Compared on public facts

Aspire vs Launchpoint

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Aspire and Launchpoint both list pay per video, commission on sales, bonuses, product seeding and ads launched from the platform. Aspire also lists flat amount per order, which Launchpoint does not list publicly. Launchpoint lists share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and retainers, which Aspire does not list publicly.

11 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 Aspire and Launchpoint

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
Aspire lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Aspire does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Aspire lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
Launchpoint lists pay per video, commission on sales, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions and flat amount per order, which Launchpoint does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Launchpoint lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
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. 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	Aspire	Launchpoint
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Paid collaborations and UGC programs with a negotiated fee per deliverable; creators set their own rates on their profile. Per-video pricing is not itemised publicly. 1 2	A fixed fee per approved video on Performance UGC; Canvas UGC pays a per-video base the pricing guide puts at $20-40. 1 2
Commission on sales	Commission structures per creator: flat, percentage or tiered, tracked through affiliate links and promo codes. 1 2	Performance UGC pays creators a share of the GMV their ads drive, attributed from click to checkout; the blog calls it a GMV share on attributed sales after the ad launches. Rates are not published. 1 2
Flat amount per order	A flat commission amount per conversion is one of the three commission structures listed (flat, percentage, tiered). 1	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share. 1 2
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses. 1 2
Bonuses	Tiered incentives that open up as creators hit conversion targets (example on the page: a free product after 50 conversions). 1	View bonuses (example: passed 1M views, +$500) and prompt-based bonuses (example: talking head, +$20), computed automatically with flat fees. 1
Product seeding	Gifting and seeding programs; creators pick from a curated catalog or receive products, fulfilled through the Shopify integration. 1 2	Product seeding workflow: samples are refundable (creator pays at checkout and is refunded on approval) or free through a discount code, fulfilled via Amazon or FedEx; shipping is covered by the platform fee. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	CreatorAds suite: request ad rights, publish to Meta or save a draft for Ads Manager, review in an ads dashboard. Meta only; included in the subscription; ad-rights fees are negotiated with the creator separately. 1 2	Meta Partnership Ads permission is requested and granted inside Launchpoint and the ad runs from the creator's handle; TikTok Spark codes are collected automatically on video approval; bulk Meta ad launch is part of the managed service. Also an invite-only Launchpoint Delivery Network placing creator ads in partner apps. 1 2
Money and tracking	Aspire	Launchpoint
How sales are attributed	Unique tracking links per creator and campaign, promo codes tied to creator performance, and shoppable Shopify storefronts. Commission payouts are sent from Reporting > Sales Tracking. No attribution window is published. 1 2	GMV share attributed from click to checkout; the brand imports its Shopify catalog so sales tie back to the right ad; a sale is attributed through a tracked code, link or ad; mobile installs via AppsFlyer, Branch, Singular, Kochava and RevenueCat. Views are verified with duplicate and fraud checks before payment; the terms pay creators on verified views within a two-week performance window. 1 2
Platform fee	Not published. Brands pay a payment processing fee on each creator payment (amounts on a separate fees page, not listed). Creators receive 100 % of the agreed amount with no PayPal fee; the platform is free for creators. 1 2	A 10 % platform fee on top of creator pay, covering sourcing, contracting, 1099s, shipping, briefing, review, posting, payouts and reporting, with no upfront fees or contracts (blog, Jun 2026); the home page is not where the fee appears and lower tiers at higher spend are not published. The terms (11 Sep 2026) add a creative usage fee of 1 % of attributable ad spend for authorized paid media and 3 % for unauthorized use. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	Not published; sales-led. The /pricing and /plans pages lead to a demo form. The Shopify App Store listing says free to install, with external charges billed by Aspire separately. 1 2	No price list; demo-led (the /pricing page returns 404). Brands pay creator compensation plus the 10 % fee. The pricing guide's Canvas UGC benchmarks: per-video base $20-40, view-bonus ladder averaging $3-5 CPM, weekly baseline; one-off feed posts $60-300. 1 2
Creator payout	PayPal only. After the brand submits a payment, Aspire's accounting team sends the funds within 7 business days; payments are USD only and PayPal converts for international creators. Creators without a PayPal email on file are reminded every two weeks. PayPal issues 1099-K forms where thresholds apply. 1 2	ACH, PayPal, Venmo or another method Launchpoint selects, to a verified payout method in the creator's legal name; due about 14 days after the performance window closes and no later than 30 days after the campaign ends; W-9 or W-8 collected before payment and 1099s filed where thresholds are met (terms). The home page shows a Venmo payout and says creators are paid when the numbers clear. 1 2
Regions	No country list is published. Payouts are in USD only, converted by PayPal for international creators; the home page shows United States and LA-based creator filters. 1 2	No country list; the terms say the platform may not be available in all locations and exclude sanctioned jurisdictions. US tax handling (W-9, 1099-NEC) is built in; the company is Launchpoint, Inc. with open roles in New York City. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say: trusted by 800+ brands, $52M+ in affiliate sales driven, 300K creators activated, $100M+ in influencer payouts (home page); $80M paid out to creators in the last 12 months (creator page). 1 2	They say: They say: trusted by hundreds of companies, a 20,000+ verified creator network, more than 2 billion tracked post views and 10 million+ paid-ad impressions; case claims include 350M+ organic views and 700+ creators for Higgsfield and 800+ creator videos in 30 days for Uber. 1 2 3

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Bonuses
Product seeding
Ads launched from the platform

Aspire lists, Launchpoint does not

Flat amount per order: A flat commission amount per conversion is one of the three commission structures listed (flat, percentage, tiered).

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Launchpoint lists, Aspire does not

Share of ad spend: Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share.
Pay per 1,000 views: CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM.
Retainers: A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Aspire

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Launchpoint

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that budget per approved video
brands paying for organic reach per 1,000 views
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do Aspire and Launchpoint have in common?

Both list pay per video, commission on sales, bonuses, product seeding and ads launched from the platform on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Aspire list that Launchpoint does not?

Aspire lists flat amount per order. Launchpoint does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Launchpoint list that Aspire does not?

Launchpoint lists share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and retainers. Aspire does not list them publicly.

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.

Aspire: Aspire creator page · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “paid collaborations”
Aspire: Aspire home page · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint, Performance UGC page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A fixed fee per approved video”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, pricing guide · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 5, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, GMV share creator commission guide (updated 2 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 2, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, ad spend share deals (updated 7 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 7, 2026 · “We support percentage-of-ad-spend pay alongside base content rates and attributed-GMV share.”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint home page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “CPM 1.2M verified views $1,200”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, Canvas UGC: what it is, how it works · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 2, 2026
Aspire: Aspire on the Shopify App Store · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Select & send products to your creators”
Aspire: Aspire help center, CreatorAds FAQ · help.aspireiq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Currently, CreatorAds supports Meta ads. TikTok Ads support is coming soon.”
Aspire: Aspire CreatorAds suite · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Aspire: Aspire help center, how payments work · help.aspireiq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint terms of service · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 11, 2026
Aspire: Aspire plans page (demo form) · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026