Can creators earn a commission here, like on Trybe?

Yes. Commission-based is a base of its own: no base pay, a share of the sales their video brings, 1–50% of each order or a fixed amount per order, counted on the network or on your store. A share of ad spend is the other shape.

Can I switch from Trybe?

Create the campaign with the same brief and the share you pay today. Your creators apply from the feed, or you invite them from Recruit.

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

Which sales count for the share?

You choose, per campaign: the network’s own count, or ours on your store through Shopify or the Hourly Pixel, the creator’s last touch within 7 days. Only the count you choose is paid.

Can I mix ways to pay on one campaign?

Yes. A campaign has one base, per video, hourly or commission-based, and one creator share on top, of ad spend or of sales. Views and samples are settings of the same campaign.

HourlyUGC vs Trybe

What each one charges, every way each one pays creators, and what is in the box. Read on the dates shown.

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Every way to pay, side by side

One row per campaign model. Ours is the create form. Trybe’s column is their brand FAQ, their invitation pages and their store listing, read on 2026-10-31; where those say nothing, the cell is empty.

What	HourlyUGC	Trybe
Platform price	Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial.	Free to start. 1.5% of attributed sales, or 1.25% of ad spend, or 1.5% of flat payments, never stacked. No seats, no minimums.
Trial	7 days, cancel any time before it ends.	Free to start; the fee applies as money moves.
Per video	Yes. Pay per approved video. Slots you fund when you want.	Yes: a flat amount per approved submission, with a 1.5% fee.
Hourly	Yes. Book a session; every video from it is yours.	Not among the six ways in their thread of 2026-09-02.
Commission-based, no base pay	Yes. No base pay: the creator’s cut is a share of the ad spend or of the sales their video brings.	Yes, the core model: the creator’s pay is a commission on the sales they bring, paid every 7 days.
Share of ad spend	Yes. 1–30% of what you spend running their video as an ad, capped per video.	Yes: a Meta performance-based option, paid on clicks, impressions or ad spend. Trybe’s fee on it is 1.25%.
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.	Yes: a percent of GMV, or a fixed amount per order, on their own server-side attribution.
Per 1,000 views	Yes. A rate per 1,000 counted views of the creator’s own post. On top of any base.	Per 1,000 organic views is not among their six ways. Their Meta option counts ad impressions.
Samples	Yes. Ship the product; they film it. On top of any base.	Yes: built-in sample requests.
Any combination, one campaign	Yes. One base, one creator share of ad spend or of sales, plus views or samples: settings of the same campaign.	Their thread lists a retainer that tops up the commission, and bonuses.

Platform price

HourlyUGC: Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial.
Trybe: Free to start. 1.5% of attributed sales, or 1.25% of ad spend, or 1.5% of flat payments, never stacked. No seats, no minimums.

Trial

HourlyUGC: 7 days, cancel any time before it ends.
Trybe: Free to start; the fee applies as money moves.

Per video

HourlyUGC: Yes. Pay per approved video. Slots you fund when you want.
Trybe: Yes: a flat amount per approved submission, with a 1.5% fee.

Hourly

HourlyUGC: Yes. Book a session; every video from it is yours.
Trybe: Not among the six ways in their thread of 2026-09-02.

Commission-based, no base pay

HourlyUGC: Yes. No base pay: the creator’s cut is a share of the ad spend or of the sales their video brings.
Trybe: Yes, the core model: the creator’s pay is a commission on the sales they bring, paid every 7 days.

Share of ad spend

HourlyUGC: Yes. 1–30% of what you spend running their video as an ad, capped per video.
Trybe: Yes: a Meta performance-based option, paid on clicks, impressions or ad spend. Trybe’s fee on it is 1.25%.

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.
Trybe: Yes: a percent of GMV, or a fixed amount per order, on their own server-side attribution.

Per 1,000 views

HourlyUGC: Yes. A rate per 1,000 counted views of the creator’s own post. On top of any base.
Trybe: Per 1,000 organic views is not among their six ways. Their Meta option counts ad impressions.

Samples

HourlyUGC: Yes. Ship the product; they film it. On top of any base.
Trybe: Yes: built-in sample requests.

Any combination, one campaign

HourlyUGC: Yes. One base, one creator share of ad spend or of sales, plus views or samples: settings of the same campaign.
Trybe: Their thread lists a retainer that tops up the commission, and bonuses.

Trybe’s column: jointrybe.com, the brand FAQ, read 2026-11-07; @TrybeUGC on X, 2026-09-02: the thread of six ways brands pay creators; Trybe Creators on the App Store, read 2026-10-31. Ours is the product as it runs today.

Where the two differ most

Trybe’s thread lists six ways to pay creators, from a flat amount per approved submission to a commission on sales. Here every model sits in one place and combines in one campaign, and one is not among their six: the hour.

Hourly, not among their six

Book a session; the creator is paid when you approve, before the ad runs. Add a share of sales on top when you want.

The count you choose

The network’s count or your own store. Both are shown; only the one you choose is paid.

Price

Pro: $399/month plus 1.25% of ad spend, after a 7-day free trial.

Around the campaign

The rest of the box, from the same pages.

What	HourlyUGC	Trybe
Ad networks	Meta, from your ad account, or as a partnership ad from the creator’s handle.	Meta, TikTok and AppLovin, with whitelisting and ad launching.
Attribution	The network’s count or your store, through Shopify or the Hourly Pixel, last touch within 7 days. Both shown, the cheaper one marked.	Server-side, built in, with a 7-day window.
Creator payouts	Escrow from accept to approval. Creators withdraw by card, PayPal or wire.	Stripe, in 170+ countries, with no withdrawal fee.
Creator app	HourlyUGC, the creators’ app, on the App Store.	Trybe Creators, on iOS and Android.

Ad networks

HourlyUGC: Meta, from your ad account, or as a partnership ad from the creator’s handle.
Trybe: Meta, TikTok and AppLovin, with whitelisting and ad launching.

Attribution

HourlyUGC: The network’s count or your store, through Shopify or the Hourly Pixel, last touch within 7 days. Both shown, the cheaper one marked.
Trybe: Server-side, built in, with a 7-day window.

Creator payouts

HourlyUGC: Escrow from accept to approval. Creators withdraw by card, PayPal or wire.
Trybe: Stripe, in 170+ countries, with no withdrawal fee.

Creator app

HourlyUGC: HourlyUGC, the creators’ app, on the App Store.
Trybe: Trybe Creators, on iOS and Android.

Fair to say about Trybe

From the same pages, read the same day.

One fee: Never stacked, and no subscription.
Attribution: Server-side attribution built in, with a Shopify integration.
Reach: Creators paid through Stripe in 170+ countries.

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