Compared on public facts

Collabstr vs Youdji

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Collabstr and Youdji both list pay per video. Collabstr also lists commission on sales and product seeding, which Youdji 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 Youdji

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
Youdji lists pay per video publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding, which Youdji 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. Collabstr and Youdji do 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	Youdji
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	Each creator sets a rate and negotiates with the brand, then sends an offer; their guide price is about 150 EUR excl. VAT a video, or 150-200 EUR with script writing and editing. 1 2
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	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	Free product may be offered to creators, but a minimum flat fee of $50 is still required to collaborate through a campaign. 1	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Collabstr	Youdji
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
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	No fee is added to the price the brand agrees with the creator. Youdji takes 20 % of completed orders from the creator; for clients a creator brings, 0 % on the first order and 10 % after. 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 subscription and no card needed to start; the brand pays only the agreed price per video. AI campaigns are an optional paid feature (the first is at no cost). Payment by card, bank transfer or a prepaid Youdji balance. 1
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	The brand pays in full before work starts; Youdji holds it and releases it when the brand approves. Payouts go to the creator's bank through Stripe, usually within 3 business days. Youdji invoices in the creator's name. 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	Creators in most of Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, among others; creators need a registered business that can invoice. Brand search filters list the US, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the UK, Canada, Switzerland and Portugal. 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	They say: They say 12,500+ creators, 3,000+ brands and agencies, and more than $6,000,000 paid to creators. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

Collabstr lists, Youdji does not

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.
Product seeding: Free product may be offered to creators, but a minimum flat fee of $50 is still required to collaborate through a campaign.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Youdji lists, Collabstr does not

Nothing in the models we track.

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

Youdji

brands that budget per approved video

Questions people ask

What do Collabstr and Youdji have in common?

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

What does Collabstr list that Youdji does not?

Collabstr lists commission on sales and product seeding. Youdji does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Youdji list that Collabstr 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.

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”
Youdji: youdji.com, home (English), read 2026-11-07 · youdji.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Each creator sets their own rates, and you negotiate directly with them.”
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”
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.”
Youdji: youdji.com: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · youdji.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
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”