Compared on public facts

Upfluence vs Youdji

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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Upfluence and Youdji both list pay per video. Upfluence also lists commission on sales and product seeding, which Youdji 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 Upfluence and Youdji

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
Upfluence lists pay per video, commission on sales and product seeding publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, flat amount per order, share of ad spend and pay per 1,000 views, which Upfluence does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 1 2 3
Youdji lists pay per video publicly. HourlyUGC also lists hourly sessions, commission on sales, flat amount per order, share of ad spend, pay per 1,000 views and product seeding, which Youdji does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). 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. Upfluence and Youdji 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

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	Upfluence	Youdji
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Pay per video	Flat fee: a set rate for a sponsored post, video or other piece of content; hybrid deals add commission on top. 1	Each creator sets a rate and negotiates with the brand, then sends an offer; their guide price is about 150 EUR excl. VAT a video, or 150-200 EUR with script writing and editing. 1 2
Commission on sales	Affiliate commissions as a percentage of sales from unique links or discount codes; can be mixed with flat fees. 1 2	Not listed publicly
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	Not listed publicly
Product seeding	Product gifting campaigns ship products from Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento catalogs (or manual upload) in exchange for possible posts; posts are not guaranteed. Upfluence says 60 % of gifted influencers share content on average. 1	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	Upfluence	Youdji
How sales are attributed	Individual tracking links per influencer showing clicks and sales; auto-generated promo codes with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce and Amazon stores; Amazon Attribution supported. No attribution window is published. 1	Not listed publicly
Platform fee	A fixed platform fee; Upfluence says it takes no percentage of sales and Upfluence Pay carries a 0 % fee. No mandatory setup fee; optional paid onboarding packages exist. 1 2	No fee is added to the price the brand agrees with the creator. Youdji takes 20 % of completed orders from the creator; for clients a creator brings, 0 % on the first order and 10 % after. 1 2
Brand pricing	Custom-quoted by module (Find High-Impact Creators; Scale Creator Programs; Run Programs on Autopilot), based on team size and program volume. Minimum contract 12 months; a free trial is offered after an initial call. No prices published. 1	No subscription and no card needed to start; the brand pays only the agreed price per video. AI campaigns are an optional paid feature (the first is at no cost). Payment by card, bank transfer or a prepaid Youdji balance. 1
Creator payout	Payments through PayPal or Upfluence Pay (bank transfer or direct deposit), in the creator's preferred currency, in bulk, with built-in KYC, W-9 and W-8 collection and automatic 1099s. Available on the Autopilot module. Payout timing is not published. 1 2	The brand pays in full before work starts; Youdji holds it and releases it when the brand approves. Payouts go to the creator's bank through Stripe, usually within 3 business days. Youdji invoices in the creator's name. 1 2
Regions	Global payouts in local currencies; no country list is published. The site is offered in English, Italian, French, German and Simplified Chinese. 1	Creators in most of Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, among others; creators need a registered business that can invoice. Brand search filters list the US, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the UK, Canada, Switzerland and Portugal. 1 2
Scale they publish	They say: They say: 12+ million creators in the database. 1	They say: They say 12,500+ creators, 3,000+ brands and agencies, and more than $6,000,000 paid to creators. 1

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video

Upfluence lists, Youdji does not

Commission on sales: Affiliate commissions as a percentage of sales from unique links or discount codes; can be mixed with flat fees.
Product seeding: Product gifting campaigns ship products from Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or Magento catalogs (or manual upload) in exchange for possible posts; posts are not guaranteed. Upfluence says 60 % of gifted influencers share content on average.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Youdji lists, Upfluence does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

Upfluence

brands that can attribute sales and want to pay on orders
brands that budget per approved video
brands that ship product to creators

Youdji

brands that budget per approved video

Questions people ask

What do Upfluence and Youdji have in common?

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

What does Upfluence list that Youdji does not?

Upfluence lists commission on sales and product seeding. Youdji does not list them publicly; that is not the same as not offering them.

What does Youdji list that Upfluence does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track.

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.

Upfluence: Upfluence Pay page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Youdji: youdji.com, home (English), read 2026-11-07 · youdji.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Each creator sets their own rates, and you negotiate directly with them.”
Upfluence: Upfluence home page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “flat fees, affiliate commissions, promo codes, or any mix”
Upfluence: Upfluence help center, product gifting campaign · help.upfluence.co, checked Oct 6, 2025 · “Product gifting campaigns do not guarantee influencer posts.”
Upfluence: Upfluence pricing page · upfluence.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Upfluence takes no percentage of sales.”
Youdji: youdji.com: For creators, read 2026-11-07 · youdji.com, checked Nov 7, 2026