Compared on public facts

Intellifluence vs Upfluence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Intellifluence and Upfluence both list pay per video. Upfluence lists commission on sales and product seeding, which Intellifluence does not list publicly.

5 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 Intellifluence and Upfluence

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
Intellifluence 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 Intellifluence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
Upfluence 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 Upfluence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. Intellifluence and Upfluence 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

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Which pay models each one lists

Side by side

Pay model	Intellifluence	Upfluence
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Influencer Offers: creators list flat-rate services that brands buy, with optional add-ons such as amplification. 1	Flat fee: a set rate for a sponsored post, video or other piece of content; hybrid deals add commission on top. 1
Commission on sales	Not listed publicly	Affiliate commissions as a percentage of sales from unique links or discount codes; can be mixed with flat fees. 1 2
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	Not listed publicly	Product gifting campaigns ship products from Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento catalogs (or manual upload) in exchange for possible posts; posts are not guaranteed. Upfluence says 60 % of gifted influencers share content on average. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Intellifluence	Upfluence
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Individual tracking links per influencer showing clicks and sales; auto-generated promo codes with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce and Amazon stores; Amazon Attribution supported. No attribution window is published. 1
Platform fee	Creators and talent agencies join at no cost and Intellifluence takes none of their earnings. A fee on brand payments is not stated on the pricing page. 1	A fixed platform fee; Upfluence says it takes no percentage of sales and Upfluence Pay carries a 0 % fee. No mandatory setup fee; optional paid onboarding packages exist. 1 2
Brand pricing	Free plan (1 campaign, 5 applications); Starter $99 a month; Regular $249 a month; Advanced $599 a month with assisted setup and up to 20 hours of campaign management. 20 % off annual plans paid upfront, a 60-day trial through a coupon link, and no minimum budget or spend. 1 2 3	Custom-quoted by module (Find High-Impact Creators; Scale Creator Programs; Run Programs on Autopilot), based on team size and program volume. Minimum contract 12 months; a free trial is offered after an initial call. No prices published. 1
Creator payout	Through Intellifluence Payments, which holds the money until the work is done; creators are paid only after the brand approves. 1099 forms go through a payment partner. 1 2	Payments through PayPal or Upfluence Pay (bank transfer or direct deposit), in the creator's preferred currency, in bulk, with built-in KYC, W-9 and W-8 collection and automatic 1099s. Available on the Autopilot module. Payout timing is not published. 1 2
Regions	Not listed publicly	Global payouts in local currencies; no country list is published. The site is offered in English, Italian, French, German and Simplified Chinese. 1
Scale they publish	They say: They say 250,000+ creators; another section of the same page says 200,000+. 1	They say: They say: 12+ million creators in the database. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

Intellifluence lists, Upfluence does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Upfluence lists, Intellifluence does not

Commission on sales: Affiliate commissions as a percentage of sales from unique links or discount codes; can be mixed with flat fees.
Product seeding: Product gifting campaigns ship products from Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento catalogs (or manual upload) in exchange for possible posts; posts are not guaranteed. Upfluence says 60 % of gifted influencers share content on average.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Intellifluence

brands that budget per approved video

Upfluence

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

Questions people ask

What do Intellifluence and Upfluence have in common?

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

What does Intellifluence list that Upfluence does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Intellifluence lists, Upfluence lists too.

What does Upfluence list that Intellifluence does not?

Upfluence lists commission on sales and product seeding. Intellifluence 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.

Intellifluence: intellifluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · intellifluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Influencer Offers enable you to pitch influencers for their flat rate services”
Upfluence: Upfluence Pay page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Upfluence: Upfluence home page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “flat fees, affiliate commissions, promo codes, or any mix”
Upfluence: Upfluence help center, product gifting campaign · help.upfluence.co, checked Oct 6, 2025 · “Product gifting campaigns do not guarantee influencer posts.”
Upfluence: Upfluence pricing page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Upfluence takes no percentage of sales.”
Intellifluence: intellifluence.com: Plans and pricing, read 2026-11-07 · intellifluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Save 20% with annual.”