# Partnero

> Partnero is affiliate and referral program software from the team behind MailerLite that runs affiliate, refer-a-friend, influencer and newsletter referral programs from one account, with link, coupon and event tracking, a white-label partner portal, automated PayPal and Wise payouts and AI affiliate discovery, priced at $49 a month billed annually ($59 monthly) with unlimited partners, transactions and revenue and a 30-day free trial.

- Category: Affiliate & Referral Programs (https://saastracker.org/categories/affiliate-referral)
- Website: https://www.partnero.com
- Starting price: $49/mo billed annually ($59 monthly) (Starter)
- Free plan: No
- Free trial: 30 days on every plan, with all features available during the trial
- Founded: 2022, HQ: Partnero, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 228 Park Ave S PMB 54955, New York, NY, United States, Ownership: Privately held; built and operated by The Remote Company, the maker of MailerLite
- Profile last reviewed: 2026-09-27
- Canonical profile: https://saastracker.org/products/partnero

## Key facts

| Attribute | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starting price | $49/mo billed annually, $59/mo monthly (Starter) | partnero.com/pricing, 2026-09-27 |
| Free trial | 30 days, all features | partnero.com/pricing, 2026-09-27 |
| Pricing meter | Flat fee by programs and seats; unlimited partners, transactions and revenue | partnero.com/pricing, 2026-09-27 |
| Transaction or payout fee | 0% on self-funded PayPal and Wise payouts; 7% on Partnero-managed payouts | partnero.com/pricing, 2026-09-27 |
| White label | Branded portal on a custom domain on every plan | partnero.com/pricing, 2026-09-27 |
| API access | REST API, webhooks and MCP server on every plan | partnero.com/ai/mcp-server, 2026-09-27 |

## Overview

Partnero is built by The Remote Company, the group that makes MailerLite, and its about page says the team first built it to run its own partnership programs before selling it. It is registered as Partnero, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a New York mailing address. The vendor says more than 3,000 affiliate programs run on the platform, connecting brands with over 150,000 affiliates.

Its pricing argument is the opposite of revenue banding. Where several affiliate tools raise the price as the program earns more, every Partnero plan includes unlimited partners, transactions, visitors and affiliate revenue, and plans differ only in how many programs and team members you get. Starter is $49 a month billed annually or $59 monthly for one program and one seat; Partner is $159 annually or $199 monthly for three programs and three seats. Enterprise is quoted, and the pricing FAQ says it starts at $599 a month.

The program types are unusually broad for the price. The same account runs affiliate programs, customer refer-a-friend programs with dual-sided rewards, influencer programs built on coupon codes and clickless tracking, and newsletter referral programs that plug into MailerLite, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ConvertKit and ActiveCampaign. Newsletter referral programs are the one place a plan limit bites on volume: Starter covers 25,000 subscribers, Partner 150,000 and Enterprise 500,000.

Recent releases lean into AI. AI Affiliate Discovery builds a list of candidate affiliates from your product, keywords and competitors, with contact details, a relevance score and a draft outreach email, and it is included on every plan. There is also an in-app AI assistant and an MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor or VS Code read and change program data through your API key.

## How it works

1. You start a 30-day free trial, create a program (affiliate, referral or newsletter referral), and connect your billing or store: Stripe, Paddle, Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and PayPal payment links are among the no-code options, with a JavaScript snippet and REST API for custom setups.

2. You set commission rules (percentage, fixed, recurring, product-level, per-partner overrides, performance tiers and multi-level commissions), then brand the partner portal and signup page on your own domain and customize the program emails.

3. Partners sign up through the portal, get links and coupon codes, and see their clicks, conversions and earnings. Partnero records conversions from link clicks, promo codes and tracked events such as sign-ups, upgrades and purchases, and adjusts for refunds and cancellations.

4. Payouts run on a schedule through your own PayPal or Wise account at no Partnero fee, or through Partnero-managed payouts, where you pay one consolidated invoice and Partnero distributes the money for a 7% processing fee.

