, Paddle, Chargebee, Polar, Zylvie

PartnerStack

Not published

Not published

Covers
Not published
Fee
Not published
Tracks
B2B SaaS partner programs (reseller, referral, affiliate)

PartnerStack publishes no pricing. Its Launch, Growth and Enterprise plans are all demo-gated, with pricing *"confirmed during customer consultations."* Referly publishes every price: $75/mo to $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue, $149 to $30,000/mo, and thirteen Enterprise bands. PartnerStack's wedge is its B2B partner network; Referly's is a program you can start this afternoon.

The case

Why choose Referly over PartnerStack?

The three differences that decide it against PartnerStack, with the plan each one is on.

Every price, published.

Referly's pricing page carries every number, $75 Startup, $149 Business, three agency plans, and all thirteen Enterprise revenue bands from $399/mo equivalent. No consultation required to know what you'll pay, and a 14-day trial that starts without a call.

Built for one company's program.

PartnerStack is a partner network: resellers, referrers and affiliates recruited through its marketplace, managed at channel scale. Referly is your program on your Stripe or Shopify, commissions computed off your own billing events, live in an afternoon.

The stack at self-serve prices.

W-9/W-8 collection, EU self-billing invoices, PayPal and Wise batch payouts, a white-label portal and a marketplace, from $149/mo, no procurement cycle. The operations enterprise platforms sell behind a sales process, priced for teams without one.

Referly or PartnerStack: which should you pick?

Referly

Choose Referly if

  • You want to see the price before the call. Every Referly number is published
  • You're one company running one program, not building a reseller channel
  • You want to start on a trial this afternoon, not after a consultation cycle
  • Your budget is $75 to $149/mo, not an annual enterprise contract

Choose PartnerStack if

  • You're building a B2B SaaS reseller and referral channel with managed partner types
  • Their partner network's supply side is the asset you're buying
  • Enterprise procurement, annual contracts and consultations are normal for you
  • You have a partnerships team, not a partnerships person

Referly vs PartnerStack, full comparison table

Compiled from real research into both platforms.

ComparisonReferlyReferlyPartnerStack
Entry price / month$75 (Startup)Not published
Real cost at $10,000/moNot stated
What the price meters onAffiliate revenueNot published
Revenue cap, entry plan$10,000/moNot stated
Next tier$149 (Business), $30,000/mo capNot stated
Transaction or payout feeNot published
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 noneDemo-gated; no self-serve plan
Trial14 days, no cardNo trial
Refund policyStandardNot stated
Direct import into Referlyn/aDirect importer
Bulk approve, decline and editNot stated
Cancel without contacting supportDemo-gated; no self-serve plan
Per-link and per-affiliate reportingNot stated
Payout proof and audit trailNot stated
New-sale and new-affiliate alertsNot stated

Run your numbers

What to ask on the demo call

PartnerStack's pricing only exists inside the consultation, so the demo call is the pricing page. Six questions, in order. Tick them off as you ask, and get every answer in writing.

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Get every answer in writing.

In depth

Why teams compare Referly and PartnerStack

Six questions answered in full, including what they do better than us.

01What PartnerStack does well

PartnerStack's core asset is real: a partner network with a genuine supply side, where B2B SaaS partners discover and join programs through the platform itself. It manages partner types most affiliate tools don't touch, resellers and referral partners with their own workflows, not just link-carrying affiliates, and it's built for channel programs run by teams, with the enterprise operations that implies. For a B2B SaaS company building a proper partner channel, it is one of the few purpose-built answers.

02Where PartnerStack stops

What their own site establishes:

  1. 1No published pricing. Launch, Growth and Enterprise carry no numbers, no meters and no fee schedule. Pricing is *"confirmed during customer consultations based on partner program size, feature needs, and level of support."* Not published is the fact; budget for the consultation.
  2. 2No self-serve path. There is no trial you can start and no plan you can buy without the sales process.
  3. 3Channel shape. The product assumes a partner *channel*. If you are one company with one affiliate program, you're buying network machinery you may never use.

03What Referly adds on top of the tracking

The honest comparison is shape, not feature count.

Referly is a self-serve affiliate platform: connect Stripe or Shopify, invite partners, commissions follow your billing events (recurring, refunds, churn) automatically. The operations stack ships at published prices: W-9/W-8 collection and EU self-billing invoices from Business at $149, batch payouts through your own rails at 0%, a white-label portal in 15 languages, coupon tracking on every plan. And its supply side (the marketplace and Influencer Discovery) is the same idea as PartnerStack's network at self-serve scale: partners you didn't find yourself, with real revenue numbers on their profiles.

04Pricing: $75 vs a consultation

One side of this table has numbers. Referly: $75/mo to $10,000/mo in affiliate revenue, $149 to $30,000/mo, agency plans at $299/$599/$999, and thirteen published Enterprise bands scaling to $5M/mo in tracked revenue. PartnerStack: no published entry price, meter or fee, on any plan.

That asymmetry is the page. If PartnerStack's quote comes back and it's right for your channel, take it, but walk into the consultation with the six questions from the checklist below and get every answer in writing.

05Who should choose PartnerStack

A B2B SaaS company building a genuine partner channel, resellers, referrers, co-sell motions, with a partnerships team to run it and procurement comfortable with consultative pricing. The network supply side is the asset that justifies the process.

06Who should choose Referly

A company that wants an affiliate program, not a channel org: published prices, a trial that starts today, commissions wired to your own Stripe or Shopify, and the tax-and-payout operations included at $149. If the demo-gate itself is what put you off, this is the other shape.

Free migration

Switching from PartnerStack to Referly

Connect PartnerStack directly and your affiliates, their links and their commission rates come across mapped. Free on every plan, including Startup.

Referly
1Scope and plan~2 hours
List your campaigns, commission rules and open payouts. Decide what happens to commissions accrued but not yet paid.
2Export and map1 to 3 days
Export affiliates from PartnerStack. Referly's direct PartnerStack importer maps affiliates, their referral links and their commission rates.
3Configure and import1 to 2 days
Recreate your commission plans in Referly, run the import, and swap the tracking script and the payment connection.
4Verify and go live1 to 2 weeks overlap
Run 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.

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FAQ

Questions you may still have

All are honest, unbiased answers, even when not flattering.

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  • Shape and transparency. PartnerStack is a demo-gated B2B partner network, resellers, referrers and affiliates recruited through its marketplace, with no published pricing. Referly is a self-serve affiliate platform with every price published, from $75/mo through thirteen Enterprise bands, running on your own Stripe or Shopify.