Rewardful vs Dub: Pricing, Fees and Features Compared (Checked Oct 2026)

Pick Rewardful if you sell through Stripe or Paddle Classic and want a flat $49 a month with a 0% transaction fee and unlimited affiliates. Pick Dub Partners if you want Dub to send partner payouts and handle tax forms on its entry plan, with links and analytics in the same product, at $90 a month plus 5% of the payouts you fund by ACH. Both checked on October 12, 2026.

Tool / Platform	Entry price	Fee on top	Revenue cap	Minimum term	Billing
RewardfulStarter, 14-day trial	$49/mo	0%3% if Rewardful runs payouts	$7,500/moaffiliate revenue on Starter	None	Stripe, Paddle Classic
Dub PartnersBusiness, 14-day trial	$90/mo	5% of payouts funded by ACH8% if funded by card; 3% and 6% on Enterprise	$2,500/mo in payouts500 partners on Business	None	Stripe, Shopify; others through the API
Affitoruntil a program has made $10,000 through affiliates	$0	3.5% of affiliate-driven salesafter the first $10,000 per program	None	None	Stripe with no code; other billing through the API or SDK

Entry plans as listed on each vendor's pricing page on Oct 12, 2026; the tool name links to it. Rewardful's cap counts affiliate revenue and Dub's counts the payouts you send partners, so the two caps measure different things. We make Affitor; it sits in the last row of each table for reference, and the section Where Affitor fits covers it.

Where Rewardful is strongerCopy Anchor Link

• Lower entry price. Starter is $49 a month, or $490 a year, against $90 a month for Dub's Business plan.
• No fee by default. Rewardful states a 0% transaction fee; its optional Managed Payouts cost 3%. Dub charges 5% on payouts you fund by ACH and 8% by card (3% and 6% on Enterprise).
• Unlimited affiliates on every plan. Dub's Business plan holds 500 partners.
• Paddle Classic next to Stripe. Rewardful is a Premier Stripe Partner with two-way Stripe sync.
• PayPal mass payouts. Dub offers PayPal payouts in 14 countries.

The limits to know: Starter covers up to $7,500 a month in affiliate revenue, with 1 campaign and 2 team members. Growth is $99 for up to $15,000, and it is where the branded portal, custom domain and private campaigns start.

Where Dub Partners is strongerCopy Anchor Link

• Payouts and tax forms on the entry plan. Business sends partner payouts for you, with the fee above, and Dub says it handles W-9, W-8 and 1099 forms. On Rewardful, payouts and tax info go through Managed Payouts at 3%.
• An MCP server on Business, next to the REST API. Rewardful has a REST API on every plan; its MCP server covers its developer docs.
• Importers. Dub imports partners from Rewardful, PartnerStack, FirstPromoter, Tolt, Tapfiliate and Lemon Squeezy. Rewardful's support team imports affiliate accounts from a file you send.
• More seats. Business includes 10 users, against 2 team members on Rewardful Starter.
• Links, analytics and payouts in one product, since Dub Partners runs on Dub's link platform.
• A marketplace listing and partner discovery, on Enterprise. Rewardful lists neither in its plan table.

The limits to know: Business covers $2,500 a month in partner payouts, and when you hit your plan's payout limit you can't send more payouts until the next billing period. Advanced is $300 a month with up to $15,000.

Partners and payoutsCopy Anchor Link

How many partners and teammates the entry plan holds, whether the vendor helps you find partners, and who sends the money. Hover a column for what it checks.

Tool / Platform	Partners	Seats	Marketplace	Finds affiliates	Payouts	PayPal	Tax forms
Rewardful	all plans	2 on Starter	not in plan table	not in plan table	3% fee	mass payouts	Managed Payouts, 3%
Dub Partners	500 on Business	10 on Business	Enterprise	Enterprise	5% payout fee	14 countries	Business plan
Affitor	unlimited	unlimited	every live program	team service	bank or Wise	bank or Wise	not stated publicly

Tracking and setupCopy Anchor Link

Both read sales from Stripe natively and credit sales to coupon codes: Rewardful on every plan, Dub through Stripe promotion codes. The differences are other billing systems, the MCP server and how you bring partners from the tool you use today. Hover a column for what it checks.

