# AvantLink review (2026): is it worth it? > Affiliate network connecting advertisers with vetted publishers Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. AvantLink is an affiliate network based in Park City, Utah, with separate networks for the United States, Canada and Australia. Advertisers run programs on its Arches platform and publishers apply to promote them. The site publishes no prices and routes advertisers to an application. - **Category:** Affiliate & Referral Software - **Made by:** AvantLink - **Website:** https://www.avantlink.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a price, because none is published. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing AvantLink's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Arches platform:** The network's dashboard for advertisers and publishers, with customizable graphs and a mobile-responsive layout. - **Publisher vetting:** AvantLink says it accepts about 30% of publisher applicants, and publishers apply to each advertiser program individually. - **AvantMetrics attribution:** Tracks the full click stream of each converting customer to show the effect of the referral program and other channels. - **Recruitment center:** Advertisers can search for relevant publishers and contact them from inside the network. - **API:** Pulls custom reports, creates ad campaigns and updates data feeds programmatically. - **Managed services:** Account managers hold strategy reviews, and outsourced program managers can run programs on advertisers' behalf. ## Good for - Brands that want a vetted, smaller publisher base - Advertisers selling in the US, Canada or Australia - Teams that want direct contact with network staff ## Worth knowing - No fees, commission share or plans are published; advertisers apply and are quoted. - Publishers apply to each advertiser program separately, and a brand's rejection cannot be appealed by reapplying. - Canada and Australia are described as emerging networks with smaller catalogs than the US one. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. AvantLink is an affiliate platform with publisher vetting, attribution, a recruitment centre and an API. No fees are published, and advertisers apply and are quoted. - **Value for money: C.** No fees, commission share or plans are published; advertisers apply and are quoted. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan or trial is listed, so you pay before you can try it. - **Features: C.** A platform, publisher vetting, attribution, recruitment, an API and managed services. Canada and Australia are smaller networks than the US one. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up accounts and programs before it does anything, so there is a learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with an API. The listing names no integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AvantLink's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among affiliate and referral tools - AvantLink's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 22 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 22. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 35 of 89) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/affiliate-software ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace AvantLink you would be making payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 45 of the 89 other affiliate and referral tools grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms. - You could not: Every click and sale traced back to the right partner. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Affiliate tracking, Partner payouts, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [LinkConnector](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkconnector): Affiliate network for merchants, with managed account tiers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avantlink-vs-linkconnector) - [CJ Affiliate](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cj-affiliate): Affiliate network and platform for brands, publishers and creators. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avantlink-vs-cj-affiliate) - [Awin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/awin): Affiliate network and platform for brands and partners. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avantlink-vs-awin) - [impact.com](https://toolgpa.com/tools/impact): Partnership platform for affiliate, creator and referral programs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/avantlink-vs-impact) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.avantlink.com - https://www.avantlink.com/advertisers/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/avantlink Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).