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GRefersion vs UpPromote
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Refersion if…
- you're in its core audience: dtc ecommerce brands, affiliate marketing managers
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Choose UpPromote if…
- you want the lower entry price ($24.99/mo vs $29/mo)
- you're in its core audience: shopify merchants, shopify plus brands
Side by side
Feature Refersion UpPromote
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$29/mo$24.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CompanyRefersion Inc.UPPROMOTE TECHNOLOGY JOINT STOCK COMPANY · since 2019
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
U UpPromote
- Automatic affiliate links and personalized coupons on signup
- Tracking by links, coupons, connected customers and products
- Scheduled payouts via PayPal or store credit
- Commission tiers, bonuses, lifetime and subscription commissions
- Affiliate marketplace and customer referral programs
- Multi-level marketing affiliate trees
- AI assistant recommending commission structures
- API, webhooks and W-9/1099 tax form collection
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Refersion · refersion.com
UpPromote · uppromote.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
UpPromote
FreeFree
Growth$29.99/mo or $24.99/mo billed yearly ($299.90/year)
Professional$89.99/mo or $74.99/mo billed yearly ($899.90/year)
Enterprise$199.99/mo or $166.66/mo billed yearly ($1,999.90/year)
Creator Discovery add-onFrom $39/month
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
UpPromote
- Free plan with link and coupon tracking and no performance fee
- Yearly billing saves 17%
- Free migration from other platforms
- Affiliate dashboard available in 8 languages
- Paid plans add a 1–2% fee on referral sales on top of the monthly fee
- Built for Shopify; no other e-commerce platforms are mentioned
- Growth plan allows only 1 coupon per affiliate
- Creator discovery costs extra (from $39/month)
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