Compared on public facts

JoinBrands vs Socialync

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

JoinBrands and Socialync both list pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and ads launched from the platform. JoinBrands also lists hourly sessions and product seeding, which Socialync does not list publicly. Socialync lists flat amount per order and pay per 1,000 views, which JoinBrands does not list publicly.

11 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 JoinBrands and Socialync

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
JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which JoinBrands does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). JoinBrands lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2 3
Socialync lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and product seeding, which Socialync does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Socialync 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. 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	JoinBrands	Socialync
Hourly sessions	Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions. 1	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Fixed per-content prices: UGC videos, TikTok, TikTok Shop, Amazon, Shorts and Reels videos from $25 each, images from $10, with unlimited usage rights. Creator side: $60+ per video, $100+ per social post, $15+ per image; content deals $25-600+ per video. 1 2	Organic jobs can pay a rate per post, alone or with a view bonus. 1 2
Commission on sales	TikTok Shop affiliate commission of 15-30 % of sales from the creator's TikTok Shop content, paid monthly to the creator's wallet for as long as the video is live. 1	Whitelisting and UGC ads jobs pay commission only, with no base at delivery: a percentage of attributed sales or a fixed amount per sale. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	On a sales goal the brand can pay a fixed amount per sale instead of a percentage. 1
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Organic jobs can pay per 1,000 views with a payout cap; whitelisting deals can also pay a fixed amount per 1,000 views. 1 2
Retainers	Monthly retainer campaigns: $100-500+ per month for a quota of 10-30 pieces (creator page); available to Level 2 creators and above. 1 2	A monthly guarantee set against commission; each month pays the larger of the two. 1 2
Bonuses	Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips. 1 2	A view bonus at a threshold on top of a per-post rate. 1
Product seeding	Product sampling, gifting and seeding campaigns; products are shipped by the brand or bought by the creator and reimbursed, and the creator keeps them. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	TikTok Boost: brands boost any TikTok post their creators publish from the JoinBrands dashboard, content library or Ad Center through a built-in TikTok integration, minimum $20 per day plus a platform fee, maximum $1,000 per day. Spark Ads proper are launched in TikTok Ads Manager with the Spark code JoinBrands collects. Meta is covered only by an Instagram partnership ad code. 1 2	Whitelisting deals run as Meta partnership ads or TikTok Spark Ads, with the Meta or TikTok pixel on the brand's connected ad account. Lead and link-click goals are Meta only. 1
Money and tracking	JoinBrands	Socialync
How sales are attributed	TikTok Shop GMV tracked per creator through the TikTok Shop integration and TikTok Shop analytics; Spark codes are generated for every video. No link or code attribution for other stores is published; the Shopify integration imports products for sampling. 1 2	Commission is counted on what the Meta or TikTok pixel on the connected ad account attributes. Statements go out weekly, every two weeks or monthly. No attribution window is given on the page. 1
Platform fee	Brand side: a platform fee added to each creator payment, 15 % on Free, 12 % on Start-up, 10 % on Pro, 8 % on Max. Creator side: a 20 % platform fee on job earnings and performance bonuses (15 % with Creator PRO), none on express jobs, tips or product reimbursements. 1 2	Paid by the brand: 5 % of the agreed creator pay on organic campaigns; on ads campaigns 1.5 % of attributed sales or 1.25 % of ad spend instead. Billed monthly in arrears. Nothing is taken from creator pay. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	Free $0 pay-as-you-go (15 % fee, no trial); Start-up $99/month (12 %, $30 roll-over cash); Pro $299/month (10 %, $90); Max $499/month (8 %, $150, agency features); annual billing 10 % off. Content on every plan: UGC images $10+, videos $25+ (UGC, TikTok, TikTok Shop, Amazon, YouTube, Reels), TikTok Shop Lives $1/min, AI videos $5. Roll-over cash is lost on cancellation. 1	No subscription or seats for brands on the job board; a card is verified at sign-up with a temporary hold that is released. The scheduling app has its own plans ($20, $30 and $99 a month after a 7-day trial). 1 2
Creator payout	Brands fund jobs upfront in escrow; payment is released to the creator's JoinBrands wallet when the brand approves the content. PayPal is the only payout method; withdrawals once a week on standard accounts and up to 7 business days to process. TikTok Shop commissions are paid monthly to the wallet. 1 2	The brand pays the creator directly on the listing's terms; Socialync never holds the money. US creators are paid on the Socialync pay page through Stripe. Payment is due 14 days after delivery is confirmed unless the listing says otherwise. 1 2
Regions	Creators: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, age 18+. Brand countries are not stated. 1 2	US creators are paid through Stripe; elsewhere the creator and the brand settle directly. Sanctioned locations are excluded and users must be 18 or older. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say, on the same home page, 'Trusted by 100,000+ brands' in the header and 'Trusted by 30K+ Brands' lower down, and '4 Million Creators'. The creator page says 20,000+ brands and agencies, 500K products sent and $10M paid out; the TikTok Shop affiliates page says $30M+ in flat fees, 3,000+ active brands and a 40K+ creator community. 1 2 3	They say: They say 35,000+ posts a month go through the scheduling app. No creator or brand count is given for the job board. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Retainers
Bonuses
Ads launched from the platform

JoinBrands lists, Socialync does not

Hourly sessions: Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions.
Product seeding: Product sampling, gifting and seeding campaigns; products are shipped by the brand or bought by the creator and reimbursed, and the creator keeps them.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Socialync lists, JoinBrands does not

Flat amount per order: On a sales goal the brand can pay a fixed amount per sale instead of a percentage.
Pay per 1,000 views: Organic jobs can pay per 1,000 views with a payout cap; whitelisting deals can also pay a fixed amount per 1,000 views.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

JoinBrands

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

Socialync

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
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 JoinBrands and Socialync have in common?

Both list pay per video, commission on sales, retainers, bonuses and ads launched from the platform on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does JoinBrands list that Socialync does not?

JoinBrands lists hourly sessions and product seeding. Socialync does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Socialync list that JoinBrands does not?

Socialync lists flat amount per order and pay per 1,000 views. JoinBrands 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.

JoinBrands: JoinBrands pricing page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “TikTok Shop Lives: $1/min”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands creator page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Benefit from our fixed pricing policy.”
Socialync: socialync.io: UGC jobs for creators, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “a rate per post”
Socialync: socialync.io: For brands, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Pay flat, per post, with a view bonus or by CPM.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands, TikTok Shop affiliates page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
Socialync: socialync.io: Influencer whitelisting, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A whitelisting deal pays commission only.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, retainer jobs · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands home page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set performance-based bonuses directly inside your campaigns.”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, creator fees · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Socialync: socialync.io: Marketplace terms (last updated 24 Oct 2026), read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “a view bonus or per-thousand-view rate”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok Boost Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Boost any TikTok post your creators publish”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok Spark Ads · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, TikTok and TikTok Shop analytics · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Socialync: socialync.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, when will I get paid · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “PayPal payouts can take up to 7 business days to process”
JoinBrands: JoinBrands help center, joining from a different country · help.joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026