## Best for

SaaS, e-commerce and newsletter businesses that want affiliate, referral and newsletter referral programs in one tool at a flat price, especially programs that expect affiliate revenue to grow and do not want the subscription to grow with it.

## Not the right fit for

- Teams that need several programs or seats on a small budget. Starter includes one program and one team member, and extra seats are $29 a month each.
- Brands looking for a ready-made affiliate network to recruit from. AI Discovery produces a prospect list and outreach drafts, but there is no built-in marketplace of vetted publishers on the scale of a network.
- Buyers who want managed payouts at no cost. Partnero-managed payouts carry a 7% processing fee; only self-funded PayPal and Wise payouts avoid it.
- Large newsletters on the entry plan. Newsletter referral programs are capped at 25,000 subscribers on Starter.

## Features

### Program types

Every program type is available on every plan; plans differ in how many run at once.

- **Affiliate programs**: Link and coupon tracking, commission rules tied to billing events and a white-label portal on your own domain, with unlimited affiliates and affiliate revenue on every plan.
- **Refer-a-friend programs**: Customer referral programs with invite links, dynamic coupons and dual-sided rewards that fire when the referred customer pays rather than when they sign up.
- **Influencer programs**: Branded links, personal coupon codes and clickless tracking for creator partnerships, run as a program type rather than a separate product.
- **Newsletter referral programs**: Milestone rewards for subscribers who refer others, with native MailerLite, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ConvertKit and ActiveCampaign integrations and a white-label subscribe portal; 25,000 subscribers on Starter, 150,000 on Partner and 500,000 on Enterprise.
- **Lead submission pages**: A branded page where partners submit leads by form; you review, approve and close them from the dashboard and reward conversions.

### Tracking and commissions

Links, codes and events in one attribution layer, with a deep commission rule set.

- **Link, coupon and event tracking**: Credits partners from link clicks, promo codes used at checkout and tracked events such as purchases, sign-ups, upgrades and trials, with refunds and cancellations reflected in commissions.
- **Custom tracking domains**: Unlimited custom tracking domains on every plan, with UTM tracking for custom domains.
- **Flexible commission structures**: Percentage or fixed commissions, recurring commissions on renewals, product-level rates, per-partner overrides and performance tiers that raise the rate at milestones.
- **Multi-level commissions**: Reward partners for recruiting other partners, set up per the vendor's help center article on multi-tier commission.
- **Real-time multi-currency conversion**: Converts transaction currencies in real time, listed as included on every plan in the pricing comparison table.

### Partner portal and engagement

The partner-facing side is fully branded on the entry plan.

- **White-label partner portal**: A branded portal and signup page on a custom domain, with custom code injection, SEO and tracking settings, translations, passwordless or Google social login and reCAPTCHA, all on Starter.
- **Resource hub and file manager**: Share marketing materials, program resources and announcements inside the portal, with auto-generated QR codes and social sharing messages.
- **Program email builder**: Customizable program emails and templates to activate and re-engage partners, with an email activity log.
- **Messaging center**: Announcements and direct partner communication from Partnero; the comparison table shows it on Partner and Enterprise, not Starter.
- **Affiliate contests and bonuses**: Performance contests and bonus structures on top of standard commissions.

### Payouts

Self-funded payouts are free; managed payouts cost 7%.

- **Automated PayPal and Wise payouts**: Pay partners on a schedule through your own PayPal or Wise account with no Partnero fee; standard PayPal or Wise fees still apply.
- **Managed payouts**: Partnero pays partners on your behalf from one consolidated invoice, on weekly, biweekly, monthly or custom schedules, and collects tax documentation; a 7% payout processing fee applies.
- **Automated reward fulfillment**: Referral rewards delivered automatically as dynamic coupons, Amazon gift cards or PDF books once reward conditions are met.

