Do creators post on their own accounts here, like on Sideshift?

Yes. You approve the video, they post it and paste the link, and you pay per 1,000 views. Or run it as a partnership ad from their handle.

Is there a cap on creators?

No plan caps creators. Invites are a daily allowance that grows with what you pay creators.

What do I need to start?

A work email and your store. The 7-day trial lets you read your store, browse the ranked feed, create a campaign and collect applicants before anything is charged.

Is this comparison up to date?

Each fact about them carries the date it was read and the page it came from, under the table. If their page changes, write to support@hourlyugc.com and we correct it.

The Sideshift alternative with every way to pay

Same job: creators, briefs, videos, ads. Every way to pay for it, and money in escrow.

Cancel anytime

What you keep, what you gain

Briefs and applicants

Post a campaign; creators apply from a ranked feed. Search the pool in plain words.

Hourly, on top of per video

Book a session and every video from it is yours. Or pay per approved video, as before.

Ads from your account

Build the ad on Meta from the approved video. No download.

Escrow

Money waits until you approve. No approval, no payout.

The short table

The full one, model by model, is on the comparison page. Sideshift’s column was read on 2026-11-04.

What	HourlyUGC	Sideshift
Platform price	Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial.	Starter $299, Growth $499, Scale $999 a month. Annual $210, $349 and $699 a month, billed for the year.
Trial	7 days, cancel any time before it ends.	14 days, on monthly plans. Annual plans are charged for the year.
Hourly	Yes. Book a session; every video from it is yours.
Share of sales	Yes. 1–50% of every order their video brings, or a fixed amount per order. Counted on the network or on your store, through Shopify or the Hourly Pixel.	Revenue per creator is reported.
Per 1,000 views	Yes. A rate per 1,000 counted views of the creator’s own post. On top of any base.	Creators post on their own accounts; you pay for the content you approve.
Payouts	Escrow from accept to approval. Creators withdraw by card, PayPal or wire.	1-click payouts; 1099 and W-9 handled.

Platform price

HourlyUGC: Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial.
Sideshift: Starter $299, Growth $499, Scale $999 a month. Annual $210, $349 and $699 a month, billed for the year.

Trial

HourlyUGC: 7 days, cancel any time before it ends.
Sideshift: 14 days, on monthly plans. Annual plans are charged for the year.

Hourly

HourlyUGC: Yes. Book a session; every video from it is yours.

Share of sales

HourlyUGC: Yes. 1–50% of every order their video brings, or a fixed amount per order. Counted on the network or on your store, through Shopify or the Hourly Pixel.
Sideshift: Revenue per creator is reported.

Per 1,000 views

HourlyUGC: Yes. A rate per 1,000 counted views of the creator’s own post. On top of any base.
Sideshift: Creators post on their own accounts; you pay for the content you approve.

Payouts

HourlyUGC: Escrow from accept to approval. Creators withdraw by card, PayPal or wire.
Sideshift: 1-click payouts; 1099 and W-9 handled.

Sideshift’s column: sideshift.app/plans/brands, read 2026-11-04; Sideshift’s ads in the Meta Ad Library, read 2026-11-04. Ours is the product as it runs today.

Moving over

Your brief: Paste it into a new campaign; the templates fill the rest.
Your creators: They apply from the feed, or you invite them from Recruit.
Your ad account: Connect Meta in Settings; Build Ads runs from there.
Your rights: Every approved video and its contract sit in the Library from the first one.

Keep reading

HourlyUGC vs SideshiftWhat each one charges, every way each one pays creators, and what is in the box. Read on the dates shown.For BrandsPer video, hourly or commission-based. A share of ad spend or of sales. Per 1,000 views and samples on top. One campaign.High Volume UGCOne hourly session, several styles, a batch back. Then do it with ten creators.

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15 minutes. We read your store live, show you the creators ranked for it, and map the first campaign.

Questions about moving over

One plan, Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial. Every campaign model is included.