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Post Affiliate Pro vs. ReferralCandy

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    ReferralCandy

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AReferralCandy is an email-based customer referral platform.

    $47

    per month

    Pricing
    Post Affiliate ProReferralCandy
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Premium
    $39
    per month
    Plus
    $239
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Post Affiliate ProReferralCandy
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Premium Plan: Starts at $39/month + up to 5% of Revenue generated by ReferralCandy Plus Plan: Starts at $239/month + 1.5% of Revenue generated by ReferralCandy
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    User Ratings
    Post Affiliate ProReferralCandy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Post Affiliate ProReferralCandy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ReferralCandy
    ReferralCandy is overall a great tool that saves me time and money. Creating a referral program on your own is incredibly difficult and this tool allows for an automated system to send us an option to opt into the referral program. Their customer success team is very helpful and they're quick to get back to us when we have a question. We also love the ban feature when a customer abuses the referral program.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    ReferralCandy
    • Integrates nicely with BigCommerce's checkout process
    • Easily customizable when it comes to aesthetics
    • Simple and clear admin interface
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    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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    ReferralCandy
    • I would love to see a multi-tiered referral or reward system so that we can offer certain customer groups unique offers.
    • I would love a feature where you can issue a reward to a customer without them "qualifying for it".
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    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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    ReferralCandy
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    Support Rating
    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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    ReferralCandy
    ReferralCandy went above and beyond when it came to the initial integration of their app with our e-commerce store. They walked us through, step by step, how to install it, and then spent time helping track down a display bug that had popped up, giving us a couple free months for our trouble even!
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    ReferralCandy
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    ReferralCandy
    • ReferralCandy has been positive because it allows customers to refer new customers to discover our brand.
    • We'd love to know more about how this affects our customer acquisition cost.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Post Affiliate Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of Home screenScreenshot of CampaignsScreenshot of ConfigurationScreenshot of Commisions

    ReferralCandy Screenshots

    Screenshot of ReferralCandy dashboard -- see referral sales and revenueScreenshot of Widgets to promote the referral program among a customer baseScreenshot of Connect ReferralCandy with a Klaviyo accountScreenshot of Set up referral program rewards: Coupons, cash and custom