### AI and developer tools

AI recruiting and an MCP server are included rather than sold as add-ons.

- **AI Affiliate Discovery**: Generates affiliate candidates from your product, keywords and competitors, each with business type, audience type, contact details, a relevance score and a draft outreach email, plus a pipeline and Gmail sending; included on every plan.
- **AI assistant**: An in-dashboard assistant that answers questions, summarizes performance and changes program settings from plain-language prompts.
- **MCP server**: Connects Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code to your account to list and edit partners, customers, transactions, leads and rewards, authenticated with your Partnero API key; every account includes it.
- **REST API and webhooks**: API and webhooks on every plan, with a JavaScript library and public developer docs at docs.partnero.com.

## Use cases

- **Founder of a Stripe-billed SaaS product**: Wants an affiliate program paying recurring commissions without a subscription that rises with affiliate revenue. Outcome: Starter at $49 a month billed annually, Stripe connected without code, recurring commission rules and a branded portal on the company's domain, with no revenue band to outgrow.
- **Newsletter operator on MailerLite or ConvertKit**: Wants subscribers to refer subscribers, with rewards at milestones. Outcome: A newsletter referral program linked to the ESP, unique referral links per subscriber, tiered rewards and a white-label subscribe portal, within the 25,000 subscriber limit on Starter or 150,000 on Partner.
- **Shopify brand running creators and customer referrals**: Needs coupon-based influencer tracking and a refer-a-friend program in one place. Outcome: Partner plan for three programs: one influencer program on personal coupon codes, one refer-a-friend program with dual-sided rewards, and one affiliate program, with AI Discovery to build the recruit list.

## Pricing

Flat monthly subscription by number of programs and team members, with unlimited partners, transactions, visitors and affiliate revenue on every plan; extra seats and managed payouts are the only published add-on charges.

- **Starter**: $49 per month billed annually ($59 billed monthly). 1 program and 1 team member; Unlimited partners, transactions and revenue; White-label portal on a custom domain; Link, coupon and referral tracking; Automated PayPal and Wise payouts; Newsletter referral up to 25,000 subscribers.
- **Partner**: $159 per month billed annually ($199 billed monthly). 3 programs and 3 team members; Advanced commission and reward structures; Messaging center; Partner onboarding and approval workflows; Integration assistance and priority email support; Newsletter referral up to 150,000 subscribers.
- **Enterprise**: From $599 per month, quoted. Unlimited programs and team members; Custom integrations and API workflows; Onboarding and migration; Dedicated account manager; Newsletter referral up to 500,000 subscribers. The pricing FAQ gives the $599 starting point; the plan card itself says contact us.

Add-ons:

- Additional team member seat ($29 per user per month): Available on any plan.
- Partnero-managed payouts (7% payout processing fee): Self-funded PayPal or Wise payouts carry no Partnero fee.

Billing notes:

- Annual billing is marketed as two months free: Starter falls from $59 to $49 a month and Partner from $199 to $159.
- No overage fees on partners, transactions, clicks, visitors or affiliate revenue on any plan.
- Upgrades apply immediately; downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing cycle.
- Cancelling keeps the subscription active to the end of the paid month or year.
- Newsletter referral programs are the one volume limit: 25,000, 150,000 and 500,000 subscribers by plan.

Value assessment: For a single program, Starter at $49 a month annually lands at the same entry price as Rewardful and FirstPromoter and below Tolt and Tapfiliate, and the difference shows as the program grows: Partnero never charges more because affiliates sold more, and white-labeling, custom domains, multi-currency and the API are already on the entry plan. The cost climbs in a different place, through programs and seats, so a team that wants three programs and a second or third login pays $159 to $199 a month. Budget for the 7% fee if you want Partnero to handle payouts for you.

### Entry price history

Dates are when SaaSTracker checked the vendor's published pricing, not when the vendor changed it.

