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Business Software Affiliate Programs

Programs for software used in sales, marketing, collaboration and operations.

47programs researched
44first-party verified
42currently active
6direct comparisons

Latest source review in this category: September 9, 2026

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26recurring models
5lead / trial models
2260+ day windows
44source checked

Recurring economics are common enough in this category that duration and renewal eligibility deserve their own comparison, not just the headline percentage.

Several programs can pay before a full purchase, so qualifying-action definitions and lead validation can materially change conversion economics.

Multiple programs publish attribution windows of 60 days or longer, which can matter when the buying cycle includes research across several sessions.

At least one profile has conflicting first-party information. Those conflicts stay visible rather than being normalized into a single convenient figure.

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Commission
30% recurring for up to 12 months per eligible referred account
Attribution
Check current PartnerStack terms
Best fit
Email-marketing, automation, CRM, agency and B2B software audiences.
Open profile
Active

Bonsai

Commission
200% of the first monthly payment on monthly plans; 30% on yearly plans
Attribution
60 days
Best fit
Freelancers, agencies and small-business publishers comparing client-management, project-management and billing software.
Open profile
Active

Brevo

Commission
Fixed CPA per qualifying paid account; after at least one paid-account referral, a $5…
Attribution
90 days; another affiliate-link click resets the 90-day period
Best fit
Email-marketing, CRM, small-business and digital-marketing audiences with an established publishing property.
Open profile
Commission
Tier and offer specific; current Tier 1 material includes $100 for One Funnel Away…
Attribution
45 days under the current sticky-cookie support article
Best fit
Sales-funnel education, direct-response marketing, online-business tutorials and agency audiences already comparing funnel software.
Open profile
Active

ClickUp

Commission
Up to $25 per qualifying new free workspace signup
Attribution
30 days
Best fit
Productivity, project-management, agency and small-business publishers.
Open profile
Active

Deel

Commission
$500 for each sales-qualified referral plus $1,000 if that referral becomes a new paying…
Attribution
90-day window starts at initial click for the first…
Best fit
Remote-work, global hiring, HR operations, international payroll and founder/business audiences with genuine B2B purchase intent.
Open profile
Active

Fillout

Commission
30% recurring commission on qualifying paid sign-ups
Attribution
Not publicly stated in the reviewed Fillout help documentation
Best fit
Form-builder, no-code, lead-capture, client-intake and small-business software audiences.
Open profile
Commission
Current first-party affiliate page advertises up to 30% recurring commission for 12 months; the…
Attribution
90 days on the current first-party affiliate page
Best fit
AI productivity, meeting-software, SaaS, agency and business-workflow publishers.
Open profile
Commission
Paid for qualifying trial signups and paid-plan upgrades; up to $200 per paid subscriber
Attribution
Current public page does not state a universal attribution…
Best fit
Freelancer, small-business, invoicing and accounting-software content where readers are actively selecting a finance workflow tool.
Open profile
Source conflict

Freshservice

Commission
Promoted through the current Freshworks affiliate program, whose 2026 landing page advertises 20–30% of…
Attribution
90 days under the current Freshworks affiliate FAQ
Best fit
ITSM, service-desk, IT operations and B2B software publishers.
Open profile
Source conflict

Freshworks

Commission
Current 2026 affiliate page advertises a tiered 20–30% recurring commission on first-year revenue; an…
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
B2B SaaS, IT service management, customer-support and business-software publishers.
Open profile
Source conflict

GetResponse

Commission
40% recurring for 12 months at the current base tier, rising to 50% and…
Attribution
90 days on the current PartnerStack program page; older…
Best fit
Email-marketing, automation, small-business, creator and affiliate-marketing audiences.
Open profile
Active referral program

Gorgias

Commission
$100–$500+ reward bands can apply based on qualifying referred opportunity/deal value
Attribution
Not a standard public cookie-led publisher program
Best fit
Ecommerce agencies, consultants and operators who can refer qualified support-software opportunities.
Open profile
Active

HubSpot

Commission
30% recurring monthly commission for up to one year at the current Starter tier;…
Attribution
180 days
Best fit
Marketing, CRM, sales, agency, software-review and small-business audiences with strong product-comparison intent.
Open profile
Active

