Prices and plans checked on 23 October 2026
Best Viral Loops Alternative
Viral Loops: a referral campaign builder priced by participants. Here is how Refgrow compares, with a source for every figure.
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Refgrow vs Viral Loops
From each vendor's own pricing page, checked on 23 October 2026, monthly billing. Vendors change plans often: check the source before you decide.
| Refgrow | Viral Loops | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | $29/moStarter: up to $1,000/mo of affiliate revenue | $49/moStart-up: up to 1,000 participants ($35/mo billed yearly) |
| Other plans | Pro $49 (up to $10,000/mo), Business $99 (up to $25,000/mo), Enterprise $199 (up to $100,000/mo) | Growing $229 (10,000 participants), Power $399 (25,000), Enterprise on request |
| Billing providers | Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments | Stripe rewarding on Growing and up |
| Free trial | 7 days, card required | 14 days of the Growing plan for up to 10 participants |
| Fees on top | 0% transaction fees | None listed |
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)
Which one fits you
Including the cases where Refgrow is not the right pick.
Refgrow fits better if
- Your program is small. Refgrow Starter is $29/mo, up to $1,000/mo of affiliate revenue; Viral Loops's entry plan is $49/mo (Start-up: up to 1,000 participants ($35/mo billed yearly)).
- You pay affiliates a commission on subscription revenue tracked from your billing provider.
Viral Loops fits better if
- You run lead-generation or launch campaigns where people join and share, which Viral Loops prices by participant.
- You want to try it first: Viral Loops lists 14 days of the Growing plan for up to 10 participants.
What Refgrow includes
And the plan each feature starts on, from /pricing and the docs.
- Embedded widget
- Affiliate dashboard inside your app (all plans) source
- Hosted portal
- Standalone affiliate portal for partners (all plans) source
- Billing providers
- Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Dodo Payments, Creem, or the API (all plans) source
- Commission rules
- Lifetime or fixed-period, per product and per affiliate (all plans) source
- Transaction fees
- 0% on every plan source
- Partner Network
- Program listed for affiliates to find (all plans) source
- Widget languages
- 9 languages in the widget and portal source
- Multi-tier commissions
- Commissions on sub-affiliates' sales (Pro and up) source
- Auto payouts
- PayPal and Wise (Pro and up) source
- Outgoing webhooks
- Webhooks to your systems (Pro and up) source
- Custom portal domain
- Hosted portal on your own domain (Pro and up) source
- White-label
- No Refgrow branding (Business and up) source
- REST API and MCP server
- Both on every plan source
How It Works
Get your affiliate program up and running in minutes
Embed in Your App
Add Refgrow to your SaaS with just a few lines of code. Fully customize colors and text to match your brand.
Configure Tracking
Connect Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Polar or Dodo Payments for automatic tracking, or use the API.
Grow & Scale
Your customers become affiliates with a single click. Track referrals, manage commissions, and watch your SaaS grow.
What Our Customers Say
Trusted by founders worldwide to power their affiliate programs
"The implementation for devs seems super clean, conversion tracking easy through the API and a good experience for the end user."
Sebastian Thunman
Co-founder at Strawberry
"Refgrow keeping everything inside the product is a huge UX win. So many affiliate tools feel like a bolt-on or force users through clunky portals."
Ryden Sun
Elisi
"I love that you can integrate Refgrow directly in your product, so any of your own users become a partner and affiliate so easily."
Sacha Dumay
Founder at AIThumbnail.so
"Love that the price-point makes this accessible to indie founders. The dashboard customization options are also a nice touch to keep things on brand."
Scott Burton
Indie SaaS founder
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