Compared on public facts

Superfiliate vs viral.app

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Superfiliate and viral.app list no pay model in common on their public pages. Superfiliate also lists commission on sales, share of ad spend, product seeding and ads launched from the platform, which viral.app does not list publicly. viral.app lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses, which Superfiliate 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 Superfiliate and viral.app

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
Superfiliate lists commission on sales, share of ad spend and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, pay per video, flat amount per order and pay per 1,000 views, which Superfiliate does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2
viral.app lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and product seeding, which viral.app does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). viral.app lists retainers and bonuses, which HourlyUGC does not list publicly. 1 2
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. viral.app 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	Superfiliate	viral.app
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Not listed publicly	Fixed pay can be a per-video fee; live jobs on the platform show a median of $15 per video (typical range $10-21) as of November 2026. 1 2
Commission on sales	Commission payouts on sales referred through a creator's landing page, link or promo code; brands can combine commission with a flat fee. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Share of ad spend	Creators can be paid a percentage of the ad spend behind their content; the UGC ads page lists flat fees, link or code commissions and a share of ad spend, and shows an example at 5 % of spend. 1	Not listed publicly
Pay per 1,000 views	Not listed publicly	Performance pay can use CPM tiers based on tracked views of the creator's organic post; live-job median $1 per 1,000 views (typical $1-1.25), used mainly by clipping programs. 1 2
Retainers	Not listed publicly	A monthly base (fixed pay as a salary) for as long as the creator works on the job; live-job median $500 a month (typical $310-740). 1
Bonuses	Not listed publicly	Flat bonuses that trigger at view thresholds (recommended ladder $100 at 100K, $250 at 250K, $500 at 500K views; each video earns only the highest reached); live-job median top bonus $250. 1 2
Product seeding	Gifting and seeding: creators get a one-click link and the gift order is placed automatically in Shopify. 1	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Meta Partnership Ads launched from the Meta Ads Suite with bulk ad creation; creators approve access from a deep link into Instagram. Meta only; TikTok is covered only as TikTok Shop collaboration. 1 2	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Superfiliate	viral.app
How sales are attributed	Discount codes, affiliate links, cobranded creator landing pages and Meta Partnership Ads reported in one dashboard. The brand terms define a covered transaction as a sale referred from a creator's Superfiliate microsite or made with a Superfiliate-provided promo code. Shopify stores only. No attribution window is published. 1 2 3	Views, not sales. Public post links are tracked on TikTok, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat Spotlight without account logins, refreshed every 24 hours (Pro), 12 hours (Ultra, Scale) or hourly (Enterprise). Payout rules can add caps, minimum views and an eligibility window. No sales attribution is described. 1 2
Platform fee	Shopify App Store listing: 3 % of the revenue generated by affiliates on every tier, on top of the monthly subscription. Brand terms (last updated 22 Jun 2022): a subscription fee plus a Covered Transaction Fee of 0-10 % of the gross covered transaction amount excluding shipping and taxes, agreed per brand and not refunded on returns. 1 2	A flat 3 % payout management fee paid by the brand on top of each payout; none of it comes out of the creator's amount. The payout partner Talentir deducts a method fee from the creator's transfer: PayPal 2.5 %, Venmo 3.5 %, SWIFT, US wire or non-SEPA IBAN EUR 5; SEPA, UK and US ACH bank transfers and stablecoins on Base are free (fees as of September 2026). 1 2
Brand pricing	No prices on superfiliate.com; the only call to action is a demo. Shopify App Store listing: Tier 1 $1,500/month, Tier 2 $2,499/month, Tier 3 $3,499/month, All access $5,000/month, each plus 3 % of affiliate-generated revenue, 21-day free trial, billed in USD every 30 days. 1 2	Pro $99/month (1,000 tracked videos, 10 active creators, 1 live job, 1 seat); Ultra $299/month (5,000 videos, 50 creators, 2 jobs, 10 seats, API); Scale $499/month (20,000 videos, 500 creators, 3 jobs, 20 seats); Enterprise custom with hourly refreshes. Yearly billing 20 % off; 7-day free trial. Full-service from $20k/month. 1
Creator payout	Commission or flat-rate payouts via ACH, Venmo, PayPal, store credit and more, with tax filings automated. Payout timing is not published. Compensation is governed by a separate brand-creator agreement; the terms say Superfiliate is not a party to it. 1 2	Creators claim payouts in the dashboard; Talentir pays as merchant of record and issues the invoice in the creator's name (self-billing). Methods: SEPA, UK or US ACH bank transfer, PayPal, Venmo, USDC/EURC and other crypto. Timing from claim: stablecoins within minutes, PayPal and Venmo usually within the hour, SEPA and UK 1-2 business days, ACH 1-3, SWIFT 3-5. Campaigns pay in USD, EUR, CHF or GBP. No minimum payout is stated. EU residents may be asked for a tax ID (DAC7). 1 2
Regions	Shopify stores only. No country list is published. Fees are payable in US dollars; the brand terms carry a notice for U.S. customers and California governing law. 1 2	Creators paid in 180+ countries and 50+ currencies; campaigns in USD, EUR, CHF or GBP (JPY and KRW campaigns are paid by the brand directly); job pages for the UK, Canada and Australia; marketplace jobs are matched by country and language. Built and hosted in Germany. 1 2
Scale they publish	Not listed publicly	They say: They say: 1M+ accounts tracked, 100B+ views tracked, 50M+ videos tracked, $5M+ payouts issued. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