Entry price first recorded on 27 September 2026. It will be re-checked when this category next comes round the rotation.

| Checked | Entry price | Normalised | Event | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-27 | $49/mo billed annually ($59 monthly) (Starter) | $49 annual-equivalent, flat | recorded |  |

## Strengths

- Unlimited partners, transactions and affiliate revenue on every plan, so the price does not scale with program success.
- Affiliate, referral, influencer and newsletter referral programs from one account and one partner portal.
- White-label portal on a custom domain, custom code injection and portal translations included on the $49 plan.
- AI Affiliate Discovery, an in-app AI assistant and an MCP server included on every plan.
- Published monthly and annual prices, a 30-day trial with all features, and migration help for teams switching tools.

## Limitations

- Starter includes one program and one seat; more of either means the $159 Partner plan or $29 per extra seat.
- Managed payouts cost 7% of the payout; only self-funded PayPal and Wise payouts avoid Partnero fees.
- No permanent free plan, unlike GoAffPro or UpPromote.
- Newsletter referral programs are capped by subscriber count per plan.
- Partnero does not publish its founding year; the launch year in this profile is a third-party proxy.

## Comparisons

- **Partnero vs Referral Factory**: Referral Factory starts higher, at $160 a month billed yearly with white label only from Pro, but adds 200+ reward types, event-based qualification and stated SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; Partnero stays the budget pick for affiliate and newsletter programs.
- **Partnero vs Referral Rock**: Referral Rock costs more than Partnero's $49 annual entry plan but includes a dedicated advisor, frontline recruiter portals and CRM-stage rewards; Partnero is the lower-cost pick for affiliate-led and newsletter referral programs.
- **Partnero vs Rewardful**: Rewardful is the subscription specialist, with direct Stripe and Paddle connections that recalculate recurring commissions as customers upgrade, downgrade or churn, and plans banded by the affiliate revenue you track. Partnero starts at the same $49 on annual billing but never re-prices on revenue and adds referral, influencer and newsletter referral programs. Pick Rewardful if subscription edge cases are your main risk; pick Partnero if you expect the program to grow or need more than one program type.
- **Partnero vs FirstPromoter**: FirstPromoter also starts at $49 a month and connects natively to Stripe, Paddle, Recurly, Chargebee and Braintree, with tax form collection and payouts in many currencies. Partnero matches it on entry price, includes the white-label portal and API on the first plan, and adds newsletter referrals and AI affiliate discovery. FirstPromoter is the stronger pick for subscription businesses on Recurly, Chargebee or Braintree; Partnero is the broader toolkit per dollar.
- **Partnero vs Tolt**: Tolt starts at $69 a month for SaaS startups on Stripe, Paddle or Chargebee, and from its Growth plan it runs payouts for you at a 2% processing fee. Partnero is cheaper at entry ($49 annually) and covers more program types and e-commerce platforms, but its managed payouts cost 7%. Choose Tolt if you want payouts handled cheaply for a SaaS program; choose Partnero if you pay partners yourself through PayPal or Wise or run several kinds of programs.
- **Partnero vs Tapfiliate**: Tapfiliate starts at $89 a month ($74 annually) and meters its plans on clicks and conversions. Partnero starts lower at $49 annually and puts no limit on partners, transactions or visitors on any tier, and it adds newsletter referrals and AI affiliate discovery. Choose Tapfiliate if a specific integration only it supports matters; choose Partnero for the lower entry price and the absence of usage meters.

