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PartnerCommissionRadar
Marcus ReidFernly$89.70QueuedCheckingClear
RCRyan ColeCole Digital$179.70QueuedCheckingHeld
Jonas WeberBrightloop$44.70QueuedCheckingClear
LOLina OkaforDiego Ramos$89.70QueuedCheckingClear
ATAiko TanakaNoah Fischer$29.70QueuedCheckingClear
Payout runOct 1$27,005.35$28,245.35$29,105.85$31,297.35$32,251.35Draft invoiceInvoice paid
PartnerMethodPayoutStatus
Marcus ReidPayPal$1,240.00PendingPaid
RCRyan ColePayPal$179.70PendingSelf-referralHeld
Jonas WeberWise$860.50PendingPaid
LOLina OkaforBank transfer$2,191.50PendingPaid
ATAiko TanakaWise$954.00PendingPaid
Ryan Cole’s self-referral heldCustomer email matches his ownNot paid
398 affiliates paid37 countries, one invoice, 0 failedPaid
flagged 300 self-referrals with Radar and cut payouts from one to three working days a month to zero hours.Read HeyReach’s story

The best have already moved to Tolt

High Performer on G2, Fall 2026
Y Combinator companyY Combinator companyY Combinator company

Why teams switch

FirstPromoter is well reviewed, and its support gets the most praise. These are the gaps its users and its own pages point to, and what Tolt does instead.

  • Setup

    Setup takes work.

    On G2, integration issues and a learning curve are the cons reviewers name most, and one brought in an outside expert to finish setup. On Capterra, a CEO calls onboarding fairly complex. On Trustpilot, review after review thanks support for fixing a Stripe, webhook or tracking setup.

    Sources
    G2CapterraTrustpilot

    With Tolt

    Connect Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee in about 15 minutes, with client- or server-side tracking, and launch the same day. Stuck? Live chat is there while you set up.

    See how setup works

  • Branding

    Your own domain costs extra.

    Its $49 Starter plan leaves out a custom domain and white-labeling, and caps a program at 1,000 affiliates and three campaigns. All of them start on Business, at $99 a month.

    Source
    FirstPromoter pricing

    With Tolt

    Every Tolt plan has a branded portal on your own domain, like affiliates.yourdomain.com, and unlimited affiliates.

    Compare the two bills

  • Payments

    Paying affiliates is Enterprise-only.

    Its Managed Auto Payouts are on Enterprise only, from $149 a month, for SaaS companies it approves after a review. It pays once a month: partners get their money 7–10 days after yours lands, and pay a fee to withdraw it.

    Sources
    FirstPromoter pricingFirstPromoter help center

    With Tolt

    You approve one invoice on your terms (NET-15, 30 or 60), and Tolt pays your partners by PayPal, Wise, bank transfer or wire. Auto payouts come with every plan.

    How auto payouts work

  • Tax

    Forms in, but no 1099s out.

    Partners upload their W-9 or W-8BEN in its portal, but filing 1099s isn’t on its plan list.

    Source
    FirstPromoter pricing

    With Tolt

    Tolt collects a W-9 or W-8 from every partner before they’re paid, and files 1099s for eligible US partners each January.

    Tax forms and 1099s

  • Reporting

    Reporting is the weak spot.

    G2’s summary of its reviews names reporting as the area to improve.

    Source
    G2

    With Tolt

    Know what drives your partner revenue. Tolt’s reports trace the funnel from click to customer, with UTMs, landing pages and period-over-period comparisons, plus exports and scheduled reports.

    See Reports

  • FirstPromoter’s comparison

    It gets Tolt wrong.

    FirstPromoter’s own Tolt comparison says Tolt has no auto payouts or invoicing, no tax form collection and no team roles.

    Source
    FirstPromoter vs Tolt

    With Tolt

    Tolt has all three: auto payouts with an invoice for every partner, W-9 and W-8 forms with 1099s filed, and team roles for everyone on your team.

FirstPromoter’s plans and payouts as its pricing page and help center describe them, and its reviews on G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, as of 9 October 2026.

Receipts

5.0 on CapterraSee all the receipts

  • “Smooth Setup, Excellent Affiliate Management”

    We use Tolt to automate our affiliate program management, solving issues with previous tools. It offers a great dashboard and chat access for affiliates, manual lead submission, and an email feature, reducing our program’s operation time by 90%.

    Switched from FirstPromoter

    To automate affiliate program management.

