Compared on public facts

Levanta vs UpPromote

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Levanta and UpPromote both list commission on sales and product seeding. UpPromote lists bonuses, which Levanta does not list publicly.

6 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 Levanta and UpPromote

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
Levanta lists commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Levanta does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1
UpPromote lists commission on sales, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which UpPromote does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). UpPromote 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. Levanta and UpPromote 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

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	Levanta	UpPromote
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Brands set commissions on their products; the creator page shows example rates by category from 10 % to 25 %. Custom or private commissions and paid placements appear in the plan tables. 1 2	Commission on referred orders, with commission tiers; orders are recorded and commission is calculated automatically. 1
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	A performance bonus feature next to commission tiers and multi-level networks. 1
Product seeding	Product seeding can be automated; sampling is listed among creator recruitment tools. 1 2	Product gifting and free product samples for partners. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Levanta	UpPromote
How sales are attributed	Affiliate links per creator, with clicks and sales tracked at the product level (a customer quote on the home page). Amazon plans list Best Seller Rank, New-to-Brand and Brand Referral Bonus reporting; some plans list creator discount codes. 1 2	Links, coupons, connected customers and connected products, used together. No cookie window is given on the home page. 1
Platform fee	Creators pay nothing and Levanta takes no cut of their commissions. A brand-side fee is not published on the pricing page. 1 2	A performance fee on sales from approved referrals tracked in the app: 2 % (Growth), 1.5 % (Professional), 1 % (Enterprise); none on the Free plan. Charged monthly. 1
Brand pricing	No prices on the pricing page; brands request a demo. A separate plan exists for qualifying Amazon sellers with under $3M a year in Amazon sales. 1	Free $0; Growth $29.99 a month ($24.99 billed yearly); Professional $89.99 ($74.99); Enterprise $199.99 ($166.66). 14-day trial on every paid plan. Marketplace listing from Growth up. 1 2
Creator payout	Levanta pays creators automatically, in a single monthly payment covering all brands. 1099 handling is listed in the plan tables. 1 2	Payouts by PayPal or store credit, scheduled by date or cycle or sent on approval, with minimum thresholds the brand sets. PayPal auto-pay is listed under Professional; a Wise bank transfer integration is also listed. 1 2
Regions	Marketplaces: Amazon, Shopify, Walmart and Wayfair. Countries are not named. 1	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	Not listed publicly	They say: They say 250,000+ customers, 3,500+ Shopify Plus stores, $2.05B+ partner GMV tracked and $110M in commissions paid. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Product seeding

Levanta lists, UpPromote does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

UpPromote lists, Levanta does not

Bonuses: A performance bonus feature next to commission tiers and multi-level networks.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Levanta

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that ship product to creators

UpPromote

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that ship product to creators
brands running longer creator programs with retainers or bonuses

Questions people ask

What do Levanta and UpPromote have in common?

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

What does Levanta list that UpPromote does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Levanta lists, UpPromote lists too.

What does UpPromote list that Levanta does not?

UpPromote lists bonuses. Levanta 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.

Levanta: levanta.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set commissions, automate product seeding, negotiate flat-fee partnerships, and more.”
Levanta: levanta.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
UpPromote: uppromote.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “New orders get recorded and commissions get calculated accordingly.”
Levanta: levanta.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · levanta.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
UpPromote: uppromote.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “applies only to sales from approved referrals tracked in app.”