Commission Factory vs impact.com (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Commission Factory if

• Fits if you sell to Australian shoppers and want local partners
• Works for brands that want coupon tracking

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are small, because Core is AU$349 a month before the 2% fee
• Watch out: prices are in Australian dollars
• Watch out: service plans for account management are priced separately and not listed
• Tight if you need attribution depth, as multi-touch and custom reports are on Elevate

Pick impact.com if

• Fits if you run a larger brand with partners across affiliate, creators and referrals
• Makes sense if you can commit to a 12-month contract

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you outgrow Starter: Essentials is $500 a month and Pro $2,500
• Watch out: every plan needs a 12-month contract, and a tier change needs a new 12-month addendum
• Not for you if you're off the listed store platforms, as Starter works only with them
• Tight if you want add-ons or setup help: add-ons cost extra and onboarding on upper tiers is $250 an hour

Commission Factory

• Prices are in Australian dollars, and the 2.00% or 1.75% tracking fee is charged on each transaction as well.
• Service plans for account management are priced separately and not listed on the pages we read.
• Multi-touch attribution, custom reports and per-affiliate cookie lengths are limited to Elevate, which is quoted by sales.

impact.com

• The page says every plan needs a 12-month contract, and a tier change needs a new 12-month addendum.
• Starter is limited to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, Squarespace, Ecwid, Shoplazza, nopCommerce and Zoho Commerce.
• Essentials, Pro and Enterprise setup and onboarding is billed at $250 an hour.
• Add-ons (Creator Premium, Advocate Premium, Optimize, AI Search Visibility, Brand Safety) cost extra and are not on Starter.

Commission Factory

Affiliate marketplace

Core gives access to more than 50,000 verified affiliates, with tools to find and recruit them and to set commissions.

Nexus AI assistant

Answers plain-English questions about a program and builds reports; Nexus Pro on Grow adds dynamic reporting and saved conversations.

Coupon and clickless tracking

Grow and Elevate cover coupon assignment to affiliates and tracking sales through coupon codes without a click.

Commission rules

Higher plans allow edits to live commissions, return-customer rates and per-transaction overrides, with custom validation windows on Elevate.

Service plans

Self-managed, co-managed (Lite and Plus) and fully managed (Pro) models, plus one-off packages for launches or seasonal peaks.

impact.com

Affiliate program management

Recruitment, tracking, payouts and fraud protection for an affiliate program, with a partner marketplace on Essentials and above.

Creator and influencer management

Creator and influencer partnerships are managed in the same account, with a paid Creator Premium add-on for dedicated support.

Customer referral

The Advocate product runs customer referral programs next to affiliate and creator ones. It is included from Essentials up.

Reporting and attribution

Basic tracking and reporting on Starter, a Data Lab analytics tool on Pro and multi-touch attribution on Enterprise.

Partner payouts

Each paid tier includes a monthly amount of partner payouts; beyond that, payouts are paid a la carte with no overage fees, per the FAQ.

Add-ons

Optional paid add-ons on Essentials and above include Optimize, AI Search Visibility and Brand Safety tools.

Commission Factory

• CoreAU$349

  per month, plus 2.00% tracking fee

  Platform with 50,000+ affiliates, automated billing, real-time reports, recruitment tools and the Nexus assistant.

• GrowAU$999

  per month, plus 1.75% tracking fee

  Adds flexible commissions, coupon protection, stronger fraud detection and Nexus Pro reporting.

• ElevateCustom

  Custom reports, attribution across all channels, per-affiliate cookie lengths and commission rules built around your model.

impact.com

• Starter$30

  per month, plus 2.5% of revenue

  Basic tracking and reporting, Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy integration, partner recommendations and chat support. Only for listed store platforms.

• Essentials$500

  per month

  For brands with up to $2m a year in ecommerce revenue. Includes up to $2,500 a month in partner payouts. Sold through sales.

• Pro$2,500

  per month

  For $2m to $15m a year in revenue. Includes up to $14,300 a month in payouts, API-based tracking and custom commission rates. Sold through sales.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For $15m+ a year or multi-channel programs: white-labeled partner portal, fraud and risk scoring and multi-touch attribution.