Compared on public facts

Insense vs Make Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Insense and Make Influence both list pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding. Insense also lists ads launched from the platform, which Make Influence does not list publicly. Make Influence lists flat amount per order and bonuses, which Insense does not list publicly.

8 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 Insense and Make Influence

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
Insense 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 Insense does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2
Make Influence lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Make Influence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Make Influence lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 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. Make Influence 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	Insense	Make Influence
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Creators are hired per deal and paid per delivered content; their FAQ says UGC campaigns start at $100 per video. Creator payments are separate from the subscription. 1	A fixed fee for agreed content on an agreed date, or a base fee plus commission, often with product included. 1 2
Commission on sales	Affiliate campaigns: find influencers already in affiliate programs or enrol them in your own, and pay commissions on sales through Insense. Included on the Brand and Agency plans, not on the Trial. 1 2	Commission on tracked results: a share of sales, or a fixed amount per sale or per click. The brand chooses the basis: sales, clicks or leads. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options. 1
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	Top performers can get extra compensation as bonuses or invitations to private campaigns. 1
Product seeding	Product seeding with a Shopify integration and bulk shipping exports; barter (product-only) campaigns are allowed and then only the subscription is paid. On the Brand and Agency plans. 1 2	Product-only collaborations: the creator receives the product and no fee. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Meta Partnership Ads: request account-level access from eligible influencers in one click; TikTok Spark Ad codes delivered through Insense. Partnership Ads connections are limited by plan (1 on Trial, 10 on Brand, unlimited on Agency). The ads run from the brand's ad account. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Insense	Make Influence
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	A tracking link per creator with a cookie of up to 30 days, an IP fallback kept up to three months for in-app browsers, and per-creator discount codes on Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento. Code sales show in the creator report, not the campaign report. 1 2
Platform fee	A marketplace fee added to each creator payment: 20 % on Trial, 10 % on Brand, 7 % on Agency (pricing page). Their FAQ page instead says a 15 % / 20 % fee on content produced through the platform. 1 2	A service fee as a percentage of the commission paid to creators: 30 % (Entry), 25 % (Basic), 20 % (Growth), 15 % (Full Service Pro), charged only when results happen. The Danish page adds 10 % on fixed upfront payments and says the fee covers commission and UGC. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	Trial from $650 for one month (upgrades to Brand unless cancelled 48 hours before it ends); Brand from $500 a month ($1,500 billed quarterly) or $400 a month billed yearly ($4,800); Agency from $800 a month ($2,400 quarterly) or $640 a month yearly ($7,680). Extra seats $30 a month, extra brands $100 a month, 5 extra Partnership Ads connections $125 a month. Creator payments not included. 1	A monthly subscription plus the service fee. English page: Entry 95 EUR a month (80 billed yearly), Basic 535 EUR (455), Growth 805 EUR (685), Full Service Pro from 1,205 EUR (1,025); optional onboarding 670 EUR. Danish page: 595, 3,400, 5,100 and 7,650 DKK a month. Their example: a 100 EUR sale at 10 % commission costs the brand 13 EUR on Entry. 1 2
Creator payout	When a brand hires a creator the agreed payment is deducted from the brand's account and held by Insense; once the brand approves the content and completes the deal it moves to the creator's Insense wallet. Withdrawals to PayPal take about 4 business days, to a bank account about 7. 1	Earned commission is paid to creators automatically by the platform; method and timing are not given on the pages read. 1
Regions	They say 115k+ creators across 57+ countries. 1	Based in Aarhus, Denmark, with the site in English, Danish and Swedish. A full country list is not given. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say 115k+ responsive creators across 57+ countries and 3,500+ DTC brands, mobile apps and advertising agencies. 1	They say: They say 1,500+ companies, 3,000+ campaigns, 5,000+ approved influencers, 930,000+ sales tracked, 500M DKK+ revenue generated (incl. VAT) and 60M DKK+ paid out in commission. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Product seeding

Insense lists, Make Influence does not

Ads launched from the platform: Meta Partnership Ads: request account-level access from eligible influencers in one click; TikTok Spark Ad codes delivered through Insense. Partnership Ads connections are limited by plan (1 on Trial, 10 on Brand, unlimited on Agency). The ads run from the brand's ad account.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Make Influence lists, Insense does not

Flat amount per order: A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options.
Bonuses: Top performers can get extra compensation as bonuses or invitations to private campaigns.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Insense

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators

Make Influence

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
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 Insense and Make Influence have in common?

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

What does Insense list that Make Influence does not?

Insense lists ads launched from the platform. Make Influence does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Make Influence list that Insense does not?

Make Influence lists flat amount per order and bonuses. Insense 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.

Insense: insense.pro: Pricing FAQ, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “UGC campaigns start at $100 per video.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: How it works (brands), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “An agreed amount for agreed deliverables, on an agreed date.”
Insense: insense.pro, home, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “enrol them into your own program and easily pay commissions through Insense”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Pricing (English), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “whether that is on sales, clicks or leads.”
Insense: insense.pro: FAQ, read 2026-11-07 · insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Yes, you compensate creators by providing them with products or services”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Priser (Danish pricing page), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “10% service fee på upfront-betalinger”
Insense: Insense creator help: A detailed guide of how payments work on Insense, read 2026-11-07 · help-creators.insense.pro, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Withdrawals to PayPal typically take 4 business days to reach your account.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026