Mention Me vs ReferralCandy (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mention Me if

• Fits if you're a consumer brand in ecommerce or finance that wants referrals
• Makes sense if you like paying per referral and will fill in a form for a quote

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price, because costs are custom and tied to referral volume
• Not for you if you're a small SaaS, as no self-serve plan is described
• Watch out: the page says you only pay for referrals, but gives no rates or minimums
• Tight if you want a free trial: none is listed

Pick ReferralCandy if

• Fits if you want your customers to refer friends for a reward
• Works for stores running a small affiliate or ambassador program next to referrals

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if referred sales are big on Basic, as its success fee is 10.5% of each referred customer's first three orders
• Tight if you run several stores, as each extra one is $20 a month plus the fee
• Not for you if you want a yearly discount, as billing is month to month only
• Watch out: PayPal, Venmo and bank payouts carry the provider's own fees on top
• Tight if you want a long trial: it's 7 days, and the listing doesn't say whether a card is needed

Mention Me

• No prices are published; the pricing page says costs are custom and tied to referral volume, and a demo request is the route to a quote.
• The site is built for consumer brands; it does not describe a self-serve plan for small SaaS programs.
• The vendor says you pay only for the referrals you generate, but the page gives no rates or minimums.

ReferralCandy

• Each plan adds a success fee of 10.5%, 3.5%, 1.5% or 0.25% of referred new customers' first three orders, after discounts and before tax and shipping.
• Each extra store costs $20 a month plus the main store's success-fee rate.
• PayPal, Venmo and bank-transfer payouts carry the provider's own fees; Tremendous cards and store credit do not.
• Billing is month to month only; no yearly price is listed.

Mention Me

Referral campaigns

Refer-a-friend programs that can be tailored by customer segment and location, with ongoing testing and optimisation across the network.

Name Share

A feature the vendor says shows referrals that happen by word of mouth outside a link, so brands can see recommendations they would otherwise miss.

Referral data in your stack

Direct connections to platforms such as Emarsys, Klaviyo, Attentive and Ometria, plus an API and webhooks for other systems.

Lookalike audiences

Referral data can be fed to paid channels such as Meta to build lookalike audiences from a brand's most active advocates.

Benchmarks and managed service

The vendor offers competitor benchmarks and says a referral expert supports each program, with an outsourced option.

ReferralCandy

Referrals and affiliates in one app

Run a customer referral program and an affiliate program side by side, with unlimited campaigns and custom coupon codes; a loyalty program is offered on Shopify.

Store platforms

One-click install on Shopify, plugins for BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento, and an email-based install for custom stores, at the same price.

Cash or store-credit rewards

Pay advocates in store credit, or in cash through PayPal, Venmo, bank transfer or Tremendous virtual debit cards, with no transaction fee added.

Fraud Center

Exact self-referrals, existing customers and already-referred friends are blocked automatically; close name matches, shared IPs and bursts of referrals are flagged for review.

Integrations and API

Connect Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Omnisend, Recharge and Tremendous, and build on full API access on every plan.

REx AI assistant

An AI helper on every plan sets up referral and affiliate programs, suggests rewards and commissions and explains results; changes apply only once you approve them.

Mention Me

Pricing could not be confirmed. See mention-me.com.

ReferralCandy

• Basic$39

  per month

  Plus a 10.5% success fee on referred new customers' first three orders. Every feature, unlimited campaigns and full API access.

• Grow$79

  per month

  Plus a 3.5% success fee. For brands growing referral and affiliate revenue; the vendor's example puts $12,000 of referred sales at $499 for the month.

• Scale$249

  per month

  Plus a 1.5% success fee, for high-volume brands where margins matter.

• Enterprise$799

  per month

  Plus a 0.25% success fee, with dedicated onboarding and an account manager.