Compared on public facts

Social Snowball vs Vidovo

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Social Snowball and Vidovo both list bonuses and product seeding. Social Snowball also lists commission on sales and flat amount per order, which Vidovo does not list publicly. Vidovo lists pay per video, share of ad spend and ads launched from the platform, which Social Snowball does not list publicly.

7 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 Vidovo

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

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	Social Snowball	Vidovo
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Creators set a fixed fee per video or post, and can offer packages; a flat fee is paid when the brand accepts the proposal. 1 2
Commission on sales	Percentage commissions on affiliate orders, set per program or per product (product-level commissions). 1 2	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	A fixed amount per product sold, through product-level commissions (requires cash or store-credit payouts). 1	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Not listed publicly	Performance-based UGC: a percentage of the Meta ad spend behind the creator's video, alone or on top of a fixed fee. The percentage is the same for every creator in a campaign; their example uses 6 %. 1 2
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Retainers	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Bonuses	Performance bonuses and tiered benefits; gift tiers reached at performance milestones. 1 2	Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published. 1
Product seeding	Product seeding: influencers redeem gifts from their affiliate dashboard; new creators can receive a gift automatically on onboarding. 1 2	Gift campaigns are supported on the Pro plan. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	The brand connects its Meta ad account and links each ad to a creator's video so spend is counted; Facebook partnership ads are listed on the Enterprise plan. 1 2
Money and tracking	Social Snowball	Vidovo
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	The ad spend share is counted from Meta: Vidovo reads the spend of ads linked to a creator's video every day. Pausing an ad stops the share that day. No sales attribution is described. 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	A marketplace fee of 12 % on Starter and 7 % on Pro, next to the subscription. Ad spend shares in their examples are shown before Vidovo fees. 1 2
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	Starter $499 a month (1 active campaign, 1 seat); Pro $899 a month (10 campaigns, 3 seats, gift campaigns); Enterprise custom. Brands contact sales to begin. 1
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	Fixed fees are paid when the brand accepts the proposal. Ad spend shares are paid weekly: each day of spend settles 7 days later and pays out the following Monday. 1
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	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say they power programs for over 3,500 brands. 1	They say: They say 30,000+ vetted creators in one place and 20,000+ in another, and 10,000+ assets delivered for brands. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Bonuses
Product seeding

Social Snowball lists, Vidovo does not

Commission on sales: Percentage commissions on affiliate orders, set per program or per product (product-level commissions).
Flat amount per order: A fixed amount per product sold, through product-level commissions (requires cash or store-credit payouts).

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Vidovo lists, Social Snowball does not

Pay per video: Creators set a fixed fee per video or post, and can offer packages; a flat fee is paid when the brand accepts the proposal.
Share of ad spend: Performance-based UGC: a percentage of the Meta ad spend behind the creator's video, alone or on top of a fixed fee. The percentage is the same for every creator in a campaign; their example uses 6 %.
Ads launched from the platform: The brand connects its Meta ad account and links each ad to a creator's video so spend is counted; Facebook partnership ads are listed on the Enterprise plan.

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

Vidovo

brands running Meta ads with creator videos
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 Social Snowball and Vidovo have in common?

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

What does Social Snowball list that Vidovo does not?

Social Snowball lists commission on sales and flat amount per order. Vidovo does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Vidovo list that Social Snowball does not?

Vidovo lists pay per video, share of ad spend 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.

Vidovo: vidovo.com: For UGC creators, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Set a fixed fee per video or social media post,”
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Performance-based UGC, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
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
Social Snowball: Social Snowball, influencer marketing page · socialsnowball.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “tiers with gifts that can be earned by hitting performance milestones”
Social Snowball: Social Snowball home page · socialsnowball.io, checked Nov 7, 2026
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, 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”
Vidovo: vidovo.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026