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UAffiliate, influencer and referral program management for Shopify stores
Free, from $24.99/mo
Refersion vs TUNE
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Refersion if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: dtc ecommerce brands, affiliate marketing managers
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Choose TUNE if…
- you're in its core audience: advertisers and brands, affiliate networks
Side by side
Feature Refersion TUNE
Pricing modelFreemiumPricing unknown
Starting price$29/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyRefersion Inc.Tune, Inc.
Full feature lists
R Refersion
- First-party tracking domain without cookies or redirects
- Attribution by link, coupon, customer email or SKU
- Percent, flat, subscription, tiered and multi-level commissions
- Branded discount links on all merchant plans
- Payouts via PayPal, Trolley, ACH, wire and gift cards
- Automated affiliate tax form compliance
- Affiliate marketplace with AI-curated recommendations
- API, webhooks and MCP server for AI assistants
T TUNE
- White-labeled partner portal and custom dashboards
- API with over 650 endpoints
- Native postback tracking for mobile and web
- Real-time reporting and data streaming
- Proactive fraud prevention
- International partner payment processing
- Workflow automation tools
- TUNE Marketplace for finding partners
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Refersion · refersion.com
TUNE · tune.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Refersion
Marketplace ListingFree
Launch$39/mo (or $29/mo billed yearly) + 3% of affiliate-driven sales
Growth$199/mo (or $159/mo billed yearly) + 2% of affiliate-driven sales
ScaleCustom
TUNE
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
Refersion
- Free marketplace listing tier
- Unlimited affiliates, clicks and conversions on paid plans
- First-party tracking without cookies
- Integrations with Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Magento and Stripe
- Launch and Growth plans add a 2-3% fee on affiliate-driven sales
- API access requires the Growth plan or higher
- Scale plan pricing is available only through sales
TUNE
- API with more than 650 endpoints
- White labeling and customizable dashboards
- SOC 2 Type II, SOC 1 Type II and GDPR compliance
- Lists 99.9% uptime on cloud infrastructure
- No pricing on the home page
- Access starts with a demo request, and no free trial is listed
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