Compared on public facts

viral.app vs Whop Content Rewards

Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

viral.app and Whop Content Rewards both list pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses.

10 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 viral.app and Whop Content Rewards

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
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
Whop Content Rewards 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 Whop Content Rewards does not list publicly (checked Nov 7, 2026; not listing is not the same as not offering). Whop Content Rewards lists retainers and 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. viral.app and Whop Content Rewards 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	viral.app	Whop Content Rewards
Hourly sessions	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
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. 1 2	Per-post campaigns pay a flat amount for each approved post; per-post settles shortly after approval. 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	Not listed publicly
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. 1 2	CPM campaigns pay a brand-set rate per 1,000 views on the creator's own post, up to a per-clip cap, until the budget is spent; views are verified through the platforms' APIs within a tracking window of normally 30 days. 1 2
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). 1	Retainer campaigns pay a fixed sum per cycle for agreed deliverables, pro rata or after every target is hit; settles after each cycle. 1 2
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. 1 2	Brands can add an optional flat fee on top of view-based earnings for each approved submission; pool campaigns split a fixed budget among creators who meet a view minimum. 1 2
Product seeding	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Ads launched from the platform	Not listed publicly	Not listed publicly
Money and tracking	viral.app	Whop Content Rewards
How sales are attributed	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	Views, not sales. Views are verified through the social platforms' APIs; every submission gets a 0-100 bot-likelihood score, flagged payouts are held for human review, and only eligible views inside the tracking window (normally 30 days from submission) count. Platforms: TikTok, Instagram and YouTube connected; X shown on the creator page. Creators must submit the post link within 30 minutes of posting. 1 2
Platform fee	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 side: a 10 % platform fee on every campaign type, charged only on delivered work; 8 % for verified brands; a payment processing fee at funding. Creator side (terms, 4 Oct 2026): a flat 10 % creator fee on every CPM and pool payout; 10 % on per-post and retainer campaigns under $5,000 and 0 % at $5,000 or more. 1 2
Brand pricing	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	No subscriptions, setup fees, seat fees or listing fees and no minimum term. Campaigns start at $1,000 with no maximum, and can be topped up while scheduled, active or paused. Funded at checkout or from a Whop balance; the budget is held until creators earn it. 1 2
Creator payout	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	CPM rounds: a 7-day earning period after approval, then a 3-day hold. Per-post settles shortly after approval; retainers after each cycle; pools after a 3-day hold. Earnings go to the creator's Whop wallet; withdraw from $1 to a bank account; Whop settles withdrawals in about 3-5 business days or instantly for a Whop fee. Age 18+. 1 2
Regions	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	No country list. Campaigns can target regions; creators in sanctioned jurisdictions are excluded; the terms carve out EU and UK users from arbitration. Company: Content Rewards Inc, a Delaware corporation based in Beverly Hills, California. 1
Scale they publish	They say: They say: 1M+ accounts tracked, 100B+ views tracked, 50M+ videos tracked, $5M+ payouts issued. 1	They say: They say: 1M+ creators and 200 agencies (home page); $20M paid out (creators page). 1 2

What the facts say

Where they overlap

Pay per video
Pay per 1,000 views
Retainers
Bonuses

viral.app lists, Whop Content Rewards does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Whop Content Rewards lists, viral.app does not

Nothing in the models we track.

Checked Nov 7, 2026

Which brand each one fits

From the models each lists, nothing else.

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

Whop Content Rewards

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 viral.app and Whop Content Rewards have in common?

Both list pay per video, pay per 1,000 views, retainers and bonuses on their public pages (checked Nov 7, 2026).

What does viral.app list that Whop Content Rewards does not?

Nothing in the pay models we track. Every model viral.app lists, Whop Content Rewards lists too.

What does Whop Content Rewards list that viral.app 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.

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
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards, for creators page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards creator terms, sections 6 and 7 · contentrewards.com, checked Oct 4, 2026
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards home page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Paid per 1K views on a video.”
Whop Content Rewards: Whop docs, Content Rewards · docs.whop.com, checked Nov 7, 2026
viral.app: viral.app home page · viral.app, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “Paste a public link. That's it.”
viral.app: viral.app docs, creator payouts (fees as of September 2026) · viral.app, checked Sep 1, 2026
Whop Content Rewards: Content Rewards pricing page · contentrewards.com, checked Nov 7, 2026 · “A 10% platform fee on every campaign type, only charged on delivered work.”
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”