Duel vs Influitive

Duel is a brand advocacy SaaS platform for companies organizing customers, creators, employees and other advocates into programs. Its customizable portal can present challenges and rewards such as experiences, product access, affiliate payments, vouchers and co-creation opportunities. Supported advocate groups include social creators, brand ambassadors, store associates, employees and industry professionals; Duel says programs can scale from 1,000 to 100,000 advocates. Filterable, exportable dashboards provide more than 100 metrics. The platform collects user-generated content, with AI moderation and tagging plus rights management. Social posting tracking covers TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Pinterest, Facebook, Trustpilot and Bazaarvoice; TikTok Shop is marked as coming soon. CRM connections include Klaviyo, HubSpot, Dotdigital, Emarsys, Bloomreach and Braze, with an open API for other connections. A Shopify app supports order attribution and product catalogue syncing. Affiliate commissions can be sent automatically to advocates' PayPal accounts or tracked manually. Duel says it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Pricing is on request.

Influitive is a customer advocacy platform for companies looking to engage customers and mobilize advocates. Its programs can support referrals, references, reviews, case studies, customer feedback, onboarding, social sharing, and product adoption. The Customer Advocacy plan lists activation, personalization and targeting, loyalty and rewards, campaign templates, and analytics. Digital Community adds discussions, moderation, a knowledge base, ideation, and Q&A. The service supports events, private spaces, referral links, and fraud controls; rewards can include company swag, dinners, training sessions, charity donations, or gift cards. Influitive describes its engagement approach as gamification combined with data-driven segmentation and personalization. Salesforce integration can route referrals to sales teams and request references, while marketing automation integrations can send invitations and messages and score leads. An open API and connectors such as Zapier are offered for custom integrations. Influitive lists web and API access and mobile apps. It is a paid service with pricing on request and no free plan.