## Pairs well with

Partnero is a referrals tool, and a team running it still has 6 neighbouring categories to staff. The pick in each is Creem for subscription billing, Sender for email service providers, Carrd for landing page builders, Umami for GTM analytics, Judge.me for testimonials & social proof and Collabstr for influencer & creator marketing, each the leading tool in that category on published criteria.

| Category | Ideal pairing | Because | Benefit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Subscription Billing | [Creem](https://saastracker.org/products/creem) (Best Value) | Partnero lists starter includes one program and one seat among its limits. Creem adds affiliate programs with automatic commission splits and revenue splits between partners. | Recurring revenue bills, retries and reconciles itself, including the tax nobody wants to calculate. |
| Email Service Providers | [Sender](https://saastracker.org/products/sender) (Best Value) | Partnero lists managed payouts cost 7% of the payout among its limits. Sender adds paid plans starting at single-digit dollars. | An opt-in audience is owned rather than rented, and reaching it costs nothing per send. |
| Landing Page Builders | [Carrd](https://saastracker.org/products/carrd) (Best Value) | Partnero is built for referrals, not landing pages. Carrd adds maintained despite the tiny team. | A campaign page ships the same afternoon without waiting on an engineer. |
| GTM Analytics | [Umami](https://saastracker.org/products/umami) (Best Value) | Partnero lists no permanent free plan, unlike GoAffPro or UpPromote among its limits. Umami adds a free Cloud tier at roughly 100,000 events a month with three. | Spend gets attributed to revenue, so the channel that works is the one that gets funded. |
| Testimonials & Social Proof | [Judge.me](https://saastracker.org/products/judge-me) (Best Value) | Partnero lists Partnero does not publish its founding year among its limits. Judge.me adds a single flat $15 paid plan at any order volume. | Real customer proof sits on the pages where people decide, not only on a review site. |
| Influencer & Creator Marketing | [Collabstr](https://saastracker.org/products/collabstr) (Ease of Use) | Partnero is built for referrals, not influencer. Collabstr adds published creator pricing. | Creators get found, briefed and paid on performance, rather than on a flat fee and hope. |

Pairings follow the SaaSTracker methodology (https://saastracker.org/methodology): the leading tool in each complementary category, chosen on published criteria. Placement cannot be purchased.

## Implementation

- Setup time: Hours for a standard setup: the vendor's integrations page rates Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and PayPal payment links as easy, while the API and JavaScript routes are marked as needing a developer.
- Learning curve: Low for a single affiliate program; moderate once you combine per-partner commission overrides, multi-level commissions and several program types.
- Onboarding: Self-serve with a 30-day trial. Partner adds integration assistance and setup guidance; Enterprise adds onboarding, migration and a dedicated account manager. A migration service audits the old setup and moves partners, customers, transactions and links.
- Migration: Partnero publishes comparison pages against Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Tolt, Tapfiliate, Trackdesk, LeadDyno, Post Affiliate Pro, PartnerStack and Everflow and offers assisted migration. Re-issue or redirect old affiliate links, and move payout details before the old tool is cancelled.

## Platform, API & security

- Platforms: Web app, White-label partner portal (web), MCP server for Claude, Cursor and VS Code
- API: REST API and webhooks on every plan, a JavaScript tracking library, and developer documentation at docs.partnero.com.
- Compliance: GDPR (stated on the vendor site), Data processing addendum published
- Security notes: MCP requests are authenticated with the account's API key. The portal supports passwordless and Google social login and reCAPTCHA on signup forms. No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestation is published on the vendor site.

## Support

- Channels: Email, Priority email support on Partner, Dedicated account manager on Enterprise
- Documentation: Knowledge base at help.partnero.com and API docs at docs.partnero.com, plus integration guides on partnero.com/integrations.

## Company

- Founded: 2022
- Founders: Gediminas (listed as Founder on the about page; surname not published)
- Headquarters: Partnero, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 228 Park Ave S PMB 54955, New York, NY, United States
- Ownership: Privately held; built and operated by The Remote Company, the maker of MailerLite
- Funding: Not disclosed. Partnero does not publish a founding or launch year on its own site. 2022 is a proxy: Partnero's first Product Hunt launch is dated 12 December 2022 (producthunt.com, a third-party page), and the about page says the team used the tool internally for many months before releasing it.

Timeline:

- 2022: First Product Hunt launch in December (third-party record, used as a proxy launch year).
- 2023: Newsletter referral programs launched as a separate Product Hunt release in September (third-party record).
- 2026: Sells Starter at $49 a month annually and Partner at $159, with AI Affiliate Discovery, an AI assistant and an MCP server on every plan.

