Compared on public facts

Trend vs UpPromote

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Trend and UpPromote both list product seeding. Trend also lists pay per video, which UpPromote does not list publicly. UpPromote lists commission on sales and bonuses, which Trend 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 Trend 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
Trend lists pay per video and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Trend 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. Trend and UpPromote do 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	Trend	UpPromote
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Creator Credits at $9.16 each; hiring a creator costs 20, 40 or 60 credits by skill level and each hired creator delivers 2 videos or 5 photos. Packages from $550 for up to 6 videos. 1	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	Brands ship their products to the creators; creators earn cash and keep free products. 1 2	Product gifting and free product samples for partners. 1
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Trend	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	None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. 1	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	Credit packages: $550 (60 credits, up to 6 videos), $1,045 (140 credits, up to 14), $1,980 (280 credits, up to 28), $3,872 (560 credits, up to 56). 100 % licensing and distribution rights to approved content. 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	Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators. 1	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 over 1,000 brands; their home-page counters show 18,500+ videos created, 21,000+ photos created, 3,700+ creators in the network, 15K+ creators on the waitlist, 31,500+ videos delivered, 46,000+ images delivered and 20,000+ partnerships completed. 1	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

Trend lists, UpPromote does not

Pay per video: Creator Credits at $9.16 each; hiring a creator costs 20, 40 or 60 credits by skill level and each hired creator delivers 2 videos or 5 photos. Packages from $550 for up to 6 videos.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

UpPromote lists, Trend 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.

Trend

brands that budget per approved video
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 Trend and UpPromote have in common?

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

What does Trend list that UpPromote does not?

Trend lists pay per video. UpPromote does not list it publicly; that is not the same as not offering it.

What does UpPromote list that Trend does not?

UpPromote lists commission on sales and bonuses. Trend 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.

Trend: trend.io: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Each creator you hire will produce 5 photos or 2 videos”
UpPromote: uppromote.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “New orders get recorded and commissions get calculated accordingly.”
Trend: trend.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Free Products + Cash”
UpPromote: uppromote.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · uppromote.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “applies only to sales from approved referrals tracked in app.”
Trend: trend.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Why over 1,000 brands trust us.”