Best AI affiliate programs
6 AI affiliate programs compared on commission, cookie window and payout terms.
- Programs
- 6 compared
Top pick: AdCreative Compare →
Descript vs Pictory
Descript or Pictory? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- AI
- Updated August 11, 2026
Pictory takes 4 of 5 compared terms. Which one earns more still depends on your audience — the table below shows where each one wins.
Term by term
| Criterion | Descript | Pictory Top pick |
|---|---|---|
| The money | ||
| Commission | $25 | 40% |
| Pays for | — | — |
| Payout type | One-time | One-time |
| Tier ladder | No tiers | No tiers |
| Terms | ||
| Cookie window | 30 days | ✔ 60 days |
| Ease of starting | ✔ 3.5 / 5 | 3.3 / 5 |
| Approval | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Our rating | — | — |
| Getting paid | ||
| Paid out | Monthly (The affiliate page says payments are dispersed automatically each month.) | Monthly (Paid on or around the first working day of the month after a commission becomes eligible.) |
| Minimum payout | Not published by Descript. Payments are made by PartnerStack, so any threshold is governed by PartnerStack's partner terms. | No cash threshold is published, but payouts only begin after your second valid paid referral. Bank transfer is only offered once you have accrued $1,000 and filed a W-8 or W-9. |
| Clearing hold | — | 30 days |
| Payment methods | PayPal | ✔ PayPal, Bank transfer |
| Rules | ||
| Self-referral | — | Prohibited |
| Paid search | Prohibited | ✔ Restricted |
| Affiliate assets | Unique referral link, PartnerStack dashboard | ✔ Banners and graphical assets in the partner dashboard, Product videos, webinars and blog material, Onboarding training pack |
A ✔ marks the better term on that row. Rows where the programs match, where the terms aren't comparable, or where a program hasn't published a figure are left unmarked — a dash means unknown, not zero.
The programs
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Descript is an audio and video editor that works by editing a transcript — delete a word in the text and it disappears from the recording.
- Top pick
Pictory turns scripts, blog posts, URLs and long recordings into short videos using AI voices, auto-captions, avatars and stock footage.
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Descript vs ElevenLabs
Descript or ElevenLabs? Commission, cookie window, payout schedule and approval, compared side by side.
- Commission
- $25 vs 22%
- Cookie
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Affiliate terms change often, and every figure here comes from each program's own published page on the date above. Confirm the current rate with the merchant before you promote it. Links to the programs are affiliate links.