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Alternatives to Collabstr
20 influencer marketing tools sit alongside Collabstr in this directory. Below is what separates each from Collabstr on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Collabstr starts at
- Free, then $149/month
Why people look past Collabstr
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Collabstr has a free tier, and starts at $149/month against a category median of $184/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The partnership management platform
- No free tier, where Collabstr has one.
- Starts $119 a month cheaper, at $30/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to Collabstr's 3.
Affiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce
- No free tier, where Collabstr has one.
- Starts $50 a month cheaper, at $99/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 1 tier to Collabstr's 3.
Enterprise influencer marketing intelligence
- No free tier, where Collabstr has one.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
The all-in-one creator management platform
- Starts $51 a month dearer, at $200/month.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than freemium.
- 5 tiers to Collabstr's 3.
Influencer marketing made simple for Shopify
- Starts $149 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 2 tiers to Collabstr's 3.
AI-powered influencer analytics and discovery
Priced and rated the same as Collabstr on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Collabstr alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collabstr (this page) | Free, then $149/month | Freemium | 3 | |
| Impact.comThe partnership management platform | $30/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Collabstr |
| RefersionAffiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Collabstr |
| CreatorIQEnterprise influencer marketing intelligence | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| GrinThe all-in-one creator management platform | Free, then $200/month | Usage-based | 5 | vs Collabstr |
| Dovetale | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Collabstr |
| HypeAuditor | Free | Freemium | - | vs Collabstr |
| Fohr | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Collabstr |
| Influencity | Free, then $168/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Collabstr |
| Heepsy | Free, then $69/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Collabstr |
| Afluencer | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Collabstr |
| The Influencer Marketing Factory | $5000/project | Quote | 2 | vs Collabstr |
| Brandbassador | $599/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Collabstr |
| Creator.co | $460/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| AspireIQ | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| Emplifi | $1249/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| Captiv8 | On request | Subscription | 1 | vs Collabstr |
| Billo | $59/one-time | Usage-based | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| Audiense | $948/year | - | - | vs Collabstr |
| Cohley | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
| #paid | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Collabstr |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Collabstr badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (7)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Grin , Free, then $200/month
- Dovetale , Free
- HypeAuditor , Free
- Fohr , Free
- Influencity , Free, then $168/month
- Heepsy , Free, then $69/month
- Afluencer , Free, then $29/month
Cheaper than Collabstr (7)
Entry price under Collabstr's $149/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Collabstr is most often brought in for find and hire instagram, tiktok, and youtube influencers, launch campaigns to 170,000 vetted creators, track influencer post analytics and campaign performance, manage secure payments until influencer work is complete. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Collabstr is broadly right and the question is cost, the Collabstr pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Influencer Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best influencer marketing tools ranks them.
Collabstr runs on web, mobile, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Collabstr alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Collabstr?
- 20 other influencer marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Impact.com, Refersion, CreatorIQ, Grin. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Collabstr?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grin, Dovetale, HypeAuditor, Fohr, Influencity.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Collabstr?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Collabstr's $149/month: Impact.com at $30/month, Refersion at $99/month, Dovetale at Free, Fohr at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Collabstr?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Collabstr has a free tier, and starts at $149/month against a category median of $184/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Collabstr?
- Collabstr is most often brought in for find and hire instagram, tiktok, and youtube influencers, launch campaigns to 170,000 vetted creators, track influencer post analytics and campaign performance, manage secure payments until influencer work is complete. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Collabstr?
- None of the influencer marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Collabstr alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Influencer Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Collabstr against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Collabstr covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every influencer marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Influencer Marketing category, 20 tools beside Collabstr. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.