Compared on public facts

Trend vs Vidovo

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Trend and Vidovo both list pay per video and product seeding. Vidovo lists share of ad spend, bonuses and ads launched from the platform, which Trend does not list publicly.

6 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 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
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
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. Trend 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	Trend	Vidovo
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	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	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Flat amount per order	Not listed publicly	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	Not listed publicly	Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published. 1
Product seeding	Brands ship their products to the creators; creators earn cash and keep free products. 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	Trend	Vidovo
How sales are attributed	Not listed publicly	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	None stated beyond the credits: no subscriptions, software fees or contracts; credits expire 12 months after purchase. 1	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	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	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	Payment goes to the creator's PayPal account as soon as the brand approves the content; free for creators. 1	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	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 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

Pay per video
Product seeding

Trend lists, Vidovo does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Vidovo lists, Trend does not

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 %.
Bonuses: Bonuses for top creators; amounts not published.
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.

Trend

brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators

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 Trend and Vidovo have in common?

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

What does Trend list that Vidovo does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model Trend lists, Vidovo lists too.

What does Vidovo list that Trend does not?

Vidovo lists share of ad spend, bonuses and ads launched from the platform. 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”
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
Trend: trend.io: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Free Products + Cash”
Vidovo: vidovo.com: Pricing, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Trend: trend.io, home, read 2026-11-07 · trend.io, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Why over 1,000 brands trust us.”
Vidovo: vidovo.com, home, read 2026-11-07 · vidovo.com, checked Nov 7, 2026