Refersion vs Social Snowball
We give Refersion a 2.0 GPA and Social Snowball a 1.8, out of 4.0. Refersion grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Refersion
Affiliate and influencer program software for online stores
Social Snowball
Affiliate, influencer and referral programs for Shopify DTC brands
How we grade them
| 2.0GPARefersionFair | 1.8GPASocial SnowballWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded on $5,000 a month of affiliate sales: Launch is $29 a month on yearly billing plus 3% of those sales ($150), so $179 a month. That's on the dear side here, where tools with no cut cost less at this size. Monthly billing makes Launch $39. | DGraded on $5,000 a month of affiliate sales: Snow Day is $249 plus 3% of that revenue ($150), so $399 a month, with no yearly price. That's in this category's dearest tenth. Blizzard drops the usage charge but starts at $899 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan or trial on the pricing page. The free Marketplace Listing only shows your offer: tracking sales, approving affiliates and paying them all need a paid plan. | FNothing free on record: no free plan, and no trial on its Shopify App Store listing. |
| Features | BPlug-in apps for four store platforms, tracking by link and code (and by email or SKU on Growth), product-level and lifetime commissions, a marketplace, post-purchase recruiting, and payouts by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH or gift card with US tax forms. The whole job. | BSign-up straight after checkout, Safelinks that make a single-use code per shopper, influencer pages, product seeding, cash, gift card or credit payouts, fraud checks and tiers. It covers the whole job. TikTok Shop and creator search are on Blizzard only. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's a plug-in on Shopify or BigCommerce, and coupons are made for you there, but you still set commissions, recruit affiliates and set up payouts. | CNo App Store rating on record. Buyers join after checkout with no form to fill in, which helps, but you still set up the programs, tiers and rules that sort them. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento, plus Stripe, Chargebee, Klaviyo and Mailchimp. The API and 30+ integrations wait for Growth. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top. | BWeb, as a Shopify app, with Klaviyo, TikTok Shop, Instagram, Tremendous, KnoCommerce and Zapier. It names no other store platform, and there's no desktop or phone app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | affiliate programs for stores on several platforms | turning Shopify shoppers into affiliates |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Refersion and Social Snowball. How we grade
Price against what you get
Refersion starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Social Snowball starts at $249 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Refersion starts $220 a month lower. Of the other affiliate and referral tools on the chart, none scores higher than Refersion for less, and none scores higher than Social Snowball for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Refersion starts at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly). Social Snowball starts at $249 per month.
At a glance
| Refersion | Social Snowball | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | $249 per month |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Refersion Inc. | Social Snowball |
| Price read from | refersion.com | apps.shopify.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Refersion
- Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento stores starting an affiliate program
- Brands recruiting affiliates from a marketplace
- Stores tracking influencer sales by coupon code
Social Snowball
- Shopify DTC brands turning buyers into affiliates after checkout
- Stores whose influencer discount codes keep leaking to coupon sites
- Brands paying creators in gift cards or store credit as well as cash
Worth knowing
Refersion
- Launch adds 3% and Growth 2% of affiliate-driven sales to the monthly fee, billed monthly; Scale is a flat subscription.
- The free Marketplace Listing only shows your offer: tracking, approving affiliates and payouts need a paid plan.
- SKU and email tracking, API access, Zapier and other integrations, chat support and multi-store tracking need Growth.
- No free trial is mentioned on the pricing page.
Social Snowball
- Snow Day adds 3% of affiliate revenue to its $249 monthly fee; Blizzard starts at $899 a month as a custom plan with no usage charges.
- It runs as a Shopify app; no other store platform is named on its listing or site.
- TikTok Shop, creator search, social listening and a dedicated CSM are on Blizzard only.
- Its website publishes no pricing page; the prices are the ones on its Shopify App Store listing.
Key features
Refersion
- Store integrations
- Plug-in apps for Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento, automatic coupon creation for Shopify and BigCommerce, and code widgets for Stripe and Chargebee.
- First-party tracking
- Credit affiliates by unique link, coupon code or manual credit on a first-party tracking domain, and on Growth by customer email or product SKU.
- Commission options
- Percent of sale, flat rate and lifetime commissions on subscriptions, with product-level rates, tiered bonuses and different rates for new and returning customers on Growth.
- Affiliate marketplace
- List a percent-of-sale offer in the Refersion Marketplace for affiliates to find and apply, and get AI-curated affiliate recommendations.
- Unified Payments
- Pay approved commissions on a schedule through PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, ACH or Shopify gift cards, with US tax forms generated for eligible affiliates.
- Post-purchase recruiting
- A post-purchase widget invites customers to become affiliates, with a customizable registration page and emails.
Social Snowball
- Post-purchase referrals
- Customers become affiliates right after checkout, without a separate sign-up, and are sorted into programs and tiers by rules you set.
- Safelinks
- An affiliate link that creates a unique single-use discount code for every shopper who clicks it, so codes cannot spread to coupon sites.
- Influencer management
- Branded sign-up pages, email and SMS messages, attribution settings you control, and product seeding that influencers redeem from their dashboard.
- Cash, gift card and credit payouts
- Bulk send cash, gift cards or store credit in two clicks, and let affiliates choose how to redeem earnings from a branded payout portal.
- Creator search and TikTok Shop
- On Blizzard, find and recruit verified creators with AI-powered search and outreach sequences, and run TikTok Shop affiliates beside your store program.
Plans
Refersion
Launch$29
per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
Plus 3% of affiliate-driven sales. Unlimited affiliates, clicks and conversions, a marketplace listing, first-party tracking and one-click PayPal payouts.
Growth$159
per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
Plus 2% of affiliate-driven sales. Adds SKU and email tracking, advanced commissions, API access, 30+ integrations, chat support and multiple stores.
ScaleCustom
For brands above $1 million in yearly sales: a flat monthly subscription with premium support, white-glove onboarding and a Slack channel.
Social Snowball
Snow Day$249
per month
Plus 3% of affiliate revenue. Unlimited affiliates, influencer management, post-purchase referrals, automated payouts, fraud and code-leak protection, tiers.
Blizzard$899
per month and up
A custom plan with no usage charges, adding TikTok Shop, creator search and outreach, social listening, UGC, Instagram DM chat and a dedicated CSM.
Ways to pay less
Refersion
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Refersion says annual billing saves 20%: Launch is $29 a month billed annually against $39 monthly, and Growth $159 against $199.
Social Snowball
No public discounts listed.
