Softwr

Affiliate Marketing · head to head

Crossbeam vs Upfluence

Crossbeam logo

Crossbeam

Affiliate Marketing

Partner ecosystem platform for revenue teams

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Upfluence logo

Upfluence

Influencer Marketing

Turn your customers into brand ambassadors

From
$478/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Crossbeam has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: 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; Upfluence pricing is by custom quote only, with no rate, no entry price and no seat cost published
  • They diverge on capability: Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Upfluence covers Influencer discovery.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Crossbeam and Upfluence actually diverge.

Attributes where Crossbeam and Upfluence differ
AttributeCrossbeamUpfluence
Starting priceFree$478/month
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsWebWeb, Chrome-extension, Api
CategoryAffiliate MarketingInfluencer Marketing
Founded20182013

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), 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 Crossbeam

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

Only in Upfluence

  • Influencer discovery
  • Customer identification
  • Affiliate management
  • Promo code tracking
  • Campaign automation
  • Social commerce
  • Email outreach
  • Performance analytics

What people use each for

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

Crossbeam

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

Upfluence

  • Finding creators across a large influencer databasenot Crossbeam
  • Running creator campaigns tied to an ecommerce storenot Crossbeam
  • Automating creator payments and affiliate trackingnot Crossbeam

Where each one falls short

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

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

Upfluence

  • Pricing is by custom quote only, with no rate, no entry price and no seat cost published
  • Annual contracts carry a 12 month minimum commitment
  • A free trial is only offered after an initial consultation call with sales

Pricing, plan by plan

Crossbeam

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

Upfluence

$478/month
  • Growth$478/month
    • Influencer discovery
    • Basic CRM
    • Campaign management
  • Scale$1078/month
    • E-commerce integrations
    • Affiliate tracking
    • Promo codes
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Custom solutions
    • API access
    • White-label options

Which should you pick?

Choose Crossbeam if

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

Choose Upfluence if

  • You need influencer discovery.
  • You work on Web, Chrome-extension, Api.
  • You also want customer identification.
Upfluence review

Questions people ask

Is Crossbeam or Upfluence better?
Neither clearly leads. Crossbeam starts at Free and Upfluence at $478/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crossbeam or Upfluence?
Crossbeam has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Crossbeam and $478/month for Upfluence.
Does Crossbeam or Upfluence run on more platforms?
Crossbeam runs on Web. Upfluence runs on Web, Chrome-extension, Api.
Can I use Crossbeam for free?
Yes. Crossbeam has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Upfluence starts at $478/month.
What is Crossbeam best used for?
Crossbeam is most often used for mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies, running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data. Of those, mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies and running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data are not what Upfluence is typically brought in for.
What can Crossbeam do that Upfluence cannot?
Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Secure data sharing, Co-selling workflows, Partner scoring. Upfluence covers Influencer discovery, Customer identification, Affiliate management, Promo code tracking.
ShareXLinkedInRedditWhatsAppEmail

Related pages

More on Crossbeam

More on Upfluence

Keep looking

Other head to heads