Compared on public facts

Social Snowball vs Socialync

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Social Snowball and Socialync both list commission on sales, flat amount per order and bonuses. Social Snowball also lists product seeding, which Socialync does not list publicly. Socialync lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and ads launched from the platform, which Social Snowball 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 Social Snowball and Socialync

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
Social Snowball lists commission on sales, flat amount per order, bonuses and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Social Snowball does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Social Snowball lists bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
Socialync lists pay per video, commission on sales, flat amount per order, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, share of ad spend and product seeding, which Socialync does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Socialync lists retainers and 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. Social Snowball 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	Social Snowball	Socialync
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Organic jobs can pay a rate per post, alone or with a view bonus. 1 2
Commission on sales	Percentage commissions on affiliate orders, set per program or per product (product-level commissions). 1 2	Whitelisting and UGC ads jobs pay commission only, with no base at delivery: a percentage of attributed sales or a fixed amount per sale. 1 2
Flat amount per order	A fixed amount per product sold, through product-level commissions (requires cash or store-credit payouts). 1	On a sales goal the brand can pay a fixed amount per sale instead of a percentage. 1
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Organic jobs can pay per 1,000 views with a payout cap; whitelisting deals can also pay a fixed amount per 1,000 views. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	A monthly guarantee set against commission; each month pays the larger of the two. 1 2
Bonuses	Performance bonuses and tiered benefits; gift tiers reached at performance milestones. 1 2	A view bonus at a threshold on top of a per-post rate. 1
Product seeding	Product seeding: influencers redeem gifts from their affiliate dashboard; new creators can receive a gift automatically on onboarding. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Whitelisting deals run as Meta partnership ads or TikTok Spark Ads, with the Meta or TikTok pixel on the brand's connected ad account. Lead and link-click goals are Meta only. 1
Money and tracking	Social Snowball	Socialync
How sales are attributed	Auto-generated affiliate links and discount codes. Safelinks turn an affiliate link into a unique, single-use discount code for every click, to stop coupon leaks. Attribution windows are configurable per program (lengths not published). Shopify and TikTok Shop integrations. 1 2	Commission is counted on what the Meta or TikTok pixel on the connected ad account attributes. Statements go out weekly, every two weeks or monthly. No attribution window is given on the page. 1
Platform fee	Shopify App Store listing: Snow Day starts at $249/month plus 3 % of affiliate revenue; Blizzard starts at $899/month with a custom plan. Affiliates pay no service fee. The FAQ page on socialsnowball.io still describes Dusting $19/month plus 10 % of affiliate revenue, Snow Day $59/month plus 3 %, and Blizzard $499/month with no commission fees; the site's /pricing page returned 404 on 2026-11-07, so the two sources disagree. 1 2 3	Paid by the brand: 5 % of the agreed creator pay on organic campaigns; on ads campaigns 1.5 % of attributed sales or 1.25 % of ad spend instead. Billed monthly in arrears. Nothing is taken from creator pay. 1 2 3
Brand pricing	Shopify App Store listing: Snow Day from $249/month plus 3 % of affiliate revenue; Blizzard from $899/month, custom. The socialsnowball.io FAQ lists older tiers (Dusting $19, Snow Day $59, Blizzard $499). No free trial is stated on the app listing. 1 2	No subscription or seats for brands on the job board; a card is verified at sign-up with a temporary hold that is released. The scheduling app has its own plans ($20, $30 and $99 a month after a 7-day trial). 1 2
Creator payout	Brands bulk-send cash, gift-card and store-credit payouts; the app listing lists PayPal, ACH, bank transfers, card payouts and multi-currency, with Tremendous as an integration. Affiliates pick how to redeem earnings in a self-serve portal with over 700 reward options. Payout timing is not published. The affiliate terms say compensation may be money, goods or services, as stated in each campaign description. 1 2 3	The brand pays the creator directly on the listing's terms; Socialync never holds the money. US creators are paid on the Socialync pay page through Stripe. Payment is due 14 days after delivery is confirmed unless the listing says otherwise. 1 2
Regions	No country list is published. Runs as a Shopify app; the app listing mentions multi-currency payouts and gives a developer address in Miami, Florida. 1	US creators are paid through Stripe; elsewhere the creator and the brand settle directly. Sanctioned locations are excluded and users must be 18 or older. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say they power programs for over 3,500 brands. 1	They say: They say 35,000+ posts a month go through the scheduling app. No creator or brand count is given for the job board. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Commission on sales
Flat amount per order
Bonuses

Social Snowball lists, Socialync does not

Product seeding: Product seeding: influencers redeem gifts from their affiliate dashboard; new creators can receive a gift automatically on onboarding.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Socialync lists, Social Snowball does not

Pay per video: Organic jobs can pay a rate per post, alone or with a view bonus.
Pay per 1,000 views: Organic jobs can pay per 1,000 views with a payout cap; whitelisting deals can also pay a fixed amount per 1,000 views.
Retainers: A monthly guarantee set against commission; each month pays the larger of the two.
Ads launched from the platform: Whitelisting deals run as Meta partnership ads or TikTok Spark Ads, with the Meta or TikTok pixel on the brand's connected ad account. Lead and link-click goals are Meta only.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Social Snowball

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

Socialync

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

Questions people ask

What do Social Snowball and Socialync have in common?

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

What does Social Snowball list that Socialync does not?

Social Snowball lists product seeding. Socialync does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does Socialync list that Social Snowball does not?

Socialync lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and ads launched from the platform. Social Snowball does not list them 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.

Socialync: socialync.io: UGC jobs for creators, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “a rate per post”
Socialync: socialync.io: For brands, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Pay flat, per post, with a view bonus or by CPM.”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball help center, product-level commissions · intercom.help, checked Oct 24, 2025 · “assign either a percentage or a fixed amount for each product”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball on the Shopify App Store · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Socialync: socialync.io: Influencer whitelisting, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A whitelisting deal pays commission only.”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball, influencer marketing page · socialsnowball.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “tiers with gifts that can be earned by hitting performance milestones”
Socialync: socialync.io: Marketplace terms (last updated 24 Oct 2026), read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “a view bonus or per-thousand-view rate”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball home page · socialsnowball.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Social Snowball: Social Snowball FAQ page · socialsnowball.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “The Blizzard plan is $499/m, with no commission fees ever.”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball affiliate terms of service · socialsnowball.io, checked Jun 20, 2024 · “We do not currently charge Affiliates any service fee”
Socialync: socialync.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · socialync.io, checked Nov 7, 2026