Compared on public facts

Cohley vs Elev8or

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Cohley and Elev8or both list pay per video and product seeding. Cohley also lists ads launched from the platform, which Elev8or does not list publicly. Elev8or lists commission on sales and pay per 1,000 views, which Cohley does not list publicly.

7 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 Cohley and Elev8or

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
Cohley 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 Cohley does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2
Elev8or lists pay per video, commission on sales, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, flat amount per order and share of ad spend, which Elev8or 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. Elev8or 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	Cohley	Elev8or
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Creator compensation per asset is set by the brand in each brief; their FAQ guidance is UGC videos from around $250 and UGC photos from around $50. Cohley says it never takes a cut of creator compensation. 1	Collab campaigns pay a fixed fee per creator, funded up front and held until the brand approves; briefs let creators apply with their own price; bounties also carry a per-post cap (example: max $250 per post). 1 2
Commission on sales	Not listed publicly	Affiliate campaigns pay creators a commission on tracked sales; the tracking method is not described. 1
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	Pay-per-view bounties: the brand sets a rate per 1,000 views and a budget cap; views on approved posts are tracked on the creator's own account until the budget runs out. Live listings show $0.80-2.00 per 1,000 views. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Product seeding at $35 per completed creator, pay-as-you-go; the product cost is separate; shipping is automated for Shopify brands. Creators receive product rather than cash on seeding briefs. 1 2	Barter or gifted collabs: product only, no cash released. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Instagram Partnership Ad authorization codes are collected during the creator upload flow, so the brand can run ads through the creator's handle from its own ad account. 1	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Cohley	Elev8or
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Views, mostly. Creators submit the live link; views on approved posts are tracked automatically on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts (the bounty page also lists Threads and LinkedIn) and refresh through the day; the brand reviews every submission. Affiliate campaigns pay on tracked sales, with no attribution method published. 1 2
Platform fee	Custom pricing based on the amount of content generated; creator compensation is billed separately and never marked up, they say. Product seeding is $35 per completed creator on top of the product cost. 1 2	Help center: brand-side fee at checkout of 5 % on collab jobs, 10 % on performance or bounty campaign funding, 0 % on storefront services; processing 3 % by card, 1 % by UPI, 1 % by net banking or wire, skipped when spending from a funded wallet; creator-side fee of 15 % of earnings on the free plan and 10 % on Creator Pro or Elite. The brands page says '$0 fee on self-managed campaigns'; the two statements are not reconciled on the site. 1 2
Brand pricing	Custom. A 3-month paid Pilot or a 12-month Annual package; they say the Annual includes a $6,000 creator compensation bonus. Their FAQ says most brands budget $2,500 to $3,000 per brief in creator compensation, yielding 10 to 20 pieces of content. 1 2	Each product is free to start with no annual contract and no credit card: Campaigns paid plans from $99/month, Collabs from $149/month, Engage from $9.99/month, Bio from $9/month. Campaign funds are held in escrow; minimum wallet top-up and minimum single spend are $1. 1 2
Creator payout	Creators are paid after the brand approves the content (their FAQ). Their creator terms say payment comes not earlier than 30 days after the campaign's end date and that creators bear PayPal fees of 2.9 % of compensation. 1	Earnings land in an in-app wallet; a payout request the brand does not answer within 7 days is approved automatically; approved payouts are sent within 3 business days. The creator page lists PayPal, Wise, Payoneer and Stripe with a $5 minimum; the help center lists UPI, USDT (TRC20 or ERC20) and payment links from gateways such as Stripe, PayPal, Wise and Payoneer with a $10 minimum. Only released (non-escrow) funds can be withdrawn. 1 2
Regions	Built for mid-market and enterprise brands selling physical products in the US and Canada, they say. 1	No country list. Payment processors differ for India and the rest of the world; UPI and net banking are offered alongside cards and wires, and payout methods include UPI and USDT. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say a network of 200,000+ vetted creators and a 90 %+ completion rate on product seeding. 1 2	They say: They say: 12,000+ creators, 1,000+ brands, 50,000+ brand contacts to pitch. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Product seeding

Cohley lists, Elev8or does not

Ads launched from the platform: Instagram Partnership Ad authorization codes are collected during the creator upload flow, so the brand can run ads through the creator's handle from its own ad account.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Elev8or lists, Cohley does not

Commission on sales: Affiliate campaigns pay creators a commission on tracked sales; the tracking method is not described.
Pay per 1,000 views: Pay-per-view bounties: the brand sets a rate per 1,000 views and a budget cap; views on approved posts are tracked on the creator's own account until the budget runs out. Live listings show $0.80-2.00 per 1,000 views.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Cohley

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

Elev8or

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that budget per approved video
brands paying for organic reach per 1,000 views
brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Cohley and Elev8or have in common?

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

What does Cohley list that Elev8or does not?

Cohley lists ads launched from the platform. Elev8or does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Elev8or list that Cohley does not?

Elev8or lists commission on sales and pay per 1,000 views. Cohley 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.

Cohley: cohley.com: FAQ (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07; the site returned 403 to direct fetches) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “UGC videos start at around $250 and UGC photos start at around $50”
Elev8or: Elev8or help center, which campaign type to run · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A fixed fee per creator, up front, held until you approve.”
Elev8or: Elev8or, Campaigns for creators · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Elev8or: Elev8or, pay-per-view bounty page · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set a rate per 1,000 views and a budget cap.”
Cohley: cohley.com: Product Seeding (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07; the site returned 403 to direct fetches) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “$35 per completed creator”
Cohley: Cohley blog: Introducing Product Seeding (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Pricing is $35 per completed post.”
Cohley: Cohley blog: What Meta actually requires for creator ads in 2026 (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “collects Instagram Partnership Ad authorization codes during the creator upload flow”
Cohley: cohley.com: Pricing and Plans (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07; the site returned 403 to direct fetches) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “all plans have custom pricing based on the amount of content you generate”
Elev8or: Elev8or help center, fees explained · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Elev8or: Elev8or, for brands page · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “$0 fee on self-managed campaigns”
Elev8or: Elev8or help center, wallet, funding and escrow · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “held in escrow until you approve the work”
Cohley: cohley.com: Creator Terms and Conditions (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “not earlier than thirty (30) days after the end date for any campaign”
Elev8or: Elev8or help center, creator payouts · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Minimum withdrawal is $10.”
Cohley: cohley.com, home (read through search-engine snippets on 2026-11-07; the site returned 403 to direct fetches) · cohley.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “selling physical products in the US and Canada”
Elev8or: Elev8or home page · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “12,000+ creators”