Compared on public facts

Aspire vs Make Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Aspire and Make Influence both list pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding. Aspire also lists ads launched from the platform, which Make Influence 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 Make Influence

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
Make Influence 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 Make Influence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Make Influence lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 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. Make Influence does 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

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Which pay models each one lists

Side by side

Pay model	Aspire	Make Influence
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 for agreed content on an agreed date, or a base fee plus commission, often with product included. 1 2
Commission on sales	Commission structures per creator: flat, percentage or tiered, tracked through affiliate links and promo codes. 1 2	Commission on tracked results: a share of sales, or a fixed amount per sale or per click. The brand chooses the basis: sales, clicks or leads. 1 2
Flat amount per order	A flat commission amount per conversion is one of the three commission structures listed (flat, percentage, tiered). 1	A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options. 1
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	Tiered incentives that open up as creators hit conversion targets (example on the page: a free product after 50 conversions). 1	Top performers can get extra compensation as bonuses or invitations to private campaigns. 1
Product seeding	Gifting and seeding programs; creators pick from a curated catalog or receive products, fulfilled through the Shopify integration. 1 2	Product-only collaborations: the creator receives the product and no fee. 1
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	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Aspire	Make Influence
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	A tracking link per creator with a cookie of up to 30 days, an IP fallback kept up to three months for in-app browsers, and per-creator discount codes on Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento. Code sales show in the creator report, not the campaign report. 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 service fee as a percentage of the commission paid to creators: 30 % (Entry), 25 % (Basic), 20 % (Growth), 15 % (Full Service Pro), charged only when results happen. The Danish page adds 10 % on fixed upfront payments and says the fee covers commission and UGC. 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	A monthly subscription plus the service fee. English page: Entry 95 EUR a month (80 billed yearly), Basic 535 EUR (455), Growth 805 EUR (685), Full Service Pro from 1,205 EUR (1,025); optional onboarding 670 EUR. Danish page: 595, 3,400, 5,100 and 7,650 DKK a month. Their example: a 100 EUR sale at 10 % commission costs the brand 13 EUR on Entry. 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	Earned commission is paid to creators automatically by the platform; method and timing are not given on the pages read. 1
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	Based in Aarhus, Denmark, with the site in English, Danish and Swedish. A full country list is not given. 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 1,500+ companies, 3,000+ campaigns, 5,000+ approved influencers, 930,000+ sales tracked, 500M DKK+ revenue generated (incl. VAT) and 60M DKK+ paid out in commission. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Flat amount per order
Bonuses
Product seeding

Aspire lists, Make Influence does not

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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Make Influence lists, Aspire does not

Nothing in the models we track.

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

Make Influence

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

Questions people ask

What do Aspire and Make Influence have in common?

Both list pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Aspire list that Make Influence does not?

Aspire lists ads launched from the platform. Make Influence does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Make Influence list that Aspire 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.

Aspire: Aspire creator page · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “paid collaborations”
Aspire: Aspire home page · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: How it works (brands), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “An agreed amount for agreed deliverables, on an agreed date.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Pricing (English), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “whether that is on sales, clicks or leads.”
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
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Priser (Danish pricing page), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “10% service fee på upfront-betalinger”
Aspire: Aspire plans page (demo form) · aspire.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026