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Awin vs. Pepperjam Ascend (discontinued) vs. Post Affiliate Pro

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Awin

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAwin is a global affiliate network from Awin Global headquartered in Berlin with offices around the world, which is Part of the Axel Springer and United Internet Groups.N/A

    Pepperjam Ascend (discontinued)

    Score4.7 out of 10
    N/APepperjam Ascend was an affiliate marketing lifecycle management platform, supporting discovery, recruitment, attribution, commission, fraud prevention, and payment. Pepperjam is now part of Partnerize since the July 2020 acquisition.N/A

    Post Affiliate Pro

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Post Affiliate Pro is designed to run an entire affiliate program from top to bottom, with the exception of processing the financial transactions. However, most payment processors and shopping carts can be fully integrated with Post Affiliate Pro. According to the vendor, this solution is intuitive, fast, effective, and infinitely expandable, and designed to grow with the user’s needs. This solution is targeted for any merchant or business who wants to start a successful affiliate program.

    $129

    per month

    Pricing
    AwinPepperjam Ascend (discontinued)Post Affiliate Pro
    Editions & Modules
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    PRO
    $129
    per month
    ULTIMATE
    $249
    per month
    NETWORK
    $599
    per month
    STARTER
    $4,900
    one-time fee
    ELITE
    $12,900
    one-time fee
    NETWORK
    $24,900
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AwinPepperjam Ascend (discontinued)Post Affiliate Pro
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    AwinPepperjam Ascend (discontinued)Post Affiliate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AwinPepperjam Ascend (discontinued)Post Affiliate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Awin Global
    It’s difficult to say if I would recommend it or not from the point of view of the publisher as opposed to the merchant wishing to use it to connect to publishers. It is certainly one of the more intuitive and cleaner affiliate network platforms, though, that’s easier to navigate and build out reports.
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    Discontinued Products
    For our business, affiliate marketing is by far the lowest ROI marketing channel. If you're looking to get products, brands, and offers listed on coupon sites, Pepperjam Ascend is a great tool. If you're looking to engage with influencers or drive sales without giving away margin, Pepperjam Ascend is likely not for you.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Post Affiliate Pro is suitable for any online business that's interested in more sales that come from affiliate partners (and are willing to pay them commission from sales).
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Awin Global
    • Clean interface.
    • Different reporting options.
    • Easy to use link builder.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Lots of coupon sites.
    • Enables different tiers of commissions.
    • Can blast out newsletters to your network.
    Incentivized
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Tracking works brilliantly.
    • Split commission feature is great.
    • Multiple tracking methods, SEO friendly links are included.
    • SaaS version - didn't have to install anything.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Awin Global
    • Making it easier to grow your affiliate program.
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    Discontinued Products
    • The dashboard/platform is the furthest thing from user-friendly. It looks like a high school student with zero experience designed it in excel and hoped for the best with the results.
    • Reports are hit and miss. They may load, they may not! It's ridiculous, in my opinion.
    • No mobile options whatsoever, everything has to be desktop. It's 2022, they need to catch up!
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Does not provide out of the box integration with Salesforce/HubSpot
    • Requires knowledge of PHP in some use cases
    • User interface and on-screen instructions are not always user friendly
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    Usability
    Awin Global
    From my perspective, Awin is best affiliate network real time reporting solve the issues on time. Also i notice awin launch more affiliate programmes then any other network
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    Discontinued Products
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    It takes some time to learn how to use it. I do believe it could be a little more usable, but the support helps every time. Even new partners learn to use it relatively fast, and as the time goes by, you can help them yourself and they do not need to reach reach out to customer service.
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    Support Rating
    Awin Global
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Post Affiliate Pro has excellent support. It has improved over time and has a great customer support, if you have any problems. They respond quickly and so far have solved all of our problems. There could be more languages besides English, but it still works great. I can tell that the costumer service staff has a lot of experience.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Awin Global
    we evalutate various affiliate network but We selected Awin because it aligned best with our business goals, provided the features we needed to manage and scale.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Pepperjam Ascend's user interface is way behind these other platforms. It's not intuitive nor is it easy to create custom reports and engage with your publishers. We have been stuck with Pepperjam and many other affiliate networks have a very similar layout without much upside.
    Incentivized
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Basically both are great. Post Affiliate Pro has more integration features with CMS and Payment solutions (Joomla, Drupal etc.) but has the drawback of not integrating with Salesforce and required PHP knowledge in some cases. On the other hand, Referral Rock integrates well with Salesforce and required no coding knowledge as far as I know.
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    Return on Investment
    Awin Global
    • Can better address the success of an article in terms of conversion.
    • A way to build relationships between merchant and publisher.
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    Discontinued Products
    • I was hitting anywhere from $130 - $450 per month in commission payout before Pepperjam Ascend. Now with Pepperjam Ascend, I maybe get $40! I am still waiting on payouts from January.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Started using it several month ago; I can see that I can profit
    • Gained the trust of my customers, as they see it is rock-solid software
    • It is very flexible; it can adapt to your business needs
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