Affiliate Marketing · head to head
Alyce vs Loop & Tie
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Alyce
Affiliate Marketing
AI-powered gifting and direct mail platform
- From
- On request
- Free plan
- No
Loop & Tie
Employee Engagement
Choice-based gifting on a flat annual subscription with a marketplace weighted toward small and independent makers
- From
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
The short version
- Only Loop & Tie has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Alyce acquired by Sendoso in February 2024 and the brand has since been absorbed, so it is no longer sold as a standalone product; Loop & Tie the tier structure gates users tightly, so needing a fourth user pushes an organisation from five hundred to five thousand dollars a year, a tenfold platform cost increase for one seat.
- They diverge on capability: Alyce covers AI gift recommendations, Loop & Tie covers Choice-based collections.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Alyce and Loop & Tie actually diverge.
| Attribute | Alyce | Loop & Tie |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | Free |
| Pricing model | subscription | Per year subscription plus gift spend |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Category | Affiliate Marketing | Employee Engagement |
| Founded | 2015 | Unknown |
Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).
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 Alyce
- AI gift recommendations
- Personal gifting
- Donation options
- Recipient research
- Engagement analytics
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Outreach
Only in Loop & Tie
- Choice-based collections
- Curated marketplace
- Flat rate or free shipping
- Redemption analytics
- Post-redemption scheduling
- Branded merchandise and swag
- Salesforce and HRIS integrations
- Global warehousing
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Alyce
- affiliate marketing managementnot Loop & Tie
- Workflow automationnot Loop & Tie
- Reportingnot Loop & Tie
Loop & Tie
- A marketing team that wants gifting spend to go to small and independent makers rather than mass-produced branded drinkwarenot Alyce
- A customer success team sending moderate volumes of thank you gifts and needing a meeting booked immediately after redemptionnot Alyce
- A property management company sending resident perks where a curated local-feeling catalogue matters more than catalogue sizenot Alyce
- A small business that wants to run gifting properly on a published five hundred dollar a year subscription rather than negotiating an enterprise contractnot Alyce
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Alyce
- Acquired by Sendoso in February 2024 and the brand has since been absorbed, so it is no longer sold as a standalone product
- alyce.com no longer resolves
Loop & Tie
- The tier structure gates users tightly, so needing a fourth user pushes an organisation from five hundred to five thousand dollars a year, a tenfold platform cost increase for one seat.
- The curated marketplace is deliberately smaller than mass catalogues, so recipients who want a specific well known product will not find it and some will treat the choice as limited.
- Global warehousing and international fulfilment only appear on the Premium tier, so any organisation gifting outside its home market is effectively on the five thousand dollar plan whatever its volume.
- Native Salesforce and HRIS integration is a Premium feature or an Essentials add-on, so the automation that makes gifting scalable is not in the price most buyers first see.
- Free shipping starts at Essentials, meaning free plan users pay five dollars per gift in shipping, which on any real volume is more than the Essentials subscription would have cost.
Pricing, plan by plan
Alyce
On request- GrowthFree
- Custom pricing
- AI recommendations
- CRM integration
Loop & Tie
Free- FreeFree
- One user
- Full marketplace access
- Send gifts by email
- Essentials$500/year
- Three users and three teams
- Custom gift collections
- Free shipping
- Premium$5000/year
- Unlimited users and five teams
- Gift cards, print on demand and branded merchandise
- Global warehousing and fulfilment
- Build Your Own$undefined/year
- Custom team structures and permissions
- Exclusive inventory or private-label collections
- Custom logistics and compliance-driven fulfilment
Which should you pick?
Choose Loop & Tie if
- You need choice-based collections.
- You want to start without paying.
- You also want curated marketplace.
Questions people ask
- Is Alyce or Loop & Tie better?
- Neither clearly leads. Alyce starts at On request and Loop & Tie at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Alyce or Loop & Tie?
- Loop & Tie has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Alyce and Free for Loop & Tie.
- Does Alyce or Loop & Tie run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- Can I use Loop & Tie for free?
- Yes. Loop & Tie has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Alyce starts at On request.
- What is Alyce best used for?
- Alyce is most often used for affiliate marketing management, workflow automation, reporting. Of those, affiliate marketing management and workflow automation are not what Loop & Tie is typically brought in for.
- What can Alyce do that Loop & Tie cannot?
- Alyce covers AI gift recommendations, Personal gifting, Donation options, Recipient research. Loop & Tie covers Choice-based collections, Curated marketplace, Flat rate or free shipping, Redemption analytics.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Loop & Tie: How much does the platform cost?
Free for one user, five hundred dollars a year for Essentials with three users, five thousand dollars a year for Premium with unlimited users, plus a quoted enterprise tier. Gift spend is separate.
Loop & Tie: What is different about the catalogue?
It is curated toward small, independent, sustainable and diverse-owned brands rather than mass market products, which is the usual reason buyers choose it over larger competitors.
Loop & Tie: Do recipients choose their gift?
Yes, the sender sets a collection and price band and the recipient picks one item.
Loop & Tie: Can I gift internationally on the cheaper plans?
Not properly. Global warehousing and fulfilment are Premium features.
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