Hunter

Commission
30% recurring commission on referred customer revenue for up to the first 12 invoices…
Attribution
30 days
Best fit
B2B sales, email outreach, lead generation, marketing and agency audiences that already use email-finding or verification workflows.
Open profile
Partner-track only

Intercom

Commission
Current public program is a Solution Partner/referral model; exact commission is not published as…
Attribution
Not a standard public cookie offer
Best fit
Agencies and consulting firms implementing customer-service software.
Open profile
Active

Jotform

Commission
30% commission on qualifying payments from new paid users; current first-party material describes the…
Attribution
60 days in current first-party affiliate support/program material
Best fit
Form-builder, automation, no-code, small-business and marketing audiences already researching online forms and workflow software.
Open profile
Active

Krisp

Commission
30% recurring commission on qualifying referrals for 12 months
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
AI, remote-work, meetings, audio, productivity and business-software publishers.
Open profile
Active

Leadpages

Commission
Up to $400 per referred customer, depending on the qualifying plan
Attribution
Current public page describes an attribution window but does…
Best fit
Landing-page tutorials, conversion-focused marketing content, small-business website guides and agency tool comparisons.
Open profile
Active

LiveChat

Commission
20% lifetime recurring commission from subscription payments; new-license commission can rise to 22% after…
Attribution
120 days
Best fit
Customer-support, ecommerce, SaaS, sales and small-business publishers whose audiences evaluate live-chat or conversational tools.
Open profile
Active

Make

Commission
35% of qualifying referred subscription payments for 12 months
Attribution
No separate public cookie duration is stated in the…
Best fit
Automation educators, no-code/low-code publishers, agencies, consultants, freelancers and workflow creators.
Open profile
Active

MeetGeek

Commission
30% recurring commission on qualifying affiliate sales for 12 months
Attribution
Not publicly stated on the current MeetGeek partner page
Best fit
AI meeting, sales productivity, remote-work, SaaS and business-software publishers.
Open profile
Commission
Tier model advertises up to 100% commission on the first year’s sales of each…
Attribution
Verify current attribution in the active partner account
Best fit
Project-management, productivity, operations and business-software publishers.
Open profile
Active

Motion

Commission
Current first-party affiliate resource center confirms commission for referred users who become paying Motion…
Attribution
Not publicly stated in the reviewed first-party affiliate resource…
Best fit
Productivity, project-management, AI-workflow, agency and team-software publishers.
Open profile
Active

n8n

Commission
30% revenue share on qualifying n8n Cloud Starter and Pro referrals for 12 months
Attribution
Not publicly stated in the reviewed current first-party affiliate…
Best fit
Developer, automation, AI-workflow, integration, no-code/low-code and technical tutorial publishers.
Open profile
Closed / discontinued

Notion

Commission
Up to $50 per activated signup plus 20% of year-one revenue for qualifying referrals
Attribution
180-day conversion window; last-click attribution
Best fit
Publishers checking current Notion affiliate availability, existing Notion affiliates, and productivity/creator audiences researching the former open application route.
Open profile
Active

Pabbly

Commission
30% recurring commission on qualifying payments for the lifetime of the referred customer under…
Attribution
365 days
Best fit
Automation, SaaS, marketing, small-business and creator audiences already comparing business-software stacks.
Open profile
Active

PandaDoc

Commission
Current partner page says affiliate commission is tracked/tier-dependent; the published legacy revenue-share TOS describes…
Attribution
90 days under the published affiliate TOS
Best fit
eSignature, document automation, sales operations, agency and small-business software publishers.
Open profile
Commission
$150 per qualifying new customer under the public affiliate program
Attribution
Verify current Impact attribution terms
Best fit
US small-business, payroll, accounting and freelancer publishers with audiences actively selecting bookkeeping or payroll software.
Open profile
Active

Paybooks

Commission
Recurring revenue is offered for qualifying affiliate conversions; exact affiliate percentage is not publicly…
Attribution
Not publicly stated
Best fit
India-focused payroll, HR, compliance, accounting and SME business audiences.
Open profile
Active

