Compared on public facts

Club (formerly Brandbassador) vs Insense

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Insense both list commission on sales and product seeding. Insense lists pay per video and ads launched from the platform, which Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list publicly.

4 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 Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Insense

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
Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Insense 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 Insense does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. Club (formerly Brandbassador) 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	Club (formerly Brandbassador)	Insense
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Creators are hired per deal and paid per delivered content; their FAQ says UGC campaigns start at $100 per video. Creator payments are separate from the subscription. 1
Commission on sales	Commission rates and rewards are set per ambassador group, and commission payments are automated. 1 2	Affiliate campaigns: find influencers already in affiliate programs or enrol them in your own, and pay commissions on sales through Insense. Included on the Brand and Agency plans, not on the Trial. 1 2
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	Automatic product seeding to creators; ambassadors can also be rewarded with gift cards and product. 1 2	Product seeding with a Shopify integration and bulk shipping exports; barter (product-only) campaigns are allowed and then only the subscription is paid. On the Brand and Agency plans. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Meta Partnership Ads: request account-level access from eligible influencers in one click; TikTok Spark Ad codes delivered through Insense. Partnership Ads connections are limited by plan (1 on Trial, 10 on Brand, unlimited on Agency). The ads run from the brand's ad account. 1 2
Money and tracking	Club (formerly Brandbassador)	Insense
How sales are attributed	Affiliate discount codes and tracking links per ambassador (the Affiliate module lists a discount code engine and tracking links). 1 2	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	Not listed publicly	A marketplace fee added to each creator payment: 20 % on Trial, 10 % on Brand, 7 % on Agency (pricing page). Their FAQ page instead says a 15 % / 20 % fee on content produced through the platform. 1 2
Brand pricing	No prices published; plans are scaled to the number of active ambassadors and missions, and a demo is booked for a quote. 1	Trial from $650 for one month (upgrades to Brand unless cancelled 48 hours before it ends); Brand from $500 a month ($1,500 billed quarterly) or $400 a month billed yearly ($4,800); Agency from $800 a month ($2,400 quarterly) or $640 a month yearly ($7,680). Extra seats $30 a month, extra brands $100 a month, 5 extra Partnership Ads connections $125 a month. Creator payments not included. 1
Creator payout	Not listed publicly	When a brand hires a creator the agreed payment is deducted from the brand's account and held by Insense; once the brand approves the content and completes the deal it moves to the creator's Insense wallet. Withdrawals to PayPal take about 4 business days, to a bank account about 7. 1
Regions	Not listed publicly	They say 115k+ creators across 57+ countries. 1
Scale they publish	They say: They say 100+ ready-made ambassador missions and name Samsung, Celsius, Daniel Wellington and Fabletics as brands that use it. 1	They say: They say 115k+ responsive creators across 57+ countries and 3,500+ DTC brands, mobile apps and advertising agencies. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists, Insense does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Insense lists, Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not

Pay per video: Creators are hired per deal and paid per delivered content; their FAQ says UGC campaigns start at $100 per video. Creator payments are separate from the subscription.
Ads launched from the platform: Meta Partnership Ads: request account-level access from eligible influencers in one click; TikTok Spark Ad codes delivered through Insense. Partnership Ads connections are limited by plan (1 on Trial, 10 on Brand, unlimited on Agency). The ads run from the brand's ad account.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Club (formerly Brandbassador)

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that ship product to creators

Insense

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

Questions people ask

What do Club (formerly Brandbassador) and Insense have in common?

Both list commission on sales and product seeding on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Club (formerly Brandbassador) list that Insense does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Club (formerly Brandbassador) lists, Insense lists too.

What does Insense list that Club (formerly Brandbassador) does not?

Insense lists pay per video and ads launched from the platform. Club (formerly Brandbassador) 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.

Insense: insense.pro: Pricing FAQ, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “UGC campaigns start at $100 per video.”
Club (formerly Brandbassador): club.co, home, read 2026-11-07 · club.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set personalised rewards and commission rates for each group.”
Insense: insense.pro, home, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “enrol them into your own program and easily pay commissions through Insense”
Insense: insense.pro: FAQ, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Yes, you compensate creators by providing them with products or services”
Club (formerly Brandbassador): club.co: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · club.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
Insense: Insense creator help: A detailed guide of how payments work on Insense, read 2026-11-07 · help-creators.insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Withdrawals to PayPal typically take 4 business days to reach your account.”