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impact.com vs Referral Factory: Which is a better fit?

Updated on November 24th, 2024
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Summary
Features in Affiliate
20
44
  • A/B Testing
  • Banner Management
  • Commission Management
29
Best performer
44
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Campaign Planning
  • Contact Management
User satisfaction
4.4
User reviews21
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.0
Customer support
4.3
4.9
User reviews144
Ease of use
4.8
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.8
Customer support
4.9
Price starts from
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Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Marketing leaders, affiliate marketers, influencer marketers, biz dev / channel managers (strategic brand partnerships).

Marketing Teams, Sales Teams, Corporations, SMBs, SaaS, Finance & Insurance, Solar, Education, Crypto, and many other types of businesses looking to build their own referral programs with ease!

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Ramin (Remi) S
Marketing Associate
4.0

Remy: Hi, my name is Remy and I'm an enterprise marketing manager. And my rating of the Impact Partnership Cloud is a four out of five. For more reviews like this, please click below. Prior to the Impact system, we were on Commission Junction for our affiliate partnership networking tool. That network, yes it's been a mainstay in the industry for many, many years, but over time, between their payout model and just their overall support from the back end proponent of things, we felt that it was better to churn there and look for a tool that was more modern, had a bigger publishing network and found that Impact was the best option for us, and that's where we ultimately landed. The customization with Impact in terms of how you're paid out, how your publishers are paid out, managing the tool with a more modern day UI and feel to it, the entire publisher network and the expansion of being able to hit a number of different industries within the verticals, you may or may not target and working with individual roles as well in terms of how they can roll out and become part of your own network, those are just a few of the multiple reasons why we decided to land with impact. Getting started with Impact was actually pretty carefree because what we had done was transitioned out of Commission Junction our previous tool and had extracted the ways we reported out, the way our program was built, the way our payouts were built. And our entire profile is essentially duplicated with our customer success team over at Impact. So no real troubles in getting started. So as long as you do your homework beforehand, you should have no problems at all while making the switch. My recommendations for anyone considering Impact partnership are just understanding basically your entire affiliate offering of whether or not a tool is robust as Impact makes the most sense for you. In our case, the way we wanted to scale our program was important for us, and knowing that we wanted a more modern day tool like Impact and knowing that the industry itself is leaning towards more, a true partnership marketing play versus an affiliate play, which is what many of the tools that are out there within the space are. So making that switch for us was simple and Impact has so many different types of functionality that can help aid and embed what you're looking to build in a true partnership vendor relationship. And for us, Impact checked all those boxes and has opened the door for many of this current position I'm in, other positions I've been that any of you out there that are considering these types of tools can look into and I think Impact is a great choice.

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impact.com

20/44
  • Advertising Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Campaign Planning
  • Contact Management
  • Conversion Rate Optimization
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Templates
  • Geotargeting
  • Influencer Discovery
  • Influencer Tracking
  • Lead Generation
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi Level Marketing (MLM)
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Rewards Management
  • Social Media Integration
  • User Management
  • A/B Testing
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Affiliate Management
  • API
  • Banner Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Commission Management
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customizable Reports
  • Fraud Detection
  • Multi-Language
  • Performance Metrics
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Social Promotion
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Visual Analytics
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impact.com
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Referral Factory
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
impact.com
  • By Impact.com
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2007
Referral Factory
  • By Referral Factory
  • Located in Netherlands
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