Compared on public facts

GRIN vs Vidovo

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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GRIN and Vidovo both list pay per video and product seeding. GRIN also lists commission on sales, which Vidovo does not list publicly. Vidovo lists share of ad spend, bonuses 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 Vidovo

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
Vidovo lists pay per video, share of ad spend, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order and pay per 1,000 views, which Vidovo does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Vidovo lists 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	Vidovo
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	Creators set a fixed fee per video or post, and can offer packages; a flat fee is paid when the brand accepts the proposal. 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	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Performance-based UGC: a percentage of the Meta ad spend behind the creator's video, alone or on top of a fixed fee. The percentage is the same for every creator in a campaign; their example uses 6 %. 1 2
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published. 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	Gift campaigns are supported on the Pro plan. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	The brand connects its Meta ad account and links each ad to a creator's video so spend is counted; Facebook partnership ads are listed on the Enterprise plan. 1 2
Money and tracking	GRIN	Vidovo
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	The ad spend share is counted from Meta: Vidovo reads the spend of ads linked to a creator's video every day. Pausing an ad stops the share that day. No sales attribution is described. 1
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 marketplace fee of 12 % on Starter and 7 % on Pro, next to the subscription. Ad spend shares in their examples are shown before Vidovo fees. 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	Starter $499 a month (1 active campaign, 1 seat); Pro $899 a month (10 campaigns, 3 seats, gift campaigns); Enterprise custom. Brands contact sales to begin. 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	Fixed fees are paid when the brand accepts the proposal. Ad spend shares are paid weekly: each day of spend settles 7 days later and pays out the following Monday. 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	Not listed publicly
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 30,000+ vetted creators in one place and 20,000+ in another, and 10,000+ assets delivered for brands. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Product seeding

GRIN lists, Vidovo 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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Vidovo lists, GRIN does not

Share of ad spend: Performance-based UGC: a percentage of the Meta ad spend behind the creator's video, alone or on top of a fixed fee. The percentage is the same for every creator in a campaign; their example uses 6 %.
Bonuses: Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published.
Ads launched from the platform: The brand connects its Meta ad account and links each ad to a creator's video so spend is counted; Facebook partnership ads are listed on the Enterprise plan.

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

Vidovo

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 Vidovo have in common?

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

What does GRIN list that Vidovo does not?

GRIN lists commission on sales. Vidovo does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Vidovo list that GRIN does not?

Vidovo lists share of ad spend, 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.

GRIN: GRIN platform page · grin.co, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “When a program includes a paid fee, GRIN automatically requires the terms”
Vidovo: vidovo.com: For UGC creators, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set a fixed fee per video or social media post,”
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Performance-based UGC, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
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
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
GRIN: GRIN help center, setting up payouts as a non-U.S. resident · intercom.help, checked Aug 6, 2026 · “processed through Trolley”
Vidovo: vidovo.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026