Pipedrive

Commission
20% revenue share for the first 12 months at the starting tier; 30% for…
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
CRM, sales, SaaS, small-business and agency audiences comparing pipeline and sales-management software.
Open profile
Commission
Commission is available for qualifying new QuickBooks subscriptions; the current public overview does not…
Attribution
Verify the current CJ or Business Affiliate offer terms
Best fit
Accounting, bookkeeping, freelancer, SMB and business-software publishers that can route readers to the correct current QuickBooks partner program.
Open profile
Commission
40% on qualifying customers referred with work emails plus $1 per qualifying work-email signup;…
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
Productivity, calendar, time-management, remote-work, team-software and AI-workflow publishers.
Open profile
Active

Sage

Commission
Structured payout rates with higher commissions and bonuses at higher performance tiers; current public…
Attribution
Verify current regional Impact offer terms
Best fit
Accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and business-software publishers whose traffic matches a supported Sage region and product.
Open profile
Commission
Payout for qualifying first-time website or commerce subscriptions; exact affiliate payout is disclosed after…
Attribution
Verify current Impact offer terms
Best fit
Website-builder, design, creator-business and small-business audiences comparing hosted website platforms.
Open profile
Commission
25% recurring commission on qualifying invoices for the life of the referred customer
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
Survey, CX, marketing and SaaS publishers.
Open profile
Commission
60% lifetime recurring on eligible systeme.io sales
Attribution
Lifetime attribution / permanently tagged referral under current program…
Best fit
Beginner affiliate-marketing, funnel, email, course, creator-business and online-business audiences.
Open profile
Commission
15% of each referred customer payment, capped at $1,000 earned per referral
Attribution
Referral cookie locks attribution when the referred user signs…
Best fit
Existing Teamwork users, agency operators and project-management educators recommending the platform to peers or clients.
Open profile
Active

Tidio

Commission
Up to 30% commission on qualifying sales / recurring partner payments under the current…
Attribution
30 days
Best fit
Customer-support, ecommerce, marketing automation and small-business audiences comparing live chat and AI support tools.
Open profile
Active

Unbounce

Commission
25% to 35% of recurring referral revenue for up to 12 months
Attribution
90 days; resets after another qualifying click
Best fit
Landing-page, conversion-optimization, digital-marketing and agency audiences that already need a dedicated conversion-page platform.
Open profile
Active

Visme

Commission
25% on qualifying transactions from referred customers for 12 months
Attribution
60 days
Best fit
Design, presentation, education, marketing, creator and small-business publishers.
Open profile
Commission
20% recurring for 12 months at the entry tier; published expert tiers rise to…
Attribution
60 days under the current affiliate policy
Best fit
Social-media management, agency, marketing, creator-business and SaaS comparison audiences.
Open profile
Active

Webflow

Commission
50% revenue share on a qualified new customer’s first eligible subscription for up to…
Attribution
90 days
Best fit
Web-design educators, no-code publishers, creators and bloggers who influence new self-serve Webflow customers rather than client-service referrals.
Open profile
Active

Wix

Commission
Commission on qualifying new Premium subscriber conversions; current public rate can vary by offer…
Attribution
30 days
Best fit
Website-building, small-business, ecommerce and creator audiences researching an all-in-one hosted site platform.
Open profile
Active

Wrike

Commission
Percentage of qualifying licenses sold; exact public percentage is not stated
Attribution
Verify current referral-partner terms
Best fit
Agency, consulting, project-management and work-software audiences where Wrike is already a plausible operational tool.
Open profile
Active

Xero

Commission
Competitive commission on eligible new paying subscribers; exact rate varies by audience, geography and…
Attribution
Verify current PartnerStack referral agreement
Best fit
Accounting, bookkeeping, freelancer and small-business audiences evaluating cloud finance software.
Open profile
Active

Zoho

Commission
15% standard, 18% super and 20% elite affiliate tiers on qualifying purchases for the…
Attribution
90 days to signup; qualifying initial purchase must occur…
Best fit
Small-business software, CRM, accounting, invoicing and productivity publishers that can deep-link to the specific Zoho product matching reader intent.
Open profile
Current commercial terms

