Compared on public facts

GRIN vs Superfiliate

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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GRIN and Superfiliate both list commission on sales and product seeding. GRIN also lists pay per video, which Superfiliate does not list publicly. Superfiliate lists share of ad spend and ads launched from the platform, which GRIN 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 GRIN 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
GRIN 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 GRIN does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2 3
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. GRIN 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	GRIN	Superfiliate
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Paid and UGC programs with a flat creator fee set per program, marked fixed or negotiable; terms lock at acceptance. Per-video pricing is not itemised publicly. 1	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Affiliate programs with links, codes and commissions; commissions are paid from the brand's funded wallet and tracked in a commissions ledger. 1 2	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	Gifting and seeding programs on every plan, with monthly gift limits by plan; a gift counts when its $0 order or shipment is created in GRIN. Gifting-only campaigns need no wallet deposit. 1 2	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	GRIN	Superfiliate
How sales are attributed	Affiliate links and discount codes. Shopify connects in one click; custom or headless stores send signed order webhooks through the API naming the creator who drove each sale, on every plan including Free. No attribution window is published. 1	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	A management fee is added on top of every wallet deposit: 20 % on Free, 10 % on Starter, 7 % on Growth, 5 % on Scale, custom on Enterprise. Charged at funding; not refunded if unspent funds are withdrawn. Card deposits may carry a processing fee; ACH is the lowest-cost option. GRIN says it takes nothing from what creators earn. 1	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	Free $0/month (2 live campaigns, 10 gifts in total, 20 % fee); Starter $200/month (10 % fee, 100 gifts/month, 30-day free trial); Growth $500/month (7 %, 300 gifts/month, multiple brands); Scale $1,500/month (5 %, 1,000 gifts/month); Enterprise custom with annual agreement. Prices monthly in USD. Paid and affiliate campaigns need at least $250 in the wallet before going live. 1	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	Creator fees are held in escrow in the brand's wallet until payout. The pricing page says payouts go through Stripe with tax handling; the help center article for non-U.S. creators (6 Aug 2026) says payments are sent as a bank transfer processed through Trolley after a W-8BEN is on file, with 24 % withholding without a verified foreign tax ID. Unclaimed payments expire after 30 days and return to the brand's creator fund. No payout schedule is published. 1 2	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	No country list is published. Prices are in USD; reporting and payouts are described as correct in any currency; non-U.S. creators are paid by bank transfer after a W-8BEN. 1 2	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: They say: $1.2B+ in creator-driven GMV, 5,000 brands since 2017, 700K+ creators supported, $215M+ earned by creators. 1	Not listed publicly

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

GRIN lists, Superfiliate does not

Pay per video: Paid and UGC programs with a flat creator fee set per program, marked fixed or negotiable; terms lock at acceptance. Per-video pricing is not itemised publicly.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Superfiliate lists, GRIN 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.

GRIN

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 GRIN and Superfiliate have in common?

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

What does GRIN list that Superfiliate does not?

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

What does Superfiliate list that GRIN does not?

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

GRIN: GRIN platform page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “When a program includes a paid fee, GRIN automatically requires the terms”
GRIN: GRIN home page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Affiliate links, codes and commissions”
GRIN: GRIN pricing page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
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”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate on the Shopify App Store · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “3% of the revenue generated by your affiliates”
GRIN: GRIN help center, setting up payouts as a non-U.S. resident · intercom.help, checked Aug 6, 2026 · “processed through Trolley”