The FirstPromoter Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about FirstPromoter in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
FirstPromoter
The Insider’s Guide
Affiliate, referral and influencer programs for SaaS subscriptions
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among affiliate and referral tools, read from FirstPromoter’s own pages.
Made by Igil Webs SRL · checked Oct 18, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from FirstPromoter’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on FirstPromoter’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade
FirstPromoter runs affiliate, referral and influencer programs for SaaS and subscription businesses, reading sales from billing systems such as Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly and Braintree so recurring commissions follow each customer. It tracks links, coupon codes and sub-IDs, gives promoters a branded portal, and pays out through PayPal, Wise, Stripe, crypto or bank transfer. Plans are priced by the revenue affiliates bring in each month.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about FirstPromoter, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for SaaS affiliate programs on any billing system
FirstPromoter runs affiliate, referral and influencer programs for SaaS companies, reading sales from Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly or Braintree.
- 2
Paid plans start at $49 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $49 per month for up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month.
- 3
You can try it first
14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Billing-system tracking
Connects to Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly and Braintree, imports past Stripe data when you migrate, and creates negative commissions on refunds.
- 6
Links, coupons and sub-IDs
Referral links on your own domain, coupon codes synced to Stripe that affiliates can customize, clean direct URLs and sub-IDs to split one link by channel.
- 7
Commission rules
Recurring or lifetime commissions as a percentage or flat amount, rates per plan, bonuses, cost-per-lead, double-sided rewards and up to three tiers of sub-affiliates.
- 8
A 2.6 GPA, above 11 of 14
That is against the other affiliate and referral tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace FirstPromoter 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.
FirstPromoter at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $49 per month for up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Igil Webs SRL, since 2017
- Category
- Affiliate & Referral Software
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
Best for SaaS affiliate programs on any billing system
FirstPromoter runs affiliate, referral and influencer programs for SaaS companies, reading sales from Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly or Braintree. It packs a lot in for the price: sub-affiliates, coupon codes, tax forms and payouts in 190 currencies. The catch is Starter's cap. It stops at $5,000 a month of affiliate revenue, and passing it moves you up a plan.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | B | Graded on $5,000 a month of affiliate sales, which is exactly Starter's cap: $490 a year on yearly billing ($49 monthly), with no cut of sales. That's the cheap end of this category. But one good month moves you to Business, which is $990 a year. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan, but a 14-day free trial on every plan, and no credit card needed. |
| Features | B | Five billing systems, coupons synced to Stripe, sub-IDs, recurring, per-plan and three-tier commissions, a translated portal that collects W-9 and W-8BEN forms, emails to affiliates and fraud checks. The whole job. Its AI assistant and MCP server are still in beta. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. Billing integrations and an import of past Stripe data help, but there are campaigns, commission rules and a portal to set up before promoters join. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web, with Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly, Braintree, HighLevel, Kajabi and Zapier, plus APIs. No desktop or phone app, which an A needs. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who FirstPromoter is for
- Great if you bill through Chargebee, Recurly or Braintree rather than just Stripe
- Handy when you want sub-affiliates, with commissions up to three tiers deep
- Good for programs mixing affiliates, influencers and customer referrals
Who it is not for
- Tight if your affiliates bring in a bit over $5,000 a month, as Starter stops there
- Skip it if you run an online store rather than a subscription business
- Not for you if you need white-labeling or SSO without an Enterprise deal
Good to know
Good for
- SaaS companies billing through Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly or Braintree
- Programs mixing affiliates, influencers and customer referrals
- Teams that want multi-tier commissions or coupon-code tracking
Worth knowing
- Plans follow affiliate-driven revenue: Starter stops at $5,000 a month, and passing a limit moves the account to the next tier.
- Starter allows up to 1,000 affiliates and three campaigns; a custom dashboard domain and custom email domain need Business.
- White-labeling, SSO, activity logs and Managed Auto Payouts are Enterprise only; managed payouts need approval and are for SaaS companies.
- The AI assistant and MCP server for Claude or ChatGPT are marked beta.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$49
A month to start
FirstPromoter is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $49 per month for up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month.
Starter
$49
per month for up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month
Up to 1,000 affiliates and three campaigns, with unlimited team members, every billing integration and the APIs. No custom dashboard domain.
Business
$99
per month for up to $15,000 of affiliate revenue a month
Unlimited affiliates and campaigns, two websites, a custom dashboard domain, in-app embedded dashboard, custom email domain and one-click PayPal payouts.
Enterprise
$149
per month and up, above $15,000 of affiliate revenue a month
Tiers rise above $15,000 a month in affiliate revenue, sold through sales. Adds white-labeling, SSO, activity logs, post-back URLs and managed payouts.
