Compared on public facts

Launchpoint vs Stack Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Launchpoint and Stack Influence both list product seeding and ads launched from the platform. Launchpoint also lists pay per video, commission on sales, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses, which Stack Influence 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 Launchpoint and Stack 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
Launchpoint lists pay per video, commission on sales, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions and flat amount per order, which Launchpoint does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Launchpoint lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
Stack Influence lists product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Stack Influence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. 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	Launchpoint	Stack Influence
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	A fixed fee per approved video on Performance UGC; Canvas UGC pays a per-video base the pricing guide puts at $20-40. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Performance UGC pays creators a share of the GMV their ads drive, attributed from click to checkout; the blog calls it a GMV share on attributed sales after the ad launches. Rates are not published. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Retainers	A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	View bonuses (example: passed 1M views, +$500) and prompt-based bonuses (example: talking head, +$20), computed automatically with flat fees. 1	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Product seeding workflow: samples are refundable (creator pays at checkout and is refunded on approval) or free through a discount code, fulfilled via Amazon or FedEx; shipping is covered by the platform fee. 1 2	Creators are compensated with the brand's products; outreach and product fulfillment are handled by Stack Influence. 1 2
Ads launched from the platform	Meta Partnership Ads permission is requested and granted inside Launchpoint and the ad runs from the creator's handle; TikTok Spark codes are collected automatically on video approval; bulk Meta ad launch is part of the managed service. Also an invite-only Launchpoint Delivery Network placing creator ads in partner apps. 1 2	Creator content run as Meta ads from creator profiles with whitelisting ad codes, and organic TikTok posts turned into Spark Ads. Who runs the ads is not stated. 1 2
Money and tracking	Launchpoint	Stack Influence
How sales are attributed	GMV share attributed from click to checkout; the brand imports its Shopify catalog so sales tie back to the right ad; a sale is attributed through a tracked code, link or ad; mobile installs via AppsFlyer, Branch, Singular, Kochava and RevenueCat. Views are verified with duplicate and fraud checks before payment; the terms pay creators on verified views within a two-week performance window. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	A 10 % platform fee on top of creator pay, covering sourcing, contracting, 1099s, shipping, briefing, review, posting, payouts and reporting, with no upfront fees or contracts (blog, Jun 2026); the home page is not where the fee appears and lower tiers at higher spend are not published. The terms (11 Sep 2026) add a creative usage fee of 1 % of attributable ad spend for authorized paid media and 3 % for unauthorized use. 1 2 3	No monthly fee; brands pay a flat fee per completed creator post, and the managed campaign is included. 1 2
Brand pricing	No price list; demo-led (the /pricing page returns 404). Brands pay creator compensation plus the 10 % fee. The pricing guide's Canvas UGC benchmarks: per-video base $20-40, view-bonus ladder averaging $3-5 CPM, weekly baseline; one-off feed posts $60-300. 1 2	They say $30 per creator post on average, with full rights to the UGC included. No range or minimum is given. 1
Creator payout	ACH, PayPal, Venmo or another method Launchpoint selects, to a verified payout method in the creator's legal name; due about 14 days after the performance window closes and no later than 30 days after the campaign ends; W-9 or W-8 collected before payment and 1099s filed where thresholds are met (terms). The home page shows a Venmo payout and says creators are paid when the numbers clear. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Regions	No country list; the terms say the platform may not be available in all locations and exclude sanctioned jurisdictions. US tax handling (W-9, 1099-NEC) is built in; the company is Launchpoint, Inc. with open roles in New York City. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say: trusted by hundreds of companies, a 20,000+ verified creator network, more than 2 billion tracked post views and 10 million+ paid-ad impressions; case claims include 350M+ organic views and 700+ creators for Higgsfield and 800+ creator videos in 30 days for Uber. 1 2 3	They say: They say 410k vetted creators, thousands of brands, and campaigns that scale to 3,000 posts a month. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Product seeding
Ads launched from the platform

Launchpoint lists, Stack Influence does not

Pay per video: A fixed fee per approved video on Performance UGC; Canvas UGC pays a per-video base the pricing guide puts at $20-40.
Commission on sales: Performance UGC pays creators a share of the GMV their ads drive, attributed from click to checkout; the blog calls it a GMV share on attributed sales after the ad launches. Rates are not published.
Share of ad spend: Percentage-of-ad-spend pay on the budget behind a creator's video (page example: creators earn 3 % of spend), offered alongside base content rates and GMV share.
Pay per 1,000 views: CPM on verified organic views (home example: 1.2M verified views, $1,200) plus view-bonus ladders staggered at 10K, 50K, 100K views and up, which the Canvas UGC post says average out to a $2-4 CPM.
Retainers: A monthly retainer on Performance UGC that renews while ROAS holds above target; Canvas UGC pays a guaranteed weekly baseline plus view bonuses.
Bonuses: View bonuses (example: passed 1M views, +$500) and prompt-based bonuses (example: talking head, +$20), computed automatically with flat fees.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Stack Influence lists, Launchpoint does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Launchpoint

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that budget per approved video
brands paying for organic reach per 1,000 views
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Stack Influence

brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Launchpoint and Stack Influence have in common?

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

What does Launchpoint list that Stack Influence does not?

Launchpoint lists pay per video, commission on sales, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses. Stack Influence does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Stack Influence list that Launchpoint does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track.

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.

Launchpoint: Launchpoint, Performance UGC page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A fixed fee per approved video”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, pricing guide · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 5, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, GMV share creator commission guide (updated 2 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 2, 2026
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, ad spend share deals (updated 7 Sep 2026) · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 7, 2026 · “We support percentage-of-ad-spend pay alongside base content rates and attributed-GMV share.”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint home page · launchpointhq.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “CPM 1.2M verified views $1,200”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint blog, Canvas UGC: what it is, how it works · launchpointhq.com, checked Jun 2, 2026
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “simply pay Micro Influencers with your products”
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “automated creator outreach, product fulfillment, and campaign execution”
Stack Influence: stackinfluence.com: Advertising solutions, read 2026-11-07 · stackinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Run Meta Ads directly from creator profiles with whitelisting ad codes.”
Launchpoint: Launchpoint terms of service · launchpointhq.com, checked Sep 11, 2026