## Integrations

Stripe, Paddle, Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, PayPal, Wise, Squarespace, HighLevel, Thinkific, Calendly, Typeform, Razorpay, Bubble, MailerLite, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, ConvertKit, ActiveCampaign, Amazon Incentives, Zapier, Make, Pabbly Connect

## FAQ

### How much does Partnero cost?

Starter is $49 a month billed annually or $59 monthly, and Partner is $159 a month billed annually or $199 monthly. Enterprise is quoted and, per the pricing FAQ, starts at $599 a month. Extra team seats are $29 per user per month on any plan.

### Does Partnero charge more as my affiliate revenue grows?

No. Every plan includes unlimited partners, transactions, visitors and affiliate revenue with no overage fees. Plans differ by number of programs and team members.

### Is there a free trial or free plan?

There is a 30-day free trial on every plan with all features available. There is no permanent free plan.

### How much do payouts cost?

Automated payouts through your own PayPal or Wise account carry no Partnero fee (PayPal or Wise fees still apply). If Partnero handles payouts for you from one consolidated invoice, a 7% payout processing fee applies.

### Can Partnero run referral and newsletter referral programs as well as affiliate programs?

Yes. Affiliate, refer-a-friend, influencer and newsletter referral programs are available on every plan. Newsletter referral programs are limited to 25,000 subscribers on Starter, 150,000 on Partner and 500,000 on Enterprise.

### Which billing and store platforms does Partnero integrate with?

Stripe and Paddle for billing, Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce for stores, PayPal payment links, Squarespace, HighLevel, Thinkific and others, plus Zapier, Make and a REST API for custom setups.

### Can I white-label the partner portal?

Yes, on every plan. The portal and signup page can run on your own domain with your branding, custom code injection, translations and SEO settings.

### What does Partnero's AI do?

AI Affiliate Discovery builds a list of candidate affiliates from your product, keywords and competitors, with contact details, a relevance score and outreach drafts. An in-app assistant answers questions and changes settings, and an MCP server connects Claude, Cursor or VS Code to your program data. All three are included on every plan.

### Who makes Partnero?

The Remote Company, the team behind MailerLite. The legal entity is Partnero, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a New York address.

### What should I pair Partnero with?

Partnero is a referrals tool, and a team running it still has 6 neighbouring categories to staff. The pick in each is Creem for subscription billing, Sender for email service providers, Carrd for landing page builders, Umami for GTM analytics, Judge.me for testimonials & social proof and Collabstr for influencer & creator marketing, each the leading tool in that category on published criteria.

### What do I pair with Partnero for Subscription Billing?

Creem. Partnero lists starter includes one program and one seat among its limits. Creem adds affiliate programs with automatic commission splits and revenue splits between partners.

### Is Partnero enough on its own?

For referrals, yes. Partnero does not cover email service providers, landing page builders and GTM analytics, and its own profile says so; Sender, Carrd and Umami are the tools that fill those gaps.

## Editorial verdict

Partnero is the affiliate tool to shortlist when you expect the program to grow and do not want the bill to grow with it. The $49 annual entry price matches Rewardful and FirstPromoter, but every plan includes unlimited partners and affiliate revenue, a white-label portal on your own domain, the API, and AI affiliate discovery, and the same account runs referral, influencer and newsletter referral programs. The price rises through programs and seats rather than success, so a team with three programs pays $159 to $199 a month, and managed payouts cost 7%. Start the 30-day trial if you bill through Stripe, Paddle or Shopify and want one tool for every kind of partner.

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Source: SaaSTracker (https://saastracker.org), an independent editorial project. This profile is compiled from public information, carries no peer reviews or paid placement, and was last reviewed 2026-09-27. Awards are judged on published criteria: https://saastracker.org/methodology