Compared on public facts

Billo vs Trend

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Billo and Trend both list pay per video and product seeding. Billo also lists ads launched from the platform, which Trend does not list publicly.

6 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 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
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
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. Trend 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

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	Trend
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	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	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	Brands ship their products to the creators; creators earn cash and keep free products. 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	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Billo	Trend
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	None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. 1
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	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	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	Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators. 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 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

Billo lists, Trend does not

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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Trend 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

Trend

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

Questions people ask

What do Billo and Trend have in common?

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

What does Billo list that Trend does not?

Billo lists ads launched from the platform. Trend does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Trend 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”
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”
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.”
Trend: trend.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Free Products + Cash”
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”
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”
Billo: billo.app, home, read 2026-11-07 · billo.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “based on 1.41M Meta ads, $1.24B in spend”
Trend: trend.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Why over 1,000 brands trust us.”