    Shubh A.Head of Growth

    Exhibit 007Left FirstPromoter
  • Capterra

    “Great evolutive tool”

    Bootstrapping a SaaS we wanted to create an affiliate program and discovered FirstPromoter. We gave it a try and found it quite complicated to set up. We then discovered Tolt on Google. The onboarding was very smooth. The set up even smoother. It took us less than 30mn to make it ready to run.

    NM

    Nassuf M.CEO · Computer Software

    Exhibit 002Left FirstPromoter
  • Chat with ToltSep 18, 2026
    HW

    Harrison W. · Locktopus Odds

    thanks so much, really loving the site (we switched from rewardful)!

    Exhibit 045Left Rewardful

Why Tolt

01 Auto payouts

We know how busy growing a startup can get, so why take on another time-consuming job like paying affiliates? Turn on auto payouts, and spend that time finding new customers, or even new affiliates.

Learn about our payouts

went from one to three working days of payouts a month to zero hours.

FirstPromoter can pay your partners too, but only on Enterprise, for SaaS companies it approves after a review, and once a month. On every Tolt plan, you approve one invoice and your partners are paid by PayPal, Wise, bank transfer or wire, with their tax forms on file.

02 Tax compliance

Before anyone is paid, Tolt collects a W-9 from US partners and a W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E from everyone else. Each January, it files a 1099 for every eligible US partner.

How tax forms work

On FirstPromoter, partners upload their W-9 or W-8BEN in the portal, but filing 1099s isn’t on its plan list. On Tolt it’s part of auto payouts, on every plan.

03 Fraud protection

Stop paying for fake conversions and self-referrals. Tolt protects your margins automatically, before payouts ever leave your account.

Learn more about Tolt Radar

caught 300 self-referrals and rejected 400+ suspicious commissions with Radar.

  • Network-wide bad actor detection

    Screen affiliates against our database of 200,000+ partners to flag known abusers instantly.

  • No brand PPC hijacking

    Stop partners bidding on your brand’s search terms to claim commissions on traffic that was already yours.

  • Self-referral blocking

    Catch multi-accounting, duplicate IPs and suspicious sign-ups in real time.

04 Modern and quick

Tolt stays up to date with the latest technologies and design trends, so your affiliates get the best possible experience, and bring in more referrals. Connect Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee and launch within 15 minutes.

Take a look inside our dashboard

We made sure both our dashboard and affiliate portal are easy to use and look like a modern app should, with client- and server-side tracking for any kind of app.

And the details your affiliates will notice.

  • Affiliate stats

    All the stats your affiliates need: clicks, leads, customers, revenue and earnings, in their own dashboard.

  • Passwordless login

    Passwords are so 2010. Your affiliates log in with just their email: we send a magic link, so there’s nothing to remember.

  • Assets page

    Upload your logo and other graphics, so your affiliates can easily find promo assets for your brand.

The product

An easy way to manage your affiliate program

Invite, track and manage your affiliates with a point and a click. We kept the dashboard simple: you can edit, delete and view affiliates and referrals within two clicks. And the stats that help your program grow: see how your affiliates are doing, compare them, and check their conversion rate, earnings and more.

Take a look inside our dashboard

A cool, branded portal for your affiliates

Make affiliates feel at home: they might also be your users, so Tolt makes sure your affiliate portal matches your brand. There’s no fun in another tool’s subdomain, so use your own, like affiliates.yourdomain.com.

See the affiliate portal

Get your program running within 15 minutes

Get up and running real quick with our Stripe, Paddle and Chargebee integrations. Tolt offers both client- and server-side integration options, so it works with any kind of app.

Fast and easy payouts for affiliates

Easily export all pending payouts and use PayPal Mass Payments or Wise Batch Payment to pay your affiliates. Or just let us pay them: turn on auto payouts and don’t worry about payments anymore. We pay through PayPal, Wise, bank transfer or wire.

Learn about our payouts

Pricing

FirstPromoter charges $99 a month for a custom domain (affiliates.yourdomain.com) and unlimited affiliates, and $149 to pay affiliates for you. On Tolt, all three come with every plan, from $99. We charge based on the revenue your affiliates bring in: we earn when you earn.

$5,000
25%
Paying partners
$25+ less
Growth planUp to $20k a month$99
Branded portal on your domainIncluded
Auto payouts2% of $1,250 paid out$25
A month$124
Enterprise planManaged payouts start on EnterpriseFrom $149
Branded portal on your domainNot on Starter, at $49Included
Managed payoutsNo fee to you; partners pay to withdraw$0
A monthFrom$149

Tolt costs at least $25 less a month, $300 a year.

