Compared on public facts

Afluencer vs TRIBE

Updated Nov 7, 2026

HourlyUGC is our product. Every fact links to its source. Methodology.

Afluencer and TRIBE both list pay per video. Afluencer also lists product seeding, which TRIBE does not list publicly.

4 facts known on both sides. "Not listed publicly" means we did not find it on their public pages on Nov 7, 2026; it does not mean they lack it.

Why brands pick HourlyUGC over Afluencer and TRIBE

HourlyUGC lists 7 ways to pay creators on its public pages: hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding. A brand can combine them in one campaign. 1 2 3
Afluencer lists pay per video and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Afluencer does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
TRIBE lists pay per video publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding, which TRIBE does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Meta Partnership Ads with the creators' videos, launched from inside HourlyUGC: the ad goes out from the creator's handle with the brand's budget. Afluencer and TRIBE do not list this publicly. 1 2
Who counts the sale: Counted either by the ad platform (Meta) or by HourlyUGC: a connected Shopify store or the Hourly Pixel, last touch within 7 days, with creator links and codes. 1 2 3

Start a campaign on HourlyUGCFacts checked Nov 7, 2026. HourlyUGC is held to the same sourcing rule as every other platform here.

Which pay models each one lists

Side by side

Pay model	Afluencer	TRIBE
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Collabs can include a paid fee agreed in the app between the brand and the creator. 1	Each creator pitches a price for a post or a piece of content. The brand pre-approves (committing 50 % of the fee) and pays 100 % at final approval. Content Campaigns license UGC without the creator posting it, for 12 months or in perpetuity. 1 2 3
Commission on sales	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Many collabs are paid in product, alone or with a fee; product send-outs are part of the Standard plan. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Afluencer	TRIBE
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	Not listed publicly	A 30 % margin on the brand's total campaign spend, charged on approved content (a 42 % markup on the creator's price). Without a subscription a Campaign Activation Fee applies per campaign. Card payments carry a 1.4 % Stripe fee. Creators who choose 48-hour payment pay 10 % of that payout. 1 2 3 4
Brand pricing	Brands can post collabs at no cost. Afluencer Marketplace $49 a month (60 invitation credits); Standard $649 a month and Pro $1,049 a month (Influencer Hero management tools, by demo). Creator plans: Micro $0, Macro $29, Mega $79 a month. No long-term terms. 1 2	Two subscriptions, TRIBE (platform with standard support) and TRIBE Plus (fully managed); no subscription prices on the pages read. Content licensing fees vary by channel and duration and are quoted by their team. 1 2
Creator payout	Brands pay creators and send product directly, not through Afluencer; the Standard plan adds influencer payments. 1 2	Creators choose 45-day payment (the default, 100 % of earnings) or 48-hour payment within two business days of the approved post going live, with a 10 % fee on that payout. 1 2
Regions	Not listed publicly	Brands are billed in AUD, GBP or USD by location; offices in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: The home page shows 350M+ influencers and 40+ integrations (their figures; the page also says every influencer is a real, verified Afluencer user). 1	They say: They say 70,000+ opt-in creators and name Mars, Unilever, Olay, LEGO and McDonald's as clients. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

Afluencer lists, TRIBE does not

Product seeding: Many collabs are paid in product, alone or with a fee; product send-outs are part of the Standard plan.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

TRIBE lists, Afluencer does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Afluencer

brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators

TRIBE

brands that budget per approved video

Questions people ask

What do Afluencer and TRIBE have in common?

Both list pay per video on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Afluencer list that TRIBE does not?

Afluencer lists product seeding. TRIBE does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does TRIBE list that Afluencer does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track.

Where do these facts come from?

From each platform's public pages, linked next to every fact with the date we checked. A fact without a public source is not shown.

Sources

Each fact above links to one of these. Checked Nov 7, 2026.

Afluencer: afluencer.com: FAQs, read 2026-11-07 · afluencer.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “many collabs include free product, a paid fee, or both, agreed inside the app.”
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Campaign payments and fees, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Content Campaigns explained, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “allow you to license Premium UGC - without the need for creators to publish.”
Afluencer: afluencer.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · afluencer.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Subscriptions, what you need to know, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “eliminates the Campaign Activation Fee”
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Creator payment options explained, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “you receive 100% of your earnings.”
TRIBE: tribegroup.co, home, read 2026-11-07 · tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
Afluencer: afluencer.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · afluencer.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Every influencer is a real, verified Afluencer user”