Trying it first
14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required
Read from firstpromoter.com on Oct 18, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Yearly plans cost ten times the monthly price: Starter is $490 a year, Business $990 a year and Enterprise from $1,490 a year.
Stated on firstpromoter.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Affiliate, referral and influencer programs for SaaS subscriptions. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, affiliate tracking, partner payouts.
Its AI assistant and MCP server are still in beta.
- Billing-system tracking
- Connects to Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly and Braintree, imports past Stripe data when you migrate, and creates negative commissions on refunds.
- Links, coupons and sub-IDs
- Referral links on your own domain, coupon codes synced to Stripe that affiliates can customize, clean direct URLs and sub-IDs to split one link by channel.
- Commission rules
- Recurring or lifetime commissions as a percentage or flat amount, rates per plan, bonuses, cost-per-lead, double-sided rewards and up to three tiers of sub-affiliates.
- Promoter portal
- A brandable dashboard with an asset library, leaderboards, signed agreements and W-9 or W-8BEN collection, translated into French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
- Mass payouts
- Pay through PayPal, Wise, Stripe, crypto or bank transfer in 190 currencies on monthly or twice-monthly cycles, with self-billed VAT invoices for EU companies on Business.
- Emails, reports and fraud checks
- Welcome sequences and broadcasts to affiliates, reports with CSV and JSON export, and self-referral detection, reCAPTCHA and manual approval thresholds.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Stripe
- Paddle
- Chargebee
- Recurly
- Braintree
- HighLevel
- Kajabi
- Zapier
FirstPromoter is made by Igil Webs SRL, and has been around since 2017.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
11/14
Other affiliate and referral tools it is graded above
FirstPromoter's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 12 of 14) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 3 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 15 affiliate and referral tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. FirstPromoter’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 12 of 14
- CFree plan and trialAbove 5 of 14
- BFeaturesAbove 1 of 14
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 14
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 12 affiliate and referral tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. FirstPromoter is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace FirstPromoter 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.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade. It costs $588 a year.
What you could not
- Payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms.
- Every click and sale traced back to the right partner.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, Paddle and Chargebee among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. FirstPromoter’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Rewardful, Tolt, Tapfiliate, PartnerStack and LeadDyno
The 5 tools FirstPromoter is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.6GPA
Rewardful
Free trial · from $49/mo
Affiliate and referral tracking for SaaS companies billing on Stripe.
- 2.2GPA
Tolt
Free trial · from $69/mo
Affiliate program software for SaaS startups on Stripe or Paddle.
- 2.4GPA
Tapfiliate
Free trial · from $74/mo
Affiliate, referral and influencer tracking for SaaS and online stores.
- Tapfiliate also covers reports.
- 2.2GPA
PartnerStack
Paid
B2B partner platform for affiliate, referral and reseller programs.
- 2.4GPA
LeadDyno
Free trial · from $49/mo
Affiliate program software for online stores, SaaS and creators.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is FirstPromoter free?
No, FirstPromoter is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required.
How much does FirstPromoter cost?
FirstPromoter lists 3 plans. Starter: $49 per month for up to $5,000 of affiliate revenue a month.
What platforms does FirstPromoter work on?
FirstPromoter is available on Web.
Does FirstPromoter offer any discounts?
FirstPromoter publicly lists the following: Two months free with yearly billing.
Does FirstPromoter have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. FirstPromoter is listed for Web.
Does FirstPromoter have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 18, 2026. FirstPromoter is listed for Web.
Is FirstPromoter open source?
FirstPromoter is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Does FirstPromoter have an API?
Yes. FirstPromoter offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does FirstPromoter integrate with?
FirstPromoter's listing names Stripe, Paddle, Chargebee, Recurly, Braintree, HighLevel, Kajabi and Zapier.
Who makes FirstPromoter?
FirstPromoter is made by Igil Webs SRL. It dates from 2017.
What are the alternatives to FirstPromoter?
The closest alternatives to FirstPromoter in our directory are Rewardful, Tolt, Tapfiliate, PartnerStack and LeadDyno.
How does FirstPromoter compare with other affiliate and referral tools?
FirstPromoter's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 11 of the 14 other affiliate and referral tools we grade, and level with 2.
Is FirstPromoter good value for money?
ToolGPA grades FirstPromoter B for value for money. Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 3 of the 11 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of FirstPromoter?
To replace FirstPromoter you would be making payouts to partners in many countries, with their tax forms.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from FirstPromoter’s own pages on Oct 18, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 18, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from FirstPromoter's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Igil Webs SRL. Prices change, so check firstpromoter.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
2,281
Tools graded, in 73 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
73
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- FirstPromoter, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/firstpromoter
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what FirstPromoter’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. FirstPromoter is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Igil Webs SRL. Prices and plans change: check firstpromoter.com before you buy.