Aflink vs Sprout Affiliate

Aflink is an affiliate management platform for brands, startups, creator-economy companies, influencers, and affiliates. It provides a partner portal, automated payouts, last-click attribution, and API access through its web and API platforms. Brands can set commission rates, attribution windows, and payout rules for recurring, one-time, or tier-based commissions. Referral links use a first-party 30-day token, server-side logging, and a salted IP fallback. Listed cookie windows are 30, 60, and 90 days, with custom windows on the Custom plan. Shared real-time dashboards show clicks, orders, commissions, and pending balances, with notifications and CSV export. Listed payment integrations include Stripe Connect, Fungies, PayPal, Visa Direct card payouts, and card, ACH, and wire top-ups. Tax features include W-9/W-8BEN collection and 1099-NEC and DAC7 generation on both plans. Free access covers the first five creators; additional creators cost $3.99 a month each. The Custom plan supports 6–500+ creators, unlimited concurrent campaigns, and priority email support.

Sprout Affiliate is a Shopify-focused service for managing affiliate programs and tracking referral sales. Merchants can attribute sales through discount codes or referral links, set percentage or flat-amount commissions including tiers, and manage multiple stores, programs, affiliates, orders, payouts, and messages. Affiliates get a branded signup page and account for referral links, earnings, and discount codes. Suspicious orders are held for review rather than rejected automatically. Growth and higher plans support automatic PayPal payouts; Free payouts are manual. API access and signed webhooks cover affiliates, programs, orders, and payouts, and listed integrations include PayPal, Shopify, REST API, webhooks, and MCP AI assistant integration. Companion apps are available for iPhone and Android. The Free plan covers one program and up to 200 referral orders per month. Growth costs $9.99 a month plus 2% of referral sales; Professional is $49.99 a month plus 1.5%; Enterprise is $119.99 a month plus 1%. Paid Growth, Professional, and Enterprise plans include a 14-day free trial.