Compared on public facts

GRIN vs Whop Content Rewards

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

GRIN and Whop Content Rewards both list pay per video. GRIN also lists commission on sales and product seeding, which Whop Content Rewards does not list publicly. Whop Content Rewards lists pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses, 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 Whop Content Rewards

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
Whop Content Rewards lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and product seeding, which Whop Content Rewards does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Whop Content Rewards 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 and Whop Content Rewards 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	Whop Content Rewards
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	Per-post campaigns pay a flat amount for each approved post; per-post settles shortly after approval. 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	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	CPM campaigns pay a brand-set rate per 1,000 views on the creator's own post, up to a per-clip cap, until the budget is spent; views are verified through the platforms' APIs within a tracking window of normally 30 days. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Retainer campaigns pay a fixed sum per cycle for agreed deliverables, pro rata or after every target is hit; settles after each cycle. 1 2
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Brands can add an optional flat fee on top of view-based earnings for each approved submission; pool campaigns split a fixed budget among creators who meet a view minimum. 1 2
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	Whop Content Rewards
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	Views, not sales. Views are verified through the social platforms' APIs; every submission gets a 0-100 bot-likelihood score, flagged payouts are held for human review, and only eligible views inside the tracking window (normally 30 days from submission) count. Platforms: TikTok, Instagram and YouTube connected; X shown on the creator page. Creators must submit the post link within 30 minutes of posting. 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	Brand side: a 10 % platform fee on every campaign type, charged only on delivered work; 8 % for verified brands; a payment processing fee at funding. Creator side (terms, 4 Oct 2026): a flat 10 % creator fee on every CPM and pool payout; 10 % on per-post and retainer campaigns under $5,000 and 0 % at $5,000 or more. 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 subscriptions, setup fees, seat fees or listing fees and no minimum term. Campaigns start at $1,000 with no maximum, and can be topped up while scheduled, active or paused. Funded at checkout or from a Whop balance; the budget is held until creators earn it. 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	CPM rounds: a 7-day earning period after approval, then a 3-day hold. Per-post settles shortly after approval; retainers after each cycle; pools after a 3-day hold. Earnings go to the creator's Whop wallet; withdraw from $1 to a bank account; Whop settles withdrawals in about 3-5 business days or instantly for a Whop fee. Age 18+. 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	No country list. Campaigns can target regions; creators in sanctioned jurisdictions are excluded; the terms carve out EU and UK users from arbitration. Company: Content Rewards Inc, a Delaware corporation based in Beverly Hills, California. 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: 1M+ creators and 200 agencies (home page); $20M paid out (creators page). 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

GRIN lists, Whop Content Rewards 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

Whop Content Rewards lists, GRIN does not

Pay per 1,000 views: CPM campaigns pay a brand-set rate per 1,000 views on the creator's own post, up to a per-clip cap, until the budget is spent; views are verified through the platforms' APIs within a tracking window of normally 30 days.
Retainers: Retainer campaigns pay a fixed sum per cycle for agreed deliverables, pro rata or after every target is hit; settles after each cycle.
Bonuses: Brands can add an optional flat fee on top of view-based earnings for each approved submission; pool campaigns split a fixed budget among creators who meet a view minimum.

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

Whop Content Rewards

brands that budget per approved video
brands paying for organic reach per 1,000 views
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do GRIN and Whop Content Rewards have in common?

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

What does GRIN list that Whop Content Rewards does not?

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

What does Whop Content Rewards list that GRIN does not?

Whop Content Rewards lists pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses. 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”
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards, for creators page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards creator terms, sections 6 and 7 · contentrewards.com, checked Oct 4, 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
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards home page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Paid per 1K views on a video.”
Whop Content Rewards: Whop docs, Content Rewards · docs.whop.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards pricing page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A 10% platform fee on every campaign type, only charged on delivered work.”
GRIN: GRIN help center, setting up payouts as a non-U.S. resident · intercom.help, checked Aug 6, 2026 · “processed through Trolley”