Compared on public facts

Collabstr vs Superfiliate

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Collabstr and Superfiliate both list commission on sales and product seeding. Collabstr also lists pay per video, which Superfiliate does not list publicly. Superfiliate lists share of ad spend and ads launched from the platform, which Collabstr 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 Collabstr and Superfiliate

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
Collabstr 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 Collabstr does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2
Superfiliate lists commission on sales, share of ad spend and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order and pay per 1,000 views, which Superfiliate 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. Collabstr 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	Collabstr	Superfiliate
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Brands buy a creator's preset package or make a custom offer at the creator's price; a 10 % fee is added at checkout; the payment is held in escrow until the brand approves the content. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Affiliate income may be offered to creators as an incentive on top of a required minimum flat fee of $50 per collaboration; the commission itself is agreed in the brief, not tracked by Collabstr. 1	Commission payouts on sales referred through a creator's landing page, link or promo code; brands can combine commission with a flat fee. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Creators can be paid a percentage of the ad spend behind their content; the UGC ads page lists flat fees, link or code commissions and a share of ad spend, and shows an example at 5 % of spend. 1
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	Free product may be offered to creators, but a minimum flat fee of $50 is still required to collaborate through a campaign. 1	Gifting and seeding: creators get a one-click link and the gift order is placed automatically in Shopify. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Meta Partnership Ads launched from the Meta Ads Suite with bulk ad creation; creators approve access from a deep link into Instagram. Meta only; TikTok is covered only as TikTok Shop collaboration. 1 2
Money and tracking	Collabstr	Superfiliate
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Discount codes, affiliate links, cobranded creator landing pages and Meta Partnership Ads reported in one dashboard. The brand terms define a covered transaction as a sale referred from a creator's Superfiliate microsite or made with a Superfiliate-provided promo code. Shopify stores only. No attribution window is published. 1 2 3
Platform fee	Brands: a 10 % fee added at checkout on every order, reducible on a monthly plan. Creators: a 15 % commission on all order payouts. 1 2	Shopify App Store listing: 3 % of the revenue generated by affiliates on every tier, on top of the monthly subscription. Brand terms (last updated 22 Jun 2022): a subscription fee plus a Covered Transaction Fee of 0-10 % of the gross covered transaction amount excluding shipping and taxes, agreed per brand and not refunded on returns. 1 2
Brand pricing	Searching and ordering is free with the 10 % checkout fee. Two subscriptions, Pro and Premium, are needed to post campaigns and raise how many campaigns can run each month; their prices are on collabstr.com/pricing, which sat behind a Cloudflare check we could not pass on 2026-11-07. 1 2	No prices on superfiliate.com; the only call to action is a demo. Shopify App Store listing: Tier 1 $1,500/month, Tier 2 $2,499/month, Tier 3 $3,499/month, All access $5,000/month, each plus 3 % of affiliate-generated revenue, 21-day free trial, billed in USD every 30 days. 1 2
Creator payout	Once the brand approves the content the payment is released into the creator's Collabstr balance, minus the 15 % commission. Payouts by PayPal, gift cards or local bank transfer in 150+ currencies (ACH, RTP, Venmo, Cash App, Interac, SEPA, UPI, GCash and others). 1	Commission or flat-rate payouts via ACH, Venmo, PayPal, store credit and more, with tax filings automated. Payout timing is not published. Compensation is governed by a separate brand-creator agreement; the terms say Superfiliate is not a party to it. 1 2
Regions	Payout methods cover the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico), Australia, the UK and the Eurozone, Ukraine, Kenya, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, with PayPal in most countries. 1	Shopify stores only. No country list is published. Fees are payable in US dollars; the brand terms carry a notice for U.S. customers and California governing law. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: Their influencer directory page is titled 'Top 76,574 Influencers' in search listings (2026-11-07); their help center says brands can search thousands of influencers. 1	Not listed publicly

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Collabstr lists, Superfiliate does not

Pay per video: Brands buy a creator's preset package or make a custom offer at the creator's price; a 10 % fee is added at checkout; the payment is held in escrow until the brand approves the content.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Superfiliate lists, Collabstr does not

Share of ad spend: Creators can be paid a percentage of the ad spend behind their content; the UGC ads page lists flat fees, link or code commissions and a share of ad spend, and shows an example at 5 % of spend.
Ads launched from the platform: Meta Partnership Ads launched from the Meta Ads Suite with bulk ad creation; creators approve access from a deep link into Instagram. Meta only; TikTok is covered only as TikTok Shop collaboration.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Collabstr

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

Superfiliate

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Collabstr and Superfiliate have in common?

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

What does Collabstr list that Superfiliate does not?

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

What does Superfiliate list that Collabstr does not?

Superfiliate lists share of ad spend and ads launched from the platform. Collabstr 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.

Collabstr: Collabstr help center: How to Place an Order With an Influencer (updated 15 Oct 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Oct 15, 2025 · “Collabstr holds your payment until you approve the work.”
Collabstr: Collabstr help center: What is Collabstr? (updated 20 Aug 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Aug 20, 2025 · “connects brands with influencers for paid collaborations”
Collabstr: Collabstr help center: Post a Campaign (updated 22 Sep 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Sep 22, 2025 · “you are welcome to offer affiliate income to influencers as an incentive”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate home page · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Offer commission or flat rate payouts”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate brand terms, section 7 · superfiliate.com, checked Jun 22, 2022
Superfiliate: Superfiliate, UGC ads platform use case · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Ad Spend Commissions”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate Meta Ads Suite · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Superfiliate: Superfiliate Influencer Hub · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “We only support Shopify today”
Collabstr: Collabstr help center: Supported Payout Methods (updated 9 Oct 2025) · help.collabstr.com, checked Oct 9, 2025 · “Collabstr charges a 15% commission on all order payouts.”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate on the Shopify App Store · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “3% of the revenue generated by your affiliates”
Collabstr: Collabstr help center: Choosing and Updating Your Subscription (updated 22 Sep 2026) · help.collabstr.com, checked Sep 22, 2026 · “Collabstr offers two subscription plans, Pro and Premium.”
Collabstr: collabstr.com: Find and hire influencers (page title as listed by search engines on 2026-11-07; the page itself sat behind a Cloudflare check) · collabstr.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Top 76,574 Influencers”