Compared on public facts

Billo vs Statusphere

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Billo and Statusphere both list product seeding and ads launched from the platform. Billo also lists pay per video, which Statusphere 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 Billo and Statusphere

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
Billo 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 Billo does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Statusphere lists product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Statusphere 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. 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	Billo	Statusphere
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Videos start at $99 for a 15-second video from a regular creator with basic editing; longer videos, Premium creators and extras cost more. The price covers the creator's fee, basic editing, the platform and transaction fees. 1	Not listed publicly
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	The brand ships its product to the creator; the product and its shipping are not covered by the video price. Creators receive products at no cost. 1 2	Statusphere ships products to creators in personalized StatusBoxes and handles fulfillment; creators get products, gift cards and other incentives. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Meta Partnership Ads and TikTok Spark Ads as an add-on to a video order: the creator shares the partnership code (or approves a Meta account-level connection) through Billo, and the brand runs the ad from its own ad account. 1 2	One-click ad codes for TikTok Spark Ads and Instagram Partnership ads on paid campaigns; creators set their own ad rates for boosted content. 1 2
Money and tracking	Billo	Statusphere
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	Included in the video price: the price covers the creator's fee, basic editing, the Billo platform and transaction fees. No subscription is needed to order videos. 1	Not listed publicly
Brand pricing	Prepaid packs valid for 12 months, no auto-renewal: $1,000 (covers up to 10 videos), $2,500 with a $300 bonus (up to 28 videos), $5,000 with a $700 bonus (up to 57 videos), larger packs on request. Videos from $99. Optional subscriptions: CreativeOps from $149 a month, Managed Service from $2,000 a month plus video costs. 1	Custom pricing on a credits system that buys creator actions (TikTok posts, product seeding, YouTube Shorts); they say initial investments start at $10,000. Shipping to creators and content rights are included. 1 2
Creator payout	Earnings are credited to the creator's Billo account when the video is approved and paid twice a month via PayPal. Billo pays the creator on the brand's behalf and creators receive the full compensation shown for the job. 1 2	Creator payments are processed automatically by Statusphere, with no invoicing for the brand. Method and timing are not given. 1
Regions	Creators must live in the United States, Canada or the United Kingdom. Videos can be ordered in English, Spanish, Portuguese or French, or silent. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say 5,000+ vetted creators, 37,000+ brands, and performance data from 1.41M Meta ads with $1.24B in spend. 1 2	They say: They say 700+ brands and 100K+ brand-creator matches, and that 1,000+ creators can be activated in an hour. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Product seeding
Ads launched from the platform

Billo lists, Statusphere does not

Pay per video: Videos start at $99 for a 15-second video from a regular creator with basic editing; longer videos, Premium creators and extras cost more. The price covers the creator's fee, basic editing, the platform and transaction fees.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Statusphere lists, Billo does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Billo

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

Statusphere

brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Billo and Statusphere have in common?

Both list product seeding and ads launched from the platform on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Billo list that Statusphere does not?

Billo lists pay per video. Statusphere does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Statusphere list that Billo 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.

Billo: billo.app: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Videos start at $99, which covers a 15-second video from a regular creator”
Billo: billo.app: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Products will be shipped to your address at no cost.”
Statusphere: joinstatus.com: FAQs, read 2026-11-07 · joinstatus.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “We take fulfillment to creators completely out of your hands.”
Statusphere: joinstatus.com: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · joinstatus.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “get incentives like free products, gift cards and more!”
Billo: billo.app: Partnership ads, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Partnership ads change whose handle appears on the ad, not who runs the media.”
Billo: billo.app: Find and hire UGC creators, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Use Meta Partnership Ads or TikTok Spark Ads to leverage creator credibility”
Statusphere: joinstatus.com (Statusphere), home, read 2026-11-07 · joinstatus.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “1-click ad codes for TikTok Spark and Instagram Partnership ads”
Statusphere: joinstatus.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · joinstatus.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “flexible and customized based on your team's specific needs.”
Billo: Billo blog: How Billo pricing works, 6 Nov 2026 · billo.app, checked Nov 6, 2026 · “creators receive the full compensation shown for the job”
Statusphere: joinstatus.com: How it works, read 2026-11-07 · joinstatus.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Hands-free creator payments processed automatically.”
Billo: billo.app, home, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “based on 1.41M Meta ads, $1.24B in spend”