Tool / Platform	Stripe	Other billing	Coupons	REST API	MCP	Importer
Rewardful	native, Premier Partner	Paddle Classic	all plans	all plans	docs-search MCP	CSV via support
Dub Partners	native	Shopify; else API	Stripe promo codes	Business	Business	Rewardful, Tolt +4
Affitor	native, OAuth	via API/SDK	not stated publicly	every program	beta	CSV invites

Which one should you pick?Copy Anchor Link

Choose Rewardful when your affiliates are already lined up, you bill through Stripe or Paddle Classic, and you want a known bill: $49 a month for up to $7,500 a month in affiliate revenue, then $99 for up to $15,000. Choose Dub Partners when you want Dub to send payouts and handle tax forms, you already use Dub for links, or you are moving from one of the tools it imports from; budget $90 a month plus 5% of payouts funded by ACH, and $300 a month on Advanced once payouts pass $2,500 a month. Both offer a 14-day trial and let you cancel any time.

Where Affitor fitsCopy Anchor Link

If neither monthly bill fits a program that has not earned yet, there is a third shape. Affitor, which we make, has no subscription: $0 until a program has made $10,000 through affiliates, then 3.5% of affiliate-driven sales, with no cap on affiliate revenue and no limit on partners or seats. Every program is listed on the Affitor marketplace, and the Affitor team helps you recruit, onboard and train partners (affitor.com/join). It reads Stripe sales with no code, takes other billing systems through its API or SDK, and lets you run a test sale before launch.

The trade-offs are in the tables above: there is no importer, so you invite partners by email or CSV and they get new links; payouts go out by bank transfer or Wise after a review, not PayPal; and Affitor does not track coupon codes or collect tax forms. Details are on the pricing page.

FAQCopy Anchor Link

How do Rewardful and Dub prices compare?Copy Anchor Link

On the entry plans, Rewardful costs less. Rewardful Starter is $49 a month with a 0% transaction fee and covers up to $7,500 a month in affiliate revenue. Dub Partners Business is $90 a month, covers up to $2,500 a month in partner payouts, and charges 5% on payouts you fund by ACH or 8% by card. Rewardful's optional Managed Payouts cost 3%. Prices checked October 12, 2026.

Can I move from Rewardful to Dub?Copy Anchor Link

Yes. Dub Partners imports partners from Rewardful, PartnerStack, FirstPromoter, Tolt, Tapfiliate and Lemon Squeezy. Moving the other way, Rewardful's support team imports affiliate accounts from a file you send them.

Does Dub Partners handle tax forms?Copy Anchor Link

Yes. Dub says its Business plan handles tax compliance, so you don't send W-9, 1099 or W-8 forms yourself. On Rewardful, tax info is collected through Managed Payouts, which cost 3% (as of October 12, 2026).

Which one has an MCP server?Copy Anchor Link

Dub Partners lists a REST API and an MCP server on its Business plan. Rewardful has a REST API on every plan, and its MCP server covers its developer docs (as of October 12, 2026).

Is there an option with no monthly fee?Copy Anchor Link

Affitor, which we make, has no subscription: it costs nothing until a program has made $10,000 through affiliates, then 3.5% of affiliate-driven sales, with no cap on affiliate revenue. It lists every program on its marketplace and reads Stripe sales with no code. It has no importer, so partners get new links, and it pays partners by bank transfer or Wise rather than PayPal (as of October 12, 2026).

More comparisonsCopy Anchor Link

Every head-to-head and alternatives page is on the comparison hub. Related: Rewardful vs FirstPromoter, Tolt vs Rewardful, Rewardful alternatives, FirstPromoter vs Dub and the 19-tool comparison of affiliate software and pricing.