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Affise vs Crossbeam

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Affise

Affiliate Marketing

Performance marketing platform for networks

From
$500/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Crossbeam

Affiliate Marketing

Partner ecosystem platform for revenue teams

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Crossbeam has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Affise the vendor's pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 10 December 2023 listed three tiers: Entry at $500 per month (40,000 conversions, 15M impressions, 1 tracking domain), Scale at $800 per month (50,000 conversions, 20M impressions), and Custom from $1500 per month with tailored limits, all billed monthly or at a discounted yearly rate; Crossbeam the first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each
  • They diverge on capability: Affise covers Real-time tracking, Crossbeam covers Account mapping.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Affise and Crossbeam actually diverge.

Attributes where Affise and Crossbeam differ
AttributeAffiseCrossbeam
Starting price$500/monthFree
Free tierNoYes
Founded20172018

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Affiliate Marketing).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Affise

  • Real-time tracking
  • Smart targeting
  • Automation rules
  • Anti-fraud system
  • CPAPI
  • Google Analytics
  • AppsFlyer
  • Adjust

Only in Crossbeam

  • Account mapping
  • Secure data sharing
  • Co-selling workflows
  • Partner scoring
  • Revenue attribution
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Slack

Both cover

  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Affise

  • affiliate marketing managementnot Crossbeam
  • Workflow automationnot Crossbeam
  • Reportingnot Crossbeam

Crossbeam

  • Mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companiesnot Affise
  • Running a partner ecosystem programme with shared datanot Affise

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Affise

  • The vendor's pricing page as captured by the Internet Archive on 10 December 2023 listed three tiers: Entry at $500 per month (40,000 conversions, 15M impressions, 1 tracking domain), Scale at $800 per month (50,000 conversions, 20M impressions), and Custom from $1500 per month with tailored limits, all billed monthly or at a discounted yearly rate

Crossbeam

  • The first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each
  • The free plan caps Deal Navigator and Pipeline Generation at 10 records each and offers no record exports at all
  • Record exports are the ladder, at 5,000 on Connector, 25,000 on Supernode and 100,000 on Enterprise
  • Sales seats are a separate $40 per user per month on top of the plan
  • SAML SSO and advanced access controls are excluded from the Connector plan
  • Both upper tiers are custom priced

Pricing, plan by plan

Affise

$500/month
  • Professional$500/month
    • Unlimited conversions
    • Anti-fraud
    • API access

Crossbeam

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited partners
    • Account mapping
    • Basic analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Affise if

  • You need real-time tracking.
  • You also want smart targeting.
Affise review

Choose Crossbeam if

  • You need account mapping.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want secure data sharing.
Crossbeam review

Questions people ask

Is Affise or Crossbeam better?
Neither clearly leads. Affise starts at $500/month and Crossbeam at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Affise or Crossbeam?
Crossbeam has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $500/month for Affise and Free for Crossbeam.
Does Affise or Crossbeam run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Crossbeam for free?
Yes. Crossbeam has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Affise starts at $500/month.
What is Affise best used for?
Affise is most often used for affiliate marketing management, workflow automation, reporting. Of those, affiliate marketing management and workflow automation are not what Crossbeam is typically brought in for.
What can Affise do that Crossbeam cannot?
Affise covers Real-time tracking, Smart targeting, Automation rules, Anti-fraud system. Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Secure data sharing, Co-selling workflows, Partner scoring. Both handle Web support.
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