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Alternatives to Voluum
21 affiliate marketing tools sit alongside Voluum in this directory. Below is what separates each from Voluum 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
- 13
- Voluum starts at
- $199/month
Why people look past Voluum
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Voluum entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Voluum starts at $199/month. Across the 15 affiliate marketing tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $100/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Voluum carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Voluum publishes a single plan, Discover at $199/month. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
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.
Global affiliate network with 1M+ publishers
- Starts $100 a month cheaper, at £99/month.
- 3 tiers to Voluum's 1.
Global affiliate marketing platform by Publicis
- Starts $199 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a transaction model rather than subscription.
The partnership management platform
- Starts $169 a month cheaper, at $30/month.
- 4 tiers to Voluum's 1.
Enterprise referral marketing platform
- Starts $601 a month dearer, at $800/month.
Feature-rich affiliate marketing for Shopify
- Can be used without paying; Voluum cannot.
- Starts $150 a month cheaper, at $49/month.
- 3 tiers to Voluum's 1.
Digital product affiliate marketplace
- Can be used without paying; Voluum cannot.
- Starts $199 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a transaction model rather than subscription.
Every Voluum 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluum (this page) | $199/month | Subscription | 1 | |
| AwinGlobal affiliate network with 1M+ publishers | £99/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Voluum |
| CJ AffiliateGlobal affiliate marketing platform by Publicis | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Impact.comPartnership automation platform for modern businesses | $30/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Voluum |
| AmbassadorEnterprise referral marketing platform | $800/month | - | - | vs Voluum |
| GoAffPro | Free, then $49/month | - | 3 | vs Voluum |
| ClickBank | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Amazon Associates | Free | - | - | vs Voluum |
| Crossbeam | Free, then $4800/year | Freemium | 4 | vs Voluum |
| GrowSurf | Free, then $179/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Voluum |
| ClickMagick | Free, then $66/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Voluum |
| Affiliatly | Free, then $16/month | - | 5 | vs Voluum |
| AnyTrack | Free, then $100/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Voluum |
| FlexOffers | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Voluum |
| CAKE | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Affise | $500/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| FirstPromoter | $49/month | - | 3 | vs Voluum |
| Everflow | $750/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Friendbuy | $249/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Alyce | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Affluent | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Voluum |
| Extole | $999/month | - | - | vs Voluum |
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 Voluum 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.
- GoAffPro , Free, then $49/month
- ClickBank , Free
- Amazon Associates , Free
- Crossbeam , Free, then $4800/year
- GrowSurf , Free, then $179/month
- ClickMagick , Free, then $66/month
- Affiliatly , Free, then $16/month
- AnyTrack , Free, then $100/month
Cheaper than Voluum (13)
Entry price under Voluum's $199/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Awin , £99/month
- CJ Affiliate , Free
- Impact.com , $30/month
- GoAffPro , Free, then $49/month
- ClickBank , Free
- GrowSurf , Free, then $179/month
- ClickMagick , Free, then $66/month
- Affiliatly , Free, then $16/month
What you would be giving up
Voluum is most often brought in for tracking affiliate and media buying campaigns across traffic sources, split testing landing pages and offers, automating bid and campaign rules against ad platforms. 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 Voluum is broadly right and the question is cost, the Voluum pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Affiliate Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best affiliate marketing tools ranks them.
Voluum runs on web, mobile. 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 Voluum alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Voluum?
- 21 other affiliate marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Awin, CJ Affiliate, Impact.com, Ambassador. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Voluum?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: GoAffPro, ClickBank, Amazon Associates, Crossbeam, GrowSurf.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Voluum?
- Yes. 13 of the alternatives below start under Voluum's $199/month: Awin at £99/month, CJ Affiliate at Free, Impact.com at $30/month, GoAffPro at Free, then $49/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Voluum?
- On the figures on record, 3 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Voluum?
- Voluum is most often brought in for tracking affiliate and media buying campaigns across traffic sources, split testing landing pages and offers, automating bid and campaign rules against ad platforms. 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 Voluum?
- None of the affiliate 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 Voluum alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Affiliate 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 Voluum against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Voluum 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 affiliate marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Affiliate Marketing category, 21 tools beside Voluum. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.