Compared on public facts

Ainfluencer vs Trend

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Ainfluencer and Trend both list pay per video and product seeding. Ainfluencer also lists commission on sales, which Trend does not list publicly.

5 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 Ainfluencer and Trend

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
Ainfluencer lists pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Ainfluencer does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2
Trend 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 Trend 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. Ainfluencer and Trend 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	Ainfluencer	Trend
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	The brand and the creator negotiate the fee, content type and delivery date for each collaboration. 1	Creator Credits at $9.16 each; hiring a creator costs 20, 40 or 60 credits by skill level and each hired creator delivers 2 videos or 5 photos. Packages from $550 for up to 6 videos. 1
Commission on sales	Affiliate collaborations with commission set by the brand; lower plans have a minimum commission rate. Pay-per-sale partnerships are offered to Amazon sellers. 1 2	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	Product seeding allowances rise with the plan; the top plan adds creator selection and shipment tracking. 1	Brands ship their products to the creators; creators earn cash and keep free products. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Ainfluencer	Trend
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	A transaction fee as a percentage of payments to influencers and affiliates, lower on higher plans and separate from the plan price; the rates did not load on the page. The Shopify app page says no platform fees. 1 2	None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. 1
Brand pricing	Not listed publicly	Credit packages: $550 (60 credits, up to 6 videos), $1,045 (140 credits, up to 14), $1,980 (280 credits, up to 28), $3,872 (560 credits, up to 56). 100 % licensing and distribution rights to approved content. 1
Creator payout	The brand pays into Ainfluencer Trust (escrow), and the fee is released to the creator on confirmed delivery; auto-payouts are listed as a feature. 1 2	Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators. 1
Regions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say over 5,000,000 creators can be reached. 1	They say: They say over 1,000 brands; their home-page counters show 18,500+ videos created, 21,000+ photos created, 3,700+ creators in the network, 15K+ creators on the waitlist, 31,500+ videos delivered, 46,000+ images delivered and 20,000+ partnerships completed. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Product seeding

Ainfluencer lists, Trend does not

Commission on sales: Affiliate collaborations with commission set by the brand; lower plans have a minimum commission rate. Pay-per-sale partnerships are offered to Amazon sellers.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Trend lists, Ainfluencer does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Ainfluencer

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators

Trend

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

Questions people ask

What do Ainfluencer and Trend have in common?

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

What does Ainfluencer list that Trend does not?

Ainfluencer lists commission on sales. Trend does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Trend list that Ainfluencer 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.

Ainfluencer: ainfluencer.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · ainfluencer.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Negotiate fees, content type, and delivery date with influencers.”
Trend: trend.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Each creator you hire will produce 5 photos or 2 videos”
Ainfluencer: ainfluencer.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · ainfluencer.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Trend: trend.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Free Products + Cash”
Trend: trend.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Why over 1,000 brands trust us.”