No pay model in common on their public pages.

Superfiliate lists, viral.app does not

Commission on sales: Commission payouts on sales referred through a creator's landing page, link or promo code; brands can combine commission with a flat fee.
Share of ad spend: Creators can be paid a percentage of the ad spend behind their content; the UGC ads page lists flat fees, link or code commissions and a share of ad spend, and shows an example at 5 % of spend.
Product seeding: Gifting and seeding: creators get a one-click link and the gift order is placed automatically in Shopify.
Ads launched from the platform: Meta Partnership Ads launched from the Meta Ads Suite with bulk ad creation; creators approve access from a deep link into Instagram. Meta only; TikTok is covered only as TikTok Shop collaboration.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

viral.app lists, Superfiliate does not

Pay per video: Fixed pay can be a per-video fee; live jobs on the platform show a median of $15 per video (typical range $10-21) as of November 2026.
Pay per 1,000 views: Performance pay can use CPM tiers based on tracked views of the creator's organic post; live-job median $1 per 1,000 views (typical $1-1.25), used mainly by clipping programs.
Retainers: A monthly base (fixed pay as a salary) for as long as the creator works on the job; live-job median $500 a month (typical $310-740).
Bonuses: Flat bonuses that trigger at view thresholds (recommended ladder $100 at 100K, $250 at 250K, $500 at 500K views; each video earns only the highest reached); live-job median top bonus $250.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Superfiliate

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands running Meta ads with creator videos
brands that ship product to creators

viral.app

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 Superfiliate and viral.app have in common?

On their public pages they list no pay model in common (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does Superfiliate list that viral.app does not?

Superfiliate lists commission on sales, share of ad spend, product seeding and ads launched from the platform. viral.app does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does viral.app list that Superfiliate does not?

viral.app lists pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses. Superfiliate 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.

viral.app: viral.app, creator payments page · viral.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Fixed, performance, or both.”
viral.app: viral.app, what UGC jobs pay (figures as of November 2026) · viral.app, checked Nov 7, 2026
Superfiliate: Superfiliate home page · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Offer commission or flat rate payouts”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate brand terms, section 7 · superfiliate.com, checked Jun 22, 2022
Superfiliate: Superfiliate, UGC ads platform use case · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Ad Spend Commissions”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate Meta Ads Suite · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Superfiliate: Superfiliate Influencer Hub · superfiliate.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “We only support Shopify today”
viral.app: viral.app home page · viral.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Paste a public link. That's it.”
Superfiliate: Superfiliate on the Shopify App Store · apps.shopify.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “3% of the revenue generated by your affiliates”
viral.app: viral.app docs, creator payouts (fees as of September 2026) · viral.app, checked Sep 1, 2026
viral.app: viral.app blog, Canvas UGC marketplace launch (updated 6 Nov 2026) · viral.app, checked Nov 6, 2026 · “claim their payouts in the dashboard”