Honest comparison · Updated July 2026

Partli vs Affonso:
Flat Pricing vs Revenue-Capped Tiers

Affonso is a polished affiliate platform loved by indie SaaS founders, with broad billing integrations and friendly entry pricing. Partli takes a different stance on the one thing that compounds: Affonso meters every plan by the revenue your affiliates generate; Partli never does. Here are the numbers so you can decide which fits your program.

Pricing Comparison

PlanPartliAffonso
Entry plan$29/mo — no revenue cap£15/mo yearly (£19 monthly) — capped at $1,000/mo
Mid tier$79/mo Growth — 5 products, no cap£29/mo yearly Growth — capped at $10,000/mo
Upper tier$149/mo Scale — unlimited products, no cap£79/mo yearly Elite — capped at $30,000/mo
Beyond $30k/mo affiliate revenueSame price — caps never existEnterprise, from £149/mo
What sets the priceHow many products you runHow much revenue your affiliates generate
Free trial7 days14 days
The cap is the price: revenue-metered tiers are a stepped percentage of your success. A single product doing $30k+/month of affiliate revenue needs Affonso Enterprise (from £149/mo ≈ $190). On Partli that program is $29/mo — the bill never moves when your affiliate channel takes off.

Feature Comparison

FeaturePartliAffonso
No revenue caps on any plan
Unlimited partners & referrals
Direct-to-bank payouts via Stripe Connect (all plans)
PayPal / Wise payout rails
Stripe billing integration
Polar / Paddle / Creem / Dodo billing
Coupon-code attribution
Fraud detection with plain-English explanations
MCP server for AI agents (all plans)
CLI
Bounties (one-off task rewards)
AI-written program & landing copy
Cross-product partner network (one-click joins)
Custom referral domains
AI competitor-affiliate finder
Affiliate discovery marketplace / directory
W-8/W-9 tax form collection
Migration import (CSV, from major platforms)

Table reflects publicly available information as of July 2026. Some Affonso features are gated to higher tiers.

Choose Partli if…

  • You never want your software bill tied to how well your affiliates perform
  • You bill through Stripe and want partners paid straight to their bank accounts
  • You run a portfolio and want one affiliate network across all your products
  • You want your program operable by AI agents (MCP + CLI on every plan)

Choose Affonso if…

  • You want managed payouts where Affonso pays your affiliates for you (Growth tier and up)
  • Your affiliates prefer PayPal or Wise over bank onboarding
  • You want the liquidity of Affonso's larger affiliate marketplace, or W-8/W-9 collection
  • Your affiliate revenue is small and you want the lowest possible sticker price

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Affonso and who uses it?

Affonso is an affiliate marketing platform aimed at SaaS and indie founders. It stands out for broad billing integrations (Stripe, Paddle, Polar, Creem, Dodo Payments), PayPal/Wise payouts, and an affiliate discovery marketplace. Its plans are metered by monthly affiliate-generated revenue rather than by features alone.

Why do revenue caps matter?

A revenue-capped plan behaves like a stepped percentage fee: each time your affiliate channel grows past a threshold ($1k, $10k, $30k per month on Affonso), your subscription steps up. The channel succeeding is what raises your cost. Partli's position is that growth should never be taxed — plans are priced by how many products you run, and tracked revenue is unlimited on every plan.

How do the payout models actually differ?

Partli partners onboard to Stripe Connect Express once, and payout runs transfer commissions directly to their bank accounts — automated and self-serve on every plan. Affonso pays via PayPal, Wise, and wire transfers, with a managed-payout service (they pay your affiliates for you) from their Growth tier. If your partners are business-like SaaS affiliates, bank transfers tend to be cleaner; if they're casual creators, PayPal can be lower friction.

I sell through Polar, Paddle, Creem, or Dodo. Does Partli support that?

Yes. Partli connects to Polar, Paddle, Creem, and Dodo Payments via signed webhooks: paid orders become attributed sales, subscription renewals earn recurring commissions, and full refunds claw commissions back automatically. Hosted payment links are decorated with the click id automatically by the tracking snippet; only server-side API-created checkouts need you to pass it as metadata. Coupon-code attribution remains Stripe-specific, and partner payouts run through Stripe Connect regardless of your billing platform.

Can I migrate between them?

Partli imports partners via CSV with links, coupon codes, and opening balances preserved — the import wizard auto-maps exports from major affiliate platforms. Migrating mid-flight means new referral links for partners, which both platforms handle by keeping old cookies valid until they expire.

Your growth is never taxed.

Flat monthly fee. No revenue caps on any plan. Unlimited partners, Stripe Connect payouts, and one partner network across every product you build.

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This page is published by Partli (partli.app) and reflects our honest assessment of publicly available information about Affonso as of July 2026, including prices shown in GBP with yearly billing on affonso.io/pricing. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by Affonso. Verify current pricing and features at affonso.io before making a decision.