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ProgramCommissionAttributionApprovalReviewed
ActiveCampaign30% recurring for up to 12 months per eligible referred accountCheck current PartnerStack termsApplication reviewSeptember 7, 2026Bonsai200% of the first monthly payment on monthly plans; 30% on yearly plans60 daysPublic affiliate signup; Bonsai says you do not need to be…September 7, 2026BrevoFixed CPA per qualifying paid account; after at least one paid-account referral, a $5 CPL per…90 days; another affiliate-link click resets the 90-day periodApplication review; business-domain email and established traffic are required by current…September 8, 2026ClickFunnelsTier and offer specific; current Tier 1 material includes $100 for One Funnel Away and several…45 days under the current sticky-cookie support articleAll affiliates begin at Tier 1; higher tiers have performance and…September 7, 2026ClickUpUp to $25 per qualifying new free workspace signup30 daysAffiliate application; referrals are verified and some countries are not commissionableSeptember 8, 2026Deel$500 for each sales-qualified referral plus $1,000 if that referral becomes a new paying customer ($1,500…90-day window starts at initial click for the first qualifying…Application and review; program assets and tracking through PartnerStackSeptember 7, 2026Fillout30% recurring commission on qualifying paid sign-upsNot publicly stated in the reviewed Fillout help documentationJoin through the current Fillout affiliate program/account flowSeptember 8, 2026Fireflies.aiCurrent first-party affiliate page advertises up to 30% recurring commission for 12 months; the live Rewardful…90 days on the current first-party affiliate pageAffiliate signup; current partnership hub continues to list an active affiliate…September 8, 2026FreshBooksPaid for qualifying trial signups and paid-plan upgrades; up to $200 per paid subscriberCurrent public page does not state a universal attribution duration;…Affiliate application through PartnerStackSeptember 7, 2026FreshservicePromoted through the current Freshworks affiliate program, whose 2026 landing page advertises 20–30% of first-year revenue…90 days under the current Freshworks affiliate FAQApply to the Freshworks affiliate program through PartnerStackSeptember 8, 2026FreshworksCurrent 2026 affiliate page advertises a tiered 20–30% recurring commission on first-year revenue; an older/current FAQ…90 daysFree application through PartnerStack; review appliesSeptember 8, 2026GetResponse40% recurring for 12 months at the current base tier, rising to 50% and 60% at…90 days on the current PartnerStack program page; older first-party…Free application with review; current page asks applicants to allow about…September 7, 2026Gorgias$100–$500+ reward bands can apply based on qualifying referred opportunity/deal valueNot a standard public cookie-led publisher programReferral/partner participation under current agreementSeptember 8, 2026HubSpot30% recurring monthly commission for up to one year at the current Starter tier; higher tiers…180 daysFree application; HubSpot reviews affiliate applicationsSeptember 8, 2026Hunter30% recurring commission on referred customer revenue for up to the first 12 invoices / one…30 daysAffiliate application and approvalSeptember 8, 2026IntercomCurrent public program is a Solution Partner/referral model; exact commission is not published as one universal…Not a standard public cookie offerApply for the Solution Partner ProgramSeptember 8, 2026Jotform30% commission on qualifying payments from new paid users; current first-party material describes the affiliate earning…60 days in current first-party affiliate support/program materialFree application; public program page says applications are reviewed within 1…September 8, 2026Krisp30% recurring commission on qualifying referrals for 12 months90 daysFree affiliate application; current page says applications are normally reviewed within…September 8, 2026LeadpagesUp to $400 per referred customer, depending on the qualifying planCurrent public page describes an attribution window but does not…Free application with review; no minimum audience size statedSeptember 7, 2026LiveChat20% lifetime recurring commission from subscription payments; new-license commission can rise to 22% after 5 paying…120 daysFree Partner Program signup; affiliates can start promoting after signupSeptember 8, 2026Make35% of qualifying referred subscription payments for 12 monthsNo separate public cookie duration is stated in the reviewed…Anyone with a Make account can create an affiliate link under…September 8, 2026MeetGeek30% recurring commission on qualifying affiliate sales for 12 monthsNot publicly stated on the current MeetGeek partner pageAffiliate application through MeetGeek’s current partner programSeptember 8, 2026monday.comTier model advertises up to 100% commission on the first year’s sales of each referred customerVerify current attribution in the active partner accountAffiliate signup and current partner-program termsSeptember 8, 2026MotionCurrent first-party affiliate resource center confirms commission for referred users who become paying Motion customers; the…Not publicly stated in the reviewed