AgentRef vs Siren

AgentRef is affiliate tracking and management software for SaaS businesses. It tracks referral clicks, attributes conversions and helps merchants manage affiliates and payout status. Merchants and affiliates can use a dashboard, and merchants can connect AI agents through MCP. Affiliate portals can provide referral links and coupon codes, earnings and click statistics, payout history and custom branding. The merchant dashboard includes revenue and conversion analytics, affiliate approvals, payout tracking with invoice exports and program settings. AgentRef documents Stripe integration and setup guides for Next.js, React, Vue, Nuxt, Astro, Svelte, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Framer, Wix and Squarespace. Stripe Connect access is read-only for payment events; the service says it cannot process payments, access bank balances, create charges or change Stripe settings. Fraud monitoring flags patterns including self-referrals and unusual click activity for review. Payouts are manual: merchants send payments externally, and the documented default threshold is $50 USD. The free plan covers one active program and unlimited affiliates while affiliate revenue is $0–$100/month; Starter costs $9.00 per month and covers $100–$1,500/month in affiliate revenue.

Siren manages partner and incentive programs for affiliates, referrals, royalties, loyalty, revenue sharing, and sales commissions. It tracks clicks, leads, sales, renewals, and other events, then attributes outcomes and calculates commissions or rewards. Its feature page describes five attribution models: first-touch, last-touch, top-score, shared engagement pool, and performance-weighted pool. A partner portal supports partner access, while Siren tracks approvals and payouts and exports payout batches for the payment method a customer uses. WordPress integrations include WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, LifterLMS, LearnDash, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, and North Commerce. Managed Cloud integrations include Shopify, Stripe, HubSpot, Salesforce, NetSuite, plus API and webhook connections. Siren is available as a self-hosted WordPress plugin and in hosted Cloud or Full-Service editions. For WordPress, affiliate, commission, and payout records remain in the customer's WordPress database and can be exported. The Lite plan is free. Paid WordPress plans start at $229 a year for Essentials; Plus is $299 a year and Pro is $499 a year. The plugin requires self-hosted WordPress 6+ and PHP 8.1 or newer, and does not directly integrate with MemberPress.