Compared on public facts

GRIN vs Trybe

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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GRIN and Trybe both list pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding. Trybe lists flat amount per order, share of ad spend, retainers, bonuses and ads launched from the platform, which GRIN does not list publicly.

9 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 Trybe

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
Trybe lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions and pay per 1,000 views, which Trybe does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Trybe lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2 3
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	Trybe
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	Flat per approved submission: paid for content that gets approved, before it runs as an ad. Trybe's fee on flat payments is 1.5 % of creator earnings. 1 2
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	A percent of GMV: the creator earns a share of what their content sells. Trybe's fee on it is 1.5 % of attributed sales. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	A fixed dollar amount every time the creator's content is tied to a sale. 1
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Meta performance based: paid on ad metrics such as clicks, impressions or ad spend. Trybe's fee on it is 1.25 % of ad spend. 1 2
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	A guaranteed payment tied to a volume goal; the brand tops the creator up if commission falls short. Trybe calls these smart retainers. 1 2
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	One-time payouts on top of everything else for hitting a specific goal. 1
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	Built-in sample requests: creators request product and the brand ships it, tied to a Shopify order. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Connect Meta and launch whitelisted / Partnership Ads from any approved submission in one click. 1
Money and tracking	GRIN	Trybe
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	Server-side last-click attribution built in, from click to checkout, tied to the creator, submission and sale in the store. Brands can instead pay creators on Meta attribution. Each video carries a unique Trybe ID and URL parameters must be on the ad. 1 2
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	1.5 % of attributed sales on sales-based commissions (% of GMV or per order); 1.25 % of ad spend on ad-performance commissions; 1.5 % of creator earnings on flat payments (per submission, retainers, bonuses). Never stacked. 1
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	Free to start; no seats, no contracts, no minimums. The fee above applies as money moves to creators. 1
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	Payouts run automatically on Stripe. Creators are paid direct to their bank through Stripe Connect with $0 withdrawal fees; currency conversion is handled; free for creators. 1
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	Payouts through Stripe in 170+ countries, they say. 1
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 brands launch 100+ ads in fewer than 10 clicks. Their home-page case studies cite, for example, Final Boss Sour going from $300K to $2.1M a month in Meta-attributed revenue in 6 months. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Product seeding

GRIN lists, Trybe does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Trybe lists, GRIN does not

Flat amount per order: A fixed dollar amount every time the creator's content is tied to a sale.
Share of ad spend: Meta performance based: paid on ad metrics such as clicks, impressions or ad spend. Trybe's fee on it is 1.25 % of ad spend.
Retainers: A guaranteed payment tied to a volume goal; the brand tops the creator up if commission falls short. Trybe calls these smart retainers.
Bonuses: One-time payouts on top of everything else for hitting a specific goal.
Ads launched from the platform: Connect Meta and launch whitelisted / Partnership Ads from any approved submission in one click.

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

Trybe

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do GRIN and Trybe have in common?

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

What does GRIN list that Trybe does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model GRIN lists, Trybe lists too.

What does Trybe list that GRIN does not?

Trybe lists flat amount per order, share of ad spend, retainers, bonuses 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.

Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: six ways brands pay creators (thread opening) · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “that's only one of six ways brands actually pay creators here”
GRIN: GRIN platform page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “When a program includes a paid fee, GRIN automatically requires the terms”
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: flat per approved submission · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “flat per approved submission - you get paid just for making content”
Trybe: jointrybe.com, brand FAQ, read 2026-11-07 · jointrybe.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Flat rate payments (per submission, retainers and bonuses): 1.5% of creator earnings.”
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
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: percent of GMV · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “percent of GMV - you earn a share of whatever your content sells”
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: flat per order · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “flat per order - a fixed dollar amount every time”
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: Meta performance based · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “paid on ad metrics like clicks, impressions or ad spend”
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: retainers · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “retainers - a guaranteed payment tied to hitting a volume goal”
Trybe: Trybe on X, 2 Sep 2026: bonuses · x.com, checked Sep 2, 2026 · “bonuses - one time payouts on top of everything else”
Trybe: Trybe help center: How Sample Requests Work in Trybe (updated 16 Jan 2026) · trybe.crisp.help, checked Jan 16, 2026 · “Sample requests allow creators to receive products for content creation.”
Trybe: Trybe help center: Understanding Video Tracking in Trybe (updated 15 Jan 2026) · trybe.crisp.help, checked Jan 15, 2026 · “Trybe tracks performance at the individual video level using a unique Trybe ID.”
GRIN: GRIN help center, setting up payouts as a non-U.S. resident · intercom.help, checked Aug 6, 2026 · “processed through Trolley”