Compared on public facts

Lucra vs Make Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Lucra and Make Influence both list pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding. Lucra also lists share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and ads launched from the platform, which Make Influence does not list publicly.

10 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 Lucra and Make 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
Lucra lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, which Lucra does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Lucra lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1
Make Influence lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Make Influence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Make Influence 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. Make Influence does 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	Lucra	Make Influence
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Per-video pay is listed as a form of flat creator pay (with bonuses and retainers); the terms call it per-video compensation. 1 2	A fixed fee for agreed content on an agreed date, or a base fee plus commission, often with product included. 1 2
Commission on sales	Per-result pay: creators earn when their video drives a signup, install or sale. The headline is a commission-only creator army. 1	Commission on tracked results: a share of sales, or a fixed amount per sale or per click. The brand chooses the basis: sales, clicks or leads. 1 2
Flat amount per order	Per-result pay with a fixed amount per result; the home page example shows a program rate of $5.00 per sale. 1	A fixed amount per sale is one of the commission options. 1
Share of ad spend	Ad-spend share is one of the four pay options; ads run from the brand's connected Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat accounts. 1	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	CPM is listed as a pay option, but Lucra does not say whether it counts organic views or ad impressions; as an ads platform the latter is likely. The terms mention per-view payments. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Retainers are listed as flat creator pay, subject to a 1.5 % payment fee. 1	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Bonuses pay out automatically alongside flat fees and performance pay. 1	Top performers can get extra compensation as bonuses or invitations to private campaigns. 1
Product seeding	Send samples: ship products through Shopify or share a discount code. 1	Product-only collaborations: the creator receives the product and no fee. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Approved videos are launched as ads on Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat from the brand's own connected ad accounts; spend goes to the platforms directly. The terms require that paid use of creator content obtained through Lucra runs in connected accounts. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Lucra	Make Influence
How sales are attributed	The Lucra pixel, tracked links and creator codes tie each signup, install or sale to the creator video behind it, alongside the ad platforms' own reporting; results by creator, video and campaign with a verified-conversions metric. The terms mention attribution windows without defining them. 1 2	A tracking link per creator with a cookie of up to 30 days, an IP fallback kept up to three months for in-app browsers, and per-creator discount codes on Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop and Magento. Code sales show in the creator report, not the campaign report. 1 2
Platform fee	No subscription or seat fees. Platform fee on ad spend per calendar month: 1.25 % of the first $100,000, 1 % up to $300,000, 0.75 % up to $1,000,000, 0.50 % above. Flat creator payments (bonuses, retainers, per-video) carry a 1.5 % payment fee. Partner-managed accounts add the partner's fee, 2 % of ad spend by default. Payment processing: credit cards up to 3 %, debit cards free, bank 0.8 % capped at $5. Fees are charged on top of, not deducted from, creator pay. 1 2 3	A service fee as a percentage of the commission paid to creators: 30 % (Entry), 25 % (Basic), 20 % (Growth), 15 % (Full Service Pro), charged only when results happen. The Danish page adds 10 % on fixed upfront payments and says the fee covers commission and UGC. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	Pay as you go: no subscription; the fees above are billed as usage once a day or as soon as $500 is owed; campaigns pause after three declined charges in a row. 1 2	A monthly subscription plus the service fee. English page: Entry 95 EUR a month (80 billed yearly), Basic 535 EUR (455), Growth 805 EUR (685), Full Service Pro from 1,205 EUR (1,025); optional onboarding 670 EUR. Danish page: 595, 3,400, 5,100 and 7,650 DKK a month. Their example: a 100 EUR sale at 10 % commission costs the brand 13 EUR on Entry. 1 2
Creator payout	Free for creators to join. Payouts are set up once; flat fees, performance pay and bonuses pay out automatically with no minimum (FAQ). Standard withdrawals are free; instant withdrawals and conversions from USD carry a small fee; a partner's or referrer's share is deducted. The terms (4 Nov 2026) condition payouts on approved content, verified spend, attribution windows, fraud review and minimum thresholds. 1 2	Earned commission is paid to creators automatically by the platform; method and timing are not given on the pages read. 1
Regions	No countries are listed. The terms say availability may vary by surface, jurisdiction, account type and plan; payouts are in USD with a conversion fee for other currencies. Web and iOS. 1 2	Based in Aarhus, Denmark, with the site in English, Danish and Swedish. A full country list is not given. 1 2
Scale they publish	Not listed publicly	They say: They say 1,500+ companies, 3,000+ campaigns, 5,000+ approved influencers, 930,000+ sales tracked, 500M DKK+ revenue generated (incl. VAT) and 60M DKK+ paid out in commission. 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Commission on sales
Flat amount per order
Bonuses
Product seeding

Lucra lists, Make Influence does not

Share of ad spend: Ad-spend share is one of the four pay options; ads run from the brand's connected Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat accounts.
Pay per 1,000 views: CPM is listed as a pay option, but Lucra does not say whether it counts organic views or ad impressions; as an ads platform the latter is likely. The terms mention per-view payments.
Retainers: Retainers are listed as flat creator pay, subject to a 1.5 % payment fee.
Ads launched from the platform: Approved videos are launched as ads on Meta, TikTok, Google and Snapchat from the brand's own connected ad accounts; spend goes to the platforms directly. The terms require that paid use of creator content obtained through Lucra runs in connected accounts.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Make Influence lists, Lucra does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Lucra

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

Make Influence

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
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 Lucra and Make Influence have in common?

Both list pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Lucra list that Make Influence does not?

Lucra lists share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and ads launched from the platform. Make Influence does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Make Influence list that Lucra 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.

Lucra: Lucra home page, pricing FAQ · onlucra.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Flat creator pay (bonuses, retainers, per-video pay)”
Lucra: Lucra terms of service, section 11 · onlucra.com, checked Nov 4, 2026
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: How it works (brands), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “An agreed amount for agreed deliverables, on an agreed date.”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Pricing (English), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “whether that is on sales, clicks or leads.”
Lucra: Lucra billing docs · onlucra.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com: Priser (Danish pricing page), read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “10% service fee på upfront-betalinger”
Make Influence: makeinfluence.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · makeinfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026