Prices from tolt.com/pricing and firstpromoter.com/pricing, billed monthly, as of 9 October 2026. Both take 0% of your revenue and give two months free on yearly billing. Payout fees are a share of what partners are paid; payout providers’ own fees aren’t included. FirstPromoter’s Enterprise starts at $149: above $15k a month its sales team sets the tier, and its managed payouts need its approval.

What each starting price gets you

Growth · From $99 a monthStarter · From $49 a month
Unlimited affiliatesA limited number of affiliates: up to 1,000
A fully branded affiliate portal on your own domainNo custom domain or white-labeling
Priced on results: the revenue your partners bring in.A custom domain and unlimited affiliates start on Business, at $99 a month.

Switching

HeyReach moved its whole program to Tolt in one day. Here’s how a switch goes, and we’ll plan yours with you on a call.

Plan your switch
  1. 01

    Connect your billing

    Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee, in about 15 minutes, on the 14-day free trial.

  2. 02

    Bring your program over

    Partners, referral links, clicks, customers, commissions and coupons, history included.

  3. 03

    Put the portal on your domain

    Your partners get a portal in your brand, at an address like affiliates.yourdomain.com.

  4. 04

    Tell your affiliates

    They sign in with the same email, and the links they already share keep tracking.

FAQ

Why switch

01But why do you need a FirstPromoter alternative?

We don’t hate FirstPromoter, but the Tolt features above are definitely something to consider. Tolt comes out ahead on its price to features ratio and on its UX: a branded portal on your own domain on every plan, auto payouts on every plan instead of only on Enterprise, and 1099s filed for you. Simple as that.

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02How much does FirstPromoter cost compared with Tolt?

Both price by the revenue your partners bring in, and neither takes a cut of it. FirstPromoter starts at $49 a month, but a custom domain starts on Business, at $99, and paying partners for you on Enterprise, from $149. Tolt starts at $99, with a branded portal on your own domain and auto payouts on every plan.

Tolt Growth · own domain and auto payouts
$99
FirstPromoter Business · own domain, up to $15k
$99
Compare the two bills
03Does FirstPromoter pay affiliates for you?

Only on Enterprise. Its Managed Auto Payouts are for SaaS companies it approves after a review: it pays once a month, partners get their money 7–10 days later and pay a fee to withdraw it. On every other plan you pay them yourself, by PayPal, Wise, Stripe, crypto or bank transfer. Tolt pays your partners for you on every plan.

$99Auto payouts on Tolt, every plan
How auto payouts work
04Does FirstPromoter file 1099s?

Its plans list collecting W-9 and W-8BEN forms, which partners upload in its portal, but not filing 1099s. Tolt does both: it collects the forms before anyone is paid, and files 1099s for eligible US partners each January.

  • W-9
  • W-8BEN
  • W-8BEN-E
  • 1099
Tax forms and 1099s

Switching

05Can we move from FirstPromoter to Tolt?

Yes. We bring over your partners, referral links, clicks, customers, commissions and coupons, history included. Partners sign in with the same email, so nobody makes a new account, and we plan the move with you on a call.

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06Will our affiliates’ links keep working?

Yes. The links your partners already share keep tracking on Tolt, FirstPromoter’s ?fpr= and ?via= links included, so nobody has to update a post, a video or an email.

0Links your affiliates have to change

The product

07Do you have a free trial?

Yes! We have a 14-day free trial, so you have enough time to see if affiliate marketing works for your startup. And we don’t ask for a credit card.

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08Does Tolt work with Stripe?

Yes. Tolt connects to Stripe, Paddle (Billing and Classic) and Chargebee, each in about 15 minutes. For anything else, send sign-ups and payments to Tolt with webhooks or the API.

StripePaddleChargebee
Integrations
09How can I pay my affiliates?

Export your pending payouts and pay them with PayPal Mass Payments or Wise Batch Payments. Or turn on auto payouts, on every plan, and we pay them for you by PayPal, Wise, bank transfer or wire.

  • PayPal
  • Wise
  • Bank transfer
  • Wire
Learn about our payouts
10What happens if a customer cancels or requests a refund?

As soon as Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee tells us a customer has canceled their subscription, we stop calculating commissions for their affiliate. And on refunds, we deduct the commission from the affiliate.

11What’s Tolt’s refund policy?

We have a 30-day refund policy. If affiliate marketing or Tolt isn’t the right fit for your SaaS, request a full refund within 30 days, no questions asked.

30 daysFull refund, no questions asked
12Does Tolt catch more than self-referrals?

Yes. Tolt Radar also flags partners who bid on your brand in Google, Bing or YouTube ads, links with keywords you block and sign-ups from countries you exclude, and holds their commissions before anyone is paid.

300Self-referrals caught at HeyReach
How Tolt Radar works

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