FirstPromoter
The mature flat-fee option, with the deepest reporting of the three.
FirstPromoter has been running SaaS affiliate and referral programmes for years and shows it: multi-tier commissions, campaign segmentation, fraud detection, white-labelled partner portals and reporting well beyond what the newer tools offer. It integrates with Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee and Recurly, so it is not tied to one billing provider. Proprietary and hosted like the rest of this list. It is the pick when the programme is a real channel with several partner types and you want the analytics to match, without moving to a revenue-share platform.
What it does well
- +Most mature and feature-complete of the flat-fee options
- +Works with Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee and Recurly — not locked to one
- +Multi-tier commissions, segmentation and fraud detection
- +White-label partner portal on higher tiers
Where it falls short
- −Interface is dated next to Tolt and Rewardful
- −No marketplace
- −More configuration required to get running
- −Proprietary and hosted
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FirstPromoter head-to-head
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