Compared on public facts

Stack Influence vs UpPromote

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Stack Influence and UpPromote both list product seeding. Stack Influence also lists ads launched from the platform, which UpPromote does not list publicly. UpPromote lists commission on sales and bonuses, which Stack Influence does not list publicly.

4 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 Stack Influence 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
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
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. UpPromote 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	Stack Influence	UpPromote
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Commission on sales	Not listed publicly	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	Creators are compensated with the brand's products; outreach and product fulfillment are handled by Stack Influence. 1 2	Product gifting and free product samples for partners. 1
Ads launched from the platform	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	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Stack Influence	UpPromote
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	Links, coupons, connected customers and connected products, used together. No cookie window is given on the home page. 1
Platform fee	No monthly fee; brands pay a flat fee per completed creator post, and the managed campaign is included. 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	They say $30 per creator post on average, with full rights to the UGC included. No range or minimum is given. 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	Not listed publicly	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	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Scale they publish	They say: They say 410k vetted creators, thousands of brands, and campaigns that scale to 3,000 posts a month. 1 2	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

Product seeding

Stack Influence lists, UpPromote does not

Ads launched from the platform: 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.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

UpPromote lists, Stack Influence does not

Commission on sales: Commission on referred orders, with commission tiers; orders are recorded and commission is calculated automatically.
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.

Stack Influence

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 Stack Influence and UpPromote have in common?

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

What does Stack Influence list that UpPromote does not?

Stack Influence lists ads launched from the platform. UpPromote does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does UpPromote list that Stack Influence does not?

UpPromote lists commission on sales and bonuses. Stack Influence 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.

UpPromote: uppromote.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “New orders get recorded and commissions get calculated accordingly.”
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.”
UpPromote: uppromote.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “applies only to sales from approved referrals tracked in app.”