Compared on public facts

GRIN vs TRIBE

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

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

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
TRIBE 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 TRIBE 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. GRIN and TRIBE 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	GRIN	TRIBE
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	Each creator pitches a price for a post or a piece of content. The brand pre-approves (committing 50 % of the fee) and pays 100 % at final approval. Content Campaigns license UGC without the creator posting it, for 12 months or in perpetuity. 1 2 3
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	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	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	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	GRIN	TRIBE
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	Not listed publicly
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	A 30 % margin on the brand's total campaign spend, charged on approved content (a 42 % markup on the creator's price). Without a subscription a Campaign Activation Fee applies per campaign. Card payments carry a 1.4 % Stripe fee. Creators who choose 48-hour payment pay 10 % of that payout. 1 2 3 4
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	Two subscriptions, TRIBE (platform with standard support) and TRIBE Plus (fully managed); no subscription prices on the pages read. Content licensing fees vary by channel and duration and are quoted by their team. 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	Creators choose 45-day payment (the default, 100 % of earnings) or 48-hour payment within two business days of the approved post going live, with a 10 % fee on that payout. 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	Brands are billed in AUD, GBP or USD by location; offices in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney. 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	They say: They say 70,000+ opt-in creators and name Mars, Unilever, Olay, LEGO and McDonald's as clients. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

GRIN lists, TRIBE does not

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.
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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

TRIBE lists, GRIN does not

Nothing in the models we track.

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

TRIBE

brands that budget per approved video

Questions people ask

What do GRIN and TRIBE have in common?

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

What does GRIN list that TRIBE does not?

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

What does TRIBE list that GRIN 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.

GRIN: GRIN platform page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “When a program includes a paid fee, GRIN automatically requires the terms”
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Campaign payments and fees, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Content Campaigns explained, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “allow you to license Premium UGC - without the need for creators to publish.”
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
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Subscriptions, what you need to know, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “eliminates the Campaign Activation Fee”
GRIN: GRIN help center, setting up payouts as a non-U.S. resident · intercom.help, checked Aug 6, 2026 · “processed through Trolley”
TRIBE: TRIBE help center: Creator payment options explained, read 2026-11-07 · help.tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “you receive 100% of your earnings.”
TRIBE: tribegroup.co, home, read 2026-11-07 · tribegroup.co, checked Nov 7, 2026