Compared on public facts

Elev8or vs Levanta

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Elev8or and Levanta both list commission on sales and product seeding. Elev8or also lists pay per video and pay per 1,000 views, which Levanta 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 Elev8or and Levanta

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
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
Levanta 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 Levanta 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. Elev8or and Levanta 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	Elev8or	Levanta
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	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	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Affiliate campaigns pay creators a commission on tracked sales; the tracking method is not described. 1	Brands set commissions on their products; the creator page shows example rates by category from 10 % to 25 %. Custom or private commissions and paid placements appear in the plan tables. 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	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	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Barter or gifted collabs: product only, no cash released. 1	Product seeding can be automated; sampling is listed among creator recruitment tools. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Elev8or	Levanta
How sales are attributed	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	Affiliate links per creator, with clicks and sales tracked at the product level (a customer quote on the home page). Amazon plans list Best Seller Rank, New-to-Brand and Brand Referral Bonus reporting; some plans list creator discount codes. 1 2
Platform fee	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	Creators pay nothing and Levanta takes no cut of their commissions. A brand-side fee is not published on the pricing page. 1 2
Brand pricing	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	No prices on the pricing page; brands request a demo. A separate plan exists for qualifying Amazon sellers with under $3M a year in Amazon sales. 1
Creator payout	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	Levanta pays creators automatically, in a single monthly payment covering all brands. 1099 handling is listed in the plan tables. 1 2
Regions	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	Marketplaces: Amazon, Shopify, Walmart and Wayfair. Countries are not named. 1
Scale they publish	They say: They say: 12,000+ creators, 1,000+ brands, 50,000+ brand contacts to pitch. 1 2	Not listed publicly

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Elev8or lists, Levanta does not

Pay per video: 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).
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

Levanta lists, Elev8or does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

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

Levanta

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

Questions people ask

What do Elev8or and Levanta have in common?

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

What does Elev8or list that Levanta does not?

Elev8or lists pay per video and pay per 1,000 views. Levanta does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Levanta list that Elev8or 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.

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
Levanta: levanta.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set commissions, automate product seeding, negotiate flat-fee partnerships, and more.”
Levanta: levanta.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.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.”
Levanta: levanta.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
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”
Elev8or: Elev8or help center, creator payouts · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Minimum withdrawal is $10.”
Elev8or: Elev8or home page · elev8or.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “12,000+ creators”