first-party affiliate resource center;…Apply through PartnerStack; Motion says affiliate applications are generally reviewed within…September 8, 2026n8n30% revenue share on qualifying n8n Cloud Starter and Pro referrals for 12 monthsNot publicly stated in the reviewed current first-party affiliate materials;…Anyone can apply; participation begins after affiliate approvalSeptember 8, 2026NotionUp to $50 per activated signup plus 20% of year-one revenue for qualifying referrals180-day conversion window; last-click attributionProgram currently not accepting new affiliate applicationsSeptember 7, 2026Pabbly30% recurring commission on qualifying payments for the lifetime of the referred customer under the current…365 daysCurrent first-party page says everyone can become a Pabbly affiliateSeptember 8, 2026PandaDocCurrent partner page says affiliate commission is tracked/tier-dependent; the published legacy revenue-share TOS describes 25% /…90 days under the published affiliate TOSApply through the current PandaDoc partner route; most applicants hear back…September 9, 2026Patriot Software$150 per qualifying new customer under the public affiliate programVerify current Impact attribution termsImpact application and review; current program targets audiences of US-based business…September 7, 2026PaybooksRecurring revenue is offered for qualifying affiliate conversions; exact affiliate percentage is not publicly stated on…Not publicly statedPartner enquiry/application for the affiliate routeSeptember 8, 2026Pipedrive20% revenue share for the first 12 months at the starting tier; 30% for qualifying Growth…90 daysFree to join; starting tier has no minimum performance requirementSeptember 8, 2026QuickBooksCommission is available for qualifying new QuickBooks subscriptions; the current public overview does not publish one…Verify the current CJ or Business Affiliate offer termsMultiple routes: CJ publisher program plus separate US Business Affiliate and…September 7, 2026Reclaim.ai40% on qualifying customers referred with work emails plus $1 per qualifying work-email signup; 25% on…90 daysAffiliate application for eligible creators, influencers, agencies, media publishers, directories and…September 8, 2026SageStructured payout rates with higher commissions and bonuses at higher performance tiers; current public page does…Verify current regional Impact offer termsApplication and quality/relevance review; regional programs operate through Impact.comSeptember 7, 2026SquarespacePayout for qualifying first-time website or commerce subscriptions; exact affiliate payout is disclosed after applicationVerify current Impact offer termsAffiliate application and approval through the current programSeptember 8, 2026SurveySparrow25% recurring commission on qualifying invoices for the life of the referred customer90 daysFree affiliate signup; no product subscription requiredSeptember 8, 2026systeme.io60% lifetime recurring on eligible systeme.io salesLifetime attribution / permanently tagged referral under current program descriptionNo application; free account automatically provides affiliate accessSeptember 7, 2026Teamwork.com15% of each referred customer payment, capped at $1,000 earned per referralReferral cookie locks attribution when the referred user signs up…Requires a Teamwork.com site-owner account for the customer referral programSeptember 7, 2026TidioUp to 30% commission on qualifying sales / recurring partner payments under the current program30 daysFree affiliate registration followed by approvalSeptember 8, 2026Unbounce25% to 35% of recurring referral revenue for up to 12 months90 days; resets after another qualifying clickOpen partner signup with confirmationSeptember 7, 2026Visme25% on qualifying transactions from referred customers for 12 months60 daysAnyone can apply; Visme says applications are typically reviewed within 3…September 8, 2026Vista Social20% recurring for 12 months at the entry tier; published expert tiers rise to 23%–30% with…60 days under the current affiliate policyAffiliate signup; current marketing page advertises immediate dashboard access, subject to…September 8, 2026Webflow50% revenue share on a qualified new customer’s first eligible subscription for up to 12 months;…90 daysApplication review; accepted affiliates complete onboarding and must publish qualifying contentSeptember 8, 2026WixCommission on qualifying new Premium subscriber conversions; current public rate can vary by offer or region30 daysApplication and approval requiredSeptember 8, 2026WrikePercentage of qualifying licenses sold; exact public percentage is not statedVerify current referral-partner termsReferral Partner applicationSeptember 7, 2026XeroCompetitive commission on eligible new paying subscribers; exact rate varies by audience, geography and other factors…Verify current PartnerStack referral agreementFree application; program hosted on PartnerStackSeptember 7, 2026Zoho15% standard, 18% super and 20% elite affiliate tiers on qualifying purchases for the first year90 days to signup; qualifying initial purchase must occur within…Free affiliate application; Zoho evaluates affiliate tiers and eligibilitySeptember 7, 2026
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