Compared on public facts

Elev8or vs Stack Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

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

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
Stack Influence lists product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Stack Influence 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 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	Elev8or	Stack Influence
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	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	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	Creators are compensated with the brand's products; outreach and product fulfillment are handled by Stack Influence. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Creator content run as Meta ads from creator profiles with whitelisting ad codes, and organic TikTok posts turned into Spark Ads. Who runs the ads is not stated. 1 2
Money and tracking	Elev8or	Stack Influence
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	Not listed publicly
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	No monthly fee; brands pay a flat fee per completed creator post, and the managed campaign is included. 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	They say $30 per creator post on average, with full rights to the UGC included. No range or minimum is given. 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	Not listed publicly
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	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say: 12,000+ creators, 1,000+ brands, 50,000+ brand contacts to pitch. 1 2	They say: They say 410k vetted creators, thousands of brands, and campaigns that scale to 3,000 posts a month. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Product seeding

Elev8or lists, Stack Influence 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).
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

Stack Influence lists, Elev8or does not

Ads launched from the platform: Creator content run as Meta ads from creator profiles with whitelisting ad codes, and organic TikTok posts turned into Spark Ads. Who runs the ads is not stated.

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

Stack Influence

brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Elev8or and Stack Influence have in common?

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

What does Elev8or list that Stack Influence does not?

Elev8or lists pay per video, commission on sales and pay per 1,000 views. Stack Influence does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Stack Influence list that Elev8or does not?

Stack Influence lists ads launched from the platform. Elev8or does not list it 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.

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.”
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “simply pay Micro Influencers with your products”
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “automated creator outreach, product fulfillment, and campaign execution”
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com: Advertising solutions, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Run Meta Ads directly from creator profiles with whitelisting ad codes.”
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”