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Alternatives to Impact.com
21 influencer marketing tools sit alongside Impact.com in this directory. Below is what separates each from Impact.com on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Impact.com starts at
- $30/month
Why people look past Impact.com
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Impact.com entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Impact.com carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Impact.com publishes 4 tiers, from $30/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Impact.com pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
Affiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce
- Starts $69 a month dearer, at $99/month.
- 1 tier to Impact.com's 4.
Enterprise influencer marketing intelligence
- 3 tiers to Impact.com's 4.
The all-in-one creator management platform
- Can be used without paying; Impact.com cannot.
- Starts $170 a month dearer, at $200/month.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than subscription.
- 5 tiers to Impact.com's 4.
Cloud-based affiliate tracking software
- Starts $44 a month dearer, at $74/month.
Influencer marketing made simple for Shopify
- Can be used without paying; Impact.com cannot.
- Starts $30 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Impact.com's 4.
AI-powered influencer analytics and discovery
- Can be used without paying; Impact.com cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Every Impact.com 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact.com (this page) | $30/month | Subscription | 4 | |
| RefersionAffiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Impact.com |
| CreatorIQEnterprise influencer marketing intelligence | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| GrinThe all-in-one creator management platform | Free, then $200/month | Usage-based | 5 | vs Impact.com |
| TapfiliateCloud-based affiliate tracking software | $74/month | - | - | vs Impact.com |
| Dovetale | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Impact.com |
| HypeAuditor | Free | Freemium | - | vs Impact.com |
| Fohr | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Impact.com |
| Influencity | Free, then $168/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Impact.com |
| Heepsy | Free, then $69/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Impact.com |
| Collabstr | Free, then $149/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| Afluencer | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Impact.com |
| The Influencer Marketing Factory | $5000/project | Quote | 2 | vs Impact.com |
| Brandbassador | $599/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Impact.com |
| Creator.co | $460/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| AspireIQ | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| Emplifi | $1249/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| Captiv8 | On request | Subscription | 1 | vs Impact.com |
| Billo | $59/one-time | Usage-based | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| Audiense | $948/year | - | - | vs Impact.com |
| Cohley | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
| #paid | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Impact.com |
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 Impact.com badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
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
- Collabstr , Free, then $149/month
- Afluencer , Free, then $29/month
What you would be giving up
Impact.com is most often brought in for affiliate and partner marketing, performance-based partnerships, commission tracking, multi-channel affiliate programs. 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 Impact.com is broadly right and the question is cost, the Impact.com 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.
Impact.com runs on web, 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 Impact.com alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Impact.com?
- 21 other influencer marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Refersion, CreatorIQ, Grin, Tapfiliate. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Impact.com?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grin, Dovetale, HypeAuditor, Fohr, Influencity.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Impact.com?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Impact.com's $30/month: Dovetale at Free, Fohr at Free, Afluencer at Free, then $29/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Impact.com?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Impact.com?
- Impact.com is most often brought in for affiliate and partner marketing, performance-based partnerships, commission tracking, multi-channel affiliate programs. 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 Impact.com?
- 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 Impact.com 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 Impact.com against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Impact.com 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, 21 tools beside Impact.com. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.