Compared on public facts

JoinBrands vs Vidovo

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

JoinBrands and Vidovo both list pay per video, bonuses, product seeding and ads launched from the platform. JoinBrands also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales and retainers, which Vidovo does not list publicly. Vidovo lists share of ad spend, which JoinBrands does not list publicly.

9 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 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
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
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. 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	Vidovo
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	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	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	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	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	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Performance-based bonuses set inside campaigns, plus tips from brands; the 20 % creator fee applies to performance bonuses but not tips. 1 2	Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published. 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	Gift campaigns are supported on the Pro plan. 1
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	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	JoinBrands	Vidovo
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	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	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	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 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	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	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	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	Creators: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, age 18+. Brand countries are not stated. 1 2	Not listed publicly
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 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
Bonuses
Product seeding
Ads launched from the platform

JoinBrands lists, Vidovo does not

Hourly sessions: Time-based pay exists only for TikTok Shop Lives, priced at $1 per minute of livestream. Not hourly UGC sessions.
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.
Retainers: Monthly retainer campaigns: $100-500+ per month for a quota of 10-30 pieces (creator page); available to Level 2 creators and above.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Vidovo lists, JoinBrands 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 %.

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

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 JoinBrands and Vidovo have in common?

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

What does JoinBrands list that Vidovo does not?

JoinBrands lists hourly sessions, commission on sales and retainers. Vidovo does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Vidovo list that JoinBrands does not?

Vidovo lists share of ad spend. JoinBrands does not list it 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.”
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
JoinBrands: JoinBrands, TikTok Shop affiliates page · joinbrands.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Earn a percentage of every sale your TikTok Shop content generates.”
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
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
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
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
Vidovo: vidovo.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026