Compared on public facts

Roster vs Stack Influence

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Roster and Stack Influence both list product seeding and ads launched from the platform. Roster also lists commission on sales 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 Roster 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
Roster 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 Roster does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Roster lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1
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	Roster	Stack Influence
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Commission on each sale; every ambassador gets a unique link and discount code tied to the order. 1 2	Not listed publicly
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	Cash Rewards: a flat amount for finished campaigns and milestones, paid with commissions; points and leaderboards show placement only. 1	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Product gifting for welcome gifts and seeding; ambassadors pick products and orders fulfill through Shopify. Included from the Starter plan. 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	Partnership Ads on Meta and Spark Ads on TikTok are part of the Pro plan. 1	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	Roster	Stack Influence
How sales are attributed	Each ambassador's link and discount code are attributed to the order; a sales attribution feature ties posts to revenue. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	No commission and no transaction fees on referred revenue; a flat monthly price. 1 2	No monthly fee; brands pay a flat fee per completed creator post, and the managed campaign is included. 1 2
Brand pricing	Starter, Growth, Pro and Enterprise, each one flat monthly price set by program size; no dollar figures on the page, prices come with a demo. 1	They say $30 per creator post on average, with full rights to the UGC included. No range or minimum is given. 1
Creator payout	Commissions and cash rewards are paid in one bulk batch through PayPal or Venmo; tax forms (W-9, W-8BEN, 1099) are automated from the Growth plan. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Regions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say 1.5M+ referred orders, $250M+ referred revenue and 1.7M+ UGC posts. 1	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

Roster lists, Stack Influence does not

Commission on sales: Commission on each sale; every ambassador gets a unique link and discount code tied to the order.
Bonuses: Cash Rewards: a flat amount for finished campaigns and milestones, paid with commissions; points and leaderboards show placement only.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Stack Influence lists, Roster does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Roster

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

Stack Influence

brands that ship product to creators

Questions people ask

What do Roster 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 Roster list that Stack Influence does not?

Roster lists commission on sales and bonuses. Stack Influence does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Stack Influence list that Roster 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.

Roster: getroster.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · getroster.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Roster: getroster.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · getroster.com